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Summary:
Testator:
William Bisse, clothier
Daughters:
Elizabeth Bisse, Joyce
Bisse, Gartend Bisse,
Martha Bisse, Sara Bisse,
Tamsin Bisse, Mary Webb,
Amy Ruddock
Father-in-law:
Stroud
Grandsons:
William Webb, Edward
Ruddock
Sons:
Thomas Bisse, William
Bisse, Stroud Bisse,
James Bisse, John Bisse,
Edward Bisse
Brother:
James Bisse
Nephew and godson:
William Bisse
Sister:
Hester Ruffe
Brother-in-law:
John Stroud
Source:
UK
National Archives, Prob
11/146, Image 279
Text:
The last will and
testament of William
Bisse of Croscombe,
clothier, made the
seventeenth day of June
Anno Domini 1625
In
the name of God, Amen.
I, William Bisse of
Croscombe, clothier,
being sick of body but
(praised be God) of good
and perfect memory, do
make this my last will
and testament in manner
and form following,
Imprimis, I bequeath my
soul into the hands of
my faithful creator who
(I am sure) will be a
safe refuge for ?the and
to the ???
Item, I do bequeath my
body to be buried in
christian burial there
to rest until the coming
of my saviour at the
last day ??? ??? time (I
know) my soul and body
shall be reunited to
meet with my saviour in
the clouds and so to
enter with him into
everlasting happiness
Item, I do give unto my
daughter Elizabeth Bisse
two hundred pounds being
the legacy that is given
unto her by her
grandfather Stroude,
also, I give her twenty
pounds worth of plate
Item, I do give unto my
daughter Joyce Bisse two
hundred pounds besides
her grandfather’s
legacy, also I give to
my daughter Joyce twenty
pounds worth of plate
Item, I do give to my
daughter Gartend Bisse
two hundred pounds
besides her
grandfather’s legacy
Item, I do give unto my
daughter Martha Bisse
two hundred pounds
besides her
grandfather’s legacy
Item, I do give unto my
daughter Sara Bisse two
hundred pounds besides
her grandfather’s legacy
Item, I do give unto my
daughter Tamsin Bisse
two hundred pounds
besides her
grandfather’s legacy
Item, I do give unto my
daughter Mary Webb and
to her son William fifty
pounds to be equally
divided
Item, I do give unto my
daughter Amy Ruddock and
to her son Edward fifty
pounds to be equally
divided
Item, I do give unto my
son Thomas Bisse (if he
be living and do come
home to receive it)
fifty pounds, otherwise
to remain to my
executrix
Item, I do give unto my
son William Bisse (if he
be living and do come
home to receive it)
fifty pounds, otherwise
to remain to my
executrix
Item, I do give unto my
son Stroude Bisse two
hundred pounds
Item, I do give unto my
son James Bisse two
hundred pounds
Item, I do give unto my
son John Bisse one
hundred pounds
Item, I do give unto my
son Edward Bisse, my
youngest son two hundred
pounds
Item, I do give unto
William Bisse, my
godson, my brother James
Bisse’s son, twenty
pounds to help keep him
to school
Item, I do give unto my
sister Hester Ruffe ten
pounds
Item, I do give unto the
poor of the parish of
Croscombe yearly five
pounds during the whole
time that the twelve
hundred pounds which is
given to the three
children of John Stroud
of Stoke Lane by my
father-in-law Mr Stroude
shall in my custody or
appointment or in the
appointment of my
assigns for that
purpose, that is, so
long as the use thereof
doth come to me or the
use of either of the
three four hundred
pounds do belong to me
or my executrix or
assigns for that purpose
Item, so long as the
same aforesaid money
doth stand at interest
to my behoof, I do give
every year three pounds
to a schoolmaster to
teach within the parish
of Croscombe towards the
help of the teaching of
such poor children whose
parents are not well
able to spare the money
for their teaching
Item, I do give to the
parish church of
Croscombe the sum of
twenty shillings to be
disposed there in the
discretion of the parson
and the wardens for the
time being
Item, my will is that
all the aforesaid sums
of money bequeathed to
my aforesaid children
during the time of their
minorities shall be
employed to their best
benefit and behoof at
the discretion of my
trusty and well beloved
friends Edward Bisse of
Spartgrove esqr,
Nathaniel Barnard, gent,
James Bisse, parson of
Croscombe, and Robert
Bisse of Shepton, my
brothers and also that
they do see the
employment of the
aforesaid money given to
the poor of Croscombe
and to the school
according to my true
meaning
Item, my will is that
whereas I am interested
by the ??? in one lease
for certain years in
certain grounds called
Pynam that my brother
James Bisse, parson of
Croscombe do wholly
enjoy the same whose
right it is
Item, my will is that my
wife do hold the
tenement at Stokelane
during her life and
after my son Edward
Bisse, my youngest child
so long as my son
William and my daughter
Mary shall live
Item, my will is that my
sons Stroude Bisse and
James Bisse do jointly
hold the tenement at
?Cr??? after their
mother
Item, my will is that my
son John Bisse shall
hold the living at ?Alan
wholly to himself after
his mother during his
own life and after him
my daughter Sara if she
shall survive him
All the rest of my goods
and chattels movable and
nonmovable I give wholly
to my wife, whom I do
make my whole and full
executrix, in witness
whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal the
day and year above
written // William
Bisse, Testr //
Ja. Bisse, Rector
Croscombe // Robert
Browne // Thomas Bisse
//
Probate:
(In Latin) Twenty third
day of August, AD one
thousand six hundred and
twenty five appeard ed
to James Bisse, armiger,
Edward Bisse, armiger,
James Bisse, clerk, and
Nathaniel Barnard,
gentleman …Joyce Bisse,
relict of the said
deceased and executrix
named in the will… |
