Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
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Marriageca 1561751
Notes for Robert Seaman
Robert married Mar(i)e and they had eleven children: Richard, John, William, Thomas, Samuel, Kathryn, Marye, Robert, Peter, Simon, Margaret.
He had a smithy in The Street.
Robert Seaman was buried at Bredgar on 5.7.1605, his wife Mar(i)e on 9.4.1578.
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David Kennedy, in the Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Western Australia, has transcribed Robert’s will, or as much of it as he could, and commented on it. I’ll just reproduce it here, without change. I haven’t actually asked David if he minds, so I hope he doesn’t.
Will of Robert Seaman
In the name of God amen the 17 of June ano domini 1605 I Robert Seaman dweling in the parish of Bredgar being of a sound & perfect [?] memory have caused this note containing my last will and testament to be mayd in manner & forme following; First I Comfitt [? Maybe commend] my soul to God and my body to the earth. Item I give to Richard Seaman mine eldest sonne my house and Garden that belongs thereto together with my shopp lying in the parish of Bredgar and to his heires for ever Item I give to John Seaman my sonne Three pounds of good and lawfull money of England Item I give to my sonne William three pounds likewise I give and will to Thomas Seaman my sonne five poundes of good and lawfull English money and moreover I forgive all **h debts **s he oweth me. Item I will to Peter Seaman my sonne the summe of thirty pounds of good and lawfull money of England to be payd unto him within one whole yeare after the day of my decease, And if it fortune that my sayd sonne dye before payment bemayd according to the time limited then I will that the sayd summe of xxx poundes be payd equally be even portion, to my sonnes and daughters that then shall be livinge. Item I give to Symon Seaman my youngest sonne x/- [= 10/-] and Calvins Institutions. I will to Mary my daughter twenty nobles to be payd to her one whole yeare after the day of my decease. Item I will to Margarett my Daughter xlty [=40] shillings to be payd unto her as she shall need it presently after my decease and further I will unto her a payer of good sheets and the Chest that stands [?] *** the path [?] syde of my bedd: I will besyds that Richard my eldest sonne his heires executors or assignes shall pay unto the sayd Margarett my daughter xs [=10\-] yearely during her naturall life the which [?] xs my mynde is [?] it shall be payd att two severall [?] payment that is to say five shillings halfe yearely, And if the foresaid Richard his heires executors or assignes doe refuse [?] this to pay it Item I will that the sayd Margarett shall either straine [?] any goods that shall be within the foresayd house or orchard or cease upon the sayd house and orchard and keep it in her owne possession untill such time as the sayd summe of money shall be payd (as aforesayd) according to the same [?] meaning of my will: I will unto Richard Sellden and George Sellden sonnes of George Sellden tenn shillings to be spent in clothing of them. Item I will tenn shillings to tenn of the poorest of this parish, All my moveable [?] goodes either within the house or without or in the shopp that [?] I work in he paying all legacyes and bequeaths I bequeathe to Richard my sonne whome I make sole and whole execuotr of this my last will and testament dated and written the day & yeare aforementioned in wittnes whereof I have sette my hand and seale in the presence of Thomas Ly*ystead [?] his marke, Thomas Batchelor his marke, Seaman Richard [?] Seaman his marke.
Comments from Robert Kennedy:
Robert made his (eldest) son, Richard, his execuotr, responsible for paying all legacies and bequests.
He bequeathed his principal property fo his son Richard: his house, garden (=orchard) and (blacksmith’s) shop together with all his moveable goods in the house, outside and in the shop. The will of his son John reveals that this was at Silver Street, about .5 km W of Bredgar itself.
To his sons John and William he bequeathed £3 each.
To his son Thomas he bequeathed £5 and cancellation of his debt to his father.
To his son Peter he bequeathed £30 to be paid within a year. If Peter died before payment, the money was to be divided equally between Robert’s surviving children. This is several times larger than anything left to his other younger children. Peter himself, resident by then in Chatham, left no property and only small sums in shillings to his relatives. Perhaps his father was trying to set him up in business.
To his son Simon he bequeathed 10/- and his copy of Calvin’s Institutions. Simon, by then vicar of Bredgar for over a decade, was far better off than his father and brothers. The modest bequest reflects his religious calling, giving him a religious text and the 10\- the better-off seem to have routinely paid their vicar for a full funeral service (Richard Seaman explicitly left 10\- for a sermon to be preached at his burial).
To his daughter Mary he left 40\-, a pair of good sheets, and the chest beside his bed. She is also to receive for life 10\- annually - in two half-yearly installments of 5\- from her brother Richard or his heirs etc. If he fails to pay three times she is to be permitted to take goods from the house or garden left to Richard or even to seize the house and orchard itself until she is paid.
To Richard and George Sellden, sons of George Sellden, he leaves 10\- to purchase clothes for them.
He leaves 10\- for the ten poorest parishioners. It is not clear if this is 10\- between them or each. The former seems too small to be likely.
He had a smithy in The Street.
Robert Seaman was buried at Bredgar on 5.7.1605, his wife Mar(i)e on 9.4.1578.
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David Kennedy, in the Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Western Australia, has transcribed Robert’s will, or as much of it as he could, and commented on it. I’ll just reproduce it here, without change. I haven’t actually asked David if he minds, so I hope he doesn’t.
Will of Robert Seaman
In the name of God amen the 17 of June ano domini 1605 I Robert Seaman dweling in the parish of Bredgar being of a sound & perfect [?] memory have caused this note containing my last will and testament to be mayd in manner & forme following; First I Comfitt [? Maybe commend] my soul to God and my body to the earth. Item I give to Richard Seaman mine eldest sonne my house and Garden that belongs thereto together with my shopp lying in the parish of Bredgar and to his heires for ever Item I give to John Seaman my sonne Three pounds of good and lawfull money of England Item I give to my sonne William three pounds likewise I give and will to Thomas Seaman my sonne five poundes of good and lawfull English money and moreover I forgive all **h debts **s he oweth me. Item I will to Peter Seaman my sonne the summe of thirty pounds of good and lawfull money of England to be payd unto him within one whole yeare after the day of my decease, And if it fortune that my sayd sonne dye before payment bemayd according to the time limited then I will that the sayd summe of xxx poundes be payd equally be even portion, to my sonnes and daughters that then shall be livinge. Item I give to Symon Seaman my youngest sonne x/- [= 10/-] and Calvins Institutions. I will to Mary my daughter twenty nobles to be payd to her one whole yeare after the day of my decease. Item I will to Margarett my Daughter xlty [=40] shillings to be payd unto her as she shall need it presently after my decease and further I will unto her a payer of good sheets and the Chest that stands [?] *** the path [?] syde of my bedd: I will besyds that Richard my eldest sonne his heires executors or assignes shall pay unto the sayd Margarett my daughter xs [=10\-] yearely during her naturall life the which [?] xs my mynde is [?] it shall be payd att two severall [?] payment that is to say five shillings halfe yearely, And if the foresaid Richard his heires executors or assignes doe refuse [?] this to pay it Item I will that the sayd Margarett shall either straine [?] any goods that shall be within the foresayd house or orchard or cease upon the sayd house and orchard and keep it in her owne possession untill such time as the sayd summe of money shall be payd (as aforesayd) according to the same [?] meaning of my will: I will unto Richard Sellden and George Sellden sonnes of George Sellden tenn shillings to be spent in clothing of them. Item I will tenn shillings to tenn of the poorest of this parish, All my moveable [?] goodes either within the house or without or in the shopp that [?] I work in he paying all legacyes and bequeaths I bequeathe to Richard my sonne whome I make sole and whole execuotr of this my last will and testament dated and written the day & yeare aforementioned in wittnes whereof I have sette my hand and seale in the presence of Thomas Ly*ystead [?] his marke, Thomas Batchelor his marke, Seaman Richard [?] Seaman his marke.
Comments from Robert Kennedy:
Robert made his (eldest) son, Richard, his execuotr, responsible for paying all legacies and bequests.
He bequeathed his principal property fo his son Richard: his house, garden (=orchard) and (blacksmith’s) shop together with all his moveable goods in the house, outside and in the shop. The will of his son John reveals that this was at Silver Street, about .5 km W of Bredgar itself.
To his sons John and William he bequeathed £3 each.
To his son Thomas he bequeathed £5 and cancellation of his debt to his father.
To his son Peter he bequeathed £30 to be paid within a year. If Peter died before payment, the money was to be divided equally between Robert’s surviving children. This is several times larger than anything left to his other younger children. Peter himself, resident by then in Chatham, left no property and only small sums in shillings to his relatives. Perhaps his father was trying to set him up in business.
To his son Simon he bequeathed 10/- and his copy of Calvin’s Institutions. Simon, by then vicar of Bredgar for over a decade, was far better off than his father and brothers. The modest bequest reflects his religious calling, giving him a religious text and the 10\- the better-off seem to have routinely paid their vicar for a full funeral service (Richard Seaman explicitly left 10\- for a sermon to be preached at his burial).
To his daughter Mary he left 40\-, a pair of good sheets, and the chest beside his bed. She is also to receive for life 10\- annually - in two half-yearly installments of 5\- from her brother Richard or his heirs etc. If he fails to pay three times she is to be permitted to take goods from the house or garden left to Richard or even to seize the house and orchard itself until she is paid.
To Richard and George Sellden, sons of George Sellden, he leaves 10\- to purchase clothes for them.
He leaves 10\- for the ten poorest parishioners. It is not clear if this is 10\- between them or each. The former seems too small to be likely.