Will of Edmond Williams of Wotton under Edge 1589

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England
Surname/tag: Williams

Edmonde Williams

This is a transcription of the Consistory Court of Gloucester will of Edmond Williams (abt.1560-1589) written on the 2 October 1589 'Edmond's estate passed probate on 11 February 1589/90 in Wotton under Edge.^[1]

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In Dei no[min]e Amen the seconde daye of October A[nn]o D[o]m[ini] 1589 in the one and thirtiethe
yeare of the Raign of our Soveraign Ladie Elizabethe by the g[ra]ce of God Quene of England
France and Ireland Defend[o]r of the faithe &c I Edmonde Willyams of wotton und[e]r
Edge in the countie and Dioc[ese] of Glouc[ester] beinge sicke in bodie but hoole in mynde and of good
and p[er]fecte remembrannce (thanks be geven to God) Doe make and ordeyne this my
p[re]sente Testamente conc[er]nynge herin my Laste will in man[ne]r & forme followinge that
is to saie Firste I com[m]itte my soule into thandes of Allmightie God my Creator trusting
onelie in his m[er]cie to be saved by the meryts and Deathe of his dere sonne Jesu Christe
my Alone sufficient saviour and redemer and my bodie to be buryed in Christian
Buryall

Item I give & bequeathe to the poore people of the towne of wotton iiij^d

It[e]m I give and bequethe to John Will[ia]ms my sonne my brode Lome w[i]th thapp[ur]t[a]n[a]nces
w[hi]ch I boughte Laste my best brasse pott my best Chaffendishe and also my other
brode Lome w[i]th thapp[ur]t[a]n[a]nces p[ro]vyded alwaies that Katheryn my wieff shall have
the use of the said Laste recyted brode lome w[i]th thapp[ur]t[a]n[a]nces fro[m] the daie of my
decease duringe the terme of her naturall Lieff thother brode Lome w[i]th thapp[ur]t[a]n[a]nces
the said John (my sonne) to have & ynioye the same ymediatlie after my decease

Item I give & bequethe unto Johanne, Agnes and Denise my daught[er]s and to
ev[er]y of them thole some of Fower poundes of good Currant money of Englande and
one Charger and one Candlesticke A peece the beste / w[hi]ch said somes and more is
nowe remayninge in thands of Thom[a]s Hopton And w[hi]ch said sev[er]all somes my
will and mynde is shalbe paied to my said Daught[e]rs at their sev[er]all Ages of xxj^th
years or sev[er]all Daies pf their marriadge if before that tyme they shall fortune
to be marryed

Item I give and bequethe to my said sonne John Will[ia]ms
Twentie Shillings in money to ^be payed to hym at thage of xxj^th yers p[ro]vided
allwaies and my will and mynde is / that if yt happen any of my said Children viz[it]
John, Johanne Agnes & Denise or any of them shall fortune to Dep[ar]te this p[rese]nte
Lieff at any tyme or tymes before their said sev[er]all Ages or Daies of marriadge afors[ai]d
That then his p[ar]te or her p[ar]te so deceasinge shall remayne to thother of them then
Survivinge by equall porc[i]ons

The Resydue of all my goods moveable (and
ummoveable & my int[e]rest in my house duringe the Lief of Theoball Will[ia]ms (my
mother) my debts & legasies paied & fun[er]all expences p[er]formed & done I wholie
give and bequethe unto the said Katheryn my wieff whom I make & ordeyne my
sole Executrix / And of thexecuc[i]on[er] herof I make & ordeyne John Smithe of the
Box in Elburton & John Will[ia]ms (my brother) my ov[er]seers & I give to either of them
for their paynes iiij^s / These beringe wittnes to this my Laste will / John
Macye John Will[ia]ms Rob[er]te Maye & Will[ia]m Phelips Sc[riveno]r

Debts due to the testator

In primis Thomas Hopton of Kingewood Com of  Wilts xiiij^Li v^s
It[e]m Thomas Bugge of Combe Com of Glouc[ester]................................. xxiiij^s
Some .......xv^l iv^s

[Reverse of document] T. Edmondi Williams
This will was proved before Joseph Ward surrogate for William Blackleech on xj February AD the year named &c

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Edmond Williams: "Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858"
   Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, UK
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4294 #52316 (accessed 20 August 2022)
   Edmond Williams probate in Wotton under Edge.