Mary Howsden


bap. 16/02/1606 Hinxton, Cambridgeshire

Parents

Jhon Howsden bur. 29/08/1642
Alse Twyne
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Marriages/Partnerships

m. 05/12/1631
Richard Roberts Great Chesterford, Essex

Also known as

Marie Housden

Documentary Sources

In the name of God Amen The fourteenth daie of Januarie in the yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland king defender of the faith &c the eight one thousand six hundred thirtie two I Anne Howsden of Hinxton in the Countie of Cambridge Spinster beinge aged & sickly but of perfect good remembrance Thanks bee given to god therefore doe make and ordayne this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following First and chiefly I Com[m]end my soule to Allmighty God my Creator and redeemer stedfastly trusting through the meritts of Jesus Christ to have pardon for my sinnes and to bee accounted one of the nomber of the Elect children of god and my bodie to the Earth from whence it first came to bee buried within the Churchyard of Hinxton aforesaid And as touching that porc[i]on of worldlie goods and Lands which god hath endued mee withall in this transitory life I will give and dispose of them in this manner as followeth I will and give to Edward Howsden the eldest sonne of John Howsden of Hinxton aforesaid tenne pounds of lawfull English money to bee paid vnto him at his age of Foure and Twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto John Howsden the second sonne of the said John Howsden Tenne pounds of like money to bee paid vnto him at his age of foure and Twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Richard Howsden the Third sonne of the said John Howsden my little house at the townes end of HInxton aforesaid with the ground and other appurtenances thereunto belonging to him and his heires for ever Item I will and give vnto William Howsden the fourth sonne of the said John Howsden tenne pounds of like money to bee paid vnto him at his age of Four and Twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Mary one of the daughters of the said John Howsden the wife of Richard Roberts tenne pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Anne Howsden the second daughter of the said John Howsden tenne pounds of like money to be paid vnto her at her age of foure and Twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Mr Richard Howsden Scholl? five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto hym within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Hester Hamond als Swallow five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto him [sic] within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Mary Wood my Goddaughter five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Anne Twyn the daughter of Roger Twyn five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her at her age of four and Twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Anne Howsden the daughter of Edward Howsden five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her at her age of foure and Twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Anne Twyn the daughter of William Twyn five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her at her age of foure and twenty yeares Item I will and give vnto Isabell Gardiner five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her at her age of foure and twentie yeares Item I Will and give vnto Edward Howsen Roger Twyn Meryam Twyn and Anne Twyn ye children of widow Twyn now living in HInxston aforesaid to either of them Twenty Shillings of like money to bee paid vnto them at their severall ages of Foure and Twentie yeares Item I will & give vnto Richard Riccard of duxford the bond of five pounds which hee oweth vnto me to bee delivered vnto hym by my Executor presently next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Margarett Beale of duxford five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give Nicholas Tittemouse of Hinxton aforesaid five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto him within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto John Tettemouse of Sawston five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto him within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Thomas Tittemouse of Witlesford his bond of Five pounds which hee oweth vnto mee to bee delivered vnto him by my Executor presently next after my decease Item I will and give vnto John Wallis of Walden twentie shillings of like money And to Michaell Wallis tenne Shillings both of them to bee paid the same within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto the Children of Richard Baker which are now liveing six pounds of like money to bee paid and devyded equally amongst them within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Nicholas Carpenter of Cambridge three pounds of like money to bee paid vnto him within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Joane Reeve of Great Chesterford twentie Shillings of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Arthur Ellis of great Shelford his bill of Twenty shillings which hee oweth vnto mee to bee delivered vnto him presently after my decease And also I give and will vnto him twentie shillings of like money within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Isabell Patman of Ickleton five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give to Justice Reynolds the wife of Thomas Reynolds twentie shillings in like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto John Booth the Parish Clarke twentie shillings of like money to bee paid vnto vnto [sic] him within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Susan Jeffery the wife of Thomas Jeffery of Hinxton the yearelie vse of five pounds of money being eight shillings within one yeare next after my decease during her naturall life But if shee overlives her said husband Then my will is that presently after her said husbands death the saide some of five pounds to be given and paid vnto her Item I will and give vnto my Nephew Thomas Ellis all my Copiehold lands lying and being within the Fields of Hinxton aforesaid to him and to his heires for ever And also I will and give vnto him my two acres of Free ground lying in the same Parish to him and to his heires for ever Item I will and give vnto the vse of the poore people of Hinxton aforesaid an annuitie of Fifteene pounds for ever issueing out of my lands lying and being in the towne of Bl???m in the Countie of Bedford in such manner as ??? ??? allready passed the same by Indenture or deede made vnto certayne Feoffees in Hinxton aforesaid and elswhere [sic] to the said vse as by the said Deed or Indenture more at large doth appeare Item I doe forgive Steven Nightingale of Newport eight pounds in money being the last yeares vse of a hundred pounds in money which hee oweth mee vpon bond Item I forgive likewise Richard Lambert of Duxford eight pounds in money being the last yeares vse of a hundred pounds in money which hee oweth mee vpon bond Item I forgive the fiftie pounds in money that my nephew Richard Howsden the eldest sonne of my brother George Howsden oweth vnto mee Also I give and bequeath vnto him the said Richard Twentie Shillings in money to bee paid vnto him within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give to William Howsden one other sonne of my said brother George fiftie pounds in lawfull English money to bee paid vnto him within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Anne Maister some one of the daughters of my said brother George fiftie pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within two yeares next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Sara one other daughter of my said brother George fiftie pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her wthin [sic] one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Alice Sp??? one other daughter of my said brother George fiftie pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within two yeares next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Margarett one other of the daughters of my said brother George fiftie pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will & give vnto Robert Swan tenne pounds of like money to bee paid vnto him within foure yeares next after my decease if hee happen to dye before the said tyme lymitted The ?? will the said tenne pounds to bee equally devyded amongst his daughter Prudence her children Item I will and give vnto [blank space] one other daughter of the said Robert Swan tenne pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto the Children of the said Prudence five pounds in like money to bee paid vnto either of them at their seu[er]all ages of Foure and twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Edward Swan of Ickleton ten pounds of like money and vnto his three daughters either of them likewise tenne pounds to bee paid vnto them severally within two yeares next after my decease Item I will and give to Isabell Gardiner five and twentie pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Anne ???ford and Joane (?) ??? her two daughters to either of them five pounds of like money to bee paid them severally within two yeares next after my decease Item I give and will vnto Anne Smith the Grandchild of the aforesaid Isabell Gardner tenne pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her at her age of two and twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Katherine and Marie the two daughters of John Ellis either of them Twenty pounds of like money to bee paid vnto them at their seuerall ages of Foure and Twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Marie Wade tenne pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto the children of the said Mary Wade Fortie pounds of like money to bee paid and devyded amongst them in this manner The|| said moeny to bee paid within one yeare next after my decease to some honest Guardian whom her brother Thomas Ellis will appoint to bee putt out to the best vse and advantage of the said Children vntill their severall ages of four and twentie yeares then to bee paid vnto them Item I will and give vnto Anne Ellis the daughter of the said Thomas Ellis fortie pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her at her age of Two and Twentie yeares Memorandum that Anne Housden of Hinxton in the Countie of Cambridge Spinster deceased did whilst shee was of perfect memorie and mind vizt Vpon Saturday being the fourth day of Januarie Anno dni one thousand six hundred thirtiee three declare these words following or the like in effect for her last Will or disposicion of her goods as in this manner followes Namely shee gave and bequeathed vnto her Nephew Richard Housden of Hinxton in the Countie of Cambridge yeoman and Thomas Ellis of Hinxton aforesaid yeoman all her goods chattels and houshold [sic] stuff whatsoever they paying certayne legacies menconed [sic] in writing bearing date the fourteenth day of Januarie one thousand six hundred thirtie two as by the said writings relation thereunto being had may appeared And likewise shee did revoke all former Wills and Testaments which shee had formerly made And these words were thus spoken and delivered in the presence and hearing of the said Richard Howsden and Thomas Ellis As also in the presence of M?riam Twyn widow Emme Gipps wife of William Gipps of Hinxton aforesaid and Elsabeth Patman wife of Jeames Pattam [sic] of Ickleton in the said Countie of Cambridge The marke of Miriam Twyn The marke of Emme Gipps The marke of Elsabeth Pattman Memorandum that after the premisses the above named Anne Housden being of perfect mynd and memorie lying vpon her death bed did by word of mouth will and bequeath vnto Anne Gipps the wife of William Gipps of Hinxton aforesaid fiftie pounds to bee paid vnto her within one yeare after the decease of her the said Anne in the presence & heareing of dyvers Credible witnesses Primo die mensis Februarij Anno dni iuxta cursum et computac[i]o[n]em Ecclie Anglicane Millesimo sexcentesimo ???esimo tertio Emanarit comissu Richo Housden et Thome Ellis Legatar principalisbus no[m]i[n]a in Testamento cum Codic???lo annexo prefat Anne Housden nuper de Hinxton in Comitatu Cantabrigie solute defunct Ad administrand bona Jura et credita eiusdem defunct iuxta tenorem Testam'ti et Codicilli dci defunct eo quod eadem defunct nullum in eisdem nominverit Ex'rem de bene et fideliter Administrand eadm ad sca dei Evangelia Coram Johanne Conway Cl'ico ???gore Comiss??? in ea parte als emanat Jurat

Source: PROB 11/165/89

??? xiijo Maij 1634 To the right hoble Thomas Lord Coventry ...[next words hidden in crease] Humbly shew vnto your good lorp your orators Richard Housden of Hinxton ['68' written above line] in the county of Cambridge singleman and Thomas Ellys of the same towne and county yoman [sic] executors of the of the [sic] last will and testam' of Ann Howsden of Hinxton aforesaid spinster deceased That whereas the said Ann Howsden in her life time being possessed of seu[er]all peeces or p[ar]cells of old gold w[hi]ch neyther shee nor Richard Housden her brother form[er]ly deceased whose executrix shee was wold in in any sort depart withall in regard the same gold had ~~ continued a long time in their custody and of their parents And of one hundred pounds or thereabouts of other gold and of diuers spoones of siluer and of siluer and guilt plate lynnen bedding good timber and wood of good value and being a sole woman very aged and weak of body for the more safe keeping of the greatest and cheifest p[ar]t thereof did within about the space of fower or fiue yeres before her decease intrust John Howsden of Hinxton aforesaid theld[ur] and alice his wife being neighbors vnto her as also Edward Howsden theyr sonne Mary one of theyre (?) daughters and now wife of Richard Roberts And Ann Howsden one other of the daughters of the said John Howsden and Alice ... And that the said John Housden w[i]thin or about the time aforesaid receaued and borowed of the said testatrix twenty pounds or thereabouts of lawfull money of England And also receaued of or from the said testatrix one hundred and three skore pound or thereabouts of like money and diuers other seu[er]all soms of money And that the said Edward within or about the same time receaued forty pound or thereabouts of one El??? to or for her vse ...did your orators further shew that the said testatrix ~~ afterwards made her ast will & testam' and ordeined your orators executors thereof and died by and after whose death your orators haue taken vpon them the probate and execuc[i]on of the said will & testam' whereby your orators conceiue that the said old gold & other gold and monies deliu[er]ed receiued or borowed as aforesaid as also the said spoons plate lyn[n]en bedding goods timber wood & troughs doe of right belong vnto your orators But soe yt ys may yt please your good Lor'p that the said John Howsden and Alice Edward Richard Robtes Mary and Anne the daughter ... do giue out in speeches that the said testatrix did giue vnto them or som[m]e of them all that the said gold moneys and plate and spoones And also all such lynnen bedding goods woods tymber & troughs w[hi]ch were the said testatrix and w[hi]ch were deliu[er]ed vnto any of them or left in any of their possession or custody howbeit the said John Howsden for some ~~ p[ar]te of the said money shold haue surrendered all or the greatest p[ar]te of his custumary lands holden of he manor of Hinxton aforesaid to the vse of the said testatrix and of her heyres vpon condicon for paym' ql (?) of a yerely som[m]e of money to hee the said testatrix her heyers executors adm'?ss or assignes and yet made noe surrender thereof or if any such surrend[er] were made the same (?) was suppressed to bee of noe effect by the meanes of the said John to thend as your orators conceiue yt might bee thought that the said hundred and three skore pounds was giuen vnto him or that your orator Richard Howsden who is cozen and next heyer of the said testatrix ad one of her executors shold take noe benefit thereby nor haue any knowledge to what vse the same lands were surrendred [sic] or vpon what condic[i]on as whither the same condicon [sic] bee p[er]formed by the paym't of the monies therein menconed at and according to the tiiiiis therein limited ... ... Rob iiifeiii? The Joint seu[er]all Answere of John Hoiseden & Alice his wife Edward ...seden Richard Roberts & Mary ... & Anne Houseden Deffendts to ye Bill of Complaynt of Richard Houseden & Thomas Ellice Com... 68 The sayd deffs now & at all tymes hereafter sauing vnto hemselues all advantages of Exception to ye inc[er]tainty & other insufficiency of ye sayd Bill of Complayn... exhibited against hem ye sayd Deffs vnto his most honorable Court ... yt... rather of malice & evill will Conceived against ye sayd John Houseden and of hese Deffs to ye intent hereby to vex & molset him (being an old & lame man) & his sayd wife & Children ... But ... ye sayd Anne deceased in her life tyme did freely giue and deliver to ye sayd Anne and of ye Deffs (being goddaughter to ye sayd Ann now deceased) some silver spoones, & some mony [sic] in a purse ... And his Deff John Houseden further acknowledgeth & Confesseth yt about j yeare since hee received of he sayd Anne or by her appoitnmt ye sum[m]e of One | hundred & Three scoore pounds of lawfull English money whereof One h...dred & xx was payed deliu[er]ed to him his Def from & for her ye Sayd Anne, by ye sayd Thomas Ellice one of ye Compl'ts, & by ye appointmt of ye sayd Anne And hother 40 li was payd by one ...ling from & for ye sayd Ann & by her appoyn...t to Edward Howsden one of his Deffs Sonnes, soe was payed to his Deff by his sayd sonne, but hee his Deff otherwise never received any money of ye sayd Elling (?) to or for ye vse of he sayd Anne, And his Deff further sayth, hat his sum[m] of One hundred & Three scoore pounds so paied to him this Deff was p[ar]t of y mony given or intended or Charged to be given to his Deff by ye sayd Richard Houseden deceas...d & p[ar]t of hat w[hi]ch shee ye sayd Anne was wont vsu...y to say to be p[art]t of ye private will w[hi]ch shee was trusted ...all & Charged by ye sayd Richard Housden to pay to his Def ... [some words hidden in crease]...imselfe his Children And yet for yt ye sayd Ann would have ye vse or benefite hereof arising to be & goe to her ye sayd Ann H...den (now deceased) during her life, & after to ...mayne to him his Deff & his Children, herefore by ye ag?ee... of ye sayd ... of him his Deff & for her better security for ye true paym't of ye vse of ye sayd 160li to her ye sayd Ann, hee his Deffs did make ...nder in writing (about one yeare bef... ye Death of ye sayd Ann & about ye tyme yt ye same sum[m] of 160li was all p...ayed vnto ... of his Coppihold or Customary lands holden of ye manno[ur] of Hinxton, into ye hands ... ye hen Lord of ye same Manno[ur] by ye han... of Thomas Coop Edward Houseden two C...stomary Tenants of ye same manno[ur] according to y... ... same manno\ur] to ye vse of her y [sic] sayd Anne for ye Terme of her life onely & not of ... her heyres as in ye Bill is sugg...d And vpon Co... ye paymt of ye sum of xij (?) li & xvj ? yearely to ye sayd Ann during her life onelie (?) ... And ye ...d Alice an other of hese Deffs sayth yt shee never borrowed any mony of ye sayd Anne deceased Nor eu[er] received any mony of any other p[er]son for her But shee Confesseth hat Two Featherbedds & b...lsters, one Chest of Lynnen, wherein here ... about 20 payre of sheets, and about 4 or 5 loades of Timber & Wood were sent to her howse by or from ye sayd Ann deceased in her life tyme And yt ye same after ye death of ye sayd Anne was all fetched or Carried away againe from her house by ... now Compl'ts ... did freely ... ye sayd ...er pinne ... p[ro]per vse in ye p[re]sence of one Marrion Twinn widdow being hen in ye Chomber (?) ...

Source: C 2/ChasI/H100/58
National Archive

Locations

16/02/1606 Church, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire
05/12/1631 Church, Great Chesterford, Essex
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