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THOMAS PUDSEY OF UPPER CATESBY 1604

25 Aug 1 JAMES 1, yeoman

My body to be buried in the churchyard of Upper Catesby

To Isabel ANDREWS wife of Richard Andrews of Starton £20 & to each of her children

To my son John Pudsey £10

To my daughter Jane forty pounds upon condition that she marry with the consent of her mother & her brother William

To the poor of Starton 2s 6d

To my son William & his issue my house & close etc being within the town & fields of Starton & for default of such issue to my second son John Pudsey

The rest of my goods to my wife & son William, they to be my executors

Witnesses John PINCHESTER & Thomas WATSON

Probate granted 17th April 1604 £32.3.8

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THOMAS SMYTH OF WELTON 1604

17th Feb 1603. Yeoman

My body to be buried in the church or churchyard of Welton at the discretion of my dear father Richard Smyth

Toward the repaid of the church of Welton 20 s

Towards the finishing of the free school in Daventry 10s

Towards the repair of the causeway in Welton from my father's gate to the church 20s

To the poor of Welton 20s

To Euseby WALTER minister of Welton 40s

To my brothers John Smyth, Francis Smyth & William Smyth £5 each

To my brother in law William GREENE his wife & children £5

To my brother in law, Thomas WATTS his wife & children £5 & to my brother in law William BURDETT, his wife & children £5

I will that Elizabeth OLDFIELD my Aunt have 40s

To Alice GRUBBE ?? my nurse one ewe & to Elizabeth CURTIS my son John his nurse one ewe

To every one of my godchildren 12d & to every servant in my father's house 5s

To my cousin Elizabeth LUCAS 20s

My dear mother Jane Smyth to have 40s

My tenants in Welton to be freed of this half year's rent & that Thomas GIBB have six years in the house he now dwelleth in, after my decease at the yearly rent of 6s 8d

My father Richard Smyth to have the bringing up of my son John Smyth, until he reach 21 years, for which he is to have a portion of the residue of my goods.

The residue to my son John, my executor

Overseers John Smyth, William Burdett, William Green & Thomas Watts.

Witnesses Euseby Waker, [Walter?] Clerk, Richard Smyth, William Greene, Thomas Watts & John Smyth

Probate granted 25th May 1604 £165.4.4

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SYBELL BATTISON OF CASTLE ASHBY 1604

Will made 24th March 1585. Sybell of Castle Ashby, widow

To the parish church of Castle Ashby 12d

To every cottier in Ashby 4d

To Sybell Battison the daughter of William Battison of Ravenston 20s etc

I give to Sybell Battison the daughter of Davy Battison of Ravenston a ewe & a lamb etc

To the rest of the children of William & Davy Battison 12d each

To my brother John NEWMAN, his children, every one 12d

To my brother John Battison of Ravenston, his children every one 12d

To William TOWLER a ewe & a lamb

To George PARROTT a ewe & a lamb

To every godchild I have 4d

To John COX of Yardley 10s & to his son Thomas Cox a ewe & a lamb & to his daughter Sybell Cox a ewe etc

The rest of my goods to my 2 sons Thomas & Francis, my executors

Overseer John BALL & I give him 12d for his pains

John FOX Script.

Probate granted 2nd August 1604 £31.0.12

[NB time lapse between making the will & the proving]

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