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Anne DIGBIE, widow of Stoke Dry Will proved 1602

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1 In the name of God Amen The last daie of June in the yeare

2 of oure lorde god One thowsand sixe hundred I Anne Digbie of Stoke Dry in the County

3 of widdowe of good and perfect memorie (god be thanked) doe ordeine and make

4 this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge Firste I comend my

5 sowle into the hande of almightye god and my bodye to be buryed in the Channcell of the

6 parrishe churche of Stoke Drye aforesaid in the Tombe of my husband deceassed

7 Item I give to my Sonne Watson one of my Broode Mares whiche he will chuse Item

8 I give to my Daughter Watson my guilt salte Item I give to their Children to be

9 equally dyvyded amongest them Tenn poundes Item I give to my Daughter Anne

10 Norwiche a guilt Bowle Item I give to my Sonne Dudley and to my Daughter Dudley

11 and to their three children Tenn poundes to be equally dyvyded amonge them Item I

12 give to my Sonne Maynwaringe Five poundes and to my Daugher Maynwaringe five

13 poundes and to their Children to be equallye dyvyded amonge them Tenn poundes in all

14 Twentie poundes which they have latelie borrowed receyved and had of me Item I give to

15 Granndchilde Everarde Digbie one broude baye trottinge Fyllye which he latelie had from

16 me and that other yearelinge Fillie which was of the same olde Mare of myne in the upper

17 Halliocke Alsoe I give to him one Frame of Tymber ordeined for a Rooffe for the Corne

18 Chamber Alsoe I doe forgive him that Sixescore poundes of Debte which were dewe unto

19 me by my Sonne Everard Digbie deceased Soe that my said granndchilde Everarde

20 Digbie doe permitte and suffer my Executor quicklie to have egresse and regresse to

21 take and remove all suche goods as doe belonge unto me and are \to be/disposed by my last will

22 and Testament and doe not challenge anie Recompence for default or Reparacions or by

23 ympeachement of waste done by me or my assignes Item I give to the rest of my Sonne

24 Everard Digbie his Children to eache of them Fourtie shillings Item I give more to

25 his Daughter Marie Digbie Twentie shillings and one silver Cuppe with a Cover

26 havinge these letters uppon it M.D. Item I give to my Sonne Sherrard my baulde

27 Mare in the Ladie Acre Item I give to my Daughter Sherrard my baulde Mare

28 in the woodfield Item I give to her my Coache with all the Furniture belonging Item

29 I give to her the one half of my Lynnen and half of my Pewter and half of my Brasse

30 Item I give to her Daughter Anne Sherrard virginalles Item I give to her twoe LMHS page 1 of 1 Anne DIGBIE 1602

31 sonnes William Sherrard and Kellam Sherrard one score of sheepe in the Woodfield

32 Item I give to my granndchilde Symon Norwiche Twentie shillings Item I give to

33 my Sonne James Digbie and to his twoe children to eache of them Twentie shillings

34 Item I give to John Nicholls the elder my Man the white Mare which I boughte of him

35 Item I give to him Fower poundes Item I give to him one Cowe Item I give James Cooke one

36 Cowe Item I give to eache other of my howshold servantes one Sheepe Item to eache of

37 them in monie Sixe shillings eighte pence beside their quarters wages Item I doe constitute

38 appointe and make my Daughter Anne Watson of Rockingham and my Daughter Elizabeth

39 Maynwaringe Executors of this my laste will and testament Item I doe give to my Sonne

40 John Digbye of Sutton my silver Bason and Ewer Item I give to Kenelme Digbie his

41 Sonne one silver Bowlle and cover to it parcel guilt Item I give to his Daughter

42 Anne Digbie one Cowe Item to the Repaire of the parrishe churche of Stoke I give

43 Fourtie shillinge Item to Churche Twentie shillinge Item to Lyddington

44 Churche Twentye shillinge Item I give to my Maide Anne Tarrolde one Cowe Item

45 I give tenn pounde more to be equallye dyvyded amonge my Daughter Watsons children

46 Item I give to oulde John Nicholls the Furniture of his Chamber where he lyeth Alsoe

47 one of the younge Mares in the Woodfield which were of my Carte Mares which he will choose

48 Item I give to my Daughter Sherrards Daughters One score of my sheepe in the woodfield

49 Item I give to my Mayden Emmy Haynes one Cowe And I give to my Daughter Sherrards

50 Mayde Grace twoe sheepe Item I give to Anne Tarrolde one Fetherbedd which is in the

51 Inner Chamber within my Lodginge chamber Item I give to my sonne John Digbie and my

52 Daughter Sherrard all that is in the Clossett excepte the Bookes Item I give to John Stevyns

53 one sheepe in the woodfielde And in witness that this is my last will and testament I have

54 hereunto sett my hand and all these wittnesses whose names are underwritten Item I give

55 more to John Nicholls the elder Fower sheepe Item I give to John Nicholls the younger one Cowe

56 which he will chuse Anne Digbie John Digbie Bridgitt Sherrrard Marie Digbie Ambrose

57 Waide John Nicholls his marke

Summary of Latin Probate clause Proved at , last day of June 1602

Transcribed by Tessa Redmayne March 2012 from a digital image

Checked by Eric Moss January 2014 ©LMHS 2014

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Key words Books, Buildings, Debtors, Devisees other than family, Ecclesiastic, Family, Farmstock, Land, Livestock, Location (Lyddington, Stoke Dry, Uppingham), Music, Valuables

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