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Will of Richard GOUGH of Souldern

Will unknown   Probate 1639

Source: ORO no. 26/2/21; 200.257
Contributed by: Geoff Bowles Go to Translation Go to Transcript
Summary.
Richard GOUGH yeoman of Souldern

NameRelationship[Comments] or Major Bequests
Richard GOUGH Souldern
Elizabeth GOUGHWife
Ferdinand GOUGHEldest Son (Exec)[with unnamed children legatees]
Richard GOUGHGrandson[s Ferdinand]
Fridiswede GOUGHDaughter[no surname given]
John GOUGHSon
William GOUGHYoungest Son (Exec)
Richard GOUGHGrandson[eldest s William]
Mary GOUGHDaughter-in-law
Annis GOUGHDaughter-in-law
John BIGNELLSon-in-law
Thomas SMYTHOverseer
Thomas RODWELLOverseer
Thomas THIGWELLSeller of land
Leonard HARTETenant
John BROWNEMention
William HALEMention
 
Thomas SMYTHWitness
John KINGWitness
William HODGISWitness
 
Probate Oxford 1639 (no details transcribed)
Transcriber's Notes
 
  Translated and paragraphed.
Abstracted from a copy of the original document.
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Richard GOUGH yeoman of Souldern
  • eldest son Ferdinand, given land referred to as 'the bowling Lease' - his son Richard to inherit after.
  • dau. Fridiswede
  • son John, besides his copyhold at Heyford, given a five acres in Souldern called the Knowle recently purchased from Thomas Thigwell
  • youngest son William to have above land on default, also a tenement in Steeple Aston occupied by Leonard Harte, also a plot of land in Souldern lying between the ground of John Browne south and William Hale north
  • Richard Gough, eldest son of William
  • Ferdinand's children £50 between them
  • wife Elizabeth all household goods and £40
  • Mary and Annis, 'my two son's wives £5 each
  • son-in-law John Bignell £5
  • Ferdinand and William are joint executors
  • overseers neighbours Thomas Smyth and Thomas Rodwell
  • signed Richard(x)Gough
  • Witnesses. Thomas Smyth, John King and William(x)Hodgis
Probate Oxford 1639 (no details transcribed)
  No Transcript is available: the above was abstracted from a copy of the original document.
It is believed that no names have been omitted.