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Ancestors of Adam Luke John BASTON of Andover, Hampshire, UK
Source Citations
4096. William (Basson) BASTON
1William Baston 1631 Bampton, Oxfordshire
Baptism Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford,
England, PAR16/1/R1/1. "
St Mary's Bampton
26 April 1631 William Baston fs
to Jhon.". Image.
2William Baston 1711 Bampton, Burial
Register. "
St Mary's Church, Bampton, Oxfordshire.
16th August 1711,
William Baston of Aston.". Image.
3Identified building mark, Black Horse,
Standlake, Oxfordshire , (NOTE: This reference to the Baston family has since
been found to be incorrect as the original documents refer to a William &
Susannah Bosely), Lincoln College Archives, Lady Abraham House, Museum Road,
Oxford, Linc. Coll. Mun. L/STA/6. "
Victoria Book of Oxford, Vol 13,
Bampton Hundred, quotes and cites other sources that the lease pertained to a
William & Susannah Baston . This reference to the Baston family has since been
disproved, the original documents are for a William & Susannah Bosely and not
Baston. The Parish Registers for Standlake corroborate the family details for
the Bosely family mentioned in the lease.
For the sake of completeness
the original erroneous references are shown below
a) Referring to
Standlake the Victoria History of Oxfordshire says "Building work by small
yeoman or cottagers is commemorated by inscriptions at 2 Lancot Lane (EBX 1673
for Edward & Christian Bennet) , the Black Horse Public House (WBS 1673 for
William & Susannah ), and Bracken Cottage on High Street (IKA 1717 for John
& Katherine Alder)."
b) The is also a summary reference of the papers in
the Bodleian Library "Tenancy was then given to William Baston, soldier, and his
wife Susannah, and some rebuilding took place, 'W.B.M. 1673' is carved on a beam
over the present lounge fireplace, with a crude letter 'S' added. 'W.B.S. 1673
(William & Susannah) is cut on a stone in the outer street wall; the lady did
not intend to be omitted from the history. An Edward Shipway seems to have
followed, and from 1753 Quarter Sessions Recognizance's begin to record names of
licensees, the first being John Carter, 1753 to 1769. "
c) Additional
information extracted by Carol Harmond in 2009 from Brig. Goadby's personal 1971
notes on the Black Horse deposited in the Bodleian Library
"16th
January 1672 - Lease of “James” to William Baston, soldier and wife Susannah,
vice William Strange, with succession to son William and daughter Susannah for
life at 6s 8d (Attorney, William Townsend). Original deeds held by Lincoln
College (Linc Coll Mun L/STA/6) show that it was in fact a William Bosely and
not William Baston ."
(NOTE: This reference to the Baston family has
been disproved by Carol Harmond, 13th July 2011. The original documents
clearly show William & Susannah Bosely as the lessees, original lease: Linc.
Coll. Mun. L/ST/6.
Original, now erroneous sources previously quoted:-
a) Excerpt "Victoria History of Oxford" (Vol 13, pages 171-180, page 177)
source quoted "Cf. Stradling, 'Vernacular Archit. Standlake', 70-1, 83-4,
86-7, 95-7, 100-1; Bodl. MS. Top. Oxon. c 768/1, no's. 7, 17, 18, 29, 33
(wrongly giving JAK)".
b) Also referenced in the Oxfordshire Local History
CD "Standlake" as Cf. Bodl. MS. Top. Oxon. c 768/1, no. 29; Linc. Coll. Mun.,
C/STA/6, docs. re Black Horse (C/STA/6 refers to post 1900 documents, L/STA/6 is
the 1672 lease [CAH]).
c) Bodleian Library Ms Top Oxon C768/1 No 20 & ORO
P2/2/ms5/30.. Image.
4Hearth Tax, 1662, Aston & Cote, Bampton,
Oxfordshire, 30 Sep 1662, National Archives, Kew, London, England, E179/164/504
rot 77. "
Henry Baston ij (two hearths).
William Baston i (one hearth).
Baston vidua [widow] (no hearths shown due to page erosion [1665 shows 2
hearths])."
This Oxfordshire document is explicitly an individual
assessment for the first collection for the hearth tax granted to Charles II in
1662.
A heading gives a date for its submission to the general quarter
sessions at Oxford as having taken place on Tuesday 30 September 1662.
The
only returns which survive for Oxfordshire are:-
Michaelmas 1662 PRO - ref
E179/164/504 (bad condition) also available as constable returns E179/255/4.
Lady Day 1665 - PRO ref E179/164/514.
Michaelmas 1665 - PRO ref
179/164/513. "
Henry ij (two hearths).
William i (one hearth).
Vidua (widow) (no hearths shown due to page erosion [1665 shows 2 hearths])."
This Oxfordshire document is explicitly an individual assessment for the
first collection for the hearth tax granted to Charles II in 1662.
A
heading gives a date for its submission to the general quarter sessions at
Oxford as having taken place on Tuesday 30 September 1662.
The only
returns which survive for Oxfordshire are:-
Michaelmas 1662 PRO - ref
E179/164/504 (bad condition) also available as constable returns E179/255/4.
Lady Day 1665 - PRO ref E179/164/514.
Michaelmas 1665 - PRO ref
179/164/513. Image.
5William Baston & Widow Baston 1665 Bampton,
Hearth Tax, (CAH image DSCF9649), 25 Dec 1665, National Archives, Kew, London,
England, E179/164/513 rot 65. "
Michaelmas 1665
William i (one hearth).
Widdow (sic) [Elizabeth] ij (two hearths).
[Henry is not mentioned in the
1665 return]."
Despite the loss of much detail in its heading, this
Oxfordshire document remains explicitly an individual assessment for the sixth
collection, due at Lady Day (25 March) 1665, for the hearth tax granted to
Charles II in 1662 (as seems confirmed also by an indistinct note in Latin on
the dorse of the final rotulet).
However, a note at the very end of the
individual assessment (rot 66d) records the roll's 'allowance' at the quarter
sessions in Oxford on 24 April 1666, and a delivery date in May 1666 is entered
in the same location (close to the point where the roll is sewn).
Extant
returns for Oxfordshire are:-
Michaelmas 1662 PRO - ref E179/164/504 (bad
condition) also available as constable returns E179/255/4.
Lady Day 1665 -
PRO ref E179/164/514.
Michaelmas 1665 - PRO ref 179/164/513.
Image.
6Elizabeth Baston widow,1687 Will, Aston,
Oxfordshire, Elizabeth Baston, 20 Apr 1687, Oxfordshire Record Office, Temple
Road, Cowley, Oxford, England, WI 193.86;4/1/10. ".". "
Legacy to son William
in Elizabeth's 1687 Will.
Item I give and bequeath unto my sonn Henry and
William one halfe yeardlands meadow and commons equally to be divided between
them for the terme of my sonn John life."
William was joint executor
with his sister Edith. Image.
7Elizabeth Baston 1689 Probate of 1687 Will,
Oxfordshire Record Office, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford, England, W.I.
193.86;4/1/10. "
Exhibit et apud Bampton 8 Die August 1689 Per Gulielmum
et Editham Baston Liberos defra et Executores ye pro beno ye qua hactonus etc
sub protestation de addendo ye si --. Ben. Cooper Reginius deput."
Gulielmum [William] joint Executor. Image.
8Coat of Arms - Baston, English Origin (1),
Baston surname. "
Family Coat of Arms (from Burke's General Armory) -
English Origin.
Shield: Quarterly per fesse indented or and az (Gold &
Blue).
Crest:
Motto: None.
The family name originated in Poitou,
France and the surname traces its ancestral roots back to French origin."
There is also an Arms of Cornish origin depicting 3 bats on a Silver background.
Image.
4097. Debora [?] FLETCHER [?]
1Debora Fletcher, Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford,
England, PAR16/1/R1/1 "Book 1". "
St Mary's Church, Bampton.
Debora filia
Henry Fletcher.". Image.
2Debora Baston, 1700, Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Burial Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford,
England, PAR16/1. "
St Mary's Church, Bampton, 28th October 1700.
Debora
Baston of Aston." Image.
3Identified building mark, Black Horse,
Standlake, Oxfordshire , (NOTE: This reference to the Baston family has since
been found to be incorrect as the original documents refer to a William &
Susannah Bosely), Lincoln College Archives, Lady Abraham House, Museum Road,
Oxford, Linc. Coll. Mun. L/STA/6. "
Victoria Book of Oxford, Vol 13,
Bampton Hundred, quotes and cites other sources that the lease pertained to a
William & Susannah Baston . This reference to the Baston family has since been
disproved, the original documents are for a William & Susannah Bosely and not
Baston. The Parish Registers for Standlake corroborate the family details for
the Bosely family mentioned in the lease.
For the sake of completeness
the original erroneous references are shown below
a) Referring to
Standlake the Victoria History of Oxfordshire says "Building work by small
yeoman or cottagers is commemorated by inscriptions at 2 Lancot Lane (EBX 1673
for Edward & Christian Bennet) , the Black Horse Public House (WBS 1673 for
William & Susannah ), and Bracken Cottage on High Street (IKA 1717 for John
& Katherine Alder)."
b) The is also a summary reference of the papers in
the Bodleian Library "Tenancy was then given to William Baston, soldier, and his
wife Susannah, and some rebuilding took place, 'W.B.M. 1673' is carved on a beam
over the present lounge fireplace, with a crude letter 'S' added. 'W.B.S. 1673
(William & Susannah) is cut on a stone in the outer street wall; the lady did
not intend to be omitted from the history. An Edward Shipway seems to have
followed, and from 1753 Quarter Sessions Recognizance's begin to record names of
licensees, the first being John Carter, 1753 to 1769. "
c) Additional
information extracted by Carol Harmond in 2009 from Brig. Goadby's personal 1971
notes on the Black Horse deposited in the Bodleian Library
"16th
January 1672 - Lease of “James” to William Baston, soldier and wife Susannah,
vice William Strange, with succession to son William and daughter Susannah for
life at 6s 8d (Attorney, William Townsend). Original deeds held by Lincoln
College (Linc Coll Mun L/STA/6) show that it was in fact a William Bosely and
not William Baston ."
(NOTE: This reference to the Baston family has
been disproved by Carol Harmond, 13th July 2011. The original documents
clearly show William & Susannah Bosely as the lessees, original lease: Linc.
Coll. Mun. L/ST/6.
Original, now erroneous sources previously quoted:-
a) Excerpt "Victoria History of Oxford" (Vol 13, pages 171-180, page 177)
source quoted "Cf. Stradling, 'Vernacular Archit. Standlake', 70-1, 83-4,
86-7, 95-7, 100-1; Bodl. MS. Top. Oxon. c 768/1, no's. 7, 17, 18, 29, 33
(wrongly giving JAK)".
b) Also referenced in the Oxfordshire Local History
CD "Standlake" as Cf. Bodl. MS. Top. Oxon. c 768/1, no. 29; Linc. Coll. Mun.,
C/STA/6, docs. re Black Horse (C/STA/6 refers to post 1900 documents, L/STA/6 is
the 1672 lease [CAH]).
c) Bodleian Library Ms Top Oxon C768/1 No 20 & ORO
P2/2/ms5/30.. Image.
2048. John BASTON
1John Baston 1662 Bampton to William Baptism
Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford, England,
Par/16/1/R1/1. "
St Mary's Church, Bampton.
3 August 1662 John Baston to
William Baston.". Image.
2Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, John Baston, 29 Nov 1742, Public Record
Office, Kew, London, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb A-G
(Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November in
the sixteenth of the reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over
Great Britain, France and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One
Thousand seven hundred and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in
the County of Berkshire, Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and
testament in manner and form following That is to say first I commend my soul
into the hands of Almighty God hoping and assuredly believing through the merits
and passion of my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to
inherit everlasting glory and my body I commit to the earth to be decently
buried at the discretion of my Executor herein after named and concerning my
worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I dispose of the same as
follows.
First I give and bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of
John Cook all that my half yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres be
the same more or less lying in the common fields of the said East Hendred with
all and every the appertenances thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of
Court Roll to hold to she my said sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever
after.
I give and bequeath unto my brother Thomas Baston five
pounds of good and lawfull money of great Britain and also I give and bequeath
unto Deborah the daughter of my said brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money both which said five pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my
Executor herein after named within a twelve month after my decease.
Also I
give and bequeath unto my cousin Thomas Baston son of my late brother William
Baston all my right and interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging
to the same which said messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of
Thomas Castle deceased who before his death did surrender the said messuage with
the appurtences to my use as security for the payment of a sum of money by me
left him. To hold my said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the
said time that the money remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I
give and bequeath the whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment
to my said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin Francis Baston son also of him said brother John Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston five pounds of the lawfull money who also is son of my said brother
John Baston.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods,
daughter of my said brother John Baston, five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Bennett, daughter also of my said
brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of my brother John Baston five
pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Henry
Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston son also of my said
later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also
I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto
Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston five pounds of
like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John Prior son of my
late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give
and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary Prior five
pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath Robert son in
law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five pounds of like
lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and bequeathed my
will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as above given
and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the rest of my
goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid and my
funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister Deborah
the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole and sole
Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the mark of
Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to be the
last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence and by
us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton. Thomas
Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of February in
the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before the
Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer.
Note: As the Will was written 29th November 1742 the Probate date can't
be 17th February 1742, it should be 17th February 1743 so it looks as though
this court was still using the old calendar hence the discrepancy.."
Messuage
- Dwelling house with out-buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
Mention of John as
late brother in Elizabeth Baston's 1742 Will.
Also I give and bequeath
unto my cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Francis
Baston son also of him said brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston five
pounds of the lawfull money who also is son of my said brother John Baston.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods, daughter of my said
brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Elizabeth Bennett, daughter also of my said brother John Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Ann
Baston daughter also of my brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money." Source Image.
Citation Image.
3Children of John Baston & Mary Spinnage vs
John Baston & Susannah Palmer. "
Thoughts on sorting out the children of:-
John Baston & Mary Spinnage m 10 Oct 1697 Bampton, (we assume John is of Bampton
as no mention of him being from elsewhere).
John Baston & Susanna Palmer m 26
Oct 1699 Begbroke, both of Aston, (probably shown as Jn Jnr), note
this marriage is shown on the IGI as 1679 but is clearly 1699 when you view the
original register.
John Baston & Joan Beeche m 23 Jan 1708 (1707/8)
Clanfield, John of Aston, Joan of Cote. (Probably the father of John
married 1699).
(Bold words above are the facts from either the Baptism
Registers or the 1742 Will. All dates have been corrected to the post 1725
calendar (1st January to 24th March were shown as of the previous year before
1725) but are also shown in parenthesis as uncorrected/corrected (1707/8)
years.
The various Bampton baptism register entries are as follows
(all transcribed from the original register):-
John Baston & Mary
Spinnage married 10 Oct 1697 Bampton.
John Baston & Susanna Palmer married
26 Oct 1699 Begbroke.
Mary Baston* 25 Sep 1698 s Jon
Baston, labourer.
John Barson 17 Mar 1700 s John Barson.
(1699/1700)
Susanna Baston 1 Jan 1701 d Jno Baston jnr of Aston.
(1700/1701)
Elizabeth Baston* 17 May 1702 d Jn Baston.
John
Baston 5 Dec 1702 s Jn jnr of Aston, labourer.
Ann Baston*
20 Dec 1703 d John Baston p (parish?).
Francis Barston* 22
Jun 1705 s John Barston p (parish?).
Joseph Barston 13 Jul 1705
s John Barston p (parish?).
Jane Basson 28 Sep 1708 d John
Basson.
William Basson* 1 Dec 1708 s John Basson.
Jonathan
Baston 17 Mar 1711 s John Baston. (1710/1711).
William Basson
2 Jun 1714 s Jonathan Basson (Jonathan married Elizabeth Carter 12
Nov 1710).
From the 1742 Will of Elizabeth Baston a spinster we know
that Mary, John, Elizabeth, Ann, Francis & William are all children of
the same John as she mentions them all, as of "her brother John".. (* = only
possible entry matching the 1742 Will).
There is only one Mary baptised to
a John around the required period, this is to a Jon, 25th September 1698.
As the only couple married at that time were John Baston and Mary Spinnage,
this should therefore be the John named in the 1742 Will with a daughter Mary.
Likewise, there is only one Ann baptised around the period, this is to a Jn,
20th December 1703, so Ann is also to John & Mary Spinnage Baston. (Ann is also
Mary Spinnages mother's first name).
And again, there is only one Francis,
baptised 22nd June 1705 to a John, so we can allocate Francis to John &
Mary Spinnage Baston.
As to William, we only have one William baptised to
John, this is on 1st December 1708, therefore this William must be to John &
Mary Spinnage Baston. We know from the 1742 Will that there were both a William
of John and a William of Jonathan mentioned, so the two baptisms 1708 & 1714 are
as shown.
This leaves John, William and Elizabeth (who is named as the
wife of John Bennett in the 1742 Will, they were married 9th Oct 1725 Bampton).
For John, we have two possibilities, John baptised 17th March 1700 (1699/1700)
to John and John 15th December 1702 to Jn Jnr. There is a Susanna
shown as being baptised 1st January 1701 (1700/01) to Jn Jnr of Aston, we
can, I think, assume this Susanna would have been the first daughter to John &
Susannah Palmer Baston of Aston, therefore the John shown baptised to Jn Jnr,
would be to John & Susannah Palmer Baston, which leaves the John baptised 1700
to John & Mary Spinnage Baston.
Finally Elizabeth, there is only one shown
for the period, 17th May 1702 to Jn. This is only seven months before
the baptism of the John to Jn Jnr (John & Susannah Palmer Baston) shown above,
so we can safely assume this Elizabeth is to John & Mary Spinnage Baston as it
is too close to the baptism of John in December 1702 .
The only
unallocated baptisms to John during this period are for Jane Basson 28th
September 1708 to John Baston and Jonathan Baston 7th March 1710/11 to John,
both in Bampton. As to Jane, she can't be to John & Mary Spinnage Baston as they
have a William baptised in December of the same year, so it must be either the
Palmer or Beeche Bastons, I suspect it's the Palmers, especially as John's
mother was Jane Bendall.
For Jonathan it is either Mary Spinnage or
Susannah Palmer, as both already have Johns. I suspect that Jonathan was to
John & Mary Spinnage Baston as having both a John & Jonathan was a common trait
on this side of the family. Whichever it was, Jonathan appears to have been
buried in 1714 as an infant.
So the children to John & Mary Spinnage
Baston are Mary 1698, John 1700, Elizabeth 1702, Ann 1703, Francis 1705, William
1708 & Jonathan 1711 (this matches the 1742 Will of Elizabeth Baston).
To
John & Susannah Palmer Baston we now have, Susanna 1701 (1700/01), John 1702,
Joseph 1705 & Jane 1708.
Written by Carol Harmond (neé Baston).
Sunday, 16 September 2007."
I have been advised that jnr (short for
junior) didn't necessarily mean the son of the other, it could be used to
differentiate between 2 possibly unconnected men of the same name..
2048. Henry BASTON
1Henry Baston 1666 Bampton to William Baptism
Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford, England,
Par/16/1/R1/1. "
St Mary's Bampton
10 June 1666 Henry Baston filis
William.". Image.
2Henry Baston 1694 Bampton Burial Record,
Oxfordshire Record Office, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford, England, PAR/16/1/R1/3.
"
Bampton 29th October 1694.
Henry son of William Baston of Aston.".
Image.
3Henry Bason 1692 Oxford Quarter Sessions, QS
index 1692Ep4. "
Jury present Willus Stevens of Burcester yeoman. 1st
January 1692 William under pretence of being bailiff of Sr F Penyston high
Sheriff for arresting Henry Basson at the suit of Wm Griffith, extorted from him
20/- plct non cal. Hen Bason ps billa vera.". Image.
2048. Elizabeth BASTON
1Elizabeth Baston 1668 Bampton to William
Baston Baptism Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford,
England, Par/16/1/R1/1. "
St Mary's Bampton
20 December 1668 Elizb. Baston
fia to William."
Elizabeth Baston born 10 December 1668 Christened 20
December 1668 St Mary's Bampton to William Baston..
Image.
2Elizabeth Baston 1745 Stanton Harcourt,
Oxfordshire, Burial Register, OFHS CD. "
St Michael's Church, Stanton
Harcourt, 7th July 1745.
Elizabeth Bason, single woman."
I originally
discounted this burial for Elizabeth whose Will probate date of 17th February
1742 but this is adjusted to 1743 in the new calender and it appears that people
were quite often not "officially" buried until well after the Will had been
settled and all monies paid as nobody was prepared to put their hand in their
pocket, just in case. This peculiarity has now occured several times with
Baston deaths and subsequent burials where a Will was concerned..
Image.
3Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, Testrix, 29 Nov 1742, Public Record Office,
Kew, London, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb A-G (Original).
"
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November in the
sixteenth of the reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over Great
Britain, France and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One
Thousand seven hundred and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in
the County of Berkshire, Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and
testament in manner and form following That is to say first I commend my soul
into the hands of Almighty God hoping and assuredly believing through the merits
and passion of my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to
inherit everlasting glory and my body I commit to the earth to be decently
buried at the discretion of my Executor herein after named and concerning my
worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I dispose of the same as
follows.
First I give and bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of
John Cook all that my half yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres be
the same more or less lying in the common fields of the said East Hendred with
all and every the appertenances thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of
Court Roll to hold to she my said sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever
after.
I give and bequeath unto my brother Thomas Baston five
pounds of good and lawfull money of great Britain and also I give and bequeath
unto Deborah the daughter of my said brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money both which said five pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my
Executor herein after named within a twelve month after my decease.
Also I
give and bequeath unto my cousin Thomas Baston son of my late brother William
Baston all my right and interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging
to the same which said messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of
Thomas Castle deceased who before his death did surrender the said messuage with
the appurtences to my use as security for the payment of a sum of money by me
left him. To hold my said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the
said time that the money remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I
give and bequeath the whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment
to my said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin Francis Baston son also of him said brother John Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston five pounds of the lawfull money who also is son of my said brother
John Baston.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods,
daughter of my said brother John Baston, five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Bennett, daughter also of my said
brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of my brother John Baston five
pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Henry
Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston son also of my said
later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also
I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto
Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston five pounds of
like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John Prior son of my
late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give
and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary Prior five
pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath Robert son in
law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five pounds of like
lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and bequeathed my
will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as above given
and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the rest of my
goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid and my
funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister Deborah
the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole and sole
Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the mark of
Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to be the
last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence and by
us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton. Thomas
Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of February in
the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before the
Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer.
Note: As the Will was written 29th November 1742 the Probate date can't
be 17th February 1742, it should be 17th February 1743 so it looks as though
this court was still using the old calendar hence the discrepancy.."
Messuage
- Dwelling house with out-buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
In the Name of
God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November in the sixteenth of the reign or our
Sovereign Lord George the second King over Great Britain, France and Ireland and
so forth and in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two
I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in the County of Berkshire, Spinster do
make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following
That is to say first I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping and
assuredly believing through the merits and passion of my Lord and saviour Jesus
Christ to be eternally saved and to inherit everlasting glory and my body I
commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor
herein after named and concerning my worldly estate as it hath pleased God to
bless me with I dispose of the same as follows.
First I give and
bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of John Cook all that my half
yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres be the same more or less lying in
the common fields of the said East Hendred with all and every the appertenances
thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of Court Roll to hold to she my said
sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever after.
I give and bequeath
unto my brother Thomas Baston five pounds of good and lawfull money of
great Britain and also I give and bequeath unto Deborah the daughter of my said
brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the lawfull money both which said five
pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my Executor herein after named within a
twelve month after my decease.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin
Thomas Baston son of my late brother William Baston all my right and
interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging to the same which said
messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of Thomas Castle deceased who
before his death did surrender the said messuage with the appurtences to my use
as security for the payment of a sum of money by me left him. To hold my said
cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the said time that the money
remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I give and bequeath the
whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment to my said cousin
Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Francis Baston
son also of him said brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston five pounds of
the lawfull money who also is son of my said brother John Baston.
Also I
give and bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods, daughter of my said brother John
Baston, five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath
unto Elizabeth Bennett, daughter also of my said brother John Baston five
pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Ann Baston
daughter also of my brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Henry Baston son of my brother Jonathan
Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath
unto my cousin William Baston son also of my said later brother Jonathan
Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath
unto William Baston son of my late brother William Baston five pounds of
the lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Jonathan Baston son
also of my late brother William Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John Prior son of my late sister Mary Prior
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Mary
Spark daughter of my late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull
money.
Also I give and bequeath Robert son in law to John Woods and son
to my said cousin Mary Woods five pounds of like lawfull money.
All
which sums of five pounds above named and bequeathed my will is that my executor
herein after named shall pay the same as above given and bequeathed within a
twelve month after my decease.
All the rest of my goods and chattels of
what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid and my funeral expenses
discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister Deborah the wife of John
Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole and sole Executor of this
my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal the day and year first above written - the mark of Elizabeth Baston -
hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to be the last will and
testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence and by us in the
presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton. Thomas Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of February in the year of
our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before the Worshipful Robert
Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth also
Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of John Cook the sister of
the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom was granted
administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said
deceased being first sworn duly to administer.
Note: As the Will
was written 29th November 1742 the Probate date can't be 17th February 1742, it
should be 17th February 1743 so it looks as though this court was still using
the old calendar hence the discrepancy.."
Messuage - Dwelling
house with out-buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances -
Belonging, appendage or accessory. Source Image.
Citation Image.
4Elizabeth Baston 1742/43 East Hendred
Probate Record, PROB 11/723 (PROB 10/1945 Feb A-G). "
The Will was proved
at London the seventeenth day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand
seven hundred and forty two before the Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law
surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master
keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of John Cook the sister of the deceased and
sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom was granted administration of all
and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being first
sworn duly to administer." (1742/1743). Image.
5Elizabeth Baston 1742 East Hendred Will
Pedigree Chart. "
Pedigree chart constructed from Elizabeth Baston's 1742
Will.". Image.
2048. Mary BASTON
1Mary Baston 1674 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford,
England, PAR16/1/R1/1. "
St Mary's Church, Bampton
12 July 1674 Mary
Baston filia William.". Image.
2Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, Mary Baston, 29 Nov 1742, Public Record
Office, Kew, London, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb A-G
(Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November in
the sixteenth of the reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over
Great Britain, France and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One
Thousand seven hundred and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in
the County of Berkshire, Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and
testament in manner and form following That is to say first I commend my soul
into the hands of Almighty God hoping and assuredly believing through the merits
and passion of my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to
inherit everlasting glory and my body I commit to the earth to be decently
buried at the discretion of my Executor herein after named and concerning my
worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I dispose of the same as
follows.
First I give and bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of
John Cook all that my half yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres be
the same more or less lying in the common fields of the said East Hendred with
all and every the appertenances thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of
Court Roll to hold to she my said sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever
after.
I give and bequeath unto my brother Thomas Baston five
pounds of good and lawfull money of great Britain and also I give and bequeath
unto Deborah the daughter of my said brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money both which said five pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my
Executor herein after named within a twelve month after my decease.
Also I
give and bequeath unto my cousin Thomas Baston son of my late brother William
Baston all my right and interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging
to the same which said messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of
Thomas Castle deceased who before his death did surrender the said messuage with
the appurtences to my use as security for the payment of a sum of money by me
left him. To hold my said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the
said time that the money remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I
give and bequeath the whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment
to my said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin Francis Baston son also of him said brother John Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston five pounds of the lawfull money who also is son of my said brother
John Baston.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods,
daughter of my said brother John Baston, five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Bennett, daughter also of my said
brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of my brother John Baston five
pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Henry
Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston son also of my said
later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also
I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto
Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston five pounds of
like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John Prior son of my
late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give
and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary Prior five
pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath Robert son in
law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five pounds of like
lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and bequeathed my
will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as above given
and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the rest of my
goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid and my
funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister Deborah
the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole and sole
Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the mark of
Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to be the
last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence and by
us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton. Thomas
Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of February in
the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before the
Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer.
Note: As the Will was written 29th November 1742 the Probate date can't
be 17th February 1742, it should be 17th February 1743 so it looks as though
this court was still using the old calendar hence the discrepancy.."
Messuage
- Dwelling house with out-buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
Also I give and
bequeath unto John Prior son of my late sister Mary Prior five pounds of
like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of
my late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money."
Source Image. Citation Image.
2048. Deborah BASTON
1Deborah Cooke 1756 Will Probate, Deborah
Cook, 4 Mar 1756, Public Record Office, Kew, London, ref PROB 10/2186 (original)
& PROB 11/821 (Clerk's copy). "
March the 10th 1756.
John Baston the
Sole Executor within named was Sworn to the truth of this Will before me Arthur
Collier, Surrogate.
Proved at London the tenth day of March in the year of
our Lord 1756 before the Worshipful Arthur Collier Doctor of Laws & Surrogate by
the Oath of John Baston the Sole Executor to whom Administration was granted
having been first Sworn du;y to administer.
Testatrix died 4th Instant.".
"Testatrix died the 4th instant/." Image.
2Deborah Cook 1756 Southwark, Surrey, Burial
Register, London Metropolitan Archives, Northampton Row, London, N1, England,
m/film X070/001 (CAH image DSCF7813). "
St Saviour's Church, Southwark 12th
March 1756.
Deborah Cook a widow.". Image.
3Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, Deborah Baston, sister, 29 Nov 1742, Public
Record Office, Kew, London, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb
A-G (Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November
in the sixteenth of the reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over
Great Britain, France and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One
Thousand seven hundred and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in
the County of Berkshire, Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and
testament in manner and form following That is to say first I commend my soul
into the hands of Almighty God hoping and assuredly believing through the merits
and passion of my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to
inherit everlasting glory and my body I commit to the earth to be decently
buried at the discretion of my Executor herein after named and concerning my
worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I dispose of the same as
follows.
First I give and bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of
John Cook all that my half yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres be
the same more or less lying in the common fields of the said East Hendred with
all and every the appertenances thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of
Court Roll to hold to she my said sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever
after.
I give and bequeath unto my brother Thomas Baston five
pounds of good and lawfull money of great Britain and also I give and bequeath
unto Deborah the daughter of my said brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money both which said five pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my
Executor herein after named within a twelve month after my decease.
Also I
give and bequeath unto my cousin Thomas Baston son of my late brother William
Baston all my right and interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging
to the same which said messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of
Thomas Castle deceased who before his death did surrender the said messuage with
the appurtences to my use as security for the payment of a sum of money by me
left him. To hold my said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the
said time that the money remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I
give and bequeath the whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment
to my said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin Francis Baston son also of him said brother John Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston five pounds of the lawfull money who also is son of my said brother
John Baston.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods,
daughter of my said brother John Baston, five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Bennett, daughter also of my said
brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of my brother John Baston five
pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Henry
Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston son also of my said
later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also
I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto
Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston five pounds of
like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John Prior son of my
late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give
and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary Prior five
pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath Robert son in
law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five pounds of like
lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and bequeathed my
will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as above given
and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the rest of my
goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid and my
funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister Deborah
the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole and sole
Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the mark of
Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to be the
last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence and by
us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton. Thomas
Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of February in
the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before the
Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer.
Note: As the Will was written 29th November 1742 the Probate date can't
be 17th February 1742, it should be 17th February 1743 so it looks as though
this court was still using the old calendar hence the discrepancy.."
Messuage
- Dwelling house with out-buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
First I give and
bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of John Cook all that my half
yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres 80 the more or less lying in the
common fields of the said East Hendred with all and every the appurtences
thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of Court -- off to hold so she my said
sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever after.
All the rest of my
goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid and my
funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister Deborah the
wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole and sole Executor
of this my last will and testament." Source Image.
Citation Image.
4John Cook 1744 Will, Southwark, Surrey,
Probate 1754, Deborah Cooke, wife, 28 Sep 1754, Public Record Office, Kew,
London, PROB 10/2149 (original) & PROB 11/807 (clerk's copy). "
Item, I give
& bequeath all my personal estate, goods & chattells to my beloved wife Deborah
Cook and do constitute & appoint my said loving wife Deborah Cook my whole &
sole Executrix . . ." Image.
5Deborah Cooke 1754 Southwark, Surrey, Will
(CAH Image DSCF7833), Deborah Cooke, 18 Mar 1854, Public Record Office, Kew,
London, TNA ref PROB 10/2186 (original) & PROB 11/821 (Clerk's copy). "
In
the name of God Amen I Deborah Cooke of the parish of Saint Saviour, Southwark
in the county of Surrey, widow being at this time weak in body but of perfect
mind and understanding do the fear of God make this my last Will and Testament,
my soul I do resign unto my blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ my Body I do commit to
the Earth in trust and faith of a joyful resurrection to everlasting felicity
and as to my worldly estate as God of his infinite mercy hath bestowed on me I
will give, devise and bequeath as follows.
Imprimis I give and bequeath to
my loving brother Thomas Baston the sum of twenty pounds of good and lawful
money of Great Britain.
Item to Deborah Baston daughter of my brother
Thomas Baston five pounds and silver sugar dish.
Item to Mary and
Elizabeth Baston daughters of John Baston five pounds each.
Item to
Elizabeth Woodbridge and Ann Racey five pounds each.
Item to Mary
Sparrowhawk wife of William Sparrowhawk my green damask gown large white
petticoat black silk cloak my Mourning ring and half a dozen of Napkins.
Item to her daughter Mary Sparrowhawk my cypher ring and small gilt cup.
Item to John Prior son of William Prior five pounds.
Item to Mary Wood
and her sister (Eliz inserted) each a large silver cup.
Item to Thomas
Judd & Mary his wife one guinea for a ring.
Item to Reverend Thomas Jones,
Chaplin of St Saviour's one guinea for a ring.
Item to Francis Porter and
Hannah his wife one guinea each.
Item to Amey Merry one guinea.
Item
to Mary Quied?/ one guinea.
My will is that all legacies are paid as soon
as I am interred and that I am buried in the same form and manner and in the
same grave with my loving husband John Cooke and that I have the same gentlemen
to support my pall that supported my husband and lastly I give and bequeath unto
John Baston all the rest and residue of my estate and effects whom I constitute
and appoint my whole and sole executor of this my last Will and Testament
whereunto I have set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of March one thousand
seven hundred and fifty four.
The mark of Deborah Cooke (& seal).
Witness our hands same day John Norket and Ebenezer Reynolds."
Image.
6Deborah Cooke 1756 Will Probate, Deborah
Cooke, 10 Mar 1756. Image.
2048. Thomas BASTON
1Thomas Baston, 1758, East Hendred, Berks,
Burial Record, Oxfordshire Record Office, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford, England,
transcript. "
St Augustine's Church, East Hendred 27th July 1758.
Thomas
Baston."
Probably Thomas the husband of Mary (Cursell) Baston..
2Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, Thomas Baston, brother, 29 Nov 1742, Public
Record Office, Kew, London, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb
A-G (Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November
in the sixteenth of the reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over
Great Britain, France and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One
Thousand seven hundred and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in
the County of Berkshire, Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and
testament in manner and form following That is to say first I commend my soul
into the hands of Almighty God hoping and assuredly believing through the merits
and passion of my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to
inherit everlasting glory and my body I commit to the earth to be decently
buried at the discretion of my Executor herein after named and concerning my
worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I dispose of the same as
follows.
First I give and bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of
John Cook all that my half yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres be
the same more or less lying in the common fields of the said East Hendred with
all and every the appertenances thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of
Court Roll to hold to she my said sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever
after.
I give and bequeath unto my brother Thomas Baston five
pounds of good and lawfull money of great Britain and also I give and bequeath
unto Deborah the daughter of my said brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money both which said five pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my
Executor herein after named within a twelve month after my decease.
Also I
give and bequeath unto my cousin Thomas Baston son of my late brother William
Baston all my right and interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging
to the same which said messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of
Thomas Castle deceased who before his death did surrender the said messuage with
the appurtences to my use as security for the payment of a sum of money by me
left him. To hold my said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the
said time that the money remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I
give and bequeath the whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment
to my said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin Francis Baston son also of him said brother John Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston five pounds of the lawfull money who also is son of my said brother
John Baston.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods,
daughter of my said brother John Baston, five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Bennett, daughter also of my said
brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of my brother John Baston five
pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Henry
Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston son also of my said
later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also
I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto
Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston five pounds of
like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John Prior son of my
late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give
and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary Prior five
pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath Robert son in
law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five pounds of like
lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and bequeathed my
will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as above given
and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the rest of my
goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid and my
funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister Deborah
the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole and sole
Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the mark of
Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to be the
last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence and by
us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton. Thomas
Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of February in
the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before the
Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer.
Note: As the Will was written 29th November 1742 the Probate date can't
be 17th February 1742, it should be 17th February 1743 so it looks as though
this court was still using the old calendar hence the discrepancy.."
Messuage
- Dwelling house with out-buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
I give and bequeath
unto my brother Thomas Baston five pounds of good and lawfull money of great
Britain and also I give and bequeath unto Deborah the daughter of my said
brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the lawfull money both which said five
pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my Executor herein after named within a
twelve month after my decease." Source Image.
Citation Image.
3Deborah Cooke 1754 Southwark, Surrey, Will
(CAH Image DSCF7833), Thomas Baston, 18 Mar 1854, Public Record Office, Kew,
London, TNA ref PROB 10/2186 (original) & PROB 11/821 (Clerk's copy). "
Imprimis I give and bequeath to my loving brother Thomas Baston the sum of
twenty pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain."
Image.
2048. Jonathan BASTON
1Jonathan Baston, 1715, Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Burial Register, ORO PAR16/1/R1/3 ("Book 2"). "
St Mary's Church, Bampton,
2nd December 1715
Jonathan Baston.". Image.
2Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, Jonathan Baston, 29 Nov 1742, Public Record
Office, Kew, London, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb A-G
(Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November in
the sixteenth of the reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over
Great Britain, France and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One
Thousand seven hundred and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in
the County of Berkshire, Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and
testament in manner and form following That is to say first I commend my soul
into the hands of Almighty God hoping and assuredly believing through the merits
and passion of my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to
inherit everlasting glory and my body I commit to the earth to be decently
buried at the discretion of my Executor herein after named and concerning my
worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I dispose of the same as
follows.
First I give and bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of
John Cook all that my half yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres be
the same more or less lying in the common fields of the said East Hendred with
all and every the appertenances thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of
Court Roll to hold to she my said sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever
after.
I give and bequeath unto my brother Thomas Baston five
pounds of good and lawfull money of great Britain and also I give and bequeath
unto Deborah the daughter of my said brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money both which said five pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my
Executor herein after named within a twelve month after my decease.
Also I
give and bequeath unto my cousin Thomas Baston son of my late brother William
Baston all my right and interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging
to the same which said messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of
Thomas Castle deceased who before his death did surrender the said messuage with
the appurtences to my use as security for the payment of a sum of money by me
left him. To hold my said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the
said time that the money remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I
give and bequeath the whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment
to my said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin Francis Baston son also of him said brother John Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston five pounds of the lawfull money who also is son of my said brother
John Baston.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods,
daughter of my said brother John Baston, five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Bennett, daughter also of my said
brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of my brother John Baston five
pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Henry
Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston son also of my said
later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also
I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto
Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston five pounds of
like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John Prior son of my
late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give
and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary Prior five
pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath Robert son in
law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five pounds of like
lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and bequeathed my
will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as above given
and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the rest of my
goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid and my
funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister Deborah
the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole and sole
Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the mark of
Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to be the
last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence and by
us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton. Thomas
Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of February in
the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before the
Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer.
Note: As the Will was written 29th November 1742 the Probate date can't
be 17th February 1742, it should be 17th February 1743 so it looks as though
this court was still using the old calendar hence the discrepancy.."
Messuage
- Dwelling house with out-buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
Mention of Jonathan
as late brother in Elizabeth Baston's 1742 Will.
Also I give and bequeath
unto Henry Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull
money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston son also of
my said later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money."
Source Image. Citation Image.
2050. Edward SKINNER
1Edward Skinner, 1661, Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, 3 Jun 1661, Oxfordshire Record Office, Temple Road, Cowley,
Oxford, England, PAR 16/1/R1/1. "
St Mary's Church, Bampton, 3rd June 1661.
Edward Skinner filius Robert." Image.
2050. Elizabeth SKINNER
1Elizabeth Skinner, 1664, Bampton,
Oxfordshire, Baptism Register, 11 Sep 1664, Oxfordshire Record Office, Temple
Road, Cowley, Oxford, England, PAR 16/1/R1/1. "St Mary's Church, Bampton, 11th
September 1664.
Elizabeth Skinner filia Robert."
Image.
2240. Francis KNAGGS
1Francis Knaggs 1648 Egton to Lawrence Knaggs
IGI Baptisms, LDS P012101. "
Francis Knaggs 1648 Egton to Low. Knaggs Whitby,
Yorkshire.". Image.
2Francis Knaggs 1701 Whitby, Yorkshire,
Burial SOG TS, SOG. "
18 December 1701 Francis Knaggs of Whitby.".
2240. Lucie KNAGGS
1Lucia Knaggs 1654 Whitby to Lawrence, IGI,
LDS P007741. "
Lucie Knaggs 3 August 1654 Whitby, Yorkshire to Lawrence
Knaggs.". Image.
2., 2157. Image.
4608. William (Maye) MAY
1William May & Dorothy Evernden 1669
Dallington, Sussex Marriage Register transcript, Sussex FHG, transcript. "
St
Giles Church, Dallington, 17th February 1669.
William May of Ninfield &
Dorothy Evernden, widow otp.".
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