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WILLIAM GARNER OF SILSTON 1623

William Garner of Silson [Silverstone]. To my son John my house & lands which I now dwell in etc & 2 cottage crofts at Whittlebury,   that which Paul CLARKE dwelleth in I give to my daughter Jane Garner & that which William Clarke dwelleth in I give to my son Henry Garner, paying 10s apiece to my son John Garner

To widow LOVELL the house she now dwelleth in during her life & after to my son Gabriell Garner for a lease of 21 years and the land that she now hath with Perkins HOOK, paying the cheese rent unto John Garner, twice a year.  To Simont [sic] Lovell my son in law 1 acre of barley & to my own children Gabriel, Henry & Jane 1 acre of barley.  To John Garner son to my son John Garner the great brass pot & to Constance Garner my great pan, more I give unto Annis Garner & the rest of my children all my sheets.  To all my grandchildren 12d apiece & to my grandchild William Lovell a half acre of wheat lying under "winmill hill" & to my daughter Alice Lovell my black cow.  To the poor people of Silson 12d.  The rest to my son John Garner

Overseers Thomas LUCAS & John MIN     Will made 10th may 1623

Witness the mark of John Min Thomas Lucas Robert KNASH?   The mark of John HOPKINS

[on side of document] unto my son [sic] George SAVAGE the house & land he dwelleth in & to my daughter Jane £10 the mark of William Garner

Probate granted 13th Aug 1623

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MARGARET KNIGHT OF ABTHORPE 1623

Will made 16th March 1618.  To be buried in the churchyard of Abthorpe near the body of my late husband, William Knight, deceased.   Towards the repairing of the chapel of Abthorpe 10s.  To my brother Robert TOOGOOD 40s.   To my sister Deanes the wife of Jerome WESTON 10s.  To Elizabeth COKE the wife of William Coke of Charwelton 10s.  To each of my godchildren 12d apiece.  To each of my servants 12d apiece

To Margaret SHEAPERD daughter of Michael Sheaperd, deceased 26s 8d.  To William COOPER son of Peter Cooper 26s 8d.  To Elizabeth HILLS daughter to William Hills 6s.  To William Knight's children, the son of Thomas Knight, deceased, to each a cow.   To Edward Knight my godson £10 at 21 years

To my kinswoman Elizabeth WATTS £4 at day of her marriage & my best hat etc..  To the poor of Abthorpe & "Foxcote" 20s.   The rest to William Knight, son of Thomas Knight, deceased, my executor

Overseers Thomas [sic] Knight & William SMYTHE & to each of them for their pains a strike of wheat

Mark of Margaret Knight   Witness John COCKBOLDE? Knight    William Smith Minister

Probate granted 12th July 1623

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THOMAS ROBINES OF MIDDLETON CHENEY 1624

Thomas Robines of Middleton Cheney, Weaver. Will made Jan 1623. My body to be buried in the churchyard of Middleton Cheney.  I make my son Henry Robines & Thomas Robines, son of John Robines, deceased, to be my executors

To Elizabeth Robines, daughter of John Robines £5 at 22 ? years etc. & a tablecloth of her own mother's

Thomas Robines son of John Robines to shall have the tenement & all the lands.  If Thomas Robines, son of John Robines dies without male heirs, then the same to Henry Robines & his heirs

Overseers my cousin John STONE & William GOULBY    Witnesses Michael WARNER   Abraham WRITON     Edward BLINKCO     John PLESTO      Thomas Robines his mark

Probate granted 4th Oct 1624 £36.3.0

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