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Nicholas was buried in Venn Ottery, Devonshire, England, on 14 March 1631/2 ("Nicholas Clapp was buried the xiiith daie of March anno din 1631", the parish register event chronology showing this was the Julian year).[1]
From page 88-91 of Joseph Neal Ancestry published 1945 by Walter Goodwin Davis:
From Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, part IV 126-8:
As executor of his mother's will, Nicholas Clapp of Sidbury, husbandman, 41 made a £30 bond on 12 August 1608. Nicholas Clapp of Venn Ottery made his will on his death-bed, 12 March 1631[/2]:
In the Name of God Amen. I Nicholas Clapp of Venotry in the County of Devon yeoman being sick of Boddye Butt of good & p'fett remembrence praise be Hire given to Almight God doe macke & ordayne these p' sents to be my last will & testament in manner & forme following
First I commend my soule to Almighty God my maker & Redeemer my body to be buried in Christian manner.
Imprimis I give to the poore people of the p'ishe of Sidbury ten shillings to the poore of Venotry aforesaid iij5 iii4 then my will is that Jane Clapp Thomas Clapp Barbara Clapp Radagond Clapp John & Ambrose Clappe my children every & eche of them shall have the some of fouerscore pounds of lawfull money of England as a legacie unto them every of them by me herein given & bequeathed to be paid unto every & each of them by my extr hearafter named oute of the issues & profitts of my lands & Tenements & hereditaments wch I stand seased or possessed of in Venottary aforesaid after the rate & proporcon of nyneteen pounds yearly to be paid unto each of them sevally & respectvely as they are above named & as the aforesaid some of nynteen pounds will leavy & discharge every one according to his & their sevall [torn] intent & meayning is that if any or either my said children afore named happen to decase before such time for payment accordinge to the said Rate of xix1i p. Ann. shall come then such some & somes ment herein to come unto her hym or them dyeing shall remeyn & be paid to the residue of the said children before mentioned lyving equally to be devided. Provided alwayes & yeat neid the lesse that That if my execu{ hereafter named in his life time or any other after his death being extr unto the extr of this my testament shall thinke fitt & agreeing to the good lyveing of my said younger children Barbara Ridgone John & Ambrose that if they or either of them & such of them as shall be willing to putt themselves to any arte or trade that if [ ] thinke to be fittinge advant - p'fittable for they or either of [ ] shall disburse any some or somes of money in such sorte to any or either of my said children sooner or before theire saide sevall some or somes of wch shall be come due or paiebell according to my said last will & Testament That then my will & meaninge ys that my said executor his executor & administrators shal be acquited & allowed of such some or somes of money [ ] shal be soe payd or laied oute to any or either of the partyes above said as well against them [ ] of them as against the residue of my said children aforenamed.
Then I give to Elizabeth my wife a feather beadd p'formed six peweter dishes [ ] ports & a midle panne of brasse [ ] chest two coffers & the use of other household stuffe for her owne behoofe as longe as she liveth & not other wyse
Then I give to my said sonne Thomas my thirde beste potte of brasse
Then I give to my said daughters Jane B[arbara] & Redagon to each of them a brasen pann a peece
Then I give to my son Nicholas Clappe one pewter dishe
All the residue of my goods chattells of what nature or kind soever funerall expenses boren my deabtes & legacies paied & p'formed I wholly give & bequeath unto Richard Clapp my eldest sonne & heire unto whome I give my lands & tenements in Venotary aforesaid & whome I make & ordayne to be the sole executor of this my last will & testament. And I desire Fracis Pile & Hercules Searles my sonnes in law42 to be overseers of this my said will & to assist my said executor in execution of this my said will & I give to either of them in token of my love 21/ In wittness whereof I have hereunto put my hand & seale this xij daye of Marche Ao Dmi 1631
Nichas Clap
Dean & Chapter of Exeter Witnesses: Nie Putt, Wm Winter, Christopher Whitmore Proved in Arch. Exeter, 29 March 1632 Inventory by Christopher Whittron [sic] Richard Stockes, Hercules Sarell & Frances Pyell the 26th day of March Anno Dom. 1632 176.0.0 exhibited 29 March 1631.
This will is dated the same day that Nicholas died. The character of his bequests to his wife imply that he knew she was also near death. She was buried ten days later. No provision is made for, nor even mention made of, Nicholas' eldest daughter, Prudence. We assume that she had recently married and had already received her portion. Following Nicholas' death, his estate was the subject of an inquisition post mortem, taken at Exeter Castle, describing his property and his next heir.
Inquisition indented taken at Exeter Castle co. Devon, 2nd May 9 Charles [I] [1633] to enquire after the death of Nichs Clappe lately deceased. [The jurors] say upon their oath that Nichs Clappe at the time of his death was seised in his demesne as of fee of one messuage, one garden, one orchard, fifteen acres of land, three acres of meadow [ ]acres and a half of one acre of pasture, one acre of woodland and ten acres of furze and heath with the appurtenances in Fenstrie, county aforesaid. And afterwards died so seised, namely 12th March 7 Charles [1631/2], and by his last will and testament he left to Jane Clappe, Thomas Clappe, Barbara Clappe, Radegon Clappe, John Clappe and Ambrose Clappe the children of the afsd Nichs. divers sums of money in and upon the said premises in these English words following: Item my will is that Jane Clappe, Thomas Clappe, Barberye Clappe, Radegond Clappe, John and Ambrose Clappe my children and every and each of them shall have the some of Fower score pounds of lawfull money of England out of the issues and profits of my lands tenements and hereditaments ... in Fenstrie afsd [*c] .... And the jurors say that the afsd messuage et cetera were held by Nichs Clappe at the time of his death of our lord the king in socage in chief, And are worth yearly in all when last valued 20 shillings. The jurors say Nichs Clappe at the time of his death held no other or more messuages, lands, tenements or hereditaments of our lord the king nor of any other person or persons in demesne, and the jurors say that Nichs Clappe died 12th March 7 Charles. and that Richard Clappe is his son and next heir and was of the age at the time of the death of Nichs his father 24 years and more ....
See also: Note these older Genealogies also treat this family but have errors corrected in Kempton Anc and should be used with caution:
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Barbara Clapp was born in England, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Clapp and granddaughter of William (the elder) Clapp of Salcombe, co. Devon. William, the grandfather, had five sons: Edward, Roger, Robert, and John were named in his will. Nicholas having died before his father.
As for William's spouse, I'm not sure who that would be.
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