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Nicholas Wall 1588 Will

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Transcript below, emphasis added, from Frank Farnsworth Starr and James Junius Goodwin, English Goodwin family papers : being material collected in the search for the ancestry of William and Ozias Goodwin ..., 3 vols. (Hartford, Conn. : [s.n.], 1921), 1:451-452 (Nicholas Wall of Feeringe, yeoman); digital images, Hathi Trust.

William Wyman Fiske (2005) wrote, "The will of NicolasB Wall was written 21 October 1588 and registered in the Archdeaconry of Colchester, but ultimately proven, with subsequent memorandum written 29 October 1591, in the Prerogaative Court of Canterbury (6 Harrington) on 26 January 1592."[1]

Nicholas Wall 1588 Will

Nicholas Wall of Feeringe, yeoman. Will 21 October 1588; no proof.

I give £20 to some godlie preacher or preachers to preach three score sermons in the said town where I now dwell, or within four miles thereof. I give to my wife the messuages etc. I bought of Reynold Hight, esq. in Byrch, till my son John be 24, when he shall have all, except the little house by the church wherein one Basey now inhabiteth etc. which I give to my son Moyses. I give to my wife Marie all my tenements in Hatfeild Broddocke till the said Moises is 21. To Daniel my son my farm at Colliers End in Standon, county Hertford, in the tenure of ---- Binkes after my wife's decease. To my wife the messuage I lately purchased of John Sammes of Wickham, till my son Bartholomew be 25; in the event of his death to remain to my son Nicholas, my brother in law Robert Sibthorpe, receiving the profits till the said Nicholas be 22. To the poor of Coxall and Feering 20s. yearly for five years. To my brothers Richard and Robert and William Wall £6. 138.4d. apiece, to my brother John Wall and his wife three angels. To Thomas Wiseman my son in lawe, and my daughter Agnes his wife 6os. To Richard Denman my son in law and my daughter Mary his wife 6os. To my brother in law Robert Sibthorpe and his wife two angels. To Bennet Stronge 20s. To William Rawlinsone my servant 40s. To Mary Sibthorpe my goddaughter, daughter of the said Robert Ios. To Edward Collin's wife 1os. To my landlord Christopher Marshall gent, and his wife three angels. To Agnes Wall my brother John's daughter 40s. To Mr. Wilton, Mr. Newman, Mr. Dyks, Mr. Gulston and Mr. Foster 20s. apiece. To Johan Wall my brother Richard's daughter 40s. To William Tibbolde and his wife 40s. To Agnes Martin, sometime Chaterton's wife Ios. To Richard Stowell's wife 20s. My wife shall have the occupation of the manor house of Hutchin's wherein I now dwell, and the lands thereto attached, which I hold of Richard Parker and of the Bishop of London till Michaelman 1598, when my son Nicholas shall have the same. The residue of my goods I give to my wife whom I make my executrix and my brothers John, Richard and Robert Wall, and William Hampton of Little Hadham, Herts, my overseers: Witnesses: Edwarde Ledesham, William Ledesham.
An undated codicil providing a portion for an unborn child.
Witness: Thomas Cutter, gent.
Another giving £100 to testator's youngest daughter Mary Wall. Witness: William Hampton.
Another 29 October, (33?), Elizabeth recording the sale of the cottage in Much Byrch, to Francis Baisie. Witness: Thomas Cutter.
Archdeaconry of Colchester, Wynge, no. 54.

Sources

  1. Citing F. G. Emmison, ed., Essex Wills, vols. 6: The Archdeaconry Courts 1591-1597, Essex Record Office (Clemsford, 1991), 139-40" and noted Prerogative Court of Canterbury, William Wyman Fiske, "The Wall Family of Essex," The American Genealogist, 80 (2005):1-10, 102-116, 201-216 for 111, 112-116 (Nicholas^B Wall) at 114; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.




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