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Will of Isabell Barnwell

Date of will 20 April 1550
Status widow 
Abode when will written Hanslope
Date of probate 22 June 1555
Summary of will The will provides for numerous gifts to named individuals, including pots and kettles, clothes, sheep and cows, as well as an acre of barley.  However the bulk of the estate is left in trust to benefit the poor of Hanslope, including a house in Church Street and a house with barn and other houses in Tathall End. 
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
Thomas Birchemore Brother    executor    
William Yigs     executor    
Henry Smythe     beneficiary   left a cow 
Thomas Carter     beneficiary   left a cow 
John Rygby   Cosgrove  beneficiary   left a bullock 
William Hales     beneficiary   left a bullock 
William Cole     beneficiary   left a cow, an acre of barley and half acre of peas 
Matthew Crompton     beneficiary   left a cow, half acre of barley, a cheese 
Elizabeth Ynges     beneficiary   daughter of William Ynges; left best brass pan 
William Ynges       father of Elizabeth Ynges 
Margery Darson     beneficiary   left next best brass pan 
Dorothy Burchemore     beneficiary   left a brass pot 
Elizabeth Byrchemore     beneficiary   left third best brass pan 
Florence Berchemore     beneficiary   left a great kettle/cauldron 
Isabell Erle see comments    beneficiary   god-daughter; left eight specified items 
Agnes Webe     beneficiary   left six specified items; also called Ages Well 
John Yates     beneficiary   left a sheep 
Isabell Syerpont     beneficiary   left a sheep 
Jane Adam     beneficiary   left a sheep 
William Crompton     beneficiary   left half acre of barley 
Thomas Gore     beneficiary   left a sheep 
Henry Yattes     beneficiary witness   left pair of iron to support a spit over a fire 
Isobell Raffe Sutton     witness    
John Sutton     witness    
Thomas Yiges Tenant      tenant of a house in Church Street, Hanslope 
William Audley       lately sold a house in Tathall End 
Notes Transcription by Dr Rod Conlon
Source:  Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference 
The original document from which this image has been taken is held by the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, County Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 1UU, UK. Copies may be made for private use, but anyone wishing to publish the will, in whole or in part, or to reproduce it on their website should contact the Centre. A photocopy of the will can be ordered from the Centre

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Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference 
The original document from which this image has been taken is held by the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, County Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 1UU, UK. Copies may be made for private use, but anyone wishing to publish the will, in whole or in part, or to reproduce it on their website should contact the Centre. A photocopy of the will can be ordered from the Centre

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