Will of William Stanborowe, yeoman of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire 1647

Date: 19 Nov 1642 to 1 May 1647
Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
Surnames/tags: Rainsford Stanborough Stanborowe

Will of William Stanborowe, yeoman of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire 1647^[1]

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Persons mentioned

• Will[ia]m Stanborowe of Canons' Ashby in the County of North[amp]ton yeoman testator
• my sonne Josias Stanborow
• Wm Sanedge Stuffweav[er] tenant
• my brother James Stanborow
• my sonne in lawe Robert Raynsford & Mary his wife
• Raph Laurence day labourer tenant
• William Sprigg witness
• William Allem witness
• Robert Wiseman witness

I Will[ia]m Stanborowe of Canons' Ashby in the
County of North[amp]ton yeoman calling to mynde the c[er]tainty of death & the uncertainty
of the tyme thereof I thought it good being in pe[r]fect helath I praise god for it
for to make this my last will & testam[en]t in this mann[er] & forme follwoing (that is to saye)
First my humane condic[i]on I doe attend that godwill & pleasure of god my maker
desiring I may be allwayes ready to be absolved & to be w[i]th Jesus Christ my
Redeemer through whose merritts & passion I doe undoubtedly trust to be saved &
as for my body I referr it to the discrec[i]on of my friends

Item I give &
bequeath unto my sonne Josias Stanborow & his heires that my house mesuage
or ten[emen]t conteyning 3 or 4 bayes of building w[i]th the garden or backside & the
app[urtenanc]es as they are now used scituate lyeing & being in the towne of Banbury
in the County of Oxford, on the south side of a streete called the Beastmarket
& now in the use & occupac[i]on of Wm Sanedge Stuffweav[er]

It[em] I give unto my
brother James Stanborow all my wearing app[ar]ell woollen & lynnen & xx^s of
mony

It[em] I give unto my sonne in lawe Robert Raynsford & Mary his wife
& the heires of the said Mary the other house or Cottage conteyning 2 bayes of
building w[i]th the garden or backside & the app[urtenanc]es as they of Raph
are now used scituate lyeing & being in the towne of Banbury in the same County & adjoining to the
same house in the Beastmarket as aforsaid & now in the occupac[i]on of Raph
Laurence day labourer; my meaning is that my sonne in law Robert Rainsford
whome I make & ordaine executor of this my last will & testament I say that my
debtes being payed & all dues & legacies discharged, my will is that my sonne
Robert Rainsford shall have all that rest of my goodes what soev[er].

In witnes whereof I have hereunto set my nad & seale the xix^th day of November 1642
Witnes hereunto Wm Wm Allen: .... those wordes (& his heires) betweene the
12 &13 lynes & those wordes & the said heires of the said Mary betweene the 22^th. & 23^th. lynes
were interlyned before the publsihing thereof in the p[rese]nse of me Wm Sprigg Wm Allen
Robert Wiseman .........

Probate This will was proved in London on the 1 May anno domini 1647 by the oath of Robert Rainsford
the executor named in the will

Sources

1. ↑ Will: "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: 200
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #821964 (accessed 29 October 2023)
   Will of Willimi Stanborrow, granted probate on 1 May 1647. Died about 1647 in Canons Ashby, Northhamptonshire, England.