Reference
LL1/82
Title
Probate of Will of Edmond Blofeld.
Date free text
14 Jan 1613, proved 22 March 1613/14
Production date
From: 1613 To: 1614
Scope and Content
- To be buried at Flitwick near his late wife Margaret.
- To son Edward 200 marks, for the discharge of that sum settled on the testator’s now wife Amye, and the freeing of his other son Giles from the bonds into which they jointly entered. In 1603 the testator entered into a bond, at the marriage of his son Giles to Elizabeth, to assure to them lands of the value of £10, or to bequeath £200 to Giles, which he now does, together with 2 acres of rye.
- Legacies to his sister Mary Markeham widow (10s), to granddaughter Elizabeth (one of the daughters of testator’s daughter Elizabeth Gregory, wife of Edmond Gregory of Cuxsam [Cuxham] county of Oxfordshire) £20 when she is 21, and 20s to the poor of Flitwick. Residue to his eldest son and executor Edward Blofeld. Appoints brother Giles Blofeld as overseer.
Witness; Giles Blofeld senior, Oliver Randes, Thomas Foster
[seal: lion rampant. Seal of Court of Archdeaconry of Bedford is lost]
Level of description
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