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Will of Walter Rolt of Clifton, esq:

1657/1661

From: 1657 To: 1661

To trustees (John Altham and John Dixie of Gray's Inn, and William Abbis of Stotfold, gentleman) all manors, messuages and lands, to be sold; proceeds as follows: To wife Frances £1,000 with plate, linen, bedsteads for self and servant, and furniture of 1 room in mansion house for self and 1 for servant; with annuity of £100 in interim. To nephew Nathaniel Parsell 20s for ring; and to nieces Hannah wife of Robert Goodhall, Sarah Parsell, Rebecca Parsell £100 each. To Robert Goodhall and son William £50. To sister Margaret Trice, widow £200; to her sons Nathaniel and John and daughter Hannah Pont £100. To Matthew Fearne only son of late sister £400. To brother John Dixie £200. Small bequests to Samuel Pont (husband of Hannah); brother Sir Wolstan Dixie, baronet; niece Rosamond Dixie; brother Thomas Dixie; nephew Woolstan Dixie; to friend and ancient servant James Pratt (to whom a cottage in Clifton occupied by him); servants William Devorax, George Palmer; friends Thomas Amp, George Catesby, John Ventris, George Blundell, Richard Edwards of Henlow, Jonathan Waller. To poor of Clifton £10, of Henlow £2, of Shefford £2. Witnesses: Isaac Bedford, Richard Hallely, Jonathan Waller, John Dodd. 7 August 1657. Proved 24 March 1661.

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Rolt, Walter,
Altham, John,
Dixie, John,
Abbis, William,
Rolt, Frances,
Parsell, Nathaniel,
Goodhall, Hannah,
Goodhall, Robert,
Parsell, Sarah,
Parsell, Rebecca,
Goodhall, William,
Trice, Margaret,
Trice, Nathaniel,
Trice, John,
Pont, Hannah,
Fearne, Matthew,
Dixie, John,
Pont, Samuel,
Dixie, Wolstan,
Dixie, Rosamond,
Dixie, Thomas,
Pratt, James,
Devorax, William,
Palmer, George,
Amp, Thomas,
Catesby, George,
Ventris, John,
Blundell, George,
Edwards, Richard,
Waller, Jonathan,
Bedford, Isaac,
Hallely, Richard,
Dodd, John

wills, CLIFTON, London Gray's Inn, STOTFOLD, servant, CLIFTON