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1. Church of England, Consistory Court of the Diocese of Peterborough, "Probate records, 1541-1858," will of Giles Whiting of Etton, Northampton. FHL British film 174844.
Transcription of the 1627 will of Giles Whiting, clerk of Etton, Northampton
Three images comprise the probate record for Giles Whiting. The first image, Document 7a, shows a document written in 1627 and which summarizes some, but not all, of the legatees. Words on the extreme left margin of the document are incomplete or missing due to tight binding. Words on the extreme right margin are partially illegible due to darkness of the image. The second and third images, Documents 7b and 7c, show the will as written in 1625. Together these two images offer the complete will. This will looks more like a draft then the final document. Many lines of the will, especially on Document 7b, are interposed one on top of the other making it extremely difficult, and in some cases impossible, to distinguish the individual phrases. Other phrases are crossed out. Words on the right margin are in some cases too dark to clearly distinguish. The Latin words and abbreviations are transcribed as found in the documents with the exception of the probate statement at the end of the will which has been summarized in an English translation.
Document 7a:
In the name of God Amen. Anno Dm 1627, April 4th et Regni Regus Caroli Angl …
… Giles Whiting of Etton in the Count[y] of North[ampton] and in the Diocese of Peterb[orough] Clerke
… bodye, and of good & [per]fect remembrance, thankes be to God, do ordeyne & make this my last will & testament
in manner & forme following first I com[m]end my soule into the hands of Almightie God
… heavenlie father, whome by the Death & blood shedding ws my onlye & alone Saviour Jesus …
… and my bodie to be buried in the Chancell of Etton. Itm I give to evre cottager in Etton & W..dreast 12
… piece. It[em] I gyve to the Churchwardens for the use of the Church so as thei let me have the tombe of …
… my Church to be buried in - 10 [shillings]. Itm I give to my Godchildren, Robt Wright, John Bolton, …
… I give to my Brother Francis Whyting - 10 [?] & to his wife 5 [shillings] & to ech of his children - 5 [shillings] a piece
… I give to Robt Chatain my Sisters sonne - 20 [shillings] & to his wife - 5 [shillings] and to his Sister Susan - 9 [shillings]
… I bequeath to Elizabeth Amy & Hanna Amy my Sisters Daughters 10 [pounds] a piece & the g…
… ar theres remayning in my custodye. And to Giles Worlde my kinesman.
… I give to Edward Joice my Clarke & tithingman - 5 [shillings] 8 [pence]
… I give to my sonn doctors three Daughters Elizabeth, Katherine & Dorcas Whiting 10 [shillings] a piece to by
… em Bibles wh.
Document 7b:
In the name of God amen A[nno] D[omi]ni 1625. Februarie the Seventh et Regni
Regus Caroli Ange primo I Giles Whiting of Etton in the count[y] of North[ampton]
& in the Diocese of Peterb[orough] Clerk well in bodie & of good & p[er]fect remembrance
thanks be to God, Do ordeine & make this my last will & testament
in manner & forme following, First I com[m]end my Soule into the hands of Almightie God and heavenlie father, whome by the Death & blood shedding
onelie & alone Saviour Jesus Ch[ris]t & my bodie to be
buried in the Chancell of Etton. Itm I give to the poore of Etton & W..dreast …
Itm I give to the churchwardens for the use of the church conditionally to let me have the tross for my sepulcher
And to my Godchildre[n] Robert Lamb, Robert Wright, John Bolton, Giles Ward
five shillings a piece Ite[m] I give to my brother Francis Whiting 20 [shillings] & to his wife … & to eche
of his children 10 [shillings] a piece Itm I give to Elizabeth Amy and Hanna Amy
my Sisters children 5 [pounds] a piece, And to Robt Chetam my Systers Sonne [?] & to his syster Susan five [shillings]
And to Giles Ward a [.rindle] now. Item I give to my Sonn Drs thre Daughters
Elizabeth Katherine & Dorcas 10 [shillings] & a peice to buy them Ringes for a remembrance
[Here the lines are scrambled. Each concept will be separated as much as possible.]
And to sonne Nethercott's children 5 [pounds] to be equallie devided among all
And to Sonne Tymothes children ….
And to Robt Lamb my grandchild & godson and to Sw Lamb his brother
And to Sonne Lambes children … to be …
And to Nathaniel the sonn of Nathaniel Whiting …
40 [shillings]. And to Ann Whiting his daughter 20 [pounds] And to Robt Whiting three
Daughters - 10 [shillings] a peice. Itm I give to Daughter Nethercott, Daughter Lamb
& Daughter Burton and to sonn Tymothes wife Nathaniels wife
Sonn Robts wife & Richard Symers wife ….. a peice to buy them
[Here again the lines are scrambled. Each concept will be separated as much as possible.]
Bibles w[ith] Ite I give to sonn Burton … [Calvins sermons?] …... den……….
I give to Nathaniel Whiting my sonn a …. in …… called noluc….
……. his mother. I give to John Abell St.. ….. …… ….. Ite I give to yong f……….
….. grandchild and godson ….. on the new testament
I give to Edward Joice my clerke & tithingman 5 [shillings] 8 [pence]
All the rest of my goods & chattels unbequeathed my Dettes being paide &
funeral dischardged I give & bequeath to Margerie Whiting my good and …..
wife, for her maintenance & sur…r during her natural life. And if this ……….
goods remaining after …. ded….. of the legacies be not sufficient to maintain
…. her during her life, then I will it that monies given to my children be
st..ed by my executor to have it be for her behalf during her life, & after to be given unto them …
to my will. And I ordeine & make my loving sonn in law Robt Lamb the sole executor
of this my last will & testament to see my legacies per… [words are too dark to distinguish]
him towards his paines [Calvins sermons?] upon … And I request my sonn
Nethercott to be supervisor ….. ….. and I give him for his paines the first ….
Of the booke of [martirs?]
Those being witnesses:
Itm I give Daughter Nethercott my ston jug …. silver
And to sonn Tymothe. Itm I give S Bolton ….. Bo…osill on the w…stes & …..
Itm I give to John Whiting Tymothes eldest sonne Tolles … ….. & Schaliger & ….
Itm I give to S Lamb my grandchild twenty … …., 2 [books?] & … on …..
Document 7c:
Itm I give to Daughter Nethercot my stonn jug t..t with silver And [too dark to read]
Itm I give to Daughter Lamb 10 [pounds] & to Sara & Mary John Thomas & ….
5 [pounds] And to Robt Lamb my grandchild & godson I give Marlorat on it
& m..lont on [genosus?] & psalmes …. ….. ….. Peter Lombard Antonie ….. [too dark to read]
Testament & my greot commo[n] place lese And to his brother William Lamb tr….
& att m..stulows work being a book. & pist… on moth.. [too dark to read]
& my Bible [sentence crossed out]
Ite[m] I give to my Sonne Burton [Calvins sermons?] Dente…. & 2 ……
and to my daughter his wife & Margaret her Daughter 10 [pounds]
Itm I give to Tymothyes children my English bible and my … mas…. and 20 [shillings] a piece And to him also sonne John Whiting
if he be a minister & precher all the rest of my books unbequethed
Itm I give to my sonn Nathaniel Whiting ..lutarches lines of English and to his son Nathaniel 10 [pounds]
And to his Daughter Ann Whiting w[it]h me - 10 [pounds] And to John Abell [too dark to read and section crossed out]
grene ring w[it]h shete & blankets & pillowes & bolsters be it
Itm I give to Robt Whiting my sonn [crossed out] held to his wife & three Daughters
& it first come of the marti..
It I give to Georg Bolton his wife & 2 Daughters 40 [shillings] And to S Bolton his sonn and my godsonn
… Boys his p..stell [phrase crossed out and what is written above is largely unreadable]
It I give to Richard Spencer & his wife - [an unreadable amount] & to his Daughter 20 [shillings]
It I give to Bess..nd Thomas Lewis his wife the chest was her mothers & on ewe lamb
It I give to A.. ….. her a quarters rent
All the rest of my goods ch..els & household stuff unbequeathed my debts being paid & funeral discharged I will shall be sold by my three
sonnes Timothe Nathaniel & Robert Whiting whom I make the sole execut[ers] of this my last will
& testament to pay the legacies I have given to the three children & …..
my kindred. And after they have sold my goods within & without & distributed them
…. & fullie according to the true meaning of this my last will they ….. s…. so named of my
Said goods or chattels
.. will shalbe equallie devided among [sentence crossed out but concerns his three sons]
It without ane sores of contention.
And I Desire my Sonn Lamb & sonne Nethercott to be supervisors to the same, to see my will
forth fullie & trulie & hostile performed, and I give Sonn Lamb [Calvins sermons?] [too dark to read]
and to Sonne Nethercott the [crossed out]
These being witnesses
[The probate statement written in Latin says that the will was probated at Peterborough on 21 June 1627.]
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Summary of John Whiting's Will
Church of England. Prerogative Court of the Province of
Canterbury Prerogative Court of Canterbury, probate records,
1383-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical
Society of Utah, 1952-1955) FHL Film #92099
1625 will of John Whiting, Doctor of Divinity ofSt. Martin in
the Vintry, London
WD 8 Apr 1618
WP 16 Feb 1624/5
Freehold and copyhold tenements in Eastham, Essex, to
Katherine, my wife
To father Giles Whiting my seal ring of gold
Rest of goods to wife Katherine and children Elizabeth,
Katherine, and Dorcas [all children are minors]
Wife is executrix
Wit: Edward White Sr., George Shepham, Robert
Whitinge
"I have given and appointed all my goods and chattels
to my loving wife and three children ... "
No mention of any sons. But, this places his daughter
Katherine in London where she may have married in 1633 to
Thomas Wiggins.
2. Church of England, Parish Church of Etton, Northampton, "Parish registers for Etton, 1587-1998." FHL British fiche 6127398. Marriage of Abigail Whiting and Rowse Burton, gentleman.
4th [quarto] 1605 Rowse Burton ^gentlema[n] & Abigall Whitinge were married August viij [8]th Reg.[reign] Jacobi [james I]
3. John Fetherston, "The visitation of the county of Leicester inthe year 1619, taken by William Camden) FHL British film 86958 item 2. Eleven grandchildren accounted for.
4. Family Tree. Marriage date given is 7 July 1603 in Aldwinkle Saint Peter, Northampton, England
Notes:
1. Rowse Burton was named as the churchwarden of Etton in 1615.
GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Rouse
DEATH: Also shown as Died Deceased
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Abt 1585 - Aft 1615 (~ 31 years)