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)
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