Will of Margaret Munday, Monxton, Hampshire - Family Search Film 186697, Catalogue C-1268, number 52, probated 13 Feb 1558/59

The will of Margaret Mundaye, widow of Richard Munday whose will was blogged yesterday and also the widow of Nicholas Blake whose will was probated a while ago. Links to both wills follow:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/03/will-of-richard-munday-monxton.html

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/09/will-of-nicholas-blake-national.html

Normally I would not have blogged a will that I know to be missing one page but this will is in itself very interesting. The spelling is very novel in this will and I will attempt to acquire the other page at some point. It could be that it is missing on the film at the Family History Library and I need to order from the Hampshire Record Office. I have a few that I want to acquire and was thinking that Mother’s Day is coming and I could perhaps do another batch as my children are always asking me what I would like.

Margaret remembers her son William’s children with 18 sheep and Edmund’s child Steven with just 2 sheep. I am left to wonder did William have 9 children and indeed in his will he mentions ten children which may give me an idea that his last child Richard (my likely ancestor) was born after February of 1558 which does rather match my thinking. He is married likely by 1583 to 84 which would make him about 23 to 25 years of age at the time. So that was an exciting find in this will if I have correctly interpreted Margaret (my likely 12 x great grandmother). Still no ideas on her maiden name and it would be interesting to find that actually.

What has always troubled me is that William never named one of his children Nicholas at least none is known to have been named Nicholas. But William’s son William named one of his son’s Nicholas. But of course it is impossible to know if there were children named Nicholas who died.

This will also clarifies why William ends up with all the properties of his father Nicholas mentioned in the will of Nicholas. Evidently Edmund did not clear his debts with William Mondy and his brother William so he forfeited all the properties and cattle left to him by his father. I guess 200 pounds was more interesting. I never see anything of Edmund again except the mention of him in his brother William’s will so he is still living in 1582. Nothing about Edmund’s son Steven mentioned in this will of his mother. This is 11 years after the will of Nicholas and Edmund is obviously an adult and has married. The page that is missing must talk about Elizabeth and perhaps I will learn which Mondy she married if she was married by the time of her mother’s death. Her brother William mentions Elizabeth Monday in his will of 1582.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Feb 2014
Source: Family Search Film 186697, Catalogue C-1268, number 52 or Hampshire Record Office 1559B/066
Testator: Margaret Mundaye
Place: Monkstone, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Dec 1558, probated 13 Feb 1558/59
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy

1    In the name of God Amen In the yere of o[u]r lord god m
2    fyfe hundred fifty viij the xviij daye of decymber yn
3    the first yere of o[u]r souffrane lady queen Elysabethe by the
4    grace of god of Jngland France and yerland quene defynder of
5    the faythe J margeret mondy of the p[a]ri[s]he of
6    monkston syke of body and of parfett remymbrance make and or
7    der thys my last wyll and testemynte jn manar and forme
8    foloyng first J bequefe my soule to almyty god and my body
9    jn to the Chyrche of monkston Jt[e]m J geve to the moth[e]r
10    chyrche of Wynchyster xij d Jt[e]m J geve to the parrishe chyrche
11    of Enh[a]m vj s viij d Jt[e]m J geve to Edemond blake
12    my Son ij hundard Sheppe ij horsys and ij kewe and a belloke
13    and the one halfe of my hogs whyche be jn the custody of wyll[ia]m
14    blake my Son and the house that Alyxandar modell dwyllyth
15    jn and xx l of lawfull money of Jngland so the sayd Edemund
16    do bryng ij suffeyent suertys to it In thre monythes
17    nexte after the deythe of hys mother and be bounde
18    In oblygacyan and Jn ij hundarde pounds to cleerly discharge
19    and aguete wyllm mondy hys executor and wyllm blake
20    brother to the sayd Edemund of Al[l ]manar of detts
21    both pa[r]ts quarylls  leygesys and demands the whyche
22    aperythe jn hys father wyll and yf the sayd
23    Edemunds refuse so to do that thyn all suche goods
24    and lands afor sayd to reyayne to wyllm mondy and to
25    hys assines for eve[r] It[e]m I geve to Wyllm blake Chylldarrne
26    xviij shepe and to Steven blake the Son of Edemond blake
27    ij shepe It[e]m I geve to the Chylldarrne of wyllm hopkyns
28    every one of thym a ewe Shepe It[e]m I geve to alys klene
29    my worted kyetyll at Inh[a]m and my best frocks and a petycote
30    [missing to end, probably a short page]
    [From Charlou Dolan]
31    overseer Richard Hopkyns
32    son John Mody, executor
33    deceased husband Rychard Mody
34    appraisers:  William Mody, John Smyth, Ryhchard Buxe, Rychard Spenser
35    witness:  Sir Martyn Vaysee
36   
37   
38   
39   
40    The Invetorye of the goods and cattells of
41    Margaret mu[n]dy yn the parryshe of M[o]nkston
43    yn the cowntye of sowth[ampton]e praysed by Rychard
44    eyer alexander muddel the viijth day of
45    February anno domini 1558
46    In primis j folding table    x s   
47    It[e]m j cobbard ij chayres    vj s viij d   
48    It[e]m j whytche ij coffers    vj s viij d   
49    It[e]m j featherbed j bolster j pillow iij coverlets    xxvj s viij d   
50    It[e]m vij peyre of sheets    xx s   
51    It[e]m ij dosen of platters j dosen of potyngers j dosen of sawcers    xxvj s viij d   
52    It[e]m j bassoon j bassoon ewer    ij s   
53    It[e]m j sylv[er] salt vj sylv[er] spons     iij l vj s viij d   
54    It[e]m iij candelstycks    ij s   
55    It[e]m ij pewter potts ij serving dyssys j tynnyn salt    ij s   
56    It[e]m iij potts    xv s   
57    It[e]m iij pans    x s   
58    It[e]m iiij cawdrons    x s   
59    It[e]m j chaffer j morter j skillet    viij s   
60    It[e]m ij arrondyrons and ij broches    vj s viij d   
61    It[e]m iiij table clothes ij cusshens    vij s   
62    It[e]m iiij score shepe    viij l   
63    It[e]m j fornas    iij s iiij d   
64    It[e]m xxxvij ewes    liij s iiij d   
65    It[e]m ij horsys    iij l vj s viij d   
66    It[e]m iij kyne a bulle j bullock    iiij l   
67    It[e]m yn barly xx quarters v l vj s viij d       
68    The su[m] xxxiiij l viij s ij d       

Will of John Buller the elder of North Curry, Somerset, Esquire - The National Archives PROB 11/79/212, probated 3 Mar 1591/92

This will of John Buller the elder of Lillesdon probated in 1591/92 really needs the Inquisition Postmortem to make sense of it. However, he does identify his sons John and George. Missing are his other three sons - Robert, Benjamin and Richard (only four of these sons are mentioned in the Inquisition but Robert is on the Visitation). According to the Visitation George was 43 years of age  and said to be the eldest. However, John was the Executor of the will which is usually the eldest but not always. George then was born circa 1548/49 and if the eldest the rest may have been all born by about 1560 or thereabouts. No guardians are named in this will so all are over 21 presumably. His wife is not named and she was Elizabeth Rogers daughter of Sir John Rogers Knight. This John was born posthumously probably in 1529 or 1530 making him 62/62 years of age at his death. His father John was 24 or more at his father's death in 1526 (his father was Alexander Buller and his mother was the first wife of Alexander Ann daughter of Giles Lo. Danbury. He died just three years after his father Alexander and his wife Dorothy daughter of St John Kellaway Knight married into the Lyte family.

If I ever bridge the gap between this John, the testator and his sons to the Buller family at Nether Stowey then I will acquire the Inquisition Postmortem.

There is a will probated (but  not at Canterbury) written by a John Buller of North Curry, Somerset and Admon given 25 Oct 1599 to Humphry Arundell of Lillesdon, Somerset, Gent during the minority of Johane, John, Nicholas, Ann, and Edward Buller children of the deceased with consent of Johan Buller, relict, Nicholas Wadham, Esquire and Edward Seymor, Esquire, nearest of kin. This is from the Abstracts of Somersetshire wills produced by Frederick Brown. (http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/directories/abstracts-somerset-wills-1.htm)

Is this the son John (probate 25 Oct 1599 - paragraph above) who probated his father John's will (present testator)? Hard to predict the ages of his children without the parish registers of Lillesdon or some other information. However he has left underage children as he mentions that they are in their minority so born after 1580. This is my first clue for Buller descendants of the Lillesdon family living likely into the 1600s since they would be less than 21 in 1599. This is perhaps one of the wills lost at Exeter during the bombing.

There is also an abstract of the will of Alexander Buller Esquire of Wood, Somerset. Diocese of Bath and Wells. Will dated and proved, 1526. To be buried at Knoll. My father in law John Horsey the elder. My brother John Horsey. My wife Elizabeth. John Buller my son and heir.

Unfortunately Alexander's will was likely lost in the bombing of the Exeter Record Office during WWII.

Looking at the Visitation of Cumberland for the Buller family:

Alexander is the grandfather of John Buller the elder of Lillesdon whose will was probated 1592 (present testator). Alexander's eldest son John was by his first wife Ann daughter of Giles Lo. Dawbrey and he was 24 when his father died in 1526 and John himself died in 1529. This will I have not yet obtained. The present testator was the posthumous child of the John Buller (son of Alexander) who died in 1529. Although Alexander was the father of Richard (second son) who married Margaret Trethersse of Cornwall (widow of Edward Courtney), he was not aware at his death that his son would carry the line to fame and fortune!

The Marriage Licenses of the Diocese of Exeter, edited by Vivian, contain an interesting marriage:

1596-97, Mar 8:  John Buller of Lillesdon, in co. Somerset, and Joanne Cole of Slade, Gent., widow (widow of Philip Cole of Slade, in Buckland Toutsainte). Is this the son of the testator?

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/79/212
Testator: John Buller
Place: North Curry, Somerset
Date of document:  12 Jan 1591/92, probated 3 Mar 1591/92
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 16th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Johannis
[Margin]: Buller

1    In the Name of God Amen the twelfth daie of Januarie
2    in the yeare of our lorde god everlastinge one thousande five hundred fower score and
3    elevene I John Buller th[e ]elder of Lillesdon in the parishe of North currie in the
4    Countie of Somersett esquier doe make and ordaine this my last will and testamente
5    in manner and forme followinge Firste I committ my soule into the handes of god that
6    gave yt me And my bodie to be buried in the churche of Northe Currie surelie believinge
7    the resurrection thereof at the laste daie. Item I give and bequeath to my
8    servante George Mackrell the reversion of the Tenement of Roberte Cruche
9    Lillesdon aforesaide To have and to hold the same for terme of his liefe
10    yeeldinge the annuall rentes for the same Item I give unto my sister Causson
11    Three kine of the better sorte Item I give Tenn pounds yearlie out of the lease of
12    Ham__ Milles unto my sonn George Buller duringe his life if the lease continue
13    soe longe Item I give to my servante Humphrie Arrundell my Ro_ne and
14    gold ringe Item I give to Peeter Davie my servante my graie geld ringe buller
15    legacies And my debtes discharged I give and bequeath unto John Buller my son
16    whome I make my sole Executor of this my laste will and testament Witnesses
17    hereunto thear which named are hereunder written G W Seymour John Pine
18    John Bigges and Franncis Eyer