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Will of Christopher Stutsbery, shoemaker, 1697 (proved 1698)
Herts RO 135 AW 18
In the name of God Amen I Christopher Stutsbery of Winslow in the County of Bucks Shoemaker being of sound and perfect minde and memory, praise therefore be given to Almighty God , do make and ordaine this my present last Will and Testament, and as touching the Disposition of all such Temporal Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God bestow upon me, I give and dispose there of in manner and form Following viz
First I Will That my Debts and funeral Charges shall be paid & discharged by my Executrix here after named.
Item I give unto my Four Children the sume of Ten pounds apeece, of Lawfull money of England that to say to Henry Stutsbery Ten pounds, to Peter Stutsbery Ten pounds, to Katherine Stutsbery Ten pounds and To Elizabeth Stutsbery Ten pounds to be paid unto them at their severall coming to the Ages hereafter mentioned, That is to say, at my two sonnes coming to the Age of one and Twenty years and my two Daughters coming to the Age of Eighteen years, or at the sale and surrender of my Messuage or Tenement wherein I now dwell, (which shall first happen) by my Executrix hereafter named And if my Executrix hereafter named be Married to any man after my decease, then at the said Marriage my Executrix shall pay the sume of Sixty pounds of Lawfull money of England, over and above the aforesaid Legacies, which said sixty pounds shall be equally divided among my then Surviving Children.
And the rest and residue of my personall Estate, of Good and Chattels whatsoever I do give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Elizabeth Stutsbery whom I do make and ordain my full and sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament, And I do hereby revoke, disannul and make voyd all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made, In Witness whereof I the said Christopher Stutsbery to this my Last Will and Testament being contained in on sheet of Paper do set my hand and seale in the bottom thereof this Fifteenth day of October in the ninth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord William Third of England, Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith, Anno Do(min)i 1697
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced
and declared by the said Christopher
Stutsbery as his last Will & Testament
[signed] Christo(pher) Stutsbery
in the presence of
John Shelton
Al(i)ce Brikill
Joseph Dandridge
[Probate 16 June 1698 to Elizabeth Stutsbery, widow and executrix, before John Croft, in the presence of E. Brown]
Inventory of Christopher Stutsbery, 1698
Herts RO A25/4484
May ye 9th 98
An Inventory of the Goods & Chattells of Christopher Stutsbery of Winslow in the County of Bucks Lately deceased
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| Imprimis | his Purse and wearing Apparrell | 05 |
0 |
0 |
| In the Hall. | Two Tables, Stooles & Chairs & hand Irons | 00 |
10 |
0 |
| Peweter dishes and Plates & other Lumber | 00 |
10 |
0 |
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| In the Kitching | Brass and Brewing vessel | 01 |
10 |
0 |
| In the Buttery. | 2 Barrils and one Rundlet | 00 |
5 |
0 |
| In the Hall Chamber | 2 Bedsteads & two flock beds |
01 |
10 |
6 |
| One Chest, one Trunk and a Press | 00 |
07 |
6 |
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| The Chamber over the Kitching | 2 Bedsteads a Pair of curtains and two bolsters a Rugg and two Blankets | 02 |
01 |
4 |
| a Chest and a table and six chairs | 01 |
00 |
8 |
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| 4 Pair of sheets and other Linnen | 01 |
03 |
4 |
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| A Cestern and Malt Mill, and a screen & Bushel | 02 |
10 |
0 |
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| Malt in the Malt house Chamber 15 Quarters | 21 |
15 |
0 |
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| A Hovell & in the yard & wood upon it | 00 |
17 |
6 |
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| Debts due in the shop book | ||||
| Debts good | 29 |
7 |
4 |
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| Desperate Debts valued at | 00 |
10 |
2 |
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| Sume is | 68 |
18 |
4 |
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| Debts | 29 |
17 |
6 |
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39 |
00 |
10 |
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Valued by us [signed]
Wm Watts
John Stutsbury
Jos(eph) Dandridge
Notes
Christopher Stutsbury (bap. 1660) carried on the trade of his father Andrew (d.1679) and uncle Peter (d.1681). He was buried on 8 May 1698. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Watts (d.1692). He had these children:
- Peter: bap. 20 July 1686, bur. 19 Oct 1692
- Henry: bap. 12 Oct 1688
- Catherine: bap. 25 Jan 1690/1 = Katherine King in the will of her uncle Thomas Watts (d.1725)
- Peter: bap. 25 Aug 1693, d.1741
- Elizabeth: bap. 5 March 1696/7(?), bur. 15 April 1743, m. William Norman (d.1744)
He made an out-of-court surrender of his messuage on 24 April 1698 to his wife Elizabeth in perpetuity, but on condition that if she refused to pay his debts and legacies it would go to his sons after her death.
Cestern = cistern according to OED.