X27/9

Will of William Duncombe of Battlesden

30 Oct 1594

From: 1594 To: 1594

Bequests to daughter Elizabeth, (part of the following deleted but legible) of £500, £300 of which is to be paid when her husband, John Worthe, attains full possession of his lands under the will of his late father. Annuity to Katherine his wife [NB Helen in X27/11, died 1588] to be paid by his brother, Thomas Duncombe, according to a bond entered into by the latter. Bequests to his three children, Saunders, William and Susan on attaining the age of 16. Devises also to daughter Susan the house in which Edmund Hickman dwells in Leighton Buzzard, and the meadows which the testator recently purchased of William Sewell. Bequest of furniture to eldest son Edward. Legacy to Ann Duncombe, daughter of his late brother Roger; and to Richard Pope, of the money owed by the latter’s brother. Legacy to servants, including Pollard his maid, and John Hobbs. Instructions to executors that the money owed by Richard Grace of Fenny Stratford and Peter de Frayne of Woburn Sands, who are bound to the testator for the sum of £90, “which money belongeth to the schole of Woburn and in verie truth is none of mine” shall be paid to the feofees of the said school “to the use of the said schole according to the trust which was reposed in me”. Grant of £10 to be employed yearly by the inhabitants of Hockliff and Battlesden for maintaining the bridges and highway between Puddlehillfoote and little Brickhill lane. Legacies to Thomas Sanders, Thomas Harding and Ferris his wife. Appointment of executors (names deleted) and the transfer of property in Fleet Street, London in the occupation of Ann Plasden, widow, and in the parish of St Stephen, in the occupation of Richard Horne. Arrangements for the apprenticeship of sons, the names of masters being deleted. witnesses: John Reynes, Richard Grene, William Lawlis 30 Oct 1594 note in modern hand “The within mentioned William Duncombe made another will bearing date 26 March 1603, the day before he died”

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Duncombe, William,
Duncombe, Elizabeth,
Worthe, Elizabeth,
Worthe, John,
Duncombe, Katherine,
Duncombe, Thomas,
Duncombe, Saunders,
Duncombe, Susan,
Hickman, Edmund,
Sewell, William,
Duncombe, Edward,
Duncombe, Ann,
Duncombe, Roger,
Pope, Richard,
Pollard,
Hobbs, John,
Grace, Richard,
de Frayne, Peter,
Sanders, Thomas,
Harding, Thomas,
Harding, Ferris,
Plasden, Ann,
Horne, Richard

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, family/personal financial affairs, wills, William will: Duncombe, BATTLESDEN, annuities, bonds, HOUSING, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, household furniture, debt, servants, maid, Fenny Stratford, WOBURN SANDS, schools, Woburn School, trusts, HOCKLIFFE, general bridges, town & local roads, City of London Fleet Street, City of London Walbrook, apprenticeship