Bickley, Daughter

Notes:

Notes from Joel Thomas Orcutt:

Nether Whitacre, Warwickshire, England Parish register
1618
Burials
"A daughter of Richard Bickley's unbapt was Buried the sixteenth day of Aprill."

Notes:

Notes from Joel Thomas Orcutt:

Burial recorded Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England parish register.

Last Will and Testament of John Bickley
"In Yea name of God Amen. Yea fifth day of February in yea year of our Lord God One Thousand
Six Hundred Thirty and Four, and in the ninth year of yea rayne of our Sovereign Lord Charles by
yea grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of yea faith. I John Bickly
of Baxterly in yea County of Warwick, a husbandman, being of good and perfect memory, mind,
and remembrance (thanks be to God) do make and ordayne and declare this my last Will and
Testament in manner and form following. ......... First, I devise, give, and bequeath unto Richard Bickly, my son, twelve pound in mony."

Birmingham City Archives: Adderley family of Hams Hall, Warwickshire (Baron Norton) [MS 917/1073 - MS 917A/174]

FILE - Counterpart of bargain and sale. Richard Langley of Nether Whitacre, co. War., yeoman, and Thomas Langley of the same, yeoman, to Richard Bickley of Holloughton, co. War., gent. Three closes of land with appurtenances called the Kinges in Nether Whitacre. (Please order number 435) - ref. MS 917/2671 - date: 10 January 5 Chas I [1629/30]

FILE - Assignment of lease. William Savage of Nether Whiteacre, co. War., clerke, to Richard Bickley of Hollerton in the parish of Kingseburye [Kingsbury] co. War., gent., and John Allen alias Carter of Sheldon, fewster. Lands with appurtenances in Nether Whitacre. (Please order number 531) - ref. MS 917/2438 - date: 18 March 17 Chas I [1641/2]

FILE - Bargain and sale. William Savage of Nether Whiteacre [Nether Whitacre] co. War., clerke, and John Savage of Wilnecotte [Wilnecote] co. War., get., to Rrichard Bickley of Hallerton [Halloughton Hall] in the parish of Kingsburye [Kingsbury] co. War., gent. Lands with appurtenances in Nether Whiteacre. (Please order number 532) - ref. MS 917/2439 - date: 23 March 17 Chas I [1641/2]

FILE - Counterpart of covenant to levy a fine. Richard Langley of Nether Whiteacre, Margery his wife, Thomas Langley, Marie his wife, Thomas Keeleing, Elizabeth his wife, Richard keeleinge, Anne his wife, Richard Bickley of Halloughton and Thomas Hollier. Lands and appurtenances in Nethr Whiteacre. (Please order number 533) - ref. MS 917/2440 - date: 26 April 1642

FILE - Articles of agreement. Richarde Bickley of Holloughton in the parish of Kinseburye [Kingsbury], co. War., gent., and George Machem of Nether Whittacker [Nether Whitacre], co. War., yeoman. Concerning lands with appurtenances in Nether Whitacre. (Please order number 636) - ref. MS 917/2447 - date: 12 August 1663

FILE - Bargain and sale. Richard Bickley of Holloughton in the parish of Kingsbury, co. War., gent., to George Machem of Nether Whitacre, co. War., yeoman. Land with appurtenances in Nether Whitacre. (Please order number 639) - ref. MS 917/2448 - date: 25 March 1664

FILE - Indenture of fine. George Machem, plaintiff, and Richard Bickley, gent., Sara, his wife, John Allen, Gooditha, his wife, and Richard Allen, deforciants. A messuage, land and appurtenances in Nether Whitacre, co. War. (Please order number 2 copies). (Please order number 645 A&B) - ref. MS 917/2450 - date: Easter term 16 Chas II [1664]

Last Will and Testament of Richard Bickley
In the name of God Amen- On the twentieth day of September in the Sixteenth yeare of the Rayne of our Soverign Lorde Charles the second, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Irelande, King Defender of the Faith ANNO Jus 1664; I Richard Bickley of Holloton in the Parish of Kingsbury in the County of Warwicke, since being of a great age and desiring that it would please God to give me Grace to prepare my life for an Everlasting life, Yett being of Perfect mind and Memory, praise bee God, For the time doo make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and in form following
IMPRUNIO; I commit and remand my soul unto the hands of Almighty God, my Creator, assuredly promising that in and by the only Merce and Passion of the Lorde Jesus Christ my most blessed Saviour and Redeemer that all my sins shall be pardoned and that I shall bee made partaker of Everlasting Hope and Happiness in Heaven amongst those Glorious Sts and Angells there. And for my frayle bodye with a free and willing heart I do ressigne to the earth whereof it was made in God’s appointed tyme and to be decently buryed by the Executors Hereinafter named, or the survivor of them And that for the wordly Estate which it has pleased God in merce to bestow upon me I doo Dispose thereof as followeth ITEM; I give and bequeth to every Poore householder in the said Parish of Kingsbury Twelve pounds apeece And likewise to every Poore household in the Parish of Nether Whittacre Twelve pounds apeece and to bee distributed amongst them all and according to the Discretion of mine Executor And it is my will that the Minister which shall preach my funerall Sermon shall have for his pain Twelve Shillings ITEM; I give and bequeth to my loving brother Francis Bickley Baronette Twenty Shillings to bye him a ringe. ITEM; I give and bequeth unto my Brother John Bickley’s children Fortye Shillings ITEM; I doo give unto my Brother Robert Bickley’s children Fortye Shillings ITEM; I doo give unto my Brother Thomas Bickley’s children Fortye Shillings ITEM; I doo give and bequeth unto my children that are maryed Twenty Shillings apeece ITEM; That I doo give unto my sonn Francis Bickley and his wife Fortye Shillings, To my sonn Evans and his wife Fortye Shillings, To my sonn Richard and his wife Fortye Shillings, To my sonn Seargent and his wife Fortye Shillings , and unto my daughter Suszane Twenty Shillings ITEM; I give and bequeth unto my two sonns John Bickley and Robert Bickley Twenty Shillings apeece. ITEM I give unto every one of my Grandchildren that shall bee living att my demise Twenty Shillings apeece ITEM; I give and bequeth unto every one of my servants that are Dwelling with me att my Demise Tenn Shillings apeece ITEM; Whereas an Indenture bearing date the Twentieth day of January in the yeare of our Lorde God 1659 and made between mee the said Richard Bickley of the first part George Aubrey of the Citte of London, Esquire and Thomas Evans of Weddington in the said County of Warwicke partes of the second part and Francis Bickley my sonn and appointed of me the said Richard Bickley that all the rents and Proffits of the said estate after my demise should bee received and disposed of During the life of my said wife by my executors toward the discharge of my debts and legacies which I hope does not but that said wife will accordingly perform. I declare by the said deede a joynture upon my said wife for maintenance ITEM; I do give and devise and bequeth upon condicion of the following all my mortgagees cottages a tenth with ? being in the Parish of Kinsbury aforesaid in the tenure or possession of Thomas Brooks, or assigns, all houses, barns, and stable buildings and lands ? arable lands and meadows granted with appurtenances there unto belonging and afford all that said Thomas Brook And also the Pasture ground and other land with appurtenances called or known by the name of the Greater Sheepy ? being in the said Parish of Kingsbury and now or late in the tenure or occupation of William Breeden or his assigns unto my said sonn Richard Bickley, and to the heirs male of his bodye lawfully begotton or to bee begotton and in default of such then unto John Bickley my sonn and the heirs male of his bodye begotton or to bee begotton and in default of such then unto Robert Bickley my sonn and for the heirs male of his bodye lawfully begotton or to bee begotton and in default of such then to Francis Bickley my sonn and to the heirs male of his bodye lawfully begotton, or to bee begotton for want of survivors then to all the heirs female of my three younger sonns, John, Richard, and Robert provided nevertheless it is my will that my said sonn Richard Bickley shall have full power to make a joynture of the said ? or any part there of to any wife or wives which he shall marrye and that the joynture shall be good ?? ITEM; I do give devise and bequeth all my lands in Nether Whittacre in the said County of Warwicke called the Moore fields with appurtenances in the occupation of John Walter or his assigns unto Sarah my said loving wife and my sonn Richard Bickley to them and their heirs for ever and toward the payinge and Discharging of all my debts and legacies ITEM; I doo give devise and bequeth unto my two younger sonns John and Robert Bickley fifty pounds apeece of Lawful English Money and to bee paid within Six months next after my demise And I doo acquitt the rest of my goods Cattell and Chattels whatsoever along with my interest of mine to Certyne lands and Sums of Money which they have formerly rec’d of me ITEM; All Discharged, I doo wholly give and bequeth unto Sarah my said loving wife and unto my said sonn Richard Bickley whom I doo make executrix and executor of this my last will and testament ITEM; I doo desire my loving sonns in law the said Thomas Evans and Dudley Rydor to be overseers of this my will and I doo desire them to assist my said executor in the execution of this My will and I do give unto them for their pains twenty shillings apeece And I doo hereby renounce and remove all former and other wills by mee at any time made And that I doo declare this to bee my last will and testament in testimony hereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal the said day and yeare above written,
R Bickley
{seal}

Signed, sealed, and declared to bee his last will and Testament in the presence of;
Josias Bull
Stephen Bull
William Bull

Richard married Rugeley, Sarah on 1 Sep 1618 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England. Sarah was born about 1598; died about 2 May 1619 in Nether Whitacre, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes from Joel Thomas Orcutt:

Burial recorded Nether Whitacre, Warwickshire, England parish register.

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Notes from Joel Thomas Orcutt:

Marriage recorded Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England parish register.

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Notes from Joel Thomas Orcutt:

Baptism recorded Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England parish register.

Last Will and Testament of John Bickley

"In Yea name of God Amen. Yea fifth day of February in yea year of our Lord God One Thousand
Six Hundred Thirty and Four, and in the ninth year of yea rayne of our Sovereign Lord Charles by
yea grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of yea faith. I John Bickly
of Baxterly in yea County of Warwick, a husbandman, being of good and perfect memory, mind,
and remembrance (thanks be to God) do make and ordayne and declare this my last Will and
Testament in manner and form following. First and principally, I remand my soul into yea hande of allmighty God yea Father, the Son, and yea Holy ghost., my savior, redeemer, and comforter, trusting to be saved by yea mercy and passion of Jesus Christ, and to be made an Inheritor of yea kingdom of heaven. And my body to be buried in yea Parish of Baxterly in yea direction of my executrix hereafter named. And as causing yea goods which it has pleased God to give me, I do dispose of them in the manner and forme following choose to pay. First, I devise, give, and bequeath unto Richard Bickly, my son, twelve pound in mony. I do give and bequeath unto Anthony Bickly, my son, twelve pound in mony. I give and bequeath unto Frances Fletcher my daughter twelve pound in mony. I give and bequeath unto Margarett Orton, my daughter, twelve pound in mony. I give and bequeath unto Jayne Allkut, my daughter, twelve pound in mony. I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Bickly, my daughter, the sum of twenty pound to be paid unto her by my executrix or her assigns, att the day of the marriage of the said Elizabeth my daughter. I give and bequeath unto Mary Bickly, my daughter, the sum of twenty pound to be paid unto her by my executrix or her assigns att the day of the marriage of the said Mary, my daughter, and if it shall please God that either of my daughters shall die before their sum of mony be paid unto them as aforesaid, then my mind and will is that the sum or sums of mony of them, or either of them, on dying shall be divided amongst the residue of my children which God hath given me by Elizabeth, my last wife, equally, and not to any other of my children which I had by Margery, my first wife. All the rest of my goods, Chattells, and property, as well movable as unmovable, not given and bequeathed in this my Last Will and Testament, my debts being paid and funerall expense discharged, and the legacies herein bequeathed, well and truly paid and performed, I give to Elizabeh Bickly, my loving wife, if she remayne self, sole, and unmarried. But if she marry then I do give and bequeath unto Elizabeth, said wife, the sum of Tenn pound, to be paid unto her out of my goods, Chattell, and the residue of my goods and chattells to be divided amongst my sons William, John, Thomas, and Robert
Bickly, or the survivors of them, equally. But if the said Elizabeth live sole and unmarried then I do give and bequeath then to her and her assigns forever everything, in this my will not withstanding, and I do hereby make and ordyne the said Elizabeth, my wife, full and sole executrix of this my Last Will and Testament, and ordayne our son, William Bickly, and William Wedgewood, whom I hereby give power and authority to see this my Last Will and Testament well and truly perfomed, revoking all former wills heretofore by me made. In Witness whereas I, the aforesaid John Bickly, to this my present Last Will and testament here put my hand and seal the day and year first above written."

(signed)
Johanni Bickly {seal}

"Submitted sealed, and published by the within named John Bickly as the Last Will and Testament
the day and year within written, in the presence of;
William Mason
Johanni Mason {by X mark}
William Wedgewood
Jurat; Elizabeth Bickly."

Inventory of the Estate of John Bickley made October, 1638.
"The inventory of the goodes and Chattells of John Biggeley of Baxterley in the County of
Warw- husbandman deceased, made and performed by Anthony Smith- Willm Walker both of Baxterley aforesaid and John Watson clerk- the fourth day of October in the rayne of Charles 1638."

John married Margery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes from Joel Thomas Orcutt:

Administration upon the estate of John Bickley of Kingsbury made 1598.