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O/32
Title
Probate of Will of Sir Peter Osborn of Chicksands, Bedfordshire, knight
Date free text
26 Feb 1649/50; Probate 1 May 1654
Production date
From: 1649 To: 1654
Scope and Content
Reciting previous settlement of his lands in Chicksands, Hawnes and Dean to Sir Thomas Payton, Sir Thomas Hatton, Samuel Browne, sergeant-at-law and sons Henry and Robert Osborn, which settlement he now confirms Further reciting that hangings in the hall and dining room at Chicksands and the bedchamber next to the dining room and 2 pictures belonging to his grandfather in the library are to be kept as heirlooms Further reciting that mourning is appointed to wife, children, Sir Thomas Payton, Sir Thomas Hatton, Serjeant Browne, Thomas Deereham and John Keelinge and “to such of my servants as my Executors shall think fitt” To Sir Thomas Payton, Sir Thomas Hatton and Serjeant Browne - a piece of plate to each of them, £10 in value To servant Ralph Compton: - £10 “as a remembrance of his faithful service” To servant Robert Darly: - £10 To the poor of Campton: - £10 Further reciting that a “Monument of plane marble stone” may be set up at Campton for father and mother and another for self and wife Executors: wife and son Henry Osborn Witnesses: George FitzGeoffrey; Thomas Pethett; Robert Rogers; Robert Darby 26 February 1649/50 Probate 1 May 1654
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