| Description | Will: 6 May 1678; Pr. 25 Jan 1680/1. Bequeathes £100 for purchase of land, the profits to be paid to the schoolmaster of Weaverham school; £40 to be invested for use of the poor; £20 to be invested for use of curate of Weaverham who is to preach a sermon yearly in commemoration of the death of William Barker and his wife. Bequests to wife Mary; brother Edward; daughters Elleanor, Mary and Elizabeth; cousin John Barker; children of John Billington of the Hill Top by Elleanor his late wife, the testator's cousin; cousin Elizabeth Kent; Jonathan Basnett of Weaverham; two children of John Done of Stapleford; cousin Richard Done; cousin Simpson's son; cousin Elizabeth Brine; cousin Mary Hide, wife of William Hide of Frodsham, gentleman; cousin Margret Hide, wife of Robert Hide of Barrow; Richard Gerard of Sandiway; children of William Gerard of Ireland; Edward Gerard; Elizabeth Pemberton, wife of William Pemberton of Little Leigh; Anne Williamson of the Heathside Elizabeth Dutton; brother-in-law Joseph Basnett and his children Isaack, Joseph, Mary, Katherine, Frances, Hanna and Abigail; brother-in-law Nathaniel Basnett and his wife and children John, Joseph, Christopher, Mary, Catherine, William, Suzanna; Rachel Richardson, daughter of brother-in-law William Richardson; kinsmen John and Samuel Sudlow of Chester; cousin Joseph Sudlowe; William Sudlowe's children John, William, Elizabeth and Benjamin; Mr. and Mrs. Barber and their children John, Anne, Elizabeth; Josiah Shawcroft; godchildren William Sudlowe, William Chrimes, William Dod, Mary Baggaley, William Thomas Williamson jun. of the Heathside; children of Peter Owen of Barterton. Exors: William Sudlowe, Thomas Done. Wit: William Swinton, Peter Bromfield, Jo. Lowe |