Will of William Wyatt of Shipton, butcher, 1695

Herts RO 10AR79

In the name of God Amen The
three and Twenty day of August in the year of our Lord
God 1695 I William Wiatt snr of Shipton in the parish
of Winslow in the County of Bucks Butcher, being of
perfect mind and memory do make and ordain this my
Last Will and Testament, first and principally I commit
my soul into the hands of God who gave it me, and as for my
Body I commend it to the Earth, to be Buried in a Christian
manner at the Discretion of my Executives hereinafter
named and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it
hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise,
bequeath and dispose the same in manner and form following
Imprimis
I give and bequeath unto my four Grandchildren the sums of
forty pounds of lawfull money of England to be equally divided
amongst them, (that is to say) to my Grandson John Deverill the
sum of five pounds, To my Granddaughter Rebeccah Deverill
the sum of five pounds, To my Granddaughter Zilpah Deverill
the sum of five pounds to be paid unto them within six months
next after my decease by my executives hereafter named,
And this my last Will and Testament I make and ordain
my well beloved Wife Katherine Wiatt, and my two daughters
Ann and Katherine Wiatt to be my executrixes Joyntly
& co equall And hereby utterly disallow, revoke and
anull all and every other former Testaments, Wills and Legacies,
Bequests and Executors or Executrix by my in any
Wise before this time named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying
and confirming this and none other to be my Last Will
and Testament, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seale the day and year above written.
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced
and declared by the said William
Wiatt at his last Will and Testament
in the presence of
Robert Wyatt
Phillip Budd
Joseph Dandridge    

[signed] W Wyatt 

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Inventory of William Wyatt of Shipton, grazier, 1695/6

Herts RO A25/4448

An Inventorie of ye goods & Chattells of William Wyatt of Shipton in ye p(ar)ish of Winslow in ye County of Bucks Grasier deceased taken ye thirtyeth first day of Jannuarie 1695 & appraised by us whose Names are here under wrighten:

	lib	s	d
Imprimis his wearing apparell & Money in his purse	10	00	00
Item all ye goods in ye Chamber over ye parlour	02	00	00
Item all ye goods in ye Chamber o(ve)r ye hall	01	10	00
Item all ye goods in ye Chamber o(ve)r ye buttery	02	10	00
Item all ye goods in ye cheese Chamber	01	00	00
Item all ye goods in ye Mens Chamber	00	10	00
Item all ye goods in ye hall	01	10	00
Item all ye goods in ye parlor	02	00	00
Item all ye goods in ye Buttery	00	10	00
Item all ye goods in ye kitching & all ye brass & pewter	03	00	00
Item all ye Lining	04	00	00
Item all ye goods in ye seller	03	00	00
Item two Mares & a gelding	09	00	00
Item sixteene Cowes & two bullocks	42	00	00
Item seaventy foure sheepe	30	00	00
Item all ye hay att Bicken farme	08	00	00
Item two Calves	01	00	00
Item all ye hay att home	08	00	00
Item all ye wheat	10	00	00
Item all ye bean\e/s	03	00	00
Item all ye Carts & wheels	05	00	00
Item all ye barley in ye barnes	12	00	00
Item all ye Mault	08	00	00
Item busshell forks fanns & Rakes	00	10	00
Item harness plowes with other Implyments belonging to husbandery	04	10	00
Item one Mault Mill	00	10	00
Item fierwood & furse in ye yards	06	00	00
Item two piggs	02	10	00
Item all ye Cow Cribbs in ye yard	00	05	00
Item two hovells	06	00	00
Item one pumpe	01	00	00
Item one Clock	01	00	00
Item all ye dung in ye yards	00	10	00
Item ye pullen in ye yard	01	00	00
Item Money in ye house about	150	00	00
Item Money Owing for cowes & horses & other \sold/ things	038	00	00
Item hogtroves & other goods omitted or forgotten	001	00	00
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Sum totall is	377	05	00

Ye praisers are
John Durrant
Robert Adams
Phillip Budd

[verso, Latin] Presented 6 March 1695 by Mr Peter Barret proxy for Catherine Wyatt, widow, Anne Wyatt & Catherine Wyatt daughters & executrices.

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Notes

William Wiet of Shipton was buried on 19 Jan 1695/6. He seems to have been the son of Willliam Wyatt (d.1658) from whom he inherited The Cock at Leighton Buzzard. He was bap. 6 March 1630/1 and married Katherine Henley at Winslow on 21 Feb 1660/1. They had a daughter Mary (bap. 14 March 1661/2, = Mary Deverell, wife of John Deverell d.1705), but the daughters named in the will do not seem to have been baptised at Winslow. William served as churchwarden and overseer of the poor.

See the manor court 1696 for the arrangements made by William for his copyhold messuages and land, which were divided between his daughters Ann and Katherine.

Bicken: presumably Biggin Farm.

pullen = poultry