1599 Walter BUSHE of Rowley, Wiltes
Ref: PCC PROB 11/94
Prob:1599 Aug 23
Abstract by Sarah Wright
Abstract
Walter of Rowley, Wiltes
Maude my wife - use & occupation of mansion house wherin I dwell
My sone James BUSHE, - remaynder of years
My brother William BUSHE - five pounds & 2nd suit of apparell
My brother William's son John BUSHE - ten pounds
Walter my sonne - debts which he oweth me; best salte except one, & one of my greate sylver and guyilte bowles
Alice BUSHE, his (Walter's) daughter at age of 21- ten pounds
Five children now lyvinge of my sonne James at the age of 21 - fifty pounds
Alice PHILIPS my daughter - twenty pounds
Walter BUSHE son of Paule BUSHE - forty pounds; a flat stock salt; a dosen of spoones with a double W upon them; my thirde best beed with all his furniture
Water CHAPMAN my Cosyn - a little trencher salte; a stone Crowse coverd and footed with sylver and guylte
William CHAPMAN my kosen and his brother - one stone crowse covered and footed with sylver
Water WARDER my cosen - a little sylver Cupp parcell guylte
Willyam WARDER - twelve pounds
Joanne WEBB - one greate crocke and one greate pann, the best which is now at Stowford
Anne WEBB her(Joanne's) daughter - a couple of brazen candlesticks
Brother in law Richard GOWDRIDGE - acquite him of all debts due
My syster Elizabeth -ffoure Angells of gould to make her a ringe; as much black clothe as will make her a gowne;
My sonne John CHAPMAN of Bath - one peece of gold of thirtie shillings
Rees PHILLIPS - a gold ring sett with rubeys
James BUSHE my sonne and his wife - my greate salte and my greate bowle with the cover; my best beed with his furniture and my best carpett, with all my best apparrell, and also one turkye ringe, and one scarlett gowne. And to his wiffe a little ring with a turkie
Old Margarett ROGERS; Alice hir daughter and Maude her daughter
Executors: Maude my wife and James BUSHE my sonne
Overseers: Edward HORTON and Edward LONGE of Monnton
Witnesses: Thomas LXSON; John CHAPMAN; William CHAPMAN
More witnesses: Water BUSHE; Walter CHAPMAN; Henry LONG
Transcriber's Notes
2nd son of John, Executor for uncle Paul, Bishop of Bristol
Wife Maude, nee HORTON