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Will of John DANDRIDGE of Drayton Will 10 Sep 1640   Probate 1640 (see Note)
Source: ORO no. W.I. Pec 67/2/9 Contributed by: Naomi Tarrant Go to Translation Go to Transcript
Summary.
... I John Dandridge of Drayton ... yeoman ... weak in body ... Name Relationship [Comments] or Major Bequests John DANDRIDGE   Drayton John DANDRIDGE Son (Exec) Elizabeth DANDRIDGE Daughter Ann DANDRIDGE Daughter William DANDRIDGE Brother & Overseer John DUNT Overseer Richard CAWKER Appraiser William DANDRIDGE Appraiser John DUNT Witness Thomas BANEFIELD? Witness   Inventory taken 22 Oct 1640, value: £77 11s 8d Exhibited: not available Probate: 1640 (see Note)
Transcriber's Notes
A full Inventory is included. The Probate note was not transcribed -- date taken from ORO Index.
Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary
... I John Dandridge of Drayton ... yeoman ... weak in body ... My body ... to be buried in Dorchester church or churchyard I give my two daughters Elizabeth Dandridge & Ann Dandridge £90 apiece to be paid over five years: £20 apiece yearly for four years and £10 apiece the fifth year after my decease. All the rest of my goods, my debts being paid & my legacies discharged, I give to my son John Dandridge whom I make sole Executor. I desire Mr John Dunt and my brother William Dandridge to be my Overseers Witnesses John Dunt Thomas Banefield? An Inventory ... of the goods of John Dandridge of Drayton, yeoman ... Inventory taken 22 Oct 1640 by Richard Cawker William Dandridge Inventory value: £77 11s 8d Exhibited: not available Probate: 1640 (see Note)
As transcribed from a copy of the original document. Original line- and page-breaks are preserved as far as possible.
In the name of God Amen. The tenth day of September Anno Dm 1640 I John Dandridge of Drayton in the county of Oxon yeoman being weake in body but of good & Perfect memory thanks be given to Almighty God doe make & ordaine this my last will & testamt in manner & forme followinge That is to say first & principally I bequeath my soule into the mercifull hands of Almighty God my creator & to Jesus Christ my redeemer & through whose merits death & passion I trust to be saved, And my body to the earth from whence it was taken to be buried in Dorchester Church or Churchyard, Item I give unto my two daughters Elizabeth Dandridge & Ann Dandridge four score & ten pounds a peece to be payd unto them by my Executor- hereafter named in five years next after my decease, (That is to say) to each of them Twenty pounds a peece to be payd yearly for the terme of four years after my decease & Tenn pounds a peece to be payd unto each of them the fifth years after my descease, - Item all the rest of my goods my debts being payd & my legasies discharged I give & bequeath unto my son John Dandridge whom I make sole Executor of this my will & testamt & I desire Mr John Dunt & my Brother William Dandridge to be my Over- seers to see this my will & testamt pformed And in witnesse that this is my true testamt & last will I have hereunto sett my hand & seale in the presense of those whose names are hereunder written Witnesses John Dunt Thomas Banefield[?] John Dandridge his mark O Probate is agreed upon x…….. A true Inventory of all the goods Cattells & Chattells of John Dandridge late of Drayton in the county of Oxon yeoman, hereafter prized the 22 day of October 1640 by these whose names are hereunder written         li   s   d Imprimis his wearinge Aparrell     3   0  0 It' in the hall 1 Joyne Table 1 Joyne Cubboard       } 1 Joyne Chaire 3 stools 1 little Chair       }      1 11  0 It' It in the same roome 5 pewter platters }   2 pewter potts 2 candlesticks 1 salt celler }   1 brass bason 1 brasse mortar & pestle 1 }      0 15  0   brasse chaffing dish with a brazen standard } It' 1 brasse pott 2 old brasse kettles 1       }   skillet 1 old warming pan 1 pair of little       }   andyrons 1 pair of iron waites 2 paire of       }   1   5  0   pot? 1 fireshouell 1 paire of tongs       }   1 brandyron 1 paire of bellows 1 Spitt 1       }   gridyron 1 old fryingpan       } It' in the chamber over the hall 1 Joyne bedstead }   1 feather bed 1 feather boulster 2 feather }   pillows 1 Coverled 1 blanket 2 paire of }   6   9  8   hangings 6 paire of sheets 1 dozen of }   napkins 2 Tablecloathes 2 pillowbeers 2 }   Joyne Chestes } It' in the Chamber over the buttery 1 Joyne       }   bedstead 1 flockbed 1 flockboulster 2 old       }   coverleds 1 blanket 3 pillowes 1 [truckle]       }   1 10  0   bedstead       } It' in the buttery 4 barrells 1 drink stand }   2 shelves 1 old table 1 trough 1 [?] 1 old }   0   7  0   wheele 2 boules 2 searcers } It' one old Malt mill 2 old tubs 1 old Cubborn       }   1 plante 2 prongs 1 bill with other lumber       }   0   6  8 It' 4 Sarkes     0   4  0 It' Corne in the barne & hay   27   0  0 It' 4 horses & harnesse   12   0  0 It' 4 beasse & 1 bullock     7 13  4 It' 4 hoggs     2 13  4 It' 20[?] rotten[?] sheepe     1 13  4 It' 1 Long cart 1 Dung cart 3 Conracks }   2 sheepecages 1 plow 1 paire of old harrows }   1   6  8   4 howell postes 1 old wheele }   Summa total         77 11  8    Richard Cawker      }     his X mk                }                                   }   prizors    William Dandridge   }