The Slodden / Sladden Family
An interesting family who can be traced back to around the time surnames began to be used, living in Lyminge in Kent. Thanks to an abundance of wills it is possible to ascertain how many (most?) known or believed to … Continue reading →
The Kent Group / Branch
This group is known to have been living in East Kent by 1533 when one Richard GOTEHAM was a ‘collier’ (charcoal maker) living in Lower Hardres. Most of this group who are in England still live in East Kent, not … Continue reading →
The will of Walter Narramore (c.1560* – 1659)
Walter is a 10 x great grandfather of mine. Dying shortly before the restoration, before the restoration, that is, of Bishops and Archdeacons and their courts as well as of the monarchy, Walter’s will could not be proved locally, and … Continue reading →
The will of Mary Bedlake née Adams ( -1665/66)
Most that Mary left was to be equally divided between her 4 daughters, the exception being that Marie, the eldest did not inherit £4 like the others. Perhaps there was friction between them: Mary was anxious to prevent a law suit arising, but saw sufficient possibility to appoint others to arbitrate, if necessary. The income from property, sold or let, could be divided without argument, but the value of household items etc. would not be so easy to determine.
Continue reading →The will of Christopher Bedlake ( -1653)
Christopher wrote a simple will, leaving almost everything to his wife for her lifetime and then equally between his four daughters. The one exception was that eldest daughter Mary was to receive one bedsted and a table. He allowed for the possibility of a dispute between his daughters or their husbands, and said that any starting a suit would get just five shillings.
Continue reading →The will of Mary Sladden née Churcher (1680-1771)
A simple will, her husband had decided much but left the decision as to which of their 2 surviving children inherited a house in Deal to Mary; she left it and all she had to her daughter.
Continue reading →The will of Richard Sladden (1671/2-1750)
Richard’s only beneficiaries were his wife and two children. The latter got nothing when he died, but inherited when their mother died some 21 years later. Richard left to his wife to decide which child should inherit the house in which they lived (she chose Mary).
Continue reading →The will of Cicely Sladden née Bedlake (1630-1714)
Cicely left everything to her surviving child, Richard. This included two tenements described as ‘on the beach’ in Deal, which she stipulated he should pass these on to his children, doing nothing to hinder this without good reason.
Continue reading →The will of Susan Gotham ( -1651)
Susan, of Whiddon in Abbotskerswell, widow of Richard Gotham, left a will proved in the PCC in 1651 and hence unlike so many Devon wills it survives.
Continue reading →The inventory of George Wildbore (est. 1534 – 1606/07)
The probate inventory of George Wildbore, one of my 11 x gt grandfathers, who died in Minster in Thanet in Kent in 1606/07. It lists the houses moveable items and values them, and also the livestock, the main farm implements, and the crops – harvested and sown.
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