Person:Isabel Bartlett (1)
Isabel Bartlett
b.Est 1491
d.Bet 16 Aug 1556 and 23 Jan 1566/67 Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. Est 1490
  1. Isabel BartlettEst 1491 - Bet 1556 & 1566/67
  2. Agnes BartlettEst 1493 - Aft 1524/25
  3. Elizabeth BartlettEst 1495 - Aft 1524/25
  4. William BartlettEst 1497 - Aft 1524/25
  5. Richard BartlettEst 1499 - Aft 1524/25
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John MerwinEst 1490 - 1552
  • W.  Isabel BartlettEst 1491 - Bet 1556 & 1566/67
m. Bef 1515
  1. Andrew MerwinEst 1515 - 1567
  2. William MerwinEst 1520 - Aft 1556
  3. Thomas MerwinEst 1525 - 1586
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Isabel Bartlett
Gender Female
Birth[1] Est 1491 Rough estimate based on order of children in mother's will.
Marriage Bef 1515 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child.
to John Merwin
Will[1] 16 Aug 1556
Death[1] Bet 16 Aug 1556 and 23 Jan 1566/67 Amersham, Buckinghamshire, EnglandBetween date of will and date of probate.
Probate[1] 23 Jan 1566/67 Will proved.

"In 1553, about six months after John Merwin's death, his widow, Isabel, and his son and heir, Andrew Merwin of Coleshill, Hertfordshire (a detached piece of Hertfordshire within the parish of Amersham), were involved in a Chancery cross suit for possession of his property, a messuage called Deane Place and land in Amersham. …

Isabell Murvyn's answer was that the property had been bequeathed by her mother, Katherine Bartlett, to John Murvyn and herself, the defendant, and their heirs and assigns forever, and that she as survivor was entitled to it. She then complained of Andrew Murvyn, claiming that 'all such evidence muniments and charters concerning the premises as the defendant hath in his custody and possession he keepeth and detaineth for the preservation of his estate.'

Isabell's own will, dated 16 August 1556, witnessed by William Bacheler, Harrye Snell, Thomas Hoppe, and others, was proved 23 January 1556/7.

… Isabell Murren widow of Amersham in the countye of Bucks being of whole mynd & memorye lawdyd be god make & order this my last will & testament in manner & forme as folowethe ffirst I bequeath and commend my soule to allmightye god & to all the holye company of heaven & my bodye to be buryed in the churche yard of Amersham Item. I bequeath to the highe aulter iiijd. Item I give & bequeath to Will'm Raysell of Sainct Gyles Chariot my hous & my lands as heare foloweth ffirst laye croft iij acres & a litell sorey leys bryerlye croft & the litell lote that butteth uppon the same also the orchard that butts uppon bryerlye crofte with delseld & litell croft the orchyard that the house standeth uppon & Rewdells & hollows hobhops croft with the grove Item I bequeath to Thom's Murren my sonne haulf a qr'ter of wheat & ij bushels of malte & my brod pane & a Ewe & a lambe Item I give to his wyf my best kertell & my best smoke an apern & my best shete with a thred on the end Item I give to his children an ewe amongst them All the Resydew of my goods unbequeated my wyll fullfilled & my debts payed I give to Will'm Murren my soone whome I make my trew and faythfull executor & Edward Treadway to be supervisor having for his paynes xxd.[1]
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Richardson, Douglas. The English Ancestry of the Merwin and Tinker Families of New England: Part I: Miles Merwin of Windsor and Milford, Conn. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jul 1995)
    149:297-99.
  2. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    149:298.

    In 1553 Andrew Murvyn of Colshill, Heretfordshire, son & heir of ohn Murvyn late of Amersham sued mother Isabel for possession of a messuage called Deane Place.

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