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Facts and Events
| Name |
Richard Bridger |
| Gender |
Male |
| Marriage |
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to Isabel Weller |
| Property[3] |
1615 |
Pulborough, Sussex, Englandseized of manor of Bowles late Bynes |
| Will[1] |
3 May 1615 |
PCC |
| Property[3] |
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Ashington, Sussex, Englandtenement and land |
| Property[3] |
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Sompting, Sussex, Englandtenement and garden |
| Property[3] |
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Chiltington"Hardborowe," Bulmans," and "Bothells" |
| Property[3] |
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Pulborough, Sussex, England"Potland" |
| Death[3] |
8 May 1615 |
Warminghurst, Sussex, England |
| Burial[2] |
10 May 1615 |
Warminghurst, Sussex, EnglandHoly Sepulchre |
| Probate[1] |
13 May 1615 |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Will of Richard Bridger, Yeoman of Worminghurst, Sussex., in Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Probate Records, 1384-1858
National Archives: PROB 11/125/454.
A transcription:
In the name of God Amen The Third Day of Maye Anno Domni 1615 I Richard Bridger of the parish of Warmynghurst in the Countie of Sussex and in the Diocese of Chichester yeoman beinge sicke in body but of good and perfect mynde and remembrance thanks be to Allmightie God Doe make and ordayne this my last will and Testament in manner and forme here following vizt, First I give and bequeath my soule to Allmightie God my maker and Creator and to our Lord and Saviour Jhesus Christ by whose death and passion I hope to bee saved, And my body I will to be buried according to gods ordynment, Item I Doe give and bequeath to the poore people of the parishe of Shippley where I was borne five poundes in money to remayne as a stocke in Church wardens handes there beinge from tyme to tyme And to bee put to use for the benifitt of the poore people there yearlie for ever, Item I Doe give the the poore people of the parrishe of Warminghurst Tenn shillings, And to the poore people of Thakeham I Doe give Twentie Shillings Item I Doe give and bequeath to my welbeloved sonne Henry Bridger all my landes tenements and hereditaments with thappurtenances to hold to him and to the heires of his body lawfully to bee begotten, And for lacke of heires of his body lawfully to bee begotten to remayne to my right heires for ever, Item I Doe give and bequeath to Thomas Searle of ?? his fower Children five poundes a peece in money. And I Doe Give to William Sowton his Daughters ?? ?? Five poundes in money to bee payd when it shall come to the age of one and Twentie yeares. Item I Doe give to my Sister Greenes Children Five poundes a peece in money to be payd within one yeare next after my Decease, And I doe give to all my godchildren two shillings six pence a peece And all the rest of my goodes Cattles and Chattles whatsoever they bee, and of what kind or nature soever they bee I Doe give and bequeath them to my deare and loveing Sonne Herny Bridger, And I Doe make him my dole and whole Executor of this my last will and Testament, In witness hereof I have sett my hand in the presence of Hugh Welles and Edmund Greene, Richard Bridger his Marke
[proved 13 May 1615]
- ↑ Warminghurst Project
[1].
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Attree, F. W. T. Notes of post mortem inquisitions taken in Sussex: 1 Henry VII to 1649 and after, [1485-1649]. (London: Sussex Record Society, 1912)
Page 38, no. 172.
Richard Bridger, yeo. Vol. 350, No. 43.
Petworth, 5 Sept. 13 James. Died 8 May last at Warminghurst.
Heir, son Henry, aged 29.
Lands. -- Tenement and land in Ashington, tenement and garden in Sompting, "Hardborowe," Bulmans," and "Bothells" in Chiltington, seized of manor of Bowles late Bynes in Pulborowe, "Potland" in P., and on 10 May 11 James, in consideration of marriage between Henry B. his son and heir and Jane, daughter of John Ravenscroft of Horsham, made a settlement.
- Dallaway, James. A history of the western division of the county of Sussex: including the rapes of Chicheser, Arundel, and Bramber, with the city of diocese of Chichester. (London: T. Bensley, 1815-32)
2:2:265.
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