William Housden


bap. 16/03/1623 Hinxton, Cambridgeshire

Parents

Jhon Howsden bur. 29/08/1642
Alse Twyne
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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

Jug In the name of god Amen the twelf [sic] day of Julye 1642 and in the yeare of the Raygne of o[ur] Soueraigne Lorde Charle... by the grace of god of Englande Scotland Fraunce and Ireland kinge defendo[ur] of the fayth etc the Eighteene [sic] I John Howsden the elder of Hinxston in the Countie of Cambridge yeoman the vnprofytable servant of god weake in bodye but of whole mynde and good and p[er]fytt [sic] memorye the lord be praysed doe make and ordayne this my last Will and Testament in Manner & forme followinge vtterlye revokinge all former Wills heretofore by me made whatsoeuer Fyrst and most princypallie I Com[m]mende my Soule into the handes of Almightye god my maker trusting most assuredlye In by and through the death and most bytter passyon of his Sonne my Savio[ur] Jesus Christe to haue full pardon even the Remyssyon of all my Sinnes and offences And I Com[m]ende my bodye to ye earth wherof yt is made And as Concernynge all my Landes and Tennements [sic] goodes and Chattles [sic] whatsoeuer wherof and wherwith yt hath pleased god to make me Steward of herein this lyfe and vale of myserye this is my mynde will and devise Fyrst I geive will and bequeath vnto Alice my beloved wife my three half acres of errable land more or les [sic] with thapp[ur]tnauncs which I late purchased of one Mathew Markeris lyeng in the Feilde of greate Chesterford in the Countye of Essex And alsoe Fower acres and two twentye foote of Meadowground lyenge in the South meadow late Raymond and one half acre of errable lande lyenge nere Wittelsford Closes late Vownhams with their app[ur]tnauncs sett and beinge in the p[ar]ish and Feildes of Hinxston aforesayd in the sayd Countye of Cambredge to holde the same to her the sayd Alice my wife her heyres and assignies for ever Item I alsoe geive and bequeath vnto the sayd Alice my wife all other my landes and Tennements both Free and Copye whatsoeuer I haue within the Towne p[ar]ish and Feildes of Hinxston aforesayd in the sayd Countye of Cambridg with all ther App[ur]tnauncs to holde to her and her assignies for and duringe the Terme of her naturall lyfe The Remaynder therof after her decease as here followeth Item I geive and bequeath vnto Edward Howsden my eldest Sonne Tweluepence Item I geive and bequeath vnto John Howsden my second Sonne Twelupence Item I geive and bequeath vnto Richard Houwsden my Third Sonne and to his heyres for ever after the decease of my wife The Messuage or Tenement wherin I nowe dwell withall the howses orchard Crofte adioynynge and other the app[ur]tnauncs belonginge to the same together alsoe with Tenn Acres more or less of Copyholde lande and Eightene Acres more or less of Freelande with ther App[ur]nauncs late purchased of John Howsden Sonne of Will'm Howsden deceased sett lyenge and beinge in the Towne p[ar]ish and Feilds of Hinxston aforesayd in the sayd Countye of Cambridge Item I geive will and bequeath vnto Will'm Howsden my youngest Sonne and to his heyres for ever after the decease of my wife One Messuage or Ten[n]ement called Scotts wherin one Lawrance Whiskyn nowe dwelleth with the howses orchard Croft adioynynge and alsoe one Acre & a halfe of errable lande more or less belonginge to the same withall & every their App[ur]tnauncs together alsoe with Three Acres and a Twenty foote of errable lande more or less with thapp[ur]tenauncs' late Raymonds And alsoe a halfe yarde land conteyninge fyftene acres more or less with thapp[ur]tnauncs called Sloowes late Edward Howsdens my fathers lyenge in the Towne p[ar]ish and boundes of Hinxston aforesayd in the sayd Countie of Cambredge Item wheras ther is a suite dependinge in Chauncerye betweene Richard Howsden and Thomas Ellis deceased my kynsmen and me, for certayne money due as appeareth by a decree in the Courtof request dated the twelf of November 1640 and other subsequent orders in that Court made All which money and all my right tytle and interest in ??ind to the sayd money orders and suites I geive and bequeath wholly vnto Christopher Emmerson my Sonne in lawe and his assignies to his and their disposinge Item I geive and bequeath vnto Ann Emmerson my dawghter my best Milch Cowe which she will Choose Item I geive vnto Marye Booth my goddaughter and to my Three Servants every of them Tenn shillinges a peice Item I geive and bequeath vnto Amye Twynn Six powndes of lawfull english money to be payd her vppon request within one yere next after my decease The Resydew of all other my moveable Goodes and Chattles whatsoeuer vnbequeathed my debts beinge payd Legacyes performed and funerall Charges borne I geive and bequeath them whollye vnto the sayd Alice my beloved wife whome I make name and appoynte sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament not doubtinge but she will see the same in althinges p[er]formed accordinglye In witnes wherof I the sayd John Howsden haue herevnto sett my hande and Seale the daye and yeare aboue written John Housden Theise being witnesses Thomas Coop[er] John booth Ext jo Julij 1644 : p[er] executri??

Source: Ely Cons. Ct. 1644 CW
Cambridgeshire Archives

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16/03/1623 Church, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire
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