William FARRE [Parents] [scrapbook] 1 was born about 1536 in of Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. He was buried 2, 3 on 5 Apr 1617 in Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. William married 4, 5 Margery SALISBURY on 30 Oct 1579 in Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
William had a will 6 on 8 Jan 1612 in Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. His will was probated 7 on 6 May 1617 in Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
Other marriages:FARRE, Mrs. William
Mentioned in his father's will.
The first five children were not Margy's. The last three were. All children were mentioned in his will except for Mary who died before the will was written.
Will of William Farre Senior
Aspley Guise, Bedford - 1617
Archdeaconry of Bedford
Film 88020 p. 175
Will transcribed by Dean HunterWill dated 8 January 1612
Will proved 6 May 1617
In the Name of God Amen: I Willyam ffarre Sen. of Aspley Guise in the countie of Bedds being in good healthe and perfecte memero doe constitue and make this my laste will & testament the eighte daie of January in the yeare if our lorde god according to the compulation of the Church of England 1612, in manner and forme following and first I hereby revoke all former willes & doe humbly commende my Soule into the hands of all mightie god well hoping and believing by his merecies in the and throughe the suffering of Jesus Christ my alone [page 2] saviour to be saved and my bodie to be buried in the church yard of Aspelie aforesaid Item I will give and appoint that William ffarre the younger my eldest sonne shall have paide and delivered unto him by my executors hearafter named in this my will within one month the next after my decease six quarters of good sweete barley to some his hands withe and if it happen to departe this life weere or att the seede time of the yeare then the same barley to be to him delivered pre after my decease for the purpose aforesaid and in like manner I will bequeath & appointe that my said sonne Willyam ffarre shalle have ti him delivered by my executors six quarters of good & sweete pease or beanes sweete for that lande for that season in suche parte and manner as I before have appointed the barley: Item two quarters and twoe bushels of rye to be to hime the saide Willyam ffarre delivered by my executors for seede, att suche time & in suche sete as formerlie I have appointed the other graine nevertheless my expresse intent, meaning, and will is and I go order and appointe that att the said graine so by this my will assigned, to be delivered the saide Willyam my sonne shalle by by him repaired and restored to my saide executors in manner followinge viz: twoe quarters of barley, & twoe quarters of pease or beanes and six bushells of rye yearely and every yeare att the feaste of the purification of our ladie the virgine St Mary, during the terme of three yeares next after my decease to me insle of halfe of all suche graine I give and bequeathe to my sone James ffarre and the other halfe thereof, I will and appoint to be equallie devided betweene Roger ffarre & Lee ffarre two other of my sonnes: Item I give & bequeth to Willyam ffarre my sone a longe carte, & a dunge carte: Item I will &e appointe that my said three sonnes Roger, Lee and James ffarre, shall from and ymmediatlie after my decease weelelie give & deliver to my sonne Willyam ffarre one bushell of good & whole some mill graine for and towardes the mainetenance of [page 3] of his children and householde for and untill he the said Willyam shall equabably first –roppr of his landes after my decease Item I give and bequeath for the said Willyam ffarre twoe plilthes & two paire of iron harrowes and all such plough & cartes timber as shall happen to be in my or possession at or before, the time of my decease and I will & appointe that my executers shall not take awaye or deminishe after my decease any of the fences bales or mountes in or aboute the yardes gardens delyarde or any other the grounds in my nowe possession: Item I will and appointe that the greatest sallinge ffonghe with the cober thereare of shall remaine for in the howse and for the use and benefitt of my saide sonne Willyam and his heirs: Item I further give and bequeath to my saide sonne Willyam twoe carte horses worthe fortie six shillinges and eight oebce a peece att the leasle together with good & compleate harme se & furnature to the said twoe horses: Item I will and bequeath to my saide sonne Willyam a longe carte bodie with an Axeltree with Thomas Kinge of Aspelies borrowed of me. Item I will & bequeath to my Sone James ffarre the ellder of the two cupboardes in the halle the best boarded bedsteede and the great boarded cheste, standinge under the chamber windowe, wheareas I use to lye and the greatest brasse panne Item I will give & bequeathe to my sone Lee ffarre, the newe cupboard in the hall the wynded beddsteed in the chamber withe thes featherball and boulster thereon lyinge and all others the cosese in my house excepte one wch my sonne James ffarre nowe useth wch I will and beqeath to my daughter Anne: Item I bequeath to the saide Anne the ould table nowe standing in the boutinge house oneoly to use during her life, and the same after her decease I give and to Willyam Ambridge her sonne. Item I give and bequeath to Steven ffarre my sonne one cowe and the best hose wch shall happen to be in the yarde at the time of my decease & the greate iron spitt: Item I will give & bequeath all suche house as shall be [page 4] remaymine in my house at my deathe and all the hogges and other swine then allsoe remayminge in the yarde to my saide five sonnes viz: Willyam, Steven, Roger, Lee, & James to be equalled divided betweene them Item I give and bequeathe to my sonne James farre twoe mattries, twoe boulsters& twoe of the best blanckette: Item I give and bequeathe to my sonnes Lee & James ffarre, all my linnen whatsoever items to have twoe partes thereof & Lee a thirde part to be in suche manner indipsewent devided betweene them: Item I will and bequeathe to Alice my daughter fortie shillinges and Xd: to & amongest all suche children of the said Alice att my decease living to be equallie divided amongest them: Iten I give and bequeathe to every of the children of my saide sonnes Willyam, Steven and Roger ffarre, livinge att my decease, one sheepe a peece if I shall have so many att my decease the wantes to be supplied by my executors the value of every sheepe to be supplied to be worth vis viiid: The residue of all my household stuffe and ymplements of householde excepte twoe pewter platters, I give & bequeathe to my sonne Lee ffarr & James farre ti be equally devieded between them, wth twoe platters I give & bequeathe to my sonne Roger ffarre: The resudue of all my corne, grayne cattell & other goodes moveable and unmoveable I will give & bequeath, wholy my debtes & legacies paide to my Sonnes Roger ffarre, Lee ffarre & James ffarre, to be equallie divided betweene them, whome allsoe I make executors of this my laste will and testament uppon this condition as unto the saide Lee ffarre, that if he att any time after my decease doe inter marrie withe Joane Smithe daugther of Edwarde Strottons nowe wise then all the legacies before to him by this my will bequeathed to be imeerely voide and the benefitt there of to be to my saide sones Roger ffarre and James ffarre and further the saide Lee from and ymmediatley after suche inter marriage to be wholy excluded and debarred from further intermedlinge as my executores of this my laste will & testament and Roger and James ffarre to be my executors: In witnesses whereof I have to this my will subscribed my name the daie above written inthe presence of Richarde Harbie Clarke and Robert Slinges ------- Item I give unto George ffarr the sonne of my saide sonne Roger ffarre one good weather sheepe.
Probatu suit humisd testam cora viro med Johne Smithe in ll barr: Commssad et affre arhimal Bedd: 6 º die mensis Maii An Dno 1617 acpen approbat & Commisse benorn die defund adm executores in dec testament wiatt in forma Jural.Russell (Dukes of Bedford) Archive
Bedfordshire Deeds
Aspley Guise
Aspley Wood
R6/2/1/1
Copy Bargain & SaleParties:
(i) Ralph Norwich, late of Aspley Guise, esquire and Anne his wife;
(ii) Francis Bury of Beckerings Park [Ridgmont], esquireOperative Part:
- (i) sold (a)-(t) to (ii) for "a certain competent sum"Property:
(a) Manor of Aspley Guise with view of frankpledge and all messuages etc.;
(b) messuage in Aspley Guise late in occupation of Edward Sadler, deceased, late husband of Anne Norwich;
(c) one orchard, two gardens, two tofts, two closes of pasture adjoining (b) and containing 12 acres;
(d) Middle Pasture of 52 acres lately divided into two parcels;
(e) grove of woodland called Faulkner's Grove in Aspley Guise;
(f) Woodlands Closes of 14 acres;
(g) capital messuage with garden and orchard [entry damaged];
(h) close of 12 acres adjoining (g);
(i) pasture called [damaged portion] or Little Field of 26 acres;
(j) two closes of pasture called Poweges containing 10 acres;
(k) 14 acres of meadow and 120 acres of arable now or late in occupation of Thomas Chibnall, gentleman;
(l) messuage and 60 acres of pasture now or late in occupation of John Pancruss;
(m) messuage in Birchmore [Woburn] now or late in occupation of John Collins;
(n) 50 acres of arable and 20 acres of pasture in Woburn now or late in occupation of John Collins;
(o) 400 acres of woodland or underwood with soil in occupation of Thomas Chibnall;
(p) waste ground called The Warren in Aspley Guise with stock of conies(ii) entitled to all deeds except those relating to:
- sale of 6 acres of heathland on Aspley Heath sold by (i) to Henry Char[d]ge of Wavendon [Buckinghamshire];
- messuage and lands lately held by William Farre the elder by copy and sold by (i) to William Farre the younger of Aspley Guise, husbandman;
- two messuages late in occupation of John Collins, Johan Allen, widow and Edmund Hardinge lately sold to [damaged portion] by Edward Sadler and Anne his wife;
- two parcels of arable land in field next to Holcot Millnes containing together one acre one half acre lying in Thorneton Furlong the other in Lines Croft Furlong;
- plot of land lying between messuages of Henry Ward and Ralph Baker;
- plot of ground with a lea at the end adjoining messuage some time in occupation of Jasper Hodson;
- plot of land lying between the Ryes Piece and Aspley Wood Corner next to Hogstie House containing half an acre; the last four plots all sold by Edward Sadler and Anne his wife to Edmund Hardinge;
- messuage with meadows and closes late held as copyhold by Martyn King;
- messuage late held as copyhold by Thomas King and in occupation of Edmund Tilcock;
- messuage late in occupation of Thomas Tyddesdale;
- 21 acres of arable and 6 acres of meadow lately belonging to messuage in which Edward Sadler dwelled now in occupation of Edmund Hardinge who purchased it from Ralph Norwich and Anne his wife;
- 6 acres of meadow in Broadmead now or late in occupation of John Spurling;
- Salford Pasture now or late in occupation of John Spurling ;
- parcel of meadow now or late in occupation of Henry Charge of Wavendon
- close of pasture called Blackwell of 18 acres lately conveyed by Ralph and Anne Norwich to Thomas King
- (ii) to receive rent from following leases
(q) 5 Jul 1578 from Edward and Anne Sadler to John [damaged portion] of Husborne Crawley of close called Carnishe[damaged portion] or Pigs Park of 60 acres some time in occupation of John Carter in Aspley Guise for 21 years at 5 per annum;
(r) 17 Feb 1590 from Ralph and Anne Norwich and Lee Sadler to Jaspar Hodson of Aspley Guise, husbandman of one messuage with close of land or pasture of one acre adjoining and of 5 acres, 1.5 swaths of meadow, pasture and arable in various places in Aspley Guise with common for 6 beasts or kine, 3 to be in the fen and 3 on the hills and common for 15 sheep for 21 years at 6/8 and 2 capons per annum;
(s) Feb [damaged portion] from Ralph and Anne Norwich to Robert Fitzhugh of Wavendon, gentleman of 8 acres of wood and heath on Aspley Heath and 24 acres of wood and heath adjoining for 5,000 years;
(t) 21 Feb 1590 from Ralph and Anne Norwich and Lee Sadler to Richard Tilcock of Aspley Guise and Agnes his wife of their house and land appertaining for 41 years at 6/3 per annum;Witnesses:
- Richard Sutton; Clement Taylor; Thomas Hassould
Examined by William Shippard and William Lawson
2 Nov 1590
