Will of Robert Gibbs, maltster, 1794 (recorded 1795)

Centre for Bucks Studies D82/2 pp.362-4

Robert Gibbs insured the following property and contents at Michaelmas 1792 (LMA, Sun Insurance 586307):

Robert Gibbs of Winslow in Bucks, Farmer & Maltster On his household Goods in his now dwelling house only situate as aforesaid Brick pannel’d & tiled, not exceeding Fifty Pounds [see 1 below]	50
Utensils & Stock not hazardous therein only not exceeding ten pounds	10
Wearing Apparel therein only not exceed{in)g ten Pounds	10
Utensils & Stock in two Barns adjoining separate thatch’d only not exceed{in)g twenty P(oun)ds	20
Ca(rrie)d f(orwar)d	£   90
22nd July 1792
Bro(ugh)t forw(ar)d	90
Utensils & Stock in his stable & Cowhouse adjoining separate thatch(e)d only not exceeding twenty Pounds	20
Utensils & Stock in his Rick Yard & Farm not exceeding twenty Pounds	20
House & Offices adjoining Brick & tiled, in tenure of Robt Mayne, Butcher, not exceeding one hundred Pounds	100
Malthouse near thatch’d not exceeding one hundred Pounds [see 4 below]	100
Utensils & Stock therein only not exceeding one hundred Pounds	100
Barn separate thatch’d not exceeding thirty Pounds	30
Stable separate, in tenure of [blank] Mayne, thatch’d, not exceeding Fifteen Pounds [see 3 below]	15
House in Great Horn Street in tenure of Gibbs & others, thatch’d not exceed(in)g seventy Pounds [see 2 below]	70
Barn separate thatch(e)d not exceeding Fifteen Pounds	15
House in Cow Street in tenure of Skilton thatch’d not exceed(in)g seventy P(oun)ds [see 5 below]	70
Barn separate thatch’d not exceeding ten pounds	10
Slaughterhouse, Stable Barn & Cowhouse adjoining separate thatch’d not exceeding thirty Pounds	30
Wood Barn & Garners \adjoining/ separate Brick pannels & thatch’d not exceeding thirty P(oun)ds	30
Barn separate thatchd not exceeding thirty Pounds	30
Utensils & Stock therein only not exceeding twenty Pounds	20
Wheathouse separate thatch’d not exceeding ten Pounds	10
House Barn & Stable adjoining situate in Swanbourne as aforesaid in tenure of Turner & others, thatchd, not exceeding Forty Pounds	40
All situate in Winslow aforesaid except as above	£ 800
NB free from Loss on such Hay or Corn as shall be destroy(e)d or damaged by its natural Heating

The will of Robert Gibbs doesn't appear to have been proved at St Albans or London, but it is recorded in the Winslow Manor Court Book for 1795:

By his will dated 24 Jan 1794 Robert Gibbs of Winslow, malster, devised all his copyhold messuages and lands to his brother Richard Gibbs, subject to the legacies mentioned in the will. 

Robert died in 1795, and Richard was admitted tenant at the manor court on 28-9 Oct 1795 to the following property:

1. a messuage near the Church Yard late in his own occupation
2. a messuage and malthouse in Winslow heretofore in the occupation of Robert Shelton, late of the said Robert Gibbs, now of John Gibbs, Thomas Mathews & John Cox
3. a stable and garden and part of a barn in length 18 feet & mounds of both sides in Great Horn Street, late in the occupation of the said Robert Gibbs, now of John Mayne
4. a malting and barn and yard in Winslow near the Churchyard late in his own occupation
5. a messuage at the upper end of Cow Street late in his own occupation
6. a close of pasture in Winslow containing 4 acres late in his own occupation, abutting on the land of John Dudley west, (5) east

Richard Gibbs immediately sold:

• 1, 2 and 3 to John Cox of Winslow, plumber & glazier (1 is said to be in the occupation of Robert Mayne). This corresponds to Churchwalk House (1), 18 Horn Street (2) and adjacent premises
• 4 to Francis Budd of Winslow, butcher (Robert Gibbs is described as glover in the details, but this appears to be a mistake). Later converted to cottages on Vicarage Road.
• 5 and 6 to Thomas Morecraft of Winslow, butcher (Robert Gibbs is described as glover in the details). The west part of the site of Arundel House; the land was one of the Cross Lane Closes.

Robert Gibbs was a member of the famous bell-ringing Gibbs family. He was the son of William and Ann Gibbs, b.1723. He married Jane Hurst at Stowe in 1753. She was the niece of Richard Hurst of Addington, from whom she inherited (5) in 1751. He inherited (4) from Francis Collins in 1771. (5) and (6) were mortgaged to William Dudley of Winslow gentleman on 21 Oct 1772; on 28 Oct 1795 he acknowledged to have had from Richard Gibbs of Winslow currier, executor of Robert Gibbs of Winslow, malster £280 in satisfaction of all principal and interest.