Will of Wendover Lowndes, gentleman, 1672

Herts RO 109 AW17

1. In the name of God Amen the sixteenth day of July in

2. the year of our Lord one thousand sixe hundred and seaventy

3. two I Wendover Lowndes of Winslowe in the County of

4. Buck gent being weak of \in/ body but of sound & p(er)fect mind &

5. memory I prayse God Almighty for the same doe make this

6. my last will & testament in manner following First and

7. principally I commend my soule into the hands of Almighty

8. God that gave itt mee hopinge to be saved by the onely

9. merritts of my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ and my body to

10. the earth to be decently interred att the discretion of my

11. executors hereafter named And for my worldly estate I

12. dispose of it as followeth First I give & devise unto my sonne

13. Edmund Forty shillings and I give him no more for that

14. I am in hopes that my and his good uncle Coles will please

15. to consider him. Item my will & meaninge is that my debts

16. beinge paid the rest residue & remainder of my estate shalbe

17. equally devided between my daughters Martha & Frances &

18 my sonne Wendover share & share like only my sonne

19 Wendover to have tenn pounds more then any of the rest And

20. of this my last will & testament I doe constitute & appoint

21. Richard Phippes & Peter Studsbery executors And I doe

22. hereby revoake all & every former will & wills by mee

23. made In witnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand &

24. seale the day & year first above written

25 It is further my will that my executors may

26. dispose of any of my childrens shares for their

27. education or putting forth as they shall think

28 fitt & that my executors shall not be putt to

29. any charge of their owne about th(e) execution

30. of this my last will & testa(me)nt

Wendover W his
Lownds m(a)rke

Signed sealed and published
in the presence of us
Wm. Grafton [signature]
Oliver Lawrence No(tary) Pub(lic) [signature]

Inventory of Wendover Lowndes, 1672

Herts RO A25/3918

An Inventory of all the goods & chattels of Wendover Lowndes late of Winslowe in the County of Buck gent deceased taken the two & twentieth day of July in the Year of o(ur) Lord one thousand six hundred seaventy & two and appraised by Edmund Paxon & John Hogson as followeth

In the Parlor					£	s	d
Imprimis his wearinge apparell a paire of new legged bootes& his purse with eight shillings in it.					2:	10:	0
Item one Bedsted one Fetherbed three Fether Bolsters Five Fether pillowes one blanckitt one Rugg Curtaines and vallance					3:	10:	0
Item one Table a side Table a Talle box a Court Cubbord a wyred chaire five Cushions three high stooles & two lowe ones two paire of Andirons a paire of tongs a little box two Curtaines a Curtaine Rodd a little chaire and a Lanthorne ~~Item~~ a Carrpitt & two Cubbord clothes					1:	15:	0
Item a Truncke ~~a Saddle a drinck stale~~ [more text deleted]						2:	6
Item a Quarter of wheate					01:	2:	6
Item one brasse pott a warmeinge pann three brass kettles a fryinge pann one greate brass candlesticke a hanginge brasse candlesticke Nine peeces of pewter a flaggon five spones a chamber pott a Tin Trippinge pann & \two possnitts/					2:	13:	4
In the chamber
Curtaines & vallance two Fether beds three fether bolsters one fether pillowe two flock bedds one flock bolstere three Curtaines foure blancketts three paire of sheets and an odd sheete two pillobers Two Table Clothes [deletion] \two pillobers/					04:	10:	0
Item wood					00:	6:	8
Item a Cropp of oates \& grasse/					2:	5:	0
Item a webb	Edmund Paxton [signature]	£	s	d	0:	9:	0
	John Hogton [signature]	17	4	0
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[deletions]
Item in money					62:	16:	0
					17:	04	0
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					80	0	0

[Latin, in another hand] Exhibit' erat huiusmodi Inventarium quinto Junii
1673 p(er) executores &c sub protestacione &c

Notes

Webb could refer to a sheet of lead (OED web 10a) rather than a tapestry or piece of material.

Wendover Lowndes' wife was Susanna, daughter of Peter and Martha Fige, baptised 17 March 1638/9. They were married on 10 November 1657. She was buried at Winslow 10 October 1667. See: Fige family. Their children were:

Wendover, b. 25 Nov, bap. 27 Nov 1658. He was resident in London in 1686 in the parish of St Margaret Westminster, when he transferred to William Lowndes a bond for £20 (with £40 penalty for non-payment) which he held from John Huett of Winslow (British Library, Add. ms. 37069 f.177). He was buried at Winslow on 26 Oct 1687. See his will for more about his siblings
Martha, b. 19 April, bap. 25 May 1661
Frances: baptism not recorded
Edmund: baptism not recorded; died childless in or before 1695.

The "uncle" mentioned in the will was Edmund Colles of Idlestree (Elstree), Herts, gent., who made his will on 14 Aug 1679 (National Archives, PROB 11/360/615, proved 19 Sep 1679). He left money to the poor of St Albans and Elstree, and to various clergy. He also left:

to my cousin Susan Rolfe: £50, and the messuage in St Stephen's (St Albans) wherein she now dwells, for her life, then to my wife Jane Colles for her life, then to my sister Susanna wife of Richard Browne for her live, then to Edmund Lowndes
to my wife Jane Colles: £1,000 and all goods and chattels
to Edmond Lownes: £50 "to bynd him out Apprentice to such Trade as my Executrix shall think fit and like of at such tyme as hee shall be of sufficient Abilitie & age to be put forth Apprentice", and £500 "to be payd unto him at ye expiration of such his Apprenticeshipp, wherewith to set up his Trade", and my copyhold messuage in Colney Street, St Stephen's (St Albans) wherein John Aldwyn now dwelleth, held of the manor of Parke.
to my brother-in-law Richard Browne £20, and to Susanna his wife £50
to my cousin Robert Gregg citizen and goldsmith of London 40s to buy him a ring, and £50 to Mary his wife.
to my cousin Thomas Aylward 40s to buy him a ring, and £40 each to his children Thomas, Robert, Edward, James (my godson), Mary and Anne Aylward.
to my goddaughter Susan Wright £40
to Mary and Jane Rayny Wright, daughters of my cousin Jeremy Wright £20 each.
"to Wender Lownes Martha Lownes and Frances Lownes Children of Wender Lownes tenn pounds apeece of lawfull money of England at their severall & respective Ages of One and twentie yeares, or dayes of marriage, which shall first happen". If any die first, their legacy goes to their brother Edmond.
40s each to all other godchildren.
to my sister-in-law Hannah wife of Francis Cooper £20, to go to Edmond Lownes if she is not living.
to my cousin John Colles of Eyton and his wife 40s each to buy them rings, and to John my coat of arms.
to my brother Lewis Mountgomery 40s to buy him a ring.
to my cousin Susanna Paper and her daughter Cordelia 40s each to buy them rings, and to Henrietta Papier her youngest daughter 20s.
to my cousin Lewis Mountgomery the younger and Olive his wife and Olive his eldest daughter 40s each to buy them rings, and to Susanna Mountgomery his youngest daughter 20s.
to my cousin Richard Paxton 20s to buy him a ring.
to Sir Elias Hickes 40s to buy him a ring.
to Edmond Aylward, son of Thomas, my messuage in Colney Street wherein Elizabeth Mathew dwells, held of the manor of Parke.
the residue to my wife.

He was apparently the maternal uncle of Susanna Fige, whose mother was Martha Colles.

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