P61/25/1

Pickering's bequest. Probate of Will of Wm. Pickering of Wymington, yeoman. Bequeathes: 10s. for repair of Wymington church; £5 to poor of Wymington; £5 to poor of Rushden, Northants; £5 to poor of Irchester, Northants; £3 to poor of Farndish; £5 to poor of Podington; £5 to poor of Harrold; £5 to poor of Odell; £3 to poor of Souldrop; £40 to servant Geo. Makeam; £20 and furniture to servant Alice Kilby; £20 to Jas. Sayer (son of Wm. Sayer of Hinwick, yeoman); £10 each to Thos., Wm. & Agnes Cowper (chdn. of kinsman John C. of Odell); £20 to Miles Pickering and his children; £20 to Wm. Blott (son of John B. of Harrold) & to the other two sons of J.B.; £10 to Jn. Makeam of Wymington, & £5 each to Thos. John & Eliz. Makeam, chdn of said J.M.; 40s. to Robt. Abbot (son of Geo Abbot), 20s. to Jn. & Wm. A. (2 other sons of G.A.), & 40s. to the rest of the chdn. of Geo. A.; 20s. each to godcdrn. Eliz. Lewes (dau. of Wm.L. of Wymington), & Thos. Claiton (son of Wm. C) & 6s 8d. to godson Wm. Felse (son of Richd. F. of Harrold); rem. of goods to wife Ann (his executrix) Overseer: Wm. Sayer. Wit: John [N]oke, parson of Wymington, Wm. Bletsoe & Wm. Sayer. 25th Aug. 1614. [Codicil, dated 9th Aug. 1615; by which W.P. revokes his bequest of £5 and gives 40s. to the poor of Podington]

Proved 8 Nov. 1615

From: 1614 To: 1615

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Pickering, William,
Makeam, George,
Kilby, Alice,
Sayer, James,
Sayer, William,
Cowper, Thomas,
Cowper, William,
Cowper, Agnes,
Pickering, Miles,
Blott, William,
Blott, John,
Cowper, John,
Makeam, John,
Makeam, Thomas,
Makeam, Elizabeth,
Abbot, Robert,
Abbot, George,
Abbot, John,
Abbot, William,
Lewes, Elizabeth,
Lewes, William,
Claiton, Thomas,
Claiton, William,
Felse, William,
Felse, Richard,
Pickering, Ann,
Noke, John,
Bletsoe, William

WYMINGTON, wills, yeoman, Rushden, Irchester, FARNDISH, PODINGTON, HARROLD, ODELL, SOULDROP, servant, household furniture, Overseers