Goddard Wills COMPILED BY RAINALD W. KNIGHTLEY GODDARD, LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS. [REPRINTED FROM "MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA ET HERALDICA"] LONDON: MITCHELL HUGHES AND CLARKE, 140 WARDOUR STREET, W. 1910. Rainald William Knightley Goddard Electronically prepared edition - January 2005. This edition has been transcribed using optical character recognition (OCR) from an poor quality copy of the reprinted publication, as a consequence there may be errors in addition to those in the original print and its subsequent reprint. The slightly odd pagination is to ensure that the original index page numbers correspond accurately to their referenced pages. It should be also noted that in the copy used for this transcription that the use of abbreviations is very inconsistent, as is the use of superscript characters! However, the current editor has attempted to make this a true copy by repeating those idiosyncrasies, which must have made the original typesetting a nightmare for the publisher. Additionally, consistent spelling is a 20th century phenomena, so the “quaint” spelling used in the original copy has been followed throughout this edition, making the automatic spellchecker virtually useless. Document search engines will also be very unreliable. The only known addition to the previously published version is the appendix of endnotes for interpretation of some of the now more obscure terms used in the wills. This collection of wills seems to be fairly haphazard and is only a small proportion of the Goddard wills presently available. This collection is generally only from the southern half of England and the purpose behind the collection is not obvious. The author has only seen a very few of the original wills to compare with these précis, but the sense of each specific will and all persons mentioned in the will seem to be accurately portrayed in the relevant précis. TRANSCRIBED FOR THE GODDARD ASSOCIATION OF EUROPE BY BRIAN P. GODDARD JANUARY 2005 www.goddard-association.co.uk 3 Goddard Wills. EDMOND GODDARD of ffarnham, Hundred of Tollard Royal, co. Wilts., yeoman. Will dated 3 May 1605. To be buried in parish church of Tollard Royal. Poor of ffarnham. Church of Wimbourne Minster. Almshouses of Saint Margette of Wimbourne. Son Walter 20s. Son John £100. Daus. Anne, Elizabeth, Joan, and Agathie £50 each, to be paid 1 July 1512. Bro. John Goddard £20. Sister Marie, wife of William Goddard my bro. Residue to son Edmond Goddard, who is executor. Bro. William Goddard (to whom I give a gold ring with this posie, “Your absence my woe” ) to be guardian of my-children. Overseers : Bros. Giles Colchester and William Goddard. Witnesses: Alexander Bower, Rector de ffarnham, and William Goddard. Proved 29 May 1606 by William Goddard, brother. (P.C.C., 84, Stafforde.) JOHN GODDARD of Blanford forum, co. Dorset, joiner. Will dated 18 March 1605. To be buried in churchyard of Parish Church of Blandford. Son John £6 at age of 21, to have and enjoy the shop and the new chamber in my house for his life, paying 13s 4d per annum. Son Simon £5 at 21. Best of goods to wife Alice, who is full executrix. Witnesses: William Arnold, Vicar of Blandford, Christopher Sinnet, John Batford, and John Barnes. Proved 19 July 1606 by executrix (P.C.C., 58, Stafforde.) JOHN GODDARD of London, gent. Will dated 4 January 1609. Wife Brigett to have delivered to her all the writings that concern her annuity. Bro. Edmond Goddard. To Mary Lillye, my bro. Mr Doctor Lillye’s dau., a chain of gold, weight 16oz. My friend John Hallywell. To my bro. Dr Lillye’s two Servants 40s each. My bro. Hughe Ingleherte’s two daus. £10 each. Poor of Savoy 40s to be distributed by bro. Dr Lillye. £5 for a banquet to neighbours after my funeral. Residue to Hughe Ingleherte the younger (attending on the bishop of Salisbury), who is executor. [Sealed.] Overseers: Bros. Mr Doctor Lillye and William Goddard, to each of whom 40s for rings. Witness, John Hallywell. Proved 22 January 1609 by executor. (P.C.C., 1, Wingfield.) THOMAS GODDARD of Beconsfield, co. Bucks, yeoman. Will dated 25 January 1609. To be buried in the Parish Church where I shall die. Poor of Stowemarket, co. Suff., where I was born, £5. Poor of Chalfont St. Peter’s, Hugeley, and Beconsfield, £5 each place. Children of bro. John Goddard £40 equally divided. Children of bro. Philip £50 equally divided. Children of bro. Nicholas Goddard £40 equally divided. Children of bro. Robert Goddard £10 equally divided, Mrs Mary Deney £20. Elizabeth Lee, wife of Symon Lee, Parson of Beconsfield, £30, their children Henry, Francis, Mary, Anne, Elizabeth, Jane, ffardina, Walter, Edward, Anne, and Margaret Lee £20 equally divided, and the child to be born 40s. To John Goddard, son of bro. Philip Goddard, the house and apart’s wherein Mr Peirson of Beconsfield now lives. Residue to William Deney, Enquire, son and heir of Sir Henry Deney, Knight, who is sole executor. [Sealed.] Overseer, Symon Lee, Parson of Beconsfield, to whom £20. Witnesses: H. Deney, Simon Lee, mark of Richard ffarthew, John Hales, and John Blacknall. Proved 31 January 1609 by Sir Henry Deney, Knight (P.C.C., 12, Wingfield.) 4 ALICE GODDARD of Welford, co. Berks.. Will dated 20 March 1604. To be buried in parish church of Welford. Mother Church of Sarum. Son Thomas 8 bushels of Wheat 1 month after my decease. Son Simon one great panne, etc., and 8 bushels of wheat 1 month after my decease. Son Simon’s children 12d each, his wife wearing apparel Daughter Elizabeth Egge 20s and clothing, daughter Jone clothes. To James Frene’s [?] children 1 lamb apiece, to Richard Egge 1 sheep. Residue to Edward my son, who is sole executor. Overseers: Francis Coxhead, John Goddard. Witnesses: Francis Coxhead, John Goddard, Anthonie Ledd, John Ogburnd [?]. Proved at Newbury 27 April 1609 by executor. ( Archdeaconry Court of Berks., Book K fo. 537.) THOMAS GODDARD of the parish of St. Mary-le-Bowe in the Ward of Chepe, London, ironmonger. Will dated 21 July 1609. My man Nicholas Adkinson £10 per annum for life; Edmond Mansell, my wife’s .... [?] now in my house, £5 per annum for life; remdr of both to my dau. Mary Godard and her heirs. My man George Tomlinson, my apprentice, £50, be to be made free when be has served 7 years. My man John Hunt. Mary Cole my maid-servt. John Adams, son of John Adams of Tottenham, £5; his bro. Thomas Adams £5. William and Richard Adams, sons of Edward Adams, £5 each. My cousin John Deney £10; my sister, his mother, Elizabeth Woodruff of Lambeth, £10. Elizabeth Worth of Lambeth £30, and to her eldest son Robert Worth £10 at 21. My cousin Anne Godard £50. Raphe Stint forgiven £70 which he owes. Wife Mary Godard £400. Dau. Mary Godard £400 at 20 or marriage. If the child which is to be born is a boy, he to have all my land, both “free and coppie”, and £400 at 21, the land to come to him at his mother’s death. Thomas Mealier my godson £8 at 21. John Stelle, son of Thomas Stelle, my-godson, £3. Elizabeth Myller, dau. of Robert Myller, smith, my goddau., £8. My men George, and Maunsell. I give my wife the nest of great bowles that I bought of her mother when she lay in of my son Richard. Best of goods to wife, who is sole executrix, she to pay the legacies due by my uncle to the children of William Harrington of Beston, co. Salop, born of the body of Bettrise Cutty, £100. To Simon Garton in the year 1611 £90. To some of the children of Stretton £5 14s 4d each. Elizabeth Woodruff £10. Overseers: Mr Stynte, Mr. Wm. Harvey, and my man George. No witnesses. If the child mv wife has be a woman, she and my dau. Mary to be coheirs of land at mother’s death. Proved 4 September 1609 by the relict. (P.C.C., 83, Dorset.) THOMAS GODDARD of Standen Husey, Co. Wilts., Esquire. Will dated 11 November 1609. To be buried in Hungerford Church near the place where my former wife was buried. Parish Churches of Hungerford and Sealbourne. Poor of Cleave Pepper, Albourne, and Garfordes [?]. My dau. Anne 1000mks., half at marriage, half 12 months after or at 21. Son Alexander Goddard 1000 mks., and son Edward Goddard 1000 mks. at 24. If any of my three children die their portion to be divided between survivors, and my eldest son Francis Goddard to be paid out of lands by me bargained and sold to Sir Alexander Tutt, Knight, and Richard Goddard, Esq., as by a deed under my hand and seal dated 10 Feb. 4th K. James (1606-7). Margaret my now wife to educate my three children “in learning and knowledge such as in her lieth”, if she die before they are of age Sir. Alexr Tutt and Richard Goddard to be guardians. Cousin Eleanor Veele £100 which is lent to my bro.-in- law Mr Burley. Bro.-in-law Sr Alexr. Tutt 50s. Cousin and landlord Sr Anthony Hungerford 50s. Cousin Richard Goddard 40s for rings. Old Mr Edwd Walrond 40s. Kinsman Mr Anthony Cooke 50s. Mr Thos. Walrond 30s. Stephen Bigges 30s. John Boothe 20s. Old servant John Hawker 40s. Residue to my wife Margaret, who is sole executrix. 5 Overseers: Bro.-in-law Sir Alexr Tutt, Kt., neph. Anthony Cooke, gent., Thos. Walrond, gent., and my servt. Stephen Bigges, yeoman. [Sealed] Witnesses: Ant Cooke, Vincent Ball, and John Boothe. Proved 20 May 1610 by executrix.