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WILLS

RICHARD BENSTED’S WILL

One of the first Wills we have – In the name of God Amen – The Will of Richard Bensted of North Baddesley made the third day of September Anno Domini in the year of our Lord god 1629 –
This is my last Will and Testament I bequeath my Soul to our Lord Jesus Christ and my body to the earth to be buried in the church at Hambledon I make my Wife Ann my Executor and I appoint John Renge and Thomas Bensted my Overseers and for that I give to them each of them one sheep.

Item – I give and bequeath to my Son Nicholas Bensted five pounds to be paid him within one year after my decease and I give to his two children Richard and Lizbeth each of them forty shillings to be paid them at three year’s day after my decease.

Item – I give to my daughter Kirsten Sharpe thirty pounds, ten pound to be paid the same day twelve months after my decease and ten pound a year till the thirty pound be paid, also I give to Kirsten Sharpe’s three children, each of them forty shillings to be paid at the year day after my decease.

Item – I give to my daughter Lizbeth forty pounds to be paid her within one year after my decease.

Item – I give my cousin George Bensted four pounds to be paid him within one year after my decease.

Item – I give to my Wife’s son William Barnard one red blood steer bullock.

Item – I give to my cousin Ann Pencke one bullock.

--- as transcribed by Nancy Kelly. We have found no written evidence of anything significant happening in Baddesley during the Civil War of 1642-46. However the then Lord of the Manor Samuel Dunch was a strong parliamentarian, so there are no prizes for guessing which side Baddesley supported.

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SARAH PHILLIP’S WILL

Memorandum that Sarah Phillips late of North Baddesley in the County of Southampton Spinster being sick in body but of good and perfect memory did the tenth of January 1662 or thereabouts make and declare her last Will and Testament nuncupative in the presence of Bridgett Foster of Baddesley aforesaid Widow and Ann Hobbs of Baddesley aforesaid Spinster in manner and form and in effect as followeth

Item She gave and bequeathed unto Jone Powle of Newport Isle of Wight a petticoat and a waistrobe and four dressings Item She gave unto the aforesaid Ann Hobbs one ewe sheep and a desk with lock and key and she gave one old smock unto one Anney Foster the daughter of Bridgett Foster All the rest of her goods whatsoever she gave and bequeathed unto Elinor Champion the wife of John Champion of North Baddesley in the said County of Southampton Husbandman her aunt by the mother In Witness whereof we the said Bridgett Foster and Ann Hobbs have hereunto set our hands the twenty first day of march Anno Domini 1662

The Mark of Bridgett Foster

Anne Hobbs

One of the old wills we have in the North Baddesley Archive, translated from the original by Nancy Kelly.

NOTE - Everything had a value in those far off days, note also the lack of punctuation and the different spelling.