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Will of Ann WALKER of London Will 20 Mar 1659/60   Probate 8 May 1667
Source: TNA no. PROB11/324/56 Contributed by: Charlbury Society Historical Research Group Go to Translation Go to Transcript
Summary.
... I Ann Walker of London, spinster ... weak in body ... Name Relationship [Comments] or Major Bequests Ann WALKER   London Anne PITCHFORD Mother Trustee (Exec) London William PITCHFORD Step-father Deceased Rebecca PITCHFORD Half-sister Thomas STAYNES Brother-in-law London [with unnamed ch legatees] Elizabeth STAYNES Legatee [w Thomas. Sister?] Richard HODDILOE Brother-in-law Witness London [with unnamed ch legatees] Susanna HODDILOE Legatee [w. Richard. Sister?] Richard EYANS Uncle Trustee Charlbury Elizabeth EYANS Aunt [w Richard] Richard EYANS Cousin [s Richard Sr] Margarett EYANS Legatee [w Richard Jr] Ellianor COLE Cousin [d Richard & Elizabeth EYANS] George COLE Legatee [hus Ellianor] Anthony EYANS Cousin [youngest s Richard Sr.] Thomas EYANS Uncle Dort (Holland) [with unnamed wife legatee] Susan EYANS Cousin [d Thomas] Elizabeth EYANS Cousin [d Thomas] John EYANS Uncle London Henry DAWSON Uncle London [with unnamed wife legatee] Richard DAWSON Cousin Charlbury [s Henry] Francis BEECHER Mention London [Son-in-law of Henry DAWSON] Edward BEECHER Cousin [s Francis, g-s of Henry DAWSON] Richard BEECHER Cousin [s Francis, g-s of Henry DAWSON] Elizabeth BEECHER Cousin [d Francis, g-d of Henry DAWSON] Percivall GILBOURNE Mention London [Son-in-law of Henry DAWSON] Henry GILBOURNE Cousin [s Percivall, g-s of Henry DAWSON] Lucy GILBOURNE Cousin [d Percivall, g-d of Henry DAWSON] Thomas WALKER Uncle WAR Ratcliffe [with unnamed ch legatees] Richard WALKER Uncle Deceased [with unnamed wife & ch legatees] Sarah GROOME Cousin Mr NALTON Legatee London [cleric] Mr BLACKMORE Legatee London [cleric] Mr ADAMS Legatee London [cleric] - SHERMAN Mention London Susan SHERMAN Legatee [w of -] Anne CHAPMAN Legatee Mr THACKER Legatee London Aldermanbury [with unnamed wife legatee] Christopher EGGLETON Legatee Servant Witness John CHAMBERLAINE Legatee Servant William FARR Mention London Elizabeth FARR Cousin Mary EYANS Cousin London - HALL Mention Deceased [cleric] Ann HALL Cousin [w of - with unnamed ch legatees] Katherine SIMPSON Cousin [with other unnamed ch legatees] Thomas SIMPSON Mention Charlbury [hus Katherine] Richard SIMPSON Cousin [s Katherine] John EYANS Cousin OXF Shortington [Shorthampton?] William CANNING Cousin Enstone [with unnamed ch legatees] Sarah CANNING Legatee [w William] Thomas EYANS Cousin London Thomas EYANS Mention London Deceased. Benjamin EYANS Cousin [s Thomas deceased] Thomas EYANS Cousin [s Thomas deceased] Mary EYANS Cousin [s Thomas deceased] Lucy PRICE Cousin London [with unnamed s & d legatees] Mrs SPRINT Legatee MDX Hampstead Mrs DOWNER Legatee Charlbury William WILLIAMS Legatee London Johan WILLIAMS Legatee [w William] John INWOOD Legatee London Lidia INWOOD Legatee [w John] Mr MARTYN Legatee London Dorothy MARTYN Legatee [w Mr] Katherine CLARKE Legatee Servant Ellen - Legatee Servant Susan GADBURY Legatee London Thomas COOKE Mention Southwark Sara COOKE Legatee [w Thomas] Walter BOURNE Legatee KEN Rusthall Mary BOURNE Legatee [w Walter] Thomas DIAPER Legatee London Abigail DIAPER Legatee [w Thomas] Elizabeth DORRELL Legatee London - EYANS Legatee London [widow] Edward MASON Legatee London Judith MASON Legatee [w Edward] Elizabeth ALDERSEY Legatee [legacy later revoked] William WEBB Witness John CHAMBERLAYNE Witness Nathaniel HANCOCKE Witness Probate 8 May 1667 London (PCC) ... Anne Pitchford mother and Executrix ...
Transcriber's and Editor's Notes
CH338. Transcribed by a member of Charlbury Society Historical Research Group. This is the longest list of legatees in the Library (so far). The following details are believed to be true but should not be totally relied upon: Testatrix: "unborn" d. James (1630/31 qv) who left her £300. Niece of Richard EYANS (1675 qv). She appears to have been baptised as Anne WALTER (1631 Charlbury) There is a 1628 Charlbury marriage between James WALTER and Ann EYANS.
Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary
... I Ann Walker of London, spinster ... weak in body ... My debts are to be paid as soon as possible. I give £20 to my dear and loving mother Mrs Anne Pitchford of London, widow, to buy mourning. I give £10 to my loving [half-]sister Rebecca Pitchford, my mother's daughter by her late husband William Pitchford, to buy mourning. I give the following sums to buy rings for the recipients: 20s each to my brother-in-law Thomas Staynes, citizen and salter of London, and his wife Elizabeth, and 10s each to their children who are living at my decease. 20s each to my brother-in-law Richard Hoddiloe, citizen and goldsmith of London, and his wife Susanna, and 10s each to their children who are living at my decease. 20s each to my loving uncle Richard Eyans of Charlbury and his wife Elizabeth. 10s each to their son Richard Eyans and his wife Margarett, their daughter Ellianor and her husband George Cole, and 20s to their youngest son Anthony Eyans, my cousins. 20s each to my loving uncle Thomas Eyans of Dort (Holland) and his wife (my aunt). 10s each to their daughters Susan and Elizabeth, my cousins. 20s to my loving uncle John Eyans of London, merchant. 20s each to my loving uncle Henry Dawson, citizen and skinner of London, and his wife (my aunt). 10s each to their son Richard Dawson (my cousin) and his wife. I also give £30 to my aunt Dawson for her own use, independently of her husband. 10s each to my cousins Edward, Richard and Elizabeth Beecher, children of Francis Beecher, citizen and skinner of London, and grandchildren of my uncle and aunt Dawson. 10s each to my cousins Henry and Lucy Gilbourne, children of Percivall Gilbourne, citizen and grocer of London, also grandchildren of my uncle and aunt Dawson. 20s to my uncle Thomas Walker of WAR Ratcliffe, gent, and 10s each to his children. 20s to my aunt Walker, widow of my late uncle Richard Walker, and 10s each to her children. 20s to my cousin Sarah Groome. 20s each to my loving friends Mr Nalton, Minister of Leonards Foster Lane, London; Mr Clarke, Minister of Bennett Fincke, London; Mr Blackmore, Minister of Peters Cornhill, London; and Mr Adams, Minister of Mildreds Bread St, London. 10s to Susan Sherman, wife of [blank] Sherman of London, tailor. 20s to my loving friend Mrs Anne Chapman. 10s each to Mr Thacker of Aldermanbury, London, barber and his [wife?]. 10s each to Christopher Eggleton, servant to my above brother Hoddiloe, and John Chamberlaine, former servant to my [step]father Pitchford. I give to my loving cousin Elizabeth Farr, daughter of William Farr, citizen and grocer of London, a locket or bracelet consisting of seven rings, as a token of my love. I give the following: £5 to my cousin Mary Eyans of London, spinster. 40s each to my cousin Ann Hall of [blank], widow, late wife of [blank] Hall, minister of the gospel, deceased, and to each of her children. 20s to my cousin Katherine Simpson, wife of Thomas Simpson of Charlbury, also £5 to her son Richard and 20s each to the rest of her children. £5 to my cousin John Eyans of OXF Shortington (see Note), weaver. 20s each to my cousin William Canning of Enstone, husbandman, and his wife Sarah, and 10s each to their children. 40s to my cousin Thomas Eyans of London, tailor. £5 each to my cousins Benjamin, Thomas and Mary Eyans, children of Thomas Eyans late of London, haberdasher deceased. 40s to my cousin Lucy Price of London, widow, and 20s each to her son and daughter. £5 to my loving friend Mrs Sprint of MDX Hampstead, widow. 20s to my loving friend Mrs Downer of Charlbury, widow. £5 to my loving friend William Williams of [blank] London and his wife Johan. 20s each to my loving friend John Inwood of London, goldbeater, and his wife Lidia. 10s each to my loving friend Mr Martyn of London, skinner, and his wife Dorothy. 10s to Katherine Clarke, formerly my mother's servant. 20s to Ellen, now my mother's servant. 40s to Susan Gadbury of London, widow. 20s to Sara Cooke, wife of Thomas Cooke of St Mary Overs in Southwark. My debts (if any), the above legacies and my funeral charges being first paid, I give the residue of all my goods, chattels, debts, credits and personal estate to my dear and loving mother Mrs Anne Pitchford whom I make sole Executrix. I have an "estate of inheritance to me and my heirs" of a messuage and five yard land of arable, meadow and pasture-ground etc in WAR Shotswell, also two closes of meadow or pasture-ground etc in Cropredy, in all worth about £60 pa. I have one-third of the premises in possession, and the other two-thirds are to come to me after my mother's death. Out of my one-third I give the following life annuities, to be paid half at Lady Day and half at Michaelmas (or within 50 days thereafter), beginning at the first such day after my decease. 40s pa to Walter Bourne of KEN Rusthall and his wife Mary, and the survivor of them. 40s pa to Thomas Diaper of London, file-cutter, and his wife Abigail, and the survivor of them. 40s pa to Elizabeth Dorrell of London, widow. 40s pa to [blank] Eyans of London, widow. 40s pa to Edward Mason, citizen and draper of London now living in Cree-Church parish, London, and his wife Judith, and the survivor of them. The town of Charlbury (where I was born) is large and full of poor inhabitants who due to their poverty are unable to maintain and educate their children at school, so that they are brought up in ignorance. There is a house once used for a School-house, but it has been unused for a long time due to a lack of money to pay an able School-master to teach there. I wish to promote the good of the town, and that poor children be brought up in the fear of God and [knowing] good literature. Therefore if the [town authorities] will pay to make the house fit to be a free school (and home for a school-master), and will undertake to maintain it for that purpose, then after my mother's decease I give the following annuities out of my properties in Shotswell and Cropredy forever: £40 pa for the maintenance of an able and honest school-master to teach the poor children of the town freely in that school-house. £10 pa for the maintenance of two poor scholars at Brasenose College in Oxford, to be successively chosen from the free school, to be paid by equal quarterly payments until they have passed their MA degree or are considered fit to take it. For that purpose I give all my properties in Shotswell and Cropredy to my mother Anne Pitchford and my uncle Richard Eyans of Charlbury and their heirs etc forever, In Trust as follows: To pay the above life annuities to Walter and Mary Bourne, Thomas and Abigail Diaper, Elizabeth Dorrell, [blank] Eyans and Edward and Judith Mason. To apply the residue of the rents etc of my one-third part already in possession (after deduction of their own expenses) towards the schooling of poor youths of Charlbury as they think most suitable. As soon as possible after the above School-house has been fitted, settled and assured for the above purpose at the cost of the town, and with the advice of Learned Counsel, to convey [all the above property] to the Principal and Fellows of Kings Hall and Brasenose College and their successors forever, Upon Trust as follows: To pay the above life annuities (out of the rents etc of my one-third part in possession), and apply any surplus of the rents etc of that one-third part (until the other two-third parts come into possession at my mother's death) towards the schooling of the poor children of Charlbury as they think best. Within six months after my mother's decease (when the other two parts will come into possession), and if the school-house has then been fitted and settled for that purpose as above, to select one godly, discreet and able person from Brasenose College (if a suitable one can be found) to be schoolmaster in Charlbury School. Whenever the post of schoolmaster becomes vacant (by death or otherwise), to [appoint a replacement] within one month. To pay £40 pa to that schoolmaster (out of the rents etc of the properties), by equal payments at the four usual Quarter-days or within 30 days afterwards, beginning at the first such day after the election of the first master to officiate there. To undertake the oversight and the ordering and government of the school as visitors from time to time, according to such orders as my mother Anne Pitchford and my uncle Richard Eyans, with the advice of Learned Counsel, will have ordained and agreed at the time of conveying the premises to them. Within three months after the School has been fully settled, to select two of the poorer scholars in the College most eminent (in their opinion) for piety, to receive an annuity or Exhibition of £5 pa each, to be paid at the usual Quarter-days or within 30 days thereafter out of the rents etc, beginning on the first such day after their selection and paid until they have taken their MA degree or are of competent standing in the university to take the degree, but no longer. As the places for poor scholars become vacant as above (or otherwise), to select similar replacement(s) out of the poorer scholars in the College, paying them the annuity as above, so that there may be a perpetual succession of two poor scholars to have the benefit of the above Exhibitions. They are always to prefer scholars from the Charlbury School, if any are suitable, and if none then to prefer poor scholars born in Oxfordshire. If any person chosen by them by as Master of the School proves remiss or negligent in the discharge of his employment, or otherwise becomes unworthy, and fails to improve after three separate warnings, they are to [sack] him and elect another more suitable Master. Similarly if any of the chosen Exhibitioners prove idle or otherwise vicious and do not reform after three warnings, or are absent from the College for six weeks in one year without reasonable cause and a licence from [them], then [they] are to withdraw his scholarship and elect another Scholar in his stead, paying him the £5 pa as above. To apply the surplus of the rents etc (after payment of the £40 pa to the schoolmaster and £10 pa to the two Exhibitioners), which will amount to £10 pa or more after the end of the above life annuities, for the benefit of the College in respect of their care and trouble as Trustees. So long as public taxes etc have to be paid in respect of the lands etc, the cost is to be borne by every person who receives any annuity, salary or Exhibition paid out of those lands, in proportion to the value of their benefit, and deducted [before payment]. If within six months after my mother's decease the town of Charlbury refuses or neglects to [organise a house], so that there is nowhere for such a schoolmaster to teach in, then the Trustees must: Either apply as much as necessary of the rents etc to buy and fit (or build) a suitable school-house in Charlbury, then elect a schoolmaster and pay him the £40 pa. p[er] ann[um] in manner as aforesaid Or to pay the £40 pa for the maintenance of a schoolmaster to teach school in any other place in Oxon, as near to Charlbury as my mother and uncle think best. When conveying [the lands etc] to the above Trustees, my mother and uncle are to take care to provide (with the advice of Counsel) that if the Corporation of Brasenose College is ever dissolved, or the lands and their rents etc are diverted to any other use, then the lands are to revert to my own right heirs, or to my mother and uncle and the survivor of them and her or his heirs etc, whichever is judged most suitable to the laws of this nation. Witnesses, the life annuity of 40s pa to Elizabeth Aldersey being first struck out and revoked: William Webb; Richard Hoddiloe; Christopher Egleton; John Chamberlayne; Nathaniel Hancocke Probate 8 May 1667 London (PCC) ... Anne Pitchford mother and Executrix ...
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T'm' Annae Walker In the name of God Amen This Twentith day of March in the yeare of our Lord God One thousand Six hundred 1659 I Ann Walker of London Spinster being weake in body but of sounde minde and perfecte memory (praised be God therefore) and Considering my mortallitye and that it is my dutye to sett my house as well as my heart in order Doe make this my last Will and testament in manner and forme following That is to say First I Commende my soule into the hands of God who gave it trusting through the allone merritts and sattisfacc[i]on of our Lord Jesus Christ after this life endes to injoye him for ever. My body I Committ to the Earth from whence it Came to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix hereafter named And as Concerning my temporall estate as well reall as personall which it hath pleased God freely to bestowe upon me I dispose thereof in manner following And first as to my personall estate I will and appointe That all such Debts as I shall justly and duely owe either in Lawe or conscience to any person or persons at the tyme of my decease if any shallbe shall be [sic] well and truely paid within as short a tyme after as possibly may bee, Item I give and bequeath unto my deare and loveing Mother Mrs Anne Pitchford of London widdow the summe of Twenty pounds of lawfull money of England to buy her mourning. And to my loveing Sister Rebecca Pitchford Daughter of my said Mother by her late Husband William Pitchford the summe of tenn pounds of like money to buy her mourning. Item I give and bequeath unto my brother in Law Thomas Staynes Cittizen and Salter of London and Elizabeth his wife Twenty shillings a peece and to every of their Children that shall be liveing at my decease Tenn shillings a peece to buy them Rings Item I give and bequeath un to my brother in Lawe Richard Hoddiloe Cittizen and Gouldsmith of London and Susanna his wife twenty shillings a peece and to each of their Children likewise that shall be liveing at the tyme of my Decease Tenn shillings a peece to buy them Rings Item I give and bequeath unto my Loveing Uncle Richard Eyans of Chalbury in the County of Oxon and Elizabeth his wife twenty shillings a peece to buy them Rings [The next 4 short lines to be inserted after "Rings" above] and to his son my Cozen Richard Eyans and Margarett his wife Ten shillings a peece to buy them rings                                                                         and to my Couzen George Cole and to my Couzen Ellianor his wife Daughter of my said Uncle and Aunte the summe of Tenn shillings a peece to buy them Rings And to my Cozen Anthony Eyans youngest sonne of my said Uncle the summe of Twenty shillings to buy him a Ring, Item I give and bequeath unto my loveing Uncle Thomas Eyans of Dort in Holland in the parts beyond the Seas and to my Aunt his wife to each of them twenty shillings a peece to b[u]y them Rings and to my Cozens Susan and Elizabeth their Daughters tenn shillings a peece to buy them Rings Item I give and bequeath unto my Loveing Uncle John Eyans of London Merchant Twenty shillings to buy him a Ring Item I give Item I give and bequeath unto my Loveing Uncle Henry Dawson Cittizen and Skinner of London and to my Aunt his wife twenty shillings a peece to buy them Rings Item I further give and bequeath to my Aunte Dawson for her owne propper use and benefitt and to be at her sole Dispose without her husband the summe of Thirty pounds of Lawfull money of England And I likwise give and bequeath unto my Cozen Richard Dawson their sonne and his wife Tenn shillings a peece to buy them Rings And to my Cozens Edward Beecher Richard Beecher and Elizabeth Beecher Children of Francis Beecher Cittizen and Skinner of London and Grandchildren to my said Uncle and Aunte Dawson to each of them Tenn shillings a peece to buy them Rings And to my Cozens Henry Gilbourne and Lucy Gilbourne Children of Percivall Gilbourne Cittizen and Grocer of London and Grand Children also to my said Uncle and Aunt Dawson to each of them tenn shillings a peece to buy them Rings Item I give and bequeath to my Loveing Cozen Elizabeth Farr Daughter of William Farr Cittizen and Grocer of London a Lockett or bracelett of Rings Consisting of Seaven Rings as a token of my Love to her Item I give and bequeath unto my Cozen Mary Eyans of London Spinster the Summe of five pounds of Lawfull money of England Item I give and bequeath unto my Cozen Ann Hall of [space] widdowe late wife of [space] Hall Minister of the Gospell Deceased the summe of Forty shillings and to each and every of her Children the like summe of fortye shillings a peece Item I give and bequeath to my Cozen Katherine Simpson wife of Thomas Simpson of Chalbury aforesaid the summe of Twenty shillings and to her sonne Richard the summe of five pounds of Lawfull money of England and to all the rest of her Children to each of them Twenty shillings a peece Item I give and bequeath unto my Cozen John Eyans of Shortington in the Countie of Oxon Weaver the summe of five pounds of Lawfull money of England. Item I give and bequeath unto my uncle Thomas Walker of Rattcliffe in the Countie of Warewicke gent the Summe of twenty shillings to buy him a Ring, and to each and every of his Children tenn shillings a peece to buy them Rings Item I give and bequeath unto my Aunt Walker widdow late wife of my late Uncle Richard Walker the Summe of Twenty shillings to buy her a Ring and to each and every of her children Tenn shillings a peece to buy the[m] Rings. Item I give and bequeath unto my Cozen William Canning of Enston in the Countie of Oxon husbandman and Sarah his wife to each of them Twenty shillings a peece and to each and every of their Children Tenn shillings a peece. Item I give and bequeath unto my Cozen Thomas Eyans of London Taylor the summe of fortie shillings Item I give and bequeath unto my Cozens Benjamin Eyans and Thomas Eyans and to my Cozen Mary Eyans their Sister Sonnes and Daughter of Thomas Eyans late of London Haberdasher deceased to each and every of them the summe of five pounds a peece of lawfull money of England Item I give and bequeath to my Cozen Lucy Price of London widdow the summe of forty shillings and to her sonne and daughter to each of them Twenty shillings a peece Item I give and bequeath to my Cozen Sarah Groome twenty shillings to buy her a Ring Item I give and bequeath unto my Loveing Friends Mr Nalton Minister of Leonards Foster Lane in London Mr Clarke Minister of Bennett Fincke London Mr Blackmore Minister of Peters Cornehill London and to Mr Adams Minister of Mildreds Bread= Streete London to each of them Twenty shillings a peece to buy them Rings Item I give and bequeath to my Loveing friends Mrs Sprint of Hamstead in the County of Midd[lesex] widdow the summe of five pounds of Lawfully money of England And to my Loveing Friends Mrs Downer of Chalbury aforesaid widdow the summe of Twenty Shillings And to William Williams of London [space] and Johan his wife the summe of five pounds of like money Item I give and bequeath unto my Loveing friends John Inwood of London Gouldbeater and Lidia his wife to each of them twenty Shillings a peece and to Mr Martyn of London Skinner and Dorothy his wife tenn Shillings a peece And to Susan Sherman wife of [space] Sherman of London Taylor tenn Shillings to buy her a Ring. Item I give unto my loveing friends Mrs Anne Chapman the summe of Twenty shillings to buy her a Ring, and to Mr Thacker of the parish of Aldermanbury London Barber and his to each of them tenn shillings to buy them Rings And I give unto Katherine Clarke here= to fore my Mothers servant Tenn shillings and to Ellen now my Mothers servant Twenty shillings And to Christopher Eggleton servant to my said Brother Hoddiloe and to John Chamberlaine late servant to my father Pitchford to each of them Tenn shillings a peece to buy them Rings, Item I give unto Susan Gadbury of London widdow the summe of fortye shillings and to Sara Cooke wife of Thomas Cooke of St Mary Overs in Southworke the summe of Twenty Shillings The rest residue and Overplus of all and singuler my Goods Chattells Debts Creditts and personall estate whatsoever my debts which shall be oweing at the tyme of my Decease (if any shallbee and legacies therein before by me given being first paid and sattisfied and funerall charges Discharged, I give and bequeath unto my said Deare and loving Mother Mrs Anne Pitchford whome I doe hereby make Constitute and ordaine full and sole Executrix of this my last will and testament being assuredly confident as my desire is that shee will see this my last will and testament in all things p[er]formed according to my true intente and meaning herein expressed and Declared And as for touching and Concerning all and Singuler my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments I dispose thereof as followeth That is to say Whereas I am seized of an estate of inheretance to mee and my heires of and in a Messuage or Tenement and five yard Land of arrable Meadow and pasture= =ground with the appurtenances Scituate and being in Shotswell in the County of Warwick and of and in Two Closes of meadow or pasture ground with the appurtenances lyeing and being in Cropedy in the County of Oxon of the yearely vallue of threescore pounds or thereabouts (That is to say) of and in one third parte of the pr[e]misses in poss[ess]ion and of and in the other Two Third parts thereof in reverc[i]on expectant after the decease of my said Dear Mother I give and bequeath unto Walter Bourne of Rusthall in the County of Kent and Mary his wife one Ann[u]itye or yearely summe of Fortye shillings p[er] ann[um] of lawfull money of England for and during their naturall lives and the life of the longer liver of them. And to Thomas Diaper of London file=Cutter and Abigail his wife one other Ann[u]itye or yearely summe of Fortye shillings p[er] ann[um] for and dureing their naturall lives and the life of the longest liver of them. And to Elizabeth Dorrell of London widdow one other Anuitye or yearely summe of forty shillings p[er] ann[um] for and dureing her naturall life And to [space] Eyans of London widdow one other anuity or yearely summe of forty shillings p[er] ann[um] Dureing her naturall life And to Edward Mason Cittizen and Draper of London now liveing in Cree=Church parish London and Judith his wife one other Anuity or yearely summe of Forty shillings p[er] ann[um] for and during their naturall lifes and the life of the longer liver of them All which severall anuityes or yearely summes of money I will shall bee yssueing and goeing out of my said Third parte of my said Messuages Lands tenements and Heriditaments in poss[ess]ion and shalbee yearely payable unto the said Walter Bourne and Mary his wife, Thomas Diaper and Abigail his wife Elizabeth Dorrell widdow [space] Eyans widdow Edward Mason and Judith his wife respectively att the two most usuall feasts in the year That is to say, Att the feast of the Annunciation of the blessed virgin St Mary and St Michaell the Arch=Angell by even and equall portions or within Fifty dayes after either of the said Feast days the first payment thereof respectively to begin at such of the said Feast Dayes or dayes of payment as shall first & next happen after my decease And whereas the Towne of Chalbury aforesaid in the aforesaid County of Oxon being the Towne where I was borne is greate and full of poore Inhabitants who by reason of their greate poverty are not well able to main= taine and educate their Children at Schoole whereby they are brought upp in ignorance, and though there be in the said Towne a Townehouse or house sometymes used heretofore for a Schoolhouse yett for want of mainetenance for an able Schoolemaster to teach Schoole there the same hath bin for a long tyme disused And whereas I being Desireous to promote the good of the said Towne and that their poore Children should be brought up in the feare of God and good Literature am minded in Case the said Towne will bee at the Charge to make the said house fitt for a free schoole and for the habitac[i]on of an able Schoolemaster there and will appro= =priate and settle the same to have perpetuall Continuance to such end and purpose, to give an settle one Anuity or yearely rent or Summe of forty pounds p[er] ann[um] to bee for ever yssueing and goeing out of my said Messuages lands tenements and hereditaments in Shotswell and Cropredy aforesaid from and after the decease of my said Dear Mother for and towards the maintenance of an able honest Schoolemaster from tyme to tyme freely to teach in the said Schoolehouse the poore Children of the said Towne As also to give and settle Tenn pounds p[er] ann[um] more to bee for ever yssueing and goeing out of my said Messuages lands Tenements Hereditaments and premisses for and towards the maintenance of Two poore schollers in Brason nose Colledge in the university of Oxon to bee for ever successively Chosen out of the said free Schoole in Case the same shall be fitted and settled for that purpose as aforesaid and to be paid unto two such poore Schollers equally by Quarterly payments untill they shall from tyme to tyme respectively have attained to the Degree of Mr of Art or shall be of Competent standing in the said university to take the said Degree. Now in pursuance of my said intente and purpose I Doe hereby give and Devise unto my said Deare & loveing Mother Anne Pitchford and to my said Loveing Uncle Richard Eyans of Chalbury aforesaid and their heyres and Assignes for ever. All those my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Shotswell and Cropredy aforesaid with their and every of their appurtenances To have and to hould the said Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and premisses with th[e] appurtenances unto the said Anne Pitchford and Richard Eyans their heyres and assignes for ever Charged Neverthelesse and Chargable with the severall Anuities herein before by me respectively given to the said Walter Bourne and Mary his wife Thomas Diaper and Abigail his wife Elizabeth Dorrell widdow [space] Eyans widdow Edward Mason and Judith his wife for and dureing their respective naturall Lives as aforesaid uppon trust and Confidence Neverthelesse and to the intent and purpose that they the said Anne Pitchford and Richard Eyans and the Survivor of them and the heyres and assignes of the Survivor of them shall & will untill such settlement and Conveyance shall be by them made of the said Messuages Lands Tenements hereditaments and premisses with the appurtenances as herein after is appointed out of the rents issues and profitts of my Third parte of the premisses already in poss[essi]on well and truely pay the said severall anuityes or yearely summes of money herein before by me bequeathed unto the said Walter Bourne and Mary his wife. Thomas Diaper and Abigail his wife Elizabeth Dorrell widdow [space] Eyans widdow Edward Mason and Judith his wife for and dureing their respective naturall lives in such manner as herein before is bequeathed lymitted and appointed and shall and will likewise employe lay out and bestowe the residue of the rents yssues and proffitts of the said Third parte in poss[essi]on (Deducting in the first place their neccessary charges and disbursments in and aboute the trust in them by these presents reposed and the Execution thereof, for and towards the schooleing of the poore youths of the said Towne in such manner as they shall thinke most convenient and so farr as the same will extend And uppon this further trust and confidence and to the intente and purpose that they the said Anne Pitchford and Richard Eyans and the survivor of them and the heyres and Assignes of the survivor of them shall and will with all convenient Speede after the said Schoolehouse in Chalbury aforesaid shall at the Costs and Charges of the said Towne bee fitted settled and assured for the purpose aforesaid by the advice of Councell Learned In the Lawes of this Nation by good and sufficient Conveyances and assurances settle convey & assure all and singuler the said Messuages Lands Tenements reverc[i]on hereditaments and premises with their and every of their appurtenances unto and uppon the Principle and fellowes of Kings Hall and Brasenose Colledge in Oxon and their Successors for ever uppon trust and confidence and to the intent and purpose that the said Principle and fellowes and their Successors shall and will from and after such Conveyance and Settlement made and perfected out of the rents yssues and proffitts of my said Third parte in poss[essi]on of my said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments pay or cause to be paid unto the said Walter Bourne and Mary his wife Thomas Draper and Abigail his wife Elizabeth Dorrell widdow [space] Eyans widdow Edward Mason and Judith his wife and their respective assignes the said severall Anuityes or yearly summes of money to them respectively bequeathed as aforesaid dureing their respective naturall lives in such manner as aforesaid And shall and will likewise pay laye out and disburse the over plus of the Rents yssues and proffitts of the said Third parte poss[essi]on untill the other Two Third parts shall come in poss[essi]on for and towards the schooleing of the poore Children of the said Towne of Chalbury in such manner as to them shall seeme most Convenient And uppon further trust and Confidence that they the said Principle and Fellowes and their successors shall and will within six monthes after the Decease of my said Deare Mother whereby the other two parts will come in poss[ess]on in Case the said schoole house shall bee then fitted and settled for that purpose as aforesaid Choose one Godly discreete and able person out of the said Colledge (if any may be there founde fitt) to bee Schoolemaster of and to teach in the said Schoole of Chalbury and so from tyme to tyme for ever then after as often as the said place of Schoolemaster shall happen by death or otherwise to be voyde within one month after the same shall soe become voyde and shall and will from tyme to tyme for ever well and duely pay unto the Schoolemaster of the said Schoole for the tyme being out of the rents yssues and proffitts of the said Messuages Lands Tenements hereditaments and premises the yearely Anuitye or Sallary of Forty pounds per Ann[u]m of lawfull money of England at the foure most usuall feasts or termes in the yeare, that is to say, at the feast of The anunciation of the blessed virgin St Mary, The nativitye of St John Baptist The feast of St Michaell the Arch=Angell And the birth of our Lord God by even & equall porc[i]ons or within Thirty dayes after every of the said Feast dayes the first payment there of to beginne and be made at such of the said Feast dayes or dayes of payment as shall first and next happen after the Ellection of the first master to officiate in the said place And uppon this further trust and confidence that the said principall and Fellowes and their successors for ever shall and will as visitors from tyme to tyme have and take uppon them the oversight and see the ordering and Government of the said Schoole according to such order and ordinances as by my said deare mother Anne Pitchford and Loveing Uncle Richard Eyans or the Sur= =vivor of them or the heyres or assignes of the Survivor of them by the advice of Councell Learned in the Lawes of this nation shall at the tyme of settleing and Conveying of the premisses to the said Principall and fellowes and their Successors as aforesaid or otherwise bee for that purpose agreed uppon Ordained and Settled And uppon this further trust and Confidence that the Said Principall and fellowes and their successors for the tyme being shall & will within Three Moneths after the said Schoole shall be fully settled choose nominate and appointe out of the poore sorte of Schollers in the said Colledge Two most eminent in their Judgment for pyetye and parts to have receive and injoye each of them an Anuitye or exhibic[i]on of Five pounds a yeare apeece of Lawfull money of England to be paid unto them at the fowre most usuall feasts or termes in the yeare (That is to say) at the feast of the anunciation of the blessed virgin Mary the nativitye of St John Baptist the feast of St Michaell the Arch Angell and the birth of our Lord God by even and equall potions or within Thirty Dayes after every of the said Feast Dayes. the first payment therof to beginne and to bee made at such of the said feast Dayes or dayes of payment as shall first and next happen after the Ellection of such two poore schollers by the Said Principle and Fellowes and their successors for the tyme being out of the rents yssues and proffitts of the said Messuages Lands Tenements hereditaments and premisses untill such tyme as the said Two schollers shall respectively have taken the Degree of Master of Arts or shall be of Competent Standing in the said university to take the said Degree and no longer And that as ether of the said places of poore Schollers or Exhibitioners shall from tyme to tyme by death or otherwise become vacant That then the said Principall and Fellowes and their successors for the tyme being shall and will from tyme to tyme for ever thereafter with all convenient speede choose one or more scholler or schollers out of the poorer sort of schollers in the said Colledge most eminent for piety and parts as aforesaid to succeede in the roome or place of him or them whose place or places are become vacant as aforesaid and shall and will from tyme to tyme pay to him or them the like exhibic[i]on of five pounds p[er ] ann[um] quarterly in manner as aforesaid that soe there may be a perpetuall Succession of Two poore Schollers to have receive and injoye the benifitt of the Exhibic[i]ons aforesaid And that the said Principall and Fellowes and their successors for the tyme being shall and will in all their ellecc[i]ons preferr such Schollers as have bin bred upp in and come from the said Schoole to the said Colledge if any bee fitt or in default there= =of shall and will nextly preferre such poore schollers as were borne in the County of Oxon and and shall and will well and Duely pay from tyme to tyme for ever unto the said Two poore Schollers for the tyme being to each of them by way of Exhibic[i]on the yearely Summe of Five pounds by quarterly payments untill they shall from tyme to tyme have severally and respectively taken the Degree of Master of Arts or be of Competent standing in the said university to take the Degree of Master of Arts and no longer And uppon this further trust and Confidence that if any person hereafter ellected by the said Principall and Fellowes and their Successors to be Maisters of the said Schoole shall after such Ellection prove remisse or negligent in the due discharge of his said place or ymployment or otherwise become unworthy thereof and after Three Severall admonitions by them the said Principall and Fellowes and their successors for the tyme being given to him to the Contrary shall soe Continue that then the said principall and fellowes and their Successors shall not only Discharge him from the further Execution of the said Place and withdraw the said Sallary from him but shall alsoe proceede to the Ellection of another more fitt person in his roome and shall thenceforth pay the said Sallary to such other person soe by them to bee Chosen in his roome in manner as aforesaid as if the said place had bin voyde by the death of such person soe Discharged And in like manner that if any of the said Exhibic[i]oners soe by them to be chosen shall after their Ellection prove idle or otherwise vic[i]ous and shall not reforme uppon Three Admonitions to them for that purpose given by the said principall and Fellowes and the Successors for the tyme being, or shall absent him or themselves from the said Colledge above the space of six weekes in one whole yeare without reasonable Cause and Licence there uppon first had from the said Principle and and fellowes and their Successors for the tyme being That then the said Principall and Fellowes and their successors for the tyme being Shall after Three such Admon= =itions and non reformac[i]on or absence as aforesaid discharge such Exhibic[i]on or Exhibic[i]oners from the said Schollershipp and benefitt of his or their Exhibic[i]ons and shall withdraw from him or them the said Exhibic[i]ons and shall proceede to ellect one or more Scholler or Schollers in the roome or stead of him or them soe discharged and from thenceforth pay the said Exhibic[i]on or Exhibic[i]ons to him or them that shall be soe elected in the roome of him or them soe Discharged in manner as aforesaid as if such person or persons soe Discharged had been dead anything herein before Conteyned to the Contrary thereof notwithstanding And uppon this further trust and Confidence that the said Principle and Fellowes and their succ= =sessors for ever shall ymploye the overplus of the rents yssues and proffitts of the said Messuages Lands Tenementes Hereditaments and Premisses over and above the said Fortye pounds p[er] ann[um] to the schoolemaster and Tenn pounds p[er] ann[um] to the said Two Exhibic[i]oners which [illegible] will bee Tenn pounds p[er] ann[um] or more after the said severall Anuityes herein before given and bequeathed to the said Walter Bourne and Mary his wife, Thomas Diaper and Abigail his wife Elizabeth Dorrell widdow [space] Eyans widdow Edward Mason and Mary his wife dureing their respective naturall lives and Charged uppon the said Lands and premises shall be expired or otherwise determined to and for the good benefitt of the said Colledge in respect of their Care and trouble of the Execution of the Trust herein by mee directed and intended to be reposed in them And my minde and meaning is that soe long as the Publique taxes or Assesments shall continue to be paid for or in respect of the said Lands & premisses the same shall be borne equally and propportionably by every p[er]son that shall have and receive any Anuitye Sallary or Exhibic[i]on out of the said Lands according to the quantitye of their respective Anuities Sallaries and Exhibic[i]ons and shall bee deducted out of the same by such p[er]sons to whome it shall belong to pay the same And uppon this further Trust and Confidence That in Case the said Towne of Chalbury shall refuse or neglect or shall not within six moneths after the Decease of my said Deare Mother make fitt settle and assure the said schoole= =house or habitation for a Schoolemaster to teach Schoole in in manner as aforesaid whereby there will want a house for such schoolemaster soe as aforesaid to be chosen to teach schoole in That then the said Principall and Fellowes for the tyme being and their Successors shall either in the first place and before they shall ellect or choose a Schoolemaster in manner as aforesaid, imploye so much of the Rents and Proffitts of the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Premisses in the purchassing fitting or building a Convenient Schoolehouse in the said Towne of Chalbury as shall bee for that purpose neccessary and from and after the fitting and finishing thereof ellect a Maister to teach therein and pay the said Sallary of Forty pounds p[er] ann[um] in manner as aforesaid or otherwise shall pay the said anuall Rents of Forty pounds p[er] ann[um] to and for the maintenance of a Schoolemaster to teach Schoole in manner as aforesaid in any other place or Towne in the said Countye of Oxon as neere the said Towne of Chalbury as conveniently may bee as my said Loveing Mother Anne Pitchford and my said Uncle Richard Eyans or the survivor of them or the heyres of the Survivo[rs] of them shall in their Judgmente thinke most Convenient and shall by writeing under their or any of their hands and seales by them to be signed and sealed in the presence of Two or more Credible Witnesses direct declare and appointe anything herein before to the Contrary thereof in any wise not withstanding. And my will & desire is that my said Mother and Uncle and the survivor of them or the heyres or assignes of the Survivo[r] of them that shall happen to make the Conveyances or assureances of the said Lands and premisses to the said Principle and Fellowes and their Successors doe and shall take Care and by the advice of Councell make provision as farre as the law will permitt in and by the said Conveyances That in Case the said Corporac[i]on of the said Collegde shall happen by any meanes to be disolved or taken away or the said Lands or the rents or proffitts thereof to be alyenated or diverted to any other use or purpose then is herein before Lymitted or appoynted That then the said Lands tenements and premisses shall revert to the Right Heyres of mee the said Anne Walker or to my said Mother and Uncle and the survivo[r] of them and the heyres and the Assignes of the survivo[rs] of them whether of them shall be judged most Fitt or Convenient and Agreeable to the Lawes of this Nation In wittnes whereof I the said Anne Walker have to this my last will and Testament Consisting of sixteene sheetes of Written paper sett my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written,That is to say, I have subscribed my hand to every sheete and sett my seale to both sides of the Labell or tye, whereby the said sheetes affixed or fastened together Anne Walker by the said Anne Walker as and for her last will and Testament Signed sealed published and declared and one Anuitye of 40s p[er] ann[um] paid herein formerly menc[i]oned to be given to Elizabeth Aldersey being first blotted strucke out and revoked in presence of : William Webb Richard Hoddiloe Christopher Egleton John Chamberlayne Nath: Hancocke Probatum fuit huiusmodi ..... Testamentum apud Aides Exonienses Scituat' in Le Strand in Comitatu' Midd'x Coram Venerabili et egregio viro Domino Guilielmo Mericke Milite et legum Doctore Curiae Praerogativae Cantuariensis Magistro Custode sive Commissario Legitime Constituto Octavo die mensis Maij Anno Domini mill'imo Sexcen'mo Sexagesimo Septimo Jurament' Annae Pitchford Matr' Dict' Defunct' et Executricis in huiusmodi Testamento nominat' Cui Com'issa fuit Administrac'o omnium et singulorum bonorum Jurium et Creditorum ejusdem Def' de bene et fideliter Administrand' eadem Ad Sancta Dei Evangelia in Debita Juris forma Jurat'.