Will Details

Will of William Glainster

Date of will 25 February 1645, the year being according to the old style calendar in which the year ended on 25 March, Lady Day.  Thus this year corresponds to 1646 by the modern calendar.
Status tailor 
Abode when will written Hanslope, Buckinghamshire
Date of probate 25 January 1658, the year being according to the old style calendar in which the year ended on 25 March, Lady Day.  Thus this year corresponds to 1659 by the modern calendar.
Summary of will Left his estate to his wife and children 
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
Brtidget Glainster Wife    beneficiary executor   Left part of the house and arrable land 
Richard Glainster Son    beneficiary   Left grey gelding + land and half a cottage on mother's deat 
Dorothy Cooke Daughter    beneficiary   Left 2 shillings 
John Cooke Son in Law    beneficiary   Left part of cottage in Church end 
Judith Glainster Daughter    beneficiary   Left £5 
Richard Troughton       Gent. Sold land to William Glainster 
Robert Brightwell Tenant    witness    
Anne Cooper Tenant       
Christopher Baccas Tenant       
Hugh Wrenn Kinsman    trustee/overseer   Yeoman 
Henery Newman Kinsman    trustee/overseer   Yeoman 
William Goldwell     witness    
Matthew Horne     witness    
Source:  The National Archives,  reference  PROB 11/286
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Source: The National Archives,  reference PROB 11/286
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I William Glainster of Hanslopp in the County of Bucks Tailor being sicke in body but of good and perfect remembrance thankes be given to Almighty God for the same doe make and ordaine my last will and Testament in manner and forme followinge ffirst I give will and bequeath my soule unto Almighty God who creatred it to Jesus Christ who redeemed it and to the Holy Ghost who sanctifyed it and preserved mee three persons and but one god God whome I doe adores and will acknowledge forever  And my body to the earth from whence it came to bee buried at the discretion of my Executrix heereafter named  Item I give will and bequeath unto Bridgett my well beloved wife all that my one acre and a halfe of arrable land with the rights and appurtenances thereunto belonginge lying and being in Lady land field in the parish of Hanslop aforesaid which I purchased to mee and my heires forever of one Richard Troughton gent  To have and to hold the same one acre and a halfe of arrable land with the rights and appurtenances unto the same belonginge until my said wife for and dureing her naturall life  Item I give will and bequeath unto my sonne Richard and to his heires forever all that my said one acre and a halfe of arrable land with the rights and appurtenances unto the same belonginge  To have and to hold the said one acre and a halfe of arrable land with the rights and appurtenances unto the same belonginge unto my said sonne Richard and his heires forever immediately after the decease of Bridgett my said well beloved wife  Item I give will and bequeath unto my daughter Dorothy Cooke two shillinges  Item I give will and bequeath unto my Daughter Judith ffive pounds to bee paid unto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I give will and bequeath unto my sonne in Law John Cooke all that part of my Cottage house or tenement together with the yard barne and appurtenances unto the same part belonginge situate and being in the Church End in the parish of Hanslopp aforesaid which said part my said sonne John hath in his possession  To have and to hold the said part of the said Cottage together with the barne yard and appurtenances  unto my said sonne John his executors and assignes for and dureing all the remainder residue and terme of yeares which I have in my lease of the same  Item I doe give will and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Bridgett all the other part or parts of my Cottages or tenements situate and being in Church end aforesaid and are in the possession of Robert Brightwell  Anne Cooper widow and Christopher Baccas together with  the yards buildinges barnes and appurtenances unto the same belonginge  And as are adioyneinge next to the part before bequeathed to my said sonne John  To have and to hold the said part of the said Cottages and tenements and other the appurtenances unto the same parts belongeinge  And all my rights tytle and Interest in the same unto my said wife Bridgett her executors and assignes for and dureing all the remainder residue and terme of yeares which I have in my lease of the same together with my Indenture of lease provided that my said sonne John quiettly enioy his part of the said Cottage or tenement before bequeathed to him  Item I give and bequeath unto my said sonne Richard my grey Geldinge Item all the rest of my goodes and Catttell and Chattells leases and personall estate moveable and unmoveable heerein before undisposed of I doe give will and bequeath unto my said well beloved wife Bridgett whome I doe make sole executrix of this my last will and testament shee payeing debts and legacies and funerall expences and I doe make overseers of this my last will and testament my loveing kinsmen Hugh Wrenn and HeneryNewman both of Hansloppe yeoman to see the same performed  And I doe heereby revoke all former and other wills by mee made or to bee made provided if there bee any ambiguity in this my will the same shall bee explained arbitrated and determined by my said overseers  In wittnes whereof I have heereunto putt my hand and seale the ffive and twentieth day of ffebruary in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred and fforty and ffive by the said William Glainster Subscribed and published by the said William Glainster in the purchase of  The marke of Matthew Horne The marke of Robert Brightwell and William Goldwell

Proved the 25th January 1658