Will of Margaret Sheppard, widow of Nend (Ninde) 1616

Date: 1615 to 1616
Location: Nine, Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire, England
Surnames/tags: Sheppard Williams

This will was written on the 22 March 1615 and proved in the Considtory Court of Gloucester in 1616^[1]

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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.

Persons mentioned

• Margaret Sheppard testatrix
• Margarett Sheppard daughter of testatrix
• Elizabeth Willis daughter of testatrix
• Mary Bakeer daughter of testatrix
• William Hopkins son in law of testatrix^[2]
• William Williams son in law of testatrix
• William Phelpps son in law of testatrix ^[3]
• John Allen received legacy no relationship stated
• Thomas Hurne overseer of will
• Francis Phellips witness to will
• John White witness to will

[Folio 108 verso]

Testament Margaret Sheppard

In the name of god Amen: the xxij^th daie of Marche in Anno D[omi]n[i]
1615 and in the yeares of the Reign of o[ur] Soveraigne lord James
By the grace of God Kinge of England Scotland France
and Ireland Defend[er] of the Faith etc viz{i]t of England France
and Ireland the xiij^th and of Scotland the ..... I Margarett
Sheppard of Nend in the countie of wilts widdowe beinge sicke
in Bodie but of p[er]fecte remembrance thanks be to god doe
make and Ordaine this my Testament includinge herin my
Laste Will followinge viz[i]t

First I comend my soule into the
hands of Jesus Christe my Alone Savio[ur] & Redemer hopeing
thereby yo obtayne Remission for my sinnes and my body
to be buriede in christian Buriall

Item I give and
bequethe unto my goos moveable and unmoveable what-
soev[er] they be makeinge a devisemente three p[ar]te, whereof
the firste p[ar]rte thereof I give unto my daughter Margarett
Sheppard

Item I give unto Elizabeth Willis my daughter
and Mary Bakeer my daughter the second p[ar]te

Item
I give untoWilliam Hopkins and William Williams and
William Phelps the other third p[ar]te

Item I give unto
John Allen my greate crocke, and I wholie revoke
and dissadnull all other Former wills and bequestes
whatsoev[er] heretofore as one made willed or bequested
and this to stand for my last will and Testament and
I make my overseers William Hopkins & Thomas Hurne
to se this my will uprightlie p[er]formed in ev[er]ie respect
these Bearinge witness

Marke of Margaret Sheppard

Debts: Fra: Phellips Marke of John White

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Margaret Sheppard: "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 #127333 (accessed 28 August 2022)
   Margaret Sheppard probate in Wilts.
2. ↑ The Seaborne family became alias Hopkins and some just Hopkins. In John Sheppard's will this is William Seaborne
3. ↑ In John Sheppard's will the surname appears to be Phillips but this needs looking into as it could be Phelpps