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Will of Sir William RAYNSFORD of Great Tew Will 6 Apr 1557?   Probate 10 Apr 1557
Source: TNA no. PROB 11/39 Contributed by: Barbara Cox Go to Translation Go to Transcript
Summary.
... William Raynsford of Mitchell Tew ... Knight ... Name Relationship [Comments] or Major Bequests Sir William RAYNSFORD   Great Tew Dame Jane RAYNSFORD Wife Hercules RAYNSFORD Son (Exec) - BOYFF Daughter Dorothe DANVERS Daughter Temperant DANVERS Legatee [Granddaughter?] William LANGTON Legatee Thomas RAYNSFORD Nephew ["brother's son"] Margaret HOLWAY Sister Felix? HOLWAY Nephew - GREVILLE Sister Edward GREVILLE Nephew John GREVILLE Nephew Elizabeth RAYNSFORD Legatee Robert KELWAY? Overseer Thomas BRYDGE Overseer Humphry ASSYLD Overseer Charles RAYNSFORD Overseer Witness William LANGTON Witness Edward GRAVILL Witness William WYNSTANLEY Witness William WEB? Witness Edward MORTON Witness Probate 10 Apr 1557 ... Robert Kelway, Thomas Bridges, Edward Gravill, Charles Raynsford and Hercules Raynsford ...
Transcriber's and Editor's Notes
The following details are believed to be true but should not be totally relied upon: Testator: Son of John (1551 qv).
Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary
... William Raynsford of Mitchell Tew ... Knight ... My body is to be buried in the chapel of Great Tew. £240? [surely not! Ed] for a priest to say mass and pray for me, my wife and children and father and mother To my wife Dame Jane Raynsford my house at Peter Hall in WAR Combe Pastuns for life ... and £40 pa To my daughter Boyff £50 To my daughter Dorothe Danvers cattle etc To Temperant Danvers £20 at marriage To William Langton £6 13s 4d To my brother’s son Thomas Raynsford £10 To my sister’s sons Edward and John Greville £5 apiece To my sister’s son Felix? Holway £6 13s 4d To Elizabeth Raynsford 5 marks To my ___ and to my woman ___ 40s To my sister Margaret Holway and my sister Greville £6 13s 4d each To any of my whyners? 40s My son Hercules to be Executor Robert Kelway?; ___ Esq; Thomas Brydge; Humphry Assyld Esq? and Charles Raynsford, gent, to be overseers Witnesses Charles Raynsford; William Langton; Edward Gravill; William Wynstanley; William Web?; Edward Morton Probate 10 Apr 1557 ... Robert Kelway, Thomas Bridges, Edward Gravill, Charles Raynsford and Hercules Raynsford ...
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No Transcript is available: the above was abstracted from a copy of the original document. It is believed that no names have been omitted.