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Will of Edmund GILBERT of Brightwell Baldwin Will unknown   Probate 1641
Source: ORO no. 26/3/5; 201.116 Contributed by: Geoff Bowles Go to Translation Go to Transcript
Summary.
Edmund GILBERT yeoman of Brightwell Baldwin Name Relationship [Comments] or Major Bequests Edmund GILBERT   Brightwell Baldwin John GILBERT Eldest Son John GILBERT Grandson [s John - under 21] Elizabeth GILBERT Granddaughter [d John - under 21] Anne GILBERT Granddaughter [d John - under 21] Agnes SPIER Daughter Anthony SPIER Sr Son-in-law [husband of Agnes] Agnes SPIER Granddaughter [d Agnes] Anthony SPIER Grandson [s Agnes] Ralph SPIER Grandson [s Agnes] Elizabeth SPIER Granddaughter [d Agnes] John SPIER Grandson [s Agnes] Alice SPIER Daughter Anthony SPIER Son-in-law [husband of Alice] Anthony SPIER Grandson Godson [s Alice] Agnes SPIER Granddaughter [d Alice] Thomas SPIER Grandson [s Alice] John SPIER Grandson [s Alice] Elizabeth LANE Daughter Edmund LANE Son-in-law Edmund LANE Grandson [s Elizabeth] John LANE Grandson [s Elizabeth] William GILBERT Son (Exec) Anthony SPIER Jr Overseer Witness Brightwell Baldwin Edmund HARBERT Overseer Witness Brightwell Baldwin Thomas GREGORY Jr Witness   Probate Oxford 1641 (no details transcribed)
Transcriber's Notes
How very confusing, to have two daughters marrying men of the same name, and christening several children alike.
Translated and paragraphed. Abstracted from a copy of the original document. Go to Glossary
Edmund GILBERT yeoman of Brightwell Baldwin eldest son John 10/- his son John 20/- when 21 Elizabeth Gilbert daughter of son John 5/- when 21 Anne Gilbert daughter of son John 5/- when 21 daughter Agnes wife of Anthony Spier the elder 10/- their children Agnes, Anthony, Ralph, Elizabeth John 5/- at 21 daughter Alice wife of Anthony Spier 10/- their children Anthony 'my godson' 20/-, Agnes 5/-, Thomas 5/-, John daughter Elizabeth wife of Edmund Lane 10/- their children Edmund 5/-, John 5/- son William exec. and residue and cottage 'where I dwell' and 20 acres of arable land overseers Anthony Spier the younger of Brightwell Baldwin yeoman and Edmund Harbett of Brightwell Baldwin husbandman son John Witnesses. Anthony Spier the younger Edmund Harbert Thomas Gregory jun. Probate Oxford 1641 (no details transcribed)
No Transcript is available: the above was abstracted from a copy of the original document. It is believed that no names have been omitted.