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Will of Thomas WINCHESTER of Ascott under Wychwood Will 12 Aug 1575   Probate 19 Oct 1575
Source: TNA no. PROB11/57 Contributed by: Mick Dumbleton Go to Translation Go to Transcript
Summary.
... I Thomas Winchester of Askott under W’chwood ... yeoman ... whole of body ... Name Relationship [Comments] or Major Bequests Thomas WINCHESTER   Ascott under Wychwood Elizabeth WINCHESTER Wife (Exec) Edmond WINCHESTER Eldest Son Henry WINCHESTER Son Margerie WINCHESTER Daughter Jane WINCHESTER Daughter Symon WINCHESTER Brother William PESELEY Son-in-law Overseer Ascott John SKAYE Overseer Ardley Bartholomew CANNON Witness scriptor John CUPPER Witness John LANE Witness John COTTERELL Witness Probate 19 Oct 1575 London ... Elizabeth relict and Executrix ...
Transcriber's and Editor's Notes
The following details are believed to be true but should not be totally relied upon: Testator: Husband of Elizabeth (1584 qv); Father of Edmond (1613 qv); Grandfather of Thomas (1626 qv) & Thomas BRICQUETT (1649 qv); Great-grandfather of Joane (1688 qv) & Thomas BRIQUETT (1707 qv).
Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary
... I Thomas Winchester of Askott under W’chwood ... yeoman ... whole of body ... My body is to be buried in the churchyard of Ascott. I give 4d to the mother church of Oxford. I give 12d towards the repairs of the church of Ascott . I give 6d to the poor men's box there. I give my one yard land in Ascott called Halls yard land and a close etc belonging to it to my eldest son Edmond Winchester. I give all my lands and tenements etc in GLS Tewkesbury to my son Henry Winchester and the heirs of his body, and for lack of such issue to my right heirs forever. But all the above lands and tenements are to remain in the use and occupation of my wife Elizabeth for life if she remains unmarried and not otherwise. I give £13 13s 4d each to my daughters Margerie and Jane, to be paid at marriage if they marry with the consent of their mother, otherwise to have nothing. I give my mare at GLS Stone, also one ____ filly going in Wychwood Forest and my wearing apparel to my brother Symon Winchester. My debts and legacies being paid, I give all the residue of my goods, chattels, debts, leases, takings, rents and reversions to my wife Elizabeth whom I make sole Executrix. I make my well-beloved son-in-law William Peseley of Ascott, yeoman, and John Skaye of Ardley, husbandman, my overseers, and I give them 3s 4d each for their pains ... I revoke all former wills. Witnesses Bartholomew Cannon, scriptor; John Cupper; John Lane; John X Cotterell Probate 19 Oct 1575 London ... Elizabeth relict and Executrix ...
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 xijth Daie of August in the yere of owre Lord god one thousand five hundreth threscore and fyftene I Thomas Winchester of Askott under W’chwood in the Countie of Oxford yeoman being whole of bodie and of good and perfitt remembrance Lawde and praise be unto Allmightie god therfore Doe make and ordeine this my present testament concerning herin my Last will in manner and forme following that is to saie ffirst I bequeath my soule into the hands of god my maker and to his sone Jesus Christ my onlie saviour and redeamer And my bodye to be be buried in the churchyarde of Askott Aforesaid Item I give to the mother churche of Oxford iiij’d Item I give to the churche of Askot aforesaid towards the reparac'ons of the same xij’d Item I give to the poore mens box there vj’d Item I give unto Edmond Winchester my eldest sonne my one yard Land in Askott aforesaid called Halls yard Land and one Close belonging to the same with thapp’tinc's Item I give unto Henry Winchester my sone all my Lands & teneme’ts sett and being in the towne of Tewkisburie in the county of Glous' with their appurtinc’s To have and to hold the same premiss’s to the said Henry and to the heires of his bodie & for Lacke of suche yssue to my right heires for ever All which Lands and tenements aforesaid and ev'y parte and parcel therof I will shall remaine and be in the use possession and occupac’on and occupac'on of Elizabeth my wief during hir naturall Lief yf she doe kepe her self sole unmaried and not otherwise Item I give unto Margerie my Daughter the some of xiij'li thirten shillings fouer pence of good and Laufull money of england to be paid unto her at the daie of hir mariage yf she marrie with the free consent of hir mother or els to have nothinge [The following eight short lines inserted in the margin after "nothinge"] Item I give unto Jane my daughter xiij’li xiij’s iiij’d of good & lawfull money of england to be p’d unto hir at hir daie of mariage if she also marrye w’th the free consent of hir mother or els to have nothing             Item I give unto my brother Symon Winchester my mare which is at Stone in the countie of Glous and one ____ mare colte going in the forrest of Whichwoode, and my wearing apparrell All the residue of my goods cattells debts leases takings rents and reverc’ons whatsoever they be bothe moveable and unmoveable after all my Debts paid and theis my Legacies in this my present testament named and bequeathed being performed I whollie give & bequeath to Elizabeth my wief whome I make my sole and onlie executrix of this my present testament and Last will And of thexecuc’on of the same I make and ordeine my welbeloved sonne in lawe Will’m Peseley of Askott aforesaid yeoman & John Skaye of Ardley in the countie aforesaid husbandman my overseers, and I give unto everie of them for their paines taking therin iij’s iiij’d a pece And I utterlie revoke and adnull all and everie former wills & Testaments guifts Legacies bequests executours and overseers by me before this tyme in anye wise named willed given or bequeathed whatsoever they be In witnes of the same I have to this my present testament and Last will sett my hand & seale the daie and yeare first abovewritten Theis being witness's whose names are underwritten, John Cottrell and Bartholomew Cannon the writer herof per me Bartholomew Cannon John Cupper, John Lane John Cotterells marke Probatum fuit ..... Testamentu’ cora’ ................................................................................... .............. apud London xix’o die mens’s Octobris Anno Domini Milli’mo Quingentesimo Septuagesimo quinto Juramento ..................................................... Elizabethe rel’ce et ex’ce ...................................................................................................................................