Marriage Settlement of Benjamin Bolles and Anne Goodrick daughter of Lyon Goodrick

[Jordan Vandenberg]

Good Day,

I just received a copy of the marriage settlement between Benjamin Bolles and Anne Goodrick. It appears from the opening line to be dated 16 January 1577. I have not had a chance to look over it closely, but even with my poor eye for the old script I was able to make out that it appears at this time that Edward Goodrick was still of minor age (20 I think based on age in IPM of Lyon Goodrick) and that his guardianship was under Edward Sapcote (Richard Goodrick his guardian name in IPM of Lyon Goodrick died in 1562). I have not been able to make out if there was a date for the solemnization of the marriage.

One thing I noticed, but cannot make out is in the bottom five lines of the settlement there is a mention of Winifred Sapcote and I think her 4th husband Thomas Mahewe, but I cannot decipher how they describe her in relation to Anne or whether they do. Any assistance in deciphering those crucial lines would be greatly appreciated.

There seems to be a lot of valuable information in the settlement.

A link to the settlement is below.

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AsMhcvOEJ_pakEXsXVv0rzwkhFlB

Thank you,

Jordan Vandenberg.

[taf]

On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 6:35:16 AM UTC-8, Jordan Vandenberg wrote:

> One thing I noticed, but cannot make out is in the bottom five lines of
> the settlement there is a mention of Winifred Sapcote and I think her
> 4th husband Thomas Mahewe, but I cannot decipher how they describe her
> in relation to Anne or whether they do.

Unfortunately there are two flaws with the image in the portion containing this description. A black spot (hole?) obliterates text, while likewise in taking the photograph they failed to fully unfold it completely, and a significant part of the penultimate line is lost in the fold. Both of these obscure some of the relevant material, but it what I can read is basically saying that Thomas and Winifred, in her role as "executrix of the testament of Lyon Goodrick," is to pay the 200 pounds left Anne by her father Lyon.

taf

[Jordan Vandenberg]

Todd,

Thank you very much for taking a look at those lines. It is unfortunate that the fold and hole are way they there.

In your opinion do you think it is relevant that from what can be made out of the section mentioning Winifred that it does not directly associate her with Anne, but only with Lyon Goodrick if she is Anne's mother, and is mentioned in the settlement and as having to pay 200 pounds?

It just surprises me that with Winifred being her probable mother, it would not read "left to her daughter Anne by her father Lyon," rather than what it states, "left Anne by her father Lyon."

Thanks again for your help.

Jordan.

[Jordan Vandenberg]

A couple of other things that were interesting that I was able to make out is that there seems to be mention of a Henry Sapcote in a number of places where Edward Sapcote and Edward Goodrick are mentioned. Perhaps he is the brother of Winifred?

They also mention a William ____ (Rodgers?) alias Bolles. I am guessing that this is a different William Bolles than the one mentioned throughout the settlement who is the father of Benjamin Bolles. What is the alias all about?

As well at the very end of the document there appears to be reference to a date which I can't completely understand. It looks like as though it may be in reference to when the actual marriage took place. I can make out the year 1576, which is the year before this document, but cannot decipher the rest.

[Douglas Richardson]

On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 11:03:01 AM UTC-7, Jordan Vandenberg wrote:

< As well at the very end of the document there appears to be reference to a <date which I can't completely understand. It looks like as though it may be in <reference to when the actual marriage took place. I can make out the year 1576, <which is the year before this document, but cannot decipher the rest.

Jordan ~

The document is dated 16 January, 19 Elizabeth I [1576], which is commonly rendered by historians as 16 January 1576/77. By modern calculations, this date would be 16 January 1577.

In that period, the new year began in March, not January.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

[joe...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 1:03:01 PM UTC-5, Jordan Vandenberg wrote:

> As well at the very end of the document there appears to be reference to a date which I can't completely understand. It looks like as though it may be in reference to when the actual marriage took place. I can make out the year 1576, which is the year before this document, but cannot decipher the rest.

Just a quick note: 1576 is the year of the document, not the year before, as "January 1577 (NS)" would have just been "1576 (OS)" at the time.

I thought these settlements usually happened in contemplation of the marriage, not subsequent to. Is that incorrect?

[Jordan Vandenberg]

Thanks Douglas.

I had figured out the date at the top and mentioned it in the original post, which I am glad you have confirmed, because I was unsure if I had read it correctly.

It is at the very end of the document where I am unsure of what the date is and what it is describing. It appears on the last line and the numbers at the end. I can make out the 1576 but that is it.

[Douglas Richardson]

Dear Jordan ~

The last line in the marriage settlement reads as follows:

"Enterchangeably have sette ther Sealles geven the day & yere ffirst abovesaid / 1576."

The day and year "first abovesaid" is given at the beginning of the document as 16 January, 19 Elizabeth I, which is correctly rendered as 16 January 1576/7. This would be our modern 1577.

DR

[Jordan Vandenberg]

Thanks Douglas,
I didn't realize it was the same and that was what you were referring to in the above post.

[taf]

On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 9:00:16 AM UTC-8, Jordan Vandenberg wrote:

> In your opinion do you think it is relevant that from what can be made out
> of the section mentioning Winifred that it does not directly associate her
> with Anne, but only with Lyon Goodrick if she is Anne's mother, and is
> mentioned in the settlement and as having to pay 200 pounds?

No, nothing can be read into this.

taf

[Jan Wolfe]

On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 2:15:23 PM UTC-5, joe...@gmail.com wrote:
...

> I thought these settlements usually happened in contemplation of the marriage, not subsequent to. Is that incorrect?

In this case, it appears the marriage had already occurred before the date of the settlement. See line 3:

"And the said William bolles In consideracon of a maryage betwene Beniamyne Bolles sone vnto the said William bolles & Anne gudrycke doughter to lyon gudrycke late of kirkbye aforesaid diseased heretofore had & solempnized dothe for him his heires ..."

Also see line 20:

"William bolles For further consideracon of the said maryage so had & solempnized & for the naturall fatherly love that he bearythe vnto the said beniamyne ..."

[Jordan Vandenberg]

Thanks Jan for the insight and transcription of those passages. It is appreciated.

That's interesting. As Joe wondered in an earlier post, aren't these settlements usually written before a marriage takes place?

[Jan Wolfe]

On Friday, February 10, 2017 at 8:50:27 AM UTC-5, Jordan Vandenberg wrote:
> Thanks Jan for the insight and transcription of those passages. It is appreciated.
>
> That's interesting. As Joe wondered in an earlier post, aren't these settlements usually written before a marriage takes place?
>

...

It seems likely that the negotiations were usually completed before the marriage ceremony, but in some cases the settlement agreement was dated after the marriage ceremony.

There is documentary evidence of specific dates for the marriage and marriage settlement of Walter Roberts and his third wife, Alice Naylor. According to a family pedigree (Hayley manuscript, British Library Add. MS 6347), they were married on 18 February 7 Henry VII (1491/92), about a year after the death of Walter's second wife, Isabel Culpeper. The marriage settlement is dated two days later, 20 February 1491/92.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/a77f4eff-86f2-4116-87aa-69591c77ba50

[Ken Rolston]

Several questions remain outstanding regarding Winifred Sapcote and the children of Lyon Goodrick.
It can be proven that Winifred was Lyon’s 3rd wife, not 2nd as some pedigrees claim, and she survived him.

His first wife was Bridget Jermyn, daughter of Sir Thomas Jermyn of Rushbrooke, Suffolk.
His 2nd wife was unidentified daughter of Nicholas Robinson and (probably) Florence Style, of Boston, Lincs.
His 3rd wife was Winifred nee Sapcote, widow of ---- Borton and daughter of Henry Sapcote of Lincoln city and Jane Smyth.

After Lyon’s death 29 August 1561, Winifred re-married to Humphrey Littlebury of East Kirkby, as his 2nd wife. Humphrey’s will (TNA: PROB 11/45/149) was dated 1 Sept 1568 and probated 20 January 1568/69. He appointed “my wife Winifred executor”. He stated “I owe xviij pounds to Edward Goodrick her son.”
After Humphrey’s death, Winifred married again to Thomas Mayhewe as her 4th husband.
Winifred was buried 17 Sept 1588 at Bolingbroke, Lincs, 27 years after the death of Lyon Goodrick her 2nd husband.

Matt Tompkins previously quoted the IPM of Lyon Goodrick (TNA: C 142/130/134) which states “Edward Goodrick is and at the time of his death was, both his son and next heir and also his son and the heir of his body lawfully begotten on the body of Winifred....”
That same IPM states that on 12 May 1557, Lyon granted lands to feoffees to the use of Winifred, then his wife. This confirms that they married early in, or prior to 1557.

Those two documents prove that Edward was the son of Lyon and Winifred. The IPM says that he was age 4 years and ... months (4 years was not clearly discernible but is as transcribed by Matt Tompkins). This places his birth perhaps about mid-1557.

We do not know the details of the daughter Anne, but she was most likely born within about 2 years either before or after Edward. This allows an estimate of her birth in the date range about 1555-1559. This fits well with her first child’s birth, Thomas Bolles, born 1577. Considering that Edward’s birth date was fairly near to the apparent marriage date for Winifred, it is probable that Edward was the first born.

After Lyon’s death, the 2 young children were placed into the guardianship of Richard Goodrick of London, as was described in an earlier post. Who was this Richard?
His descent is given in the Goodrick pedigree in Visitation of Lincs 1562-64 and is also described in Michael B. Goodrick’s very competent history of the family (www.goodrickfamilyhistory.co.uk).
Richard of London was the elder of two sons from Richard Goodrick of Bolingbroke and Alice Etton. This father was brother to William Goodrick of East Kirkby, married to Jane Williamson, daughter & heiress of William Williamson of Boston, Lincs. The Visitation names William incorrectly as Edward Goodrick. William and Jane had issue amongst others, John Goodricke of East Kirkby, who married Anne Dymoke, daughter of Sir Lyonel Dymoke of Scrivelsby and Joan Griffith.
This John and Anne were parents of Lyon Goodricke of East Kirkby and Stickney whose 3rd wife was Winifred Sapcote, widow.
Thus, Richard of London was cousin and of the same generation as Lyon’s father John.

Richard Goodrick of London married Dorothy, widow of Sir George Blagge and daughter of William Badbye of Essex.
The will of Richard Goodrick of London esquire (TNA: PROB 11/45/149) is dated at the beginning, 14 November 1556. Unusually he signed it at the end with a different date, 12 May of 4th Eliz (1562). Probate was awarded 8 January 1562/63 to his wife, the relict and executrix.

His will has some interesting statements, he began by saying he was “of perfect memory and not sick of body except lame of my old disease the goute”. He was very religious and fearful for his soul but he hoped “to be made inheritor of the kingdom of heaven, albeit myne unnumerable synnes and filthie and wickedly have iustly deserved everlasting damnation.”

He names “Dame Dorothy Blage my dere and wellbeloved wief”. As was not unusual, she retained her previous higher status name and title from her first marriage.
His wife was requested to bring up her own children and his, in virtue and godliness and they be well taught and brought up in learning of the latin tongue at least....
Edward and Anne did not receive any bequests in the will, but their wardships and marriages were bequeathed to his wife Dorothy, the children to be well brought up in learning etc.

Unfortunately there is no indication of the children’s ages, but they are obviously still young, of schooling and tutoring age.

The marriage settlement of “Beniamyne Bolles and Anne Gudryke”, posted by Jordan on 9 Feb, was dated 16 January in 19th Eliz (Jan 1576/77) (Derbs Rec. Off., D258/45/29/9). Near the end it says that “Thomas Marhewe of east kirkbye gentilman & wenefride his wyffe executors of lyon gudrycke esquier disceased hath ... paid for the part & portion of the said Anne as a legacy to her given by her father the sum of two hundred pounds”. There is no other readable info of significance there.

Lyon Goodrick in his will, copied into his IPM, bequeathed the sum of £200 to be paid to her on the day of her marriage, which was before the date of the settlement, because the £200 had already been paid. He did not prohibit her marrying before 18 years of age, as has been claimed in another post and as is stated in the summary of his will (given in Abstracts of Goodricke Wills, edited by Michael B. Goodricke 2003).
In the IPM, where his will is copied, Lyon did not prohibit her early marriage. What was written and is difficult to read due to the poor condition of the document, was “... so that she do not dye before she accomplyssh the age of xviij yeres ....” That cannot be interpreted as an age prohibition.

If we assume that she had indeed reached 18 at her marriage in Jan 1576/77, it would support her birth in 1558 or 1559. This suggests she was a very young infant at her father’s death on 29 Aug 1561 and that she was a daughter of Winifred. She was still only about 3 or 4 years old when Richard, her guardian died.
If we assume a later marriage, say at age 20, her birth would be about 1556 or 1557. These dates overlap the estimated date of Winifred’s marriage to Lionel and I am inclined to accept the age of 18 at marriage, to offset that difficulty. I think too, that Dame Dorothy Blagge may have been pleased to have her married off as early as possible.
Otherwise, if as claimed that unknown Robinson was her mother, it requires a very rapid, almost immediate re-marriage to Winifred after the Robinson wife’s death. To be sensible, it would also require a marriage age of at least 22 or more for Anne with Benjamin.

So in summary, It is now proven that Winifred was mother of Edward.
In my opinion, the circumstantial reasoning supports the likelihood that Anne too was issue of Winifred. Of course, this depends on the presumption that she married at age 18, for which there is no known definitive evidence.

Ken Rolston.

[joe...@gmail.com]

On Friday, March 17, 2017 at 7:13:37 PM UTC-4, Ken Rolston wrote:
> So in summary, It is now proven that Winifred was mother of Edward.
> In my opinion, the circumstantial reasoning supports the likelihood that Anne too was issue of Winifred. Of course, this depends on the presumption that she married at age 18, for which there is no known definitive evidence.

Agreed, the circumstantial evidence is overwhelming at this point.

I have a copy of a lawsuit by Thomas Mahewe below regarding Lyon Goodrick's estate:

Plaintiffs: Thomas Mahewe and [Winifred] Mahewe his wife.
Defendants: [William Towers].
Subject: personal estate of the deceased Lyon Goodrick of East Kirkby, Lincolnshire.
Document type: [pleadings].
Note: Mutilated
Date: 1579-1587

I can email it to anyone interested in reviewing it. It is mostly intact, but it is missing large sections.

JOe Cook

[Jordan Vandenberg]

Thanks Ken for the post. I agree with your assessment and Joe's statement that the circumstantial evidence is overwhelming in favor Winifred Sapcote as the mother of Anne Goodrick.

Is there a lot known at this point about Winifred Sapcote's ancestry beyond the identity of her parents, Henry Sapcote, Mayor of Lincoln and Jane Smyth? I read that Jane Smyth was the daughter of Robert Smyth, but know little else.

On Friday, March 17, 2017 at 7:13:37 PM UTC-4, Ken Rolston wrote:

[Jordan Vandenberg]

Ken,

I just noticed one correction for your post regarding the husbands of Winifred Sapcote. It was discovered during the discussion in the thread regarding the IPM of Lyon Goodrick: (linked below) that her first husband was William Brynkley, Merchant of Boston, Lincolnshire, rather than ______ Borton.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/_fJ7Kw7WV80

Douglas provided an excerpt from Genealogist 4 (1880): 31 that included the Goodrick pedigree from the 1592 Visitation of Lincolnshire, and it read that:

"the second wife of Lyon Goodrike is said to be ... da. of .. Sapcotes of Lincoln, and widow of ... Brinkley of Boston." (linked below)

https://books.google.com/books?id=l3Y4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA157

I was then able to locate a copy of his PCC will that confirmed the Winfred was his wife that is linked below.

https://1drv.ms/i/s!AsMhcvOEJ_pakD8rPlYmFeRgJQV_

Thank you again for your excellent post, and I would welcome any other information or insight you are willing to provide regarding the Goodrick's and their ancestry.

Cheers,
Jordan.

On Friday, March 17, 2017 at 7:13:37 PM UTC-4, Ken Rolston wrote:

[joe...@gmail.com]

Thank you to Ken for finding more details on this lawsuit I missed. Specifically that Winifred was granted possession Lyons lands for 19 years following his death. As his son Edward was four at the time, I can think of no better solution to why '19 years', other than that Ann was two years old, two years older than Edward. Again, not proof, but the best solution given all the other evidence.

Joe c

[joe...@gmail.com]

Of course I meant to say "two years younger than Edward"

[Ken Rolston]

On Thursday, 9 February 2017 14:35:16 UTC, Jordan Vandenberg wrote:

Yes, I was coming to the same conclusion as Joe about the 19 years perhaps relating to Anne's tender age.
Lyon granted his lands to his executor (Winifred) for 19 years to fulfill the terms of his will and to pay his debts and for the raising of his children.
The intriguing question that has already been raised, is why did Winifred release her young children to be raised by a guardian in London, even though closely related? We can only speculate on the reasons.
Perhaps it was a Goodrick family decision.
Or perhaps it was decided that Richard could provide a better education and training in London.
Possibly more important was that Lyon's IPM described a substantial amount of messuages, lands, etc in many parishes that were to come to his young heir Edward. As some of these lands must be held of a tenant-in-chief, thus the IPM being recorded, they may have been taken into the king's hands during the heir's minority, although the IPM does not say so. The wardship and marriage of the heirs were valuable and was probably in the king's control. Richard may have been enticed by their value and purchased the wardship and marriage and accordingly took the children into his care and protection. Winifred may have had little legal say in the matter, since she did not have the rights of the wardship and marriage herself.

I have to emphasise that my reasoning may not be too accurate, as I am not expert in these matters, but it could be a fair explanation.

Richard's wife Dame Dorothy Blage received the wardship and marriage rights and made good use of them. She married Edward off to Richard's daughter Elizabeth, thus strengthening the family's wealth of lands. I'm not sure whether she was mother of Elizabeth herself.

Earlier, on 12 May 1557, Lyon granted a number of messuages & lands that he held as of fee, to feoffees to the use of Winifred then his wife and after her death to the use of himself and after his death to the use of his heirs lawfully begotten. He died at East Kirkby and Winifred remained resident there, seised of the lands etc as of free tenement for her life, with remainder to Lyon's heirs lawfully begotten on her body.

Jordan, you are likely to be correct about Winifred's first husband. I was uncomfortable with the name that I had pulled out from wherever, but did not take time to chase it through properly.

Regarding Henry Sapcote, I don't have much information about him, except that his parents were reputedly John Sapcotes of Elton, Huntingdonshire and wife Elizabeth Dynham, daughter and heir of John Dynham and widow of Fulke Bourchier, lord Fitzwarren. I'm not sure of my reference for that info, will have to track it down.
As Henry was prominent in Lincoln, there may be more info about his career in city histories. I have not tried to search any.

I have not been researching Winifred in detail, my main concern has been about Lyon's younger brother William who received lands of Nether Toynton from their father John. William was married to Alice Sapcote, widow, and I have not been able to properly identify her yet, whether Sapcote was her maiden name or previous married name. She does not appear to be closely related to Winifred, as far as I've been able to determine. There was another family of Sapcote about 10 miles west, at Toynton All Saints and Toynton St Peter, and she might be descended of that family.
Time and effort will tell.

Ken.

[Jordan Vandenberg]

Ken,
Thanks for your post. It provides a lot of insight.
Your thoughts on the purchase of the wardship and marriage for Lyon's children makes a lot of sense, especially considering that Edward was to Richard's daughter Elizabeth.
You mentioned that you are researching William the younger brother of Lyon. Have you managed to come across a will or an IPM for their father John Goodrick who died around 1545/1546. I have not been able to locate either, or have not found reference to either? Does he even have a will that has survived or an IPM?
Thanks for a possible lead to follow on the parentage of Henry Sapcote. Winifred's ancestry is something I am much more interested in looking into now that there seems to be a great deal of circumstantial evidence that suggests that she is Anne's mother.
Cheers,
Jordan.

[Ken Rolston]

On Thursday, 9 February 2017 14:35:16 UTC, Jordan Vandenberg wrote:

I have just recently found the will of Lyon Goodrick of East Kirkby dated 16 Dec 1560 and proved 25 Oct 1561, he who married Winifred Sapcote, widow. The will is not easy to find, it must be searched by the unusual surname spelling of Gudric. It can be found with the TNA reference PROB/11/44/342. Previously we had only an abstract of the will copied into his IPM, which now proves to have misled us in some details.

In the will Lyon makes no confirmation of Winifred being mother of his 2 children Edward and Anne, in fact he speaks only of them as "my son" or "my daughter". There is a Memorandum dated 26 Aug 1561, ie, not long before his death, attached to the will, in which he clarifies what happened with the 4 year old Edward. He said:

"I will that Sir Edwarde Dymocke and my Cousen Ric Goderick shall have the custodie and bringing upp of my sonne Edward at their discreat willes and appointementes during his mynorit in learninge and other exercise. And I will that Sir Edwarde Dymocke and my cosen Ric Godrick shall have the speciall ov[er]siyghte of my saide sonne until he come to lawful age. And I will that the childe coming unto lauful age be provided for by them both in his mariage as shalbe by them thoughte meete and conveniente. I will that yf hit shall please Sir Edwarde Dymocke to marrie with my saide sonne that he shall have the prefermente before any man or else with some other worshipfull man whom they shall thinke meete and conveniente by the speciall ov[er]sighte and appointemente."

I believe that Sir Edward was Sir Edward Dymoke of Scrivelsby and Kyme, married to Anne Tailboys and he died leaving a will proved Oct 1567. His death left Richard Goodrick as the sole arbiter of the marrying of Edward, except that Richard died and bequeathed the marriage to his wife Dame Dorothy Blagge, and she it was who subsequently arranged the marriage between Edward and Elizabeth Goodrick, daughter of Richard.

This clears up the mystery of how the young Edward came into the guardianship of Richard Goodrick, but it does not explain why Winifred, believed to be Edward's mother, did not retain parental oversight of the boy. Regardless of previous discussion, I think we should still query whether Winifred was indeed his mother. Although an IPM states so, I don't think we yet have definitive evidence.

With regard to Lyon's daughter Anne, there was conflicting information whether she was forbidden to marry before age 18 years. Lyon's will abstract in his IPM did not support that, as I pointed out in my previous post. However, the IPM wording was incorrect and the ban on marrying before 18 turns out to be correct. The will states:

"I give and bequeathe to Anne my daughter ij hundred poundes to be paied at the daye of her marriage, so that she doe not marrie before she accomplish th[e]age of xviij yeres... Also my mynde and will ys that yf my saide daughter Anne doe not marry then I will that she have her saide legacie of ij hundred poundes when she shall accomplish the age of xxj yeres."

I suggest that we can assume that Anne married soon after reaching 18 years of age, which supports the chronology that she was likely to be Winifred's daughter.

With regards to all,
Ken Rolston.

[Jordan Vandenberg]

Ken,

Thanks for your insight in regards to Lyon Goodrick's will.

Could the reason for Winifred not retaining parental oversight over Edward be that Lyon thought that his inheritance and education be best overseen by members of the Goodrick family? If Edward's was under the parental oversight of Winifred and she remarried (which she did 2 more times) and produced a male heir, would his interests become secondary to that of male child produced of a current marriage?
I am purely hypothesizing if this could be a reason for why things played out the way they did. Based on the language and his age in the IPM I am still of the belief Winifred is his mother.

However, it does appear that Lyon produced an earlier child named Edward (that was mentioned in the will of Nicholas Robinson/Robertson, Merchant of the Staple of Calais), whose mother was likely Lyon's 2nd wife (unknown) Robinson, a daughter of Nicholas Robinson/Robertson.

Thanks again for sharing your insight.

Jordan Vandenberg.

[Jordan Vandenberg]

Good day,
I came across the extract of a deed that makes reference to Anne Goodrick (as William Jessoppe of Broom Hall and Anne his wife) that is dated 20 Dec 20 James I, which I believe translates to 20 Dec 1622. This moves back the known date where she was still living from 1615 to at least 20 Dec 1622.

The link and description of the record is below.

http://calmview.derbyshire.gov.uk/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=D258%2f45%2f14%2f40&pos=2

Ref No D258/45/14/40

Title:
Deed to lead the uses of a fine between William Jessoppe of Broom Hall and his wife Anne, Wortley Jessoppe and his wife Katharine, and George Jessoppe on one part, and Richard Woodrooff, Thomas Ludlane, Nicholas Pearson, John Pearson and Hugh Spooner on the other part, concerning four closes called Smithie Field, the Well crofte or yard, the Peasfield, the Long Meadow in Eccleshill, three closes called Foxglove Fields and Wilcocke Woode in Eccleshill, and three closes called the Tomefields in the manor of Eccleshill and a house called the Chantree house, 20 Dec 20 Jas I

Date: 1622

William Jessop was married to Jane Disney, when he passed away in 1630, so that places Anne's death between 20 Dec 1622 and 1630.

Take care,
Jordan Vandenberg.

[Jordan Vandenberg]

I came across a couple of other interesting descriptions of records held at the Derbyshire Records Office pertaining to Anne Goodrick and Benjamin Bolles.

The first is a Memorandum that John Cotes (Anne Goodrick's 2nd husband) was to appoint Anne as his executrix. I haven't been able to locate his will. Does anyone know where this could be found?

The second is the probate inventory of William Bolles (father of Benjamin Bolles) dated 09 April 1583. I have not been able to locate his will online. Has anyone managed to find it or seen it before?

Ref No D258/45/20/3

Title Memorandum that John Cotes of Osberton was reminded by Samuel Bencotes that he had made a will prejudicial to his wife Anne and his children, and that Cotes agreed to change it and appoint Anne as his executrix
Date [16th cent]


Ref No D258/45/29/11

Title Probate inventory of William Bolles
Date 9 Apr 1583

If anyone has a link to either of these Wills, it would be greatly appreciated if you could share.

Thanks,
Jordan Vandenberg.