Will of Bridgett Streete of St Andrew, Worcester 1627

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Worcestershire, England
Surnames/tags: Street Streete Streate

This is a transcription of the register copy of the will of Bridgett Streete of St Andrew, Worcester. It was written on 4 November but year is illegible in the register copy and the regnal year was not completed. It was written after 2 April 1624, as this was the date that Bridgett's daughter Margaret married Edward Solley.
Bridgett's will was proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 15 November 1627. ^[1] The writing is legible just in one or two places the ink has faded but generally good to read

Persons mentioned in the will

• Bridgett Streete testatrix, widow of John Streete who died in 1622.
• Thomas Streete son of testatrix
• George Street son of testatrix, executor of the will, eldest son
• Margaret Solley married daughter of testatrix (married Edward Solley 2 April 1624)
• Mary Street unmarried daughter of testatrix aged under 21 years
• John Barber witness to will
• William James witness to will

Spelling, punctuation and line breaks are as per the original document.
Crossings through have been included struck out
Spelling, punctuation and line breaks are as per the original document.
Crossings through have been included struck out
Paragraph breaks at change of bequest, and bold text are my own for ease of reading.
Where present, the obsolete letter Thorn has been rendered as th, and ff has been rendered as F
Abbreviations and breviographs have been expanded in [square brackets]
The image quality was good and the writing very legible.
Non standard spelling as per usual for this time period, which has been transcribed verbatim.

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The fourth day of
November in the yeare of our lord God one thousand sixe hundred twentie & [illegible] and in the [illegible] year
of the reigne of our Sovereigne Lord Charles by the grace of god King of England Scotland
France and Ireland defend[er] of the faith etc I Bridgett Street of the parish of St Andrew in the
cittie of Worcester and Countie of the cittie of Worcester Widow being whole both in body & minde
(god be praised for it) doe make and ordaine this my Testament and last will in manner and forme
following

First and principally I commend and bequeath my soule by a truthy faith into the hands of
[illegible] Almightie my Creat[or] hopeing assuredly through the onely meritte of Christ my Saviour to bee
made p[art]ie of life everlasting My body I committ to the earth from whence it came to bee buried in the
parish Church of St Andrew aforesaid and as neere my loveing husband as convenientlly maye bee
I give and bequeath to my Sonne Thomas Streete the house wherein I now
dwell to remaine to the said Thomas immediately after my decease Whereas my well
beloved husband by his testament and last will gave unto mee as a legacie the use and occupation of
all his mesuages lands and Ten[emen]ts situate and being in the Citty of Worcester aforesaid and
countie of Worcester or the where together with all and singular rents issued and profitts ariseing
issueing and accruewing out of the said mesuages lands and Ten[emen]ts for and during the tearme of twelve
yeares for and towards the paying and discharging of such debts as he did owe unto certaine persons
and for the paying and discharging of such legacies as he did by his last will give unto his children &
others with said guift or legacy of twelve yeares or for many of the same as shall happen to bee unexpired
at the tyme of my decease I give and bequeath unto George Streete my Sonne for and towards the pay[men]t
of my debts due unto my two Daughters Margaret Solley and Mary Street when the legacies bee
paid Them both George and Thomas to have their owne lands and are given them in their fathers
will
I give and bequeath to my said Sonne George Streete one great gilt bowle of silver w[it]h a cover
one great white silver bowle one great beaker of Silver two little white wine bowles of silver one downebedd
one holland sheete of three breadth one paire of holland shees two paire of flaxen sheets one damaske table
cloth one damaske towell one dozen of damaske napkins one diaper Table cloth one dozen of diaper
napkins one longe flaxen Table cloth one dozen of flaxen napkins one gtreat brasse pott and one lesser
brasse pott
^Item I give and bequeath to my said daughter Margarett one diaper Tablecloth one dozen of
diaper napkins one longe flaxen table cloth one dozen of flaxen napkins and two paire of flaxen
sheets
^Item I give and bequeath to my said daughter Mary Street one hundred pounds of lawfull English
money to be paid unto her by the said George Sreete his execut[or] or assignes when the said
Mary shall accomplish the full age one and Twentie years (if she for long live)
^Item I give and bequeath
to my said daughter Mary one featherbedd two boulsters two pillowes two blanketts one Coverlett
one diaper Table cloth one Dozen of diaper napkins two flaxen Table clothes two dozen of flaxen
Napkins fower paire of flaxen sheets two brasse potts and one Caldron

Memorand that in the moneth of
September or October Anno Dom[ini] 1627 the abovenamed Bridgett Street Widdowe
being of perfect minde and memory did publish and declare the will abovewritten to be her
last will and Testament and did notate and ordayne George Streete her eldest Sonne to be her
her executor thereof in the p[re]sence of John Barber and William James

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Bridgett Streete 1627: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 152
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #828168 (accessed 13 May 2022)