Will (1582) of Sence Ibgrave of London

Date: 10 Oct 1582 to 15 Oct 1582
Location: [unknown]

Will of Sence (Draper) Ibgrave, widow
This is a transcription of the register copy of the Will of Sence Ibgrave . It was written on 10 October 1582 and proved at London on 15 October 1582. ^[1][2]

Transcription conventions:
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

• Sence Ibgrave Testatrix
• the poore people in the p[a]rishe of Langley
• my daughter Fytton
• Anne Cletherowe my sonne Henrye Cletherowes daughter
• Beniamyne Ibgrave
• William Ibgrave
• Christopher Cletherowe
• Henrye and Dixy Cletherowe, my sonne Thomas Cleterowes children
• my sonne Thomas Cleterowe, Executor
• my sonne Henrye Cletherowe, Executor
• David Smythe, Tenant
• Witnesses: Robt Awgar, S?? and Alyce Warde

Transcription

T. Sentie Ibgrave Vidua

In the name of god amen The tenth daie of October One
Thousande fyve hundred eightie two And in the foure and twentith yere of the raigne of o[u]r
soveraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth etc I Sence Ibgrave of London widow, being
sycke of body, but sounde of memorie and remembrance Lawde and praise I therefore render
unto allmightie god, Doe therefore make and declare this my Testamente in forme followinge. Firste
I geve and bequeathe my soule to god And my bodye to be buried in Christian buriall at the
discression of my executor And as towchinge the order and disposition of suche goods chattells
houses, Landes, Tenementes and other thinges which god hathe endoued me withall I give and
bequeathe the same in forme followinge

Fyrst I bequeath to the poore people in the p[a]rishe of
Langley in the countie of hartford the Somme of fortye shillinges.

Item I give to my daught[er]
Fytton the one half of all my lynnen which to me belongeth in my howse at Langley aforesaid

[Left side addition] Also
Item I geve to Anne Cletherowe my sonne Henrye Cletherowes daughter, one dalmask table
clothe and a dowble Towell belonginge to it.

Also I geve Beniamyne Ibgrave, and William Ibgrave, and to Christopher Cletherowe to either of
theme a sylver bell all guilte.

Also I gyve to
Henrye and Dixy Cletherowe my sonne Thomas Cleterowes children to either of theme three
poundes sixe shillinges eighte pence.

Also I give and bequeathe unto my sonne Henrye Cletherowe
All that my messuage withe all the hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonginge, sett
and beinge at or nere Paules wharffe, wherein one David Smythe or his assignes nowe
dwellethe, To have and to houlde the same Messuage or Tenementes with the appurtenances vnto
the saide Henrie Cletherowe his heires and assignes for ever.

The residue of all my goodes
chattells and other thinges, I geve and bequeathe unto the sayde Thomas Cletherowe and Henrye
Cletherowe, whom I make my executors.

In witness whereof I have sette my hand and seale,
the daie and yeare above written. ./ The marke of the saide Sence. / Sealed and delyvered by
the saide Sence Ibgrave as her Laste will and testamente in the presence of me Robt Awgar
Ser and Alyce Warde

Probatum fuit
suprascriptum testamentum apud London Coram veneraibili viro
Mag[ist]ro Will[i]mo Drury Legum doctore curie prerogatiue Cantuarie[nc]y commissario etc? Decimo quinto
Die mensis Octobrio Anno Domini mill[es]mo quingentesimo octogesimo secundo Juramento Thome
et Henrici Cletherow executorum e.. Cui commissa fuit administratio etc? De Bene etc? Jurat/

Research Notes

• a sylver bell all guilte = a gold plated silver bell (silver gilt)

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Sence Ibgrave, Widow of London

   Reference: PROB 11/64/435

   Description: Will of Sence Ibgrave, Widow of London

   Date: 15 October 1582

   Held by: The National Archives, Kew

2. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858", database with images, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 64, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #919411 (accessed 20 March 2023), Will of Sentie Ibgrave, granted probate on 15 Oct 1582. Died about 1582 in London.