WILL

September th[e] 2[nd] : 1684 ⁽¹⁾
I Robert WINSOR of fforthington in the County //
of Dorset being weacke [weak] in boady [body] but of perfect //
Memery doth Make this as My Last Wille //
and testament in Manner and forme as folleth.

firste I bequeath My sole into the hands of all //
Mity God My Creator and to Jesuse Criste My //
Redemer and My body to be bured in Cristaon bure---[torn away - burial]

It[em]      I give My dafter [daughter] Ann WOODS in Mony one shilln [shilling] // and six pence

It[em]      I give My dafter Joann PAMER in Mony one shilln // and six pence

It[em]      I give My dafter Tamsen WINSOR one shillen and six pence //

It[em]      I give My sonn Robert WINSOR one shillen and six pence //

It[em]      I give My dafter Susana WINSOR one shillen and six pence //

It[em]      I give My son Linoard [Leonard] WINSOR My house in fforthington // during his life : and if the said Lineard WINSOR //
Chance to die be fore his brother Robert then to remai(n) // to Robert his brother and to Susana af-ter hem if shee //
chance to live so longe


I doth Apoynt My Wife Ann WINSOR My //

Excater [Executor/Executrix] of this My Will in wit-nes I have set //
My Hand and and seall //

The Mark of Robert [X] WINSOR [SEAL]
Seled in the //
presence of us //
James HACKHAM
The Mark of
Jane [H] HOLLMAN

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PROBATE
[Written on the back of the Will]






3A/     fforthington

Test[ament]um Robert WINSOR /
ibm Defunct /
Probatum fuit apud /
ffordington 23 January 1699 /
coram Henrico - - /
Robinson clico Art? /
cure Docis Thomas /
WYATT pr[e]bendary /
Surro[gate] & Sub /
Juram[en]to Etc.

[Note:- My Latin leaves a lot to be desired but in essence states the following]

FORDINGTON

The Testament of Robert WINSOR of the same place deceased was proved at Fordington on 23rd day of January 1699 before Henrico ROBINSON Clerk ⁽³⁾ of the Court of Dr. Thomas WYATT ⁽⁴⁾ Prebendary ⁽⁵⁾ and surrogate [of the Dean of Sarum] [and granted] to the executrix named in the testament under oath taken 10th January.

INVENTORY





Fordington
An inventory of the Goods and Chatells //
of Robert Winsor who deceased 11^th of //
March 1698⁹. Taken and Apraysed //

Impremis [In the first place] His wearing aparell --- £2. 0s 0d

It [Item:] In the hall in brass --- £1.10.0d

It [Item:] in the hall in puter [pewter] --- £0. 6s 0d

Itam: acoberd [a cupboard] , 2 tabellboards,         }
        one furm [form] & Chears [Chairs] one        }  --- £0.10.0d
        payer [pair] of billous (sic?) , 2 payells [pails] }

Itam: In ye butery: 3 trendells }
three couells, one silting         } --- £1. 5s. 0d
fob?, one saltt, 3 fate horses }
5 barells ---------------------- }

and in other-things small } --- £0. 1s. 6d

Itam: In ye Middle Chamber one }
Bead [bed] with feathers and Flox [flock] }
two old bolsters, 2 blancots [blankets]  } --- £2. 0s. 0d
one sheat [sheet] one bolster cloat[h] }
one standing bead stead             }
One Green rudg [rug] -----------}

Itam: one Truckel bead Stead and }
bead and beding thear [there-to] belonging } --- £1. 0s. 0d

Itam: one Flock bead, one doust bead }
Two old bolsters, one rudg [rug] one } --- £1. 0s 0d
coverled, one sheeat, one bolster }
bolster cloath }

Itam: one Cheast, one Coffer, 2 boxes }
one Chayer [Chair] one joint stooll } --- £0. 6s. 0d

Itam: 4 payers of Sheeats, 2 payert }
of pillobes [pillows], one bordcloath } --- £1. 10s. 0d

Itam: In the in[n]er Chamber onr }
feather bead, 2 pilloas [pillows] , one } --- £2. 10s. 0d
Dost [dust] bolster, one green rudg }
one payer [pair] of blancets }

Itam: In Lining [Linen] --- £0 10s. od

Itam: 2 old coasters, a boter? [illegible deletion] }
pump, a cheas kack [cake?] } --- £0. 3s. 0d

Itam: In ye Malt Hous(e), one cheas }
Stean and in Lomber [lumber] Stofes? } --- £0. 10s. 0d

Itam: In ye Malt Loft in small things } --- £0 03s -0d

Itam: In barne and in hous(e) and }
on the stanell? in coarne [corn] } --- £7. 10s. 0d

Itam: in the Backside 3 Coues [cows] one }
small bolark [bullock] and 4 sheepe } --- £12. 0s. 0d
one pidge [pig] }

in Haye ------------------- } --- £0. 15s. 0d

Itam: one Litell old Hous(e) } --- £5 00s. 0d

Itam: In Muneys [money] } --- £37. 00s. 0d

in other small things not }
menthend [mentioned] } --- £00 05s. 0d

Some Totall } --- £77. 14s. 0d

[Signed] John SEAGER and James HACKHAM

MR Genealogical Notes:-

(1) The Year the Will was written: The last digit in the year at the top of the Will is not at all clear but has for now been taken as a '4' giving us the year 1684. All we know for sure is that it was before his death so we seem to be dealing with an old Will - see note (2) below.

(2) Date of Death: Is recorded on the Inventory of his goods which states "who deceased 11th March 1698⁹ ". There are 2 slight problems with this :-

(a) The Inventory itself is not dated and it is unlikely that they started recording his goods etc on the day he died, so did he die earlier and this is actually the date they appraised his goods or was the inventory actually taken after this date. Probate is dated 23rd Jan 1699 which has to be 23rd Jan 1699/1700.

(b) We have complete Bishops Transcripts for Fordington burials from the start of the year 1684 on 25th March through to the end of 1703 apart from the yearly returns for 1690 and 1697. There is no burial recorded in the extant registers up to 1703 which implies that he died in one of the missing years. I think we can rule out 1690, because of the long lapse in time, which suggests he may have died during 25th March 1697 to 24th March 1697/8.

At this date problems in correctly assessing the year during January to March abounded, particularly between the clergy, the educated and the courts, which is why eventually we changed to the Gregorian calendar in 1752 from when the start of the year changed to 1st January. The logical conclusion of all this is that his burial was probably recorded in the missing 1697 bishops transcripts and was a few days after 11th March 1697/8. I have added a note and link to this explanation in the parish burial register.

As an aside :- I note that James HACKHAM was a witness to the will and probably wrote it, as Robert Winsor only signed with his mark and the other witness was a lady Jane Holman. James Hackham is also the second appraiser of his goods so the Inventory looks like it was written by John SEAGER.

(3) The Rev. Henry ROBINSON MA (c1660-1705) was Vicar of St Georges Church in Fordington fron 1683 to 1701.

(4) Thomas WYATT DD (1632-1723) was a Canon of Sarum and surrogate to the Dean of Sarum who at this date was Stephen

(5) Prebendary of Fordington and Writhlington

Genealogical Notes by Peta Winzar:

(6) Robert WINSOR married Ann (Unknown) and they had at least six kids as shown below. Robert's wife Ann was buried FStG 14th Feb 1714/5, and son Leonard took out Letters of Administration on the 21st Sep 1715.

(1) Ann Winsor (junior) married (Unknown) WOODS (from the Will of Robert Winsor)
(2) Joann Winsor married (Unknown) PAMER [Palmer?] (from the Will of Robert Winsor)
(3) Tamsen Winsor (from the Will of Robert Winsor)
(4) Leonard/Linoard Winsor (from the Will of Robert Winsor)
(5) William Winsor bap FStG 11th Jan 1664 and buried FStG 3rd Dec 1664.
(6) Robert Winsor bap FStG 20th Mar 1665 (also in the Will of Robert Winsor)
(7) Susanna Winsor bap FStG 29 Aug 1669 (Robert is now 'senior' and Ann mis-rendered in the PR as Agnes)