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Will of William Ibgrave (bef.1562-bef.1606)
This is a transcription of the register copy of the Will of William Ibgrave of Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England. It was written on ...? and proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 15 February 1605-6.^[1]

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

• Willi[a]m Ibgrave, Testator
  
• Francis Sapperton
  
• Henry Smith^wick my brother in lawe
  
• widdowe Weeden
  
• Robert Smithwick my brother in lawe
  
• Edward Wardner
  
• Beale Sapperton
  
• Windsor Sapperton
  
• Alice Lennyelke my servannt
  
• Elizabeth her sister (of Francis Sapperton)
  
• Will[ia]m Sapperton her brother
  
• Alice George my servannte
  
• Thomas Hart my servannt
  
• Juny Clarke my servannte
  
• Witnesses: R. Sturdie, Will[ia]m, Walker, John Knight
  

Places mentioned

• the mansion howse I haue in revert[i]on in Abbots Langley
• the land in the mannor of Chambersburie of w^th this howse ^and all the demesnes
• the parsonage and all my woods and vnderwoods called Lewsden Woods in the p[ar]ishe of Watford and St Stephens in com[?] hereff
• Notlie? Wood in the p[ar]ishe of Abbots Langley longe wood and litle wood in the same
• the lordshipe of Sannot in Com[?] Hertford predicto w^th fortie acres of arable landes called onlands? togither w^th thadvowsons thereunto belonginge
• the mannor of Westwicke and of Markett oake in com[?] Hertford
• a pece of land called Deane land conteyninge 12 acres
• all my landes in the tennor of Edward Wardner
• the land called Shyppies?

Transcription

T: Willi[a]m Ibgrave

In the name of God Amen I Will[ia]m Ibgrave of Abbots
Langley in the countie of Hertford Esquire beinge of p[er]fect memorie doe make this my laste
will and testament for all my lands goods and Chattels in manner and forme followinge
Firste to the blessed creator saviour and sanctifier of my soule and bodie I comitt it to them
beinge the blessed trinitie in vnitie ^^vnitie in trinitie And as for the mansion howse I haue
in revert[i]on ^, in my mothers possession dureinge her liffe in Abbots Langley and the land
in the mannor of Chambersburie of w^th this howse is holden (three dots) by Edward Workvpp? I give (three dots)

right margin:
and all the demeanes (demesnes?) holden

and bequeath vnto Francis Sapperton vnto her the said Franncis and her heires for
ever and likewise washe? mill? in Com[?] eodem to her and her heires for ever and alsoe
the parsonage and all my woods and vnderwoods called Lewsden Woods in the p[ar]ishe of
Watford and St Stephens in com[?] hereff to her and her heires for euer as namelie
Notlie? Wood in the p[ar]ishe of Abbots Langley longe wood and litle wood in the same
And likewise the lordshipe of Sannot in Com[?] Hertford predicto w^th fortie acres of
arable landes called onlands? to her and her heires for ever togither w^th thadvowsons thereunto belonginge

I giue vnto Henry Smith^^wick my brother in lawe the mannor
of Westwicke and of Markett oake in com[?] Hertford to him and his heires for ever in the tennor of Widdowe Weeden

I giue to Robert Smithwick my brother in lawe ^a a my
pece of land called Deane land conteyninge 12 acres to him and his heires for ever And
now all my landes now ^ ^or articulate in the tennor of Edward Wardner

I giue vnto
Beale Sapperton and his heires for ever And likewise the land called Shyppies?

I
giue vnto the same Beale and his heires for ever And now I make my sole executors
Beale Sapperton and Franncis his sister of this my will and to them my debts paid)

I giue all my worthe goodes and Chattels reall p[er]sonall or moveables

I will that
Franncis Sapperton shall paie yerely vnto Windsor Sapperton xx^li p[er] annu[m] dureinge his life

I will that Francis Sapperton shall paie vnto Elizabeth her sister
x^li p[er] annu[m] dureinge her life

I will that Franncis Sapperton shall paie vnto
Will[ia]m Sapperton her brother x^li p[er] annu[m] dureinge his life

Item to Marie
Sapperton her sister wife of Will[ia]m Walker vj^li p[er] annu[m] dureinge her life

Item I will to Alice Lennyelke my servannt tenner pounde to bee paied her w^thin one yeare after my death

Item to Alice George my servannte v^li w^thin one yeare after my death

Item to Thomas Hart my servannt v^li to bee paid w^thin a yeare after

Lastely I giue vnto the poore of Abbots Langley p[ar]ishe xx nobles to bee paid w^thin halfe a yeare after my death at the discret[i]on and distribut[i]on of my executors

Ite[m] to John Clarke my servannte x^li to bee paid w^thin one yeare after my death And
now I doe leave my bodie to bee buried in solemnitie accordinge to my estate
at the discret[i]on of my executors w^th a sermon. This is all my Will Will[ia]m Ibgrave Witnessed R. Sturdie Will[ia]m Walker John Knight

Probate in Latin
Probatum fuit testamentum suprascriptum apud London coram Magistro

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Willi[a]mo Bird legum doctore Curie Prerogatiue Cant mag[ist]ro custode sine comis=
sario ?ltime constituto xv^to die mensis Februarij anno D[o]m[ini] ??xta cursum? et compu=
tac[i]oem ecclesie Anglicane mill[es]imo Sexcentesimo Quinto Juramento Francisii? Sap=
perton executricis in huimod testamento nominate Cui comissa fuit administr[a]tio ..
bene et fidele administrand eadem Coram Johe Lewes .... vigore com[m]issionis .. in
ha. p[ar]te direct Ad Sancta dei evangelia iurat Reservata potestate Similem Comissionem
facienti Beale Sapperton executori etiam in hu... testamento nominat cum .....
eam petitur in debita iuris forma admissur./ Ex^r
The thertith of March Anno D[o]m[ini] 1605 et regni regis Jacobi Anglie tertio

Research Notes

• I could not find the date in which the will was written.
• There are two dates in the Probate: 15 February and 30 March 1605.

Sources

1. ↑ Will of William Ibgrave

   Reference: PROB-11-107-137

   Description: Will of William Ibgrave of Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire

   Date: 15 February 1606

   Held by: The National Archives, Kew