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in Margin:

Wingfeild and others ag[ains]t Essington and others

Whereas heretofore John Wingfeild gent and Anne Wingfield complaynantese

exhibitteithere bill of Complaynt into the honorabloe Court of Chancery against Thomas

Essington Es[quire?} of S[i]r Rob[er]t Wingfeild Barronett an Infant by S[i]r John Jacob his Guardian

William Morgan esq[ui]re Thomas Humble and other o? Defendants.  Declaring by the same

that in the yeare 1638 S[i]r Anthony Wingfeild  Barronett deceased the COmplaynants

late Father was seized in fee of the Manors of Brightwell Casnolles al[ia]s Foxhall

Rivershall al[ia]s Rivershall in Waldringfeildyi Waldringfeildyii Wickesishopp and

Waldringfield, Hilton, w[i]th the appurtenances in Suffolke: And of the Rectories of

Waldringfeild, Brightwell Casnolls al[ia]s Foxhall Rushmere and Kesgrave in Suffolk

aforesaid And of the Advowsons of the Churches of Brightwsell and Rushmere.  And

of diverse messuages Lands meadowes pastures tenements and hereditaments in

the c[om]mones and places aforesayde And of the Mannors of Wickham al[ia]s Wickham

Markett  Helham Horpehall Bingo al[ia]s Binghall Bredfeild al[ia]s Bradfeild cum

Windersills Dallingho Dallingho Campsey Bredfeild Campsey ? Ash Bradisheld

Basse Bradish & Renhall al[ia]s Iken cum Framlingham Wilby St Halton al[ia]s Sheltonhall

Thorpehall ?asf Struttinges al[ia]s Base Struttings Debech Burgh and Debach W[i]the

appurtenances in Suffolk aforesaid And of the Advowson of the Churches of

Iken Dallingho and Wilby aforesaid And of and in severall Woods called Wickham Wood

Thorphall Wood Lords Woods Whitemage Grove Iken and Hardmere Woodes in Wickham

Debach Dallingho and Iken aforesaid and in Petistry al[ia]s Petistree in Suffolke And

of diverse messuages lands meadowes Pastures tenements and hereditament in

Wickham Helham Pistry a[li]is Petistre Iken Wilby  Halton Framlingham Thorpehall

Mildnall al[ia]s Mildenhall Binghall Bredfeild, Hasketon Woodbridge Burgh

Grundesburgh Clopton Sudborne Tunnstall Snape Blaxall Ash Melton Fresingfeild

Stradbrooke Champsey Dallingho and Debach And of diverse o[t]her Mannors Lands

Tenements and hereditaments in other Townes andplaces in England being  -ith?

yearely value of Fower thousand pounds and that the sayd S[i]r Anthony was alsoe posses[sed]

of an area of personal Estate worth at least one thousand pounds And that he beinge

so seized and possessed had issue Richard his Eldest sonne afterwards s[i]r Richard

Wingfeild Barronett nowe deceased Anthony and the Complaynant John his younger

sonnes and twoe daughters the Complaynants anne and Elizabeth nowe wife of

Henry North Esquier And that he being desirous of every of his sayd children

should have a portion __ of soe plentifull an Estate made his last will and Testament

in writeing bearing date the twenty ninth day of July one thousand six hundred

thirty and eight in these words Vizt. For the worldlye state w[hi]ch itt hath pleased God to

blesse mee w[hi]ch I doe disposs of itt in manner and forme following:  That is to say I give

and bequeath all the Rents issues and profits of al my Mannors Lands and tenements

until my sonne Richard shall accomplish his age of one and twenty years And in case he

die before the sayd age then until my sonne Anthony shall cocomplish his age of one and

twenty yeares And in case he dye before the sayd age then until my sonne John shall

accomplish his age of one and twenty yeares And if he dye before the sayd age then soe many

yeares as if he had lived to the sayd age of one and twenty yeares my Executors hereafter

named in trust and confidence that they w[i]th the sayd RTents issues and proffittes shall pay

my debts and p[er]forme this my last will and testament Item I give to my dayd sonnes Anthony

and John Wingfeild twoe thousand pounds a peece of currant money to be paid them att

there severall ages of one and twenty yeares Item I give to my twoe dughters Anne and

Elizabeth twoe thousand pounds a peece to be  —-

 

 

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