FN971

Probate of the will of Jane How, late of Chaul End, Caddington, widow. 'I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God ...' Testator directs that part of the manor of Dallow, Luton, held in trust for her, at first by James Halsey, doctor of divinity (as appears in indenture of 11 May 1637), and now by nephew John Halsey of Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, shall be sold. [Details of many other provisions for the poor and for relatives.] Executor and residual legatee: nephew John Halsey. Witnesses: Tobias Sayre, Oliver Whittle, J. Coursey. Probate, 30 June ?1665.

7 Jan 1664/65

From: 1664 To: 1665

[Details of many other provisions for the poor and for relatives]: - To the poor of Caddington, £5. - To the poor of Luton and Dunstable, 40s. - To cousin Sibilla Lockington, 40s for ring. - To nephews Edward Crosby and John Halsey, £150 on conditions. - To niece Dorothy Ampes, widow, £3, and to her daughter Elizabeth, £20. - To nephew Edmund Seare, £10; to his children, £40. - To nephew Thomas Colledge, £20. - To 2 sons of Thomas Helder and deceased wife (niece Alice) and daughter Jane, £20; also £10 in lieu of certain household goods which she formerly intended for Jane. - To kinsman Henry Smith and wife Anne, 40s; to their daughter Jane, £10; to their other 4 children, 40s apiece. - To William Halsey, son of nephew William Halsey late of Middlesex, £10. - To William Pedder and wife (niece Mary), 40s; and children, 40s apiece. - To Edward Halsey, son of brother Duncombe Halsey, 40s; to 5 children, 40s apiece. - To children of cousin Sibilla Lockington, £10 apiece. - To kinswoman Anne Keslingbury, £4. - To godsons John Ewer, £5, Thomas Nash, 40s. - To 3 children of niece Elizabeth Heaward, deceased, 20s apiece. - To Henry Heaward 'that was my servant', 20s. - To Tobias Foxson 'who hath married my kinswoman', 40s ring; and to his daughter Mary, £20. - To niece Dorothy Foxson, annuity of £5. - To niece Anne Smith, wife of Henry Smith, featherbed and bolster. - To niece Dorothy Ampes, annuity of £3.

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How, Jane,
Halsey, Jane,
Halsey, James,
Halsey, John,
Sayre, Tobias,
Whittle, Oliver,
Coursey, J.,
Lockington, Sibilla,
Crosby, Edward,
Ampes, Dorothy,
Ampes, Elizabeth,
Seare, Edmund,
Colledge, Thomas,
Helder, Thomas,
Helder, Alice,
Helder, Jane,
Smith, Henry,
Smith, Anne,
Smith, Jane,
Halsey, William,
Pedder, William,
Pedder, Mary,
Halsey, Edward,
Halsey, Duncombe,
Keslingbury, Anne,
Ewer, John,
Nash, Thomas,
Heaward, Elizabeth,
Heaward, Henry,
Foxson, Tobias,
Foxson, Mary,
Foxson, Dorothy

will, manors, Doctor of Divinity, servant, annuity, Chaul End, CADDINGTON, Dallow, LUTON, Great Gaddesden, DUNSTABLE