| Title | Probate of Nicholas Bowdon of Bowden, esq..; to be buried in the Choir of St Nicholas, within the church of Chapel en le Frith, Mr Tryer to preach the sermon and to have ?1 to buy a mourning ring; all his lands in Bowden to his son, Barneby Bowden, with desire that his father in law, Thomas Barneby of Barneby (Yorkshire) will settle all his landed estate upon him; power to his executors to sell the remainder of his estate in Chapel en le Frith, Glossop and elsewhere and pay the proceeds, after the payment of his debts, to his son Barneby; Barneby to pay his younger brothers, Thomas and Robert, ?200 each; whereas he is bound to pay his brothers and sisters (8 in number) ?600 to be divided among them and whereas only part has been paid, therefore, to his brothers George and Thomas ?100 each, to his sister Dorothy, ?5 to buy a mourning gown, to his sister Helen, ?100 to his brother Edward, ?20, to his brother Valentine ?50, to his brother Jarmin ?50 and to his brother Benjamin ?60; his brother Thomas to have their father?s old chamber in Bowden and to have a horse kept all year upon the land at Bowden, so long as he be single; to his brothers William and Samuel, and his sister Judith Yeavely, ?250 to be equally divided; ?40 to Mrs Jane Rudd in repayment of ?30 lent to him when he was in suit with Mr Bradshaw; ?3 to his servant Nicholas Beard; Barneby to have all his household goods and husbandry wares at Bowden, Stoddard and elsewhere, together with his stoned colt; to his brother William, his cloak and the old mare; to Nicholas Beard, his brown suit and the little stoned horse. 19 Dec 1677 (photostat) 1677 |