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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. An extremely valuable reference book on this family is "Thomas Sanford, the emigrant to New England; ancestry, life, and descendants, 1632-4," by Carlton E. Sanford (Tuttle Company: Rutland, Vermont, 1911). It contains a thorough examination and report of the English church records, lay subsidies, and probate for this family. The book is available online at several websites including the following: https://archive.org/details/thomassanfordemi01sanf/page/28/mode/2up.
DEATH:
1. Commissary Court of London, Essex and Hertford (filed will)
"In the name of God Amen.The XXIX day of March 1597 and in the XXXIXth yeere of the raygne of o'r Soveraygne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God of England Fraunce & Ireland Queene Defender of the fayth &c. I Thomas Sanford of Much Hadham in the Countie of Hertf., Glover, being sick in bodye but yett of p'fect mynd & memorye thancks be to my good God & merciful & loving heavenly father doe ordayne & make this my last will and testam't in manner & forme following.
First & principally I com'itt and com'end my sinfull soule to the merciful dispocon of him that gave it & most deerely bought it & my body to the earth from whence it was taken, to be buryed in the churchyarde of Much Hadham aforesayd on the south syde of the churche over agaynst the seat wher usually I satt in the tyme of Divine Service.
Item.I geve to the pore of Much Hadha aforesayd such as have most neede twentye bushell of good barlye, sweet & well-dressed corne, to be distributed and delyvered amongest them by my executor hereafter named by the peck at the rate of tenn grotes a busshell.
Item.I geve and bequeath to Prissilla and Sara my daughters to each of them tenn pounds of lawfull money of England & to Damaris my daughter twelve pounds of lyke lawfull money to be payd by my executor within three m[onths] next after my decease into the hands of my brother in Lawe John Lewes to the use of my sayd da[ughters] by him or by his direcon to be employed to their benefitt & futher advantage w'ch sayd severall l[egacies] w'th the p'ffitt & encrease th't shalbe raysed thereby I will shalbe payd by the sayd John Lewes or h[is heirs] to my sayd Daughters as they shall severally come & attayne the full age of twentye yeares or at [marriage] & yf it please God th't any of my sayd daughters dep't this liffe before her or their sayd porcion shalbe to her or them due then I w[ill that] the porcon or porcions of her or them so dep'ting this liffe together w'th the p'ffitt & encrease thereby shalbe equally devyded [between such] of my sayd daughters as shalbe then living, yf all be dead then to and amongst my sonnes or the longer liver of them.
Item.I further geve and bequeath to my sayd dau[ghter] Prissella one cowe of colour black and to my sayd daughter Sara one cowe called a bullock th't hath had one calf & is now greate w'th another & to my daughter Damaris one cowe of colour pyed with whight & red w'ch I bought of John Rawline or in lewe & recompense for each cowe iii li. xs. [= 3 pounds 10 shillings] of lawfull english money my sayd daughters to be at their choice therein to be delyvered or payd by my executor to my sayd Daughters as they shall severally come to the age of twelve yeeres or before my wyffe be maryed or contract herself to any other w'ch first shall happen.
Item.I geve and bequeath to Zachary my sonne my browne gellding or xlvis viiid [46 shillings 8 pence] of lawfull english money to be delyvered or payd by my executor to his use into the hands of John Lewes aforenamed and by him to be imployed to my sonnes benefitt & to be payd by the sayd John Lewes his executors or assigns together with encrease thereof to my sayd sonne Zachary at his full age of XXti yeeres or yf my sayd sonne Zachary dye before he attayne his sayd age of XXti yeeres th't then his sayd porcon shalbe payd and devyded among my daughters or so many of them th't shalbe then lyving.
Item.I geve to John Richardson of Standon in the foresayd countye of Hertf. Glover, the tenn shillings w'ch he oweth me uppo condicion th't he worke at the wares that are in the Lymes when he shalbe thereunto reasonably requyred by my executor.
Item.I geve and bequeath to Rychard Sanford my brother one p'cell of land contayning by estimacon half an acre lying and being on Stansted Mon fittechett in the countie Essex in a comon field there and comenly called Stonyfield.To have & to hold the sayd p'cell of land to the use of the sayd Rychard Sanford and his heiers forever.
Item.I geve and bequeath to Ezechiell my sonne all my other free lands in Stansteed aforesayd lying in three p'cells and contayne by estimacon three acres.To have & to hold all of those three p'cells of land to the use of the sayd Ezechiell & his heiers forever uppon condicon following (th't is to say) th't the sayd Ezechiell my sonn or his heirs shall pay or cause to be payd to Robert Sanford my brother L12 & to Rych' Sanford my brother L12 & to Elizabeth my sister now the wyffe of Wyllyam Woodley L12 within fyve m[onths] after the decease of Elizabeth Sanford, widow, my mother.The w'ch yf my sayd sonn Ezechiell shall refuse or not p'forme then I geve & bequeath the sayd three p'cells of land to the sayd Robart Sanford, Richard Sanford, my brothers and Elizabeth, my sister, & to their heiers forever.
Item.I geve and bequeath all that my p'te or purp'te & procon of w'ch I ought to have out of the goods and implemts of howshold w'ch were Rychard Sanford my late father deceased to the sayd Robert and Rychard Sanford my brothers & Elizabeth my sister to be devyded amongst them and my brother Henry to have some p'te with them.
Item.I ordayne and appoynt my brother Rychard Sanford & my brothersinlaw John Mellett & John Lewes overseers of this my p'sent last will desyring them to take the chardge uppo them and towards their payns therein to be taken I geve to each of them three shillings fower pence apece.
Item.I geve to each of my servants th't shalbe ___ [indecipherable word] towards me iiis. iiid. [= 3 shillings and 3 pence].
The residue of my goods and chattels not before geven or bequeathed my debts being payd my funeralls discharged & this my p'rsent last will all things p'formed I geve and bequeath to Mary my wyffe (whome I ordayne & appoynt my onely and sole executrix) of this will and testam't uppon theise condicons following notwithstanding (th't is to say) th't yf Mary my sayd wyffe (within) tenn days next after my decease seale & delyver as her deed to the forenamed Rychard Sanford John Mellett & John Lewes one such ___ [word torn out] sum of money as to the sayd Rychard Sanford John Mellett and John Lewes shalbe thought meete for the good ___ [word torn out] educacon and bringing up of my said children during all the tyme of their minorytie and allso th't the sayd wyffe shall be p'cure & cause my sayd children & every of them to be enstructed & taught to wright read and cast acompt [= accounts] w'ch yf she endevor not to doe th't then she shal pay or cause to be payd to so many of my sayd sonnes & daughters not so enstructed & taught twentye marks apeece over and above the legacies to them or eyther of them before geven.
And allso th't she the sayd Mary my wyffe shall p'forme & fullfill this my prsent last will & testam't in all things.
And further that yf she my sayd wyffe shall at any tyme before this my last will be fully p'formed and fullfilled be mynded to bestowe herself in maryage with any man th't she shall take therein the advise of my overseers therein but especially of John Lewes aforesayd. And that before Solemnigaco [= solemnization] of the matrymonye between them she shall p'cure him w'th whom she shall be so mynded to bestow herself in maryage & one other such sufficient Suertye with him as shallbe lyked of by the sayd Rychard Sanford John Mellett & John Lewes or so many of them as shalbe then lyving to seale and delyvre as his & their deed one such good and sufficient wryting obligacon in due forme of lawe to be made sealed & delyvered wherein they shall stand Joyntly and Severally bound to the sayd Rychard Sanford John Millett & John Lewes or so many of them as shalbe then lyving in such a convenyent some [= sum] of money as to them shalbe thought meete as well for the educacon & instruction of my sayd children as for p'formance of this my last will & testamt in all things at th't tyme not p'formed & done & th't w'thin the sayd tenn dayes she my sayd wiffe shall remyse release & quitte clayme to my said brother Rychard Sanford all her estate tytle of dower & demand w'ch she hath may should or ought to have in & to the said half acre of land lying in Stonyfeild aforesayd.
And allso th't within tenn days next ensuing the decease of me the sayd Thomas Sanford she my said wyffe shall remyse release & quitt clayme to Ezechiell my sonne all her estate tytle of dower & demand w'ch she hath may might should or ought to have of in & to the sayd three p'cells of land in Monfittchett aforesayd before to him bequeathed conditionally in this my p'sent last will he p'forming the legacies by him to be payd or else to my brothers Robart and Rychard & my sister Elizabeth and their heiers; yf he refuse to p'forme the same That then she shall be executor and take benefitt of the devyse to her before made of all the resydue of my goods & chattles All w'ch sayd things w'ch concerne my sayd wyffe yf she shall not p'forme and fullfill in manner & forme Then my will and mynde is th't she shall not be my executor nor have any benefitt by the gifte of her before made of the resydue of my goods & chattles But insteed thereof I geve & bequeath to her my sayd wyffe tenn pounds & no more & in her place I ordayne & appoynt my brother Rychard Sanford to be my sole executor & to him I geve & bequeath all the resydue of my goods and chattles to the extent & purpose th't he shall bring up my children in [four words torn out] pay my debts & p'forme this my p'sent last will in all things & th't he shall be bound by such lyke bond to [torn] John Millett & John Lewes as my wyffe should have bine & w'th such lyke condicon for the educacon and bringing up of my children & p'formance of this my last will in all things.And further my will and mynd is th't at such tyme as the [torn word], gyftes before mentioned shalbe payd & delyvered to John Lewes before named he the sayd John Lewes shall seale and delyver as his deed to my sayd wyffe John Millett & Rychard Sanford aforesayd the wryting obligatory to be in due forme of same made sealed and delyvred wherein he shall stand bound to my sayd wyffe John Millett & Rychard Sanford aforesayd in a sufficient some of money with condicon thereupon that for the suer [= sure] pay't of the said legacies delyvered to him together with the p'ffitt & encrease th't shall cleerely grow & aryse thereby at th tymes before lymetted in this p'sent last will.And th't once every yeere he shall render an accompt to my brother Rychard Sanford of the p'ffitt & encrease th't shalbe raysed of & by the sayd legacies to him delyvered being reasonably demaunded thereunto by the sayd Rychard Sanford All w'ch sayd wrytinge obligatory being made sealed & delyvered in forme aforesayd I will shalbe com'itted to the custodye & keeping of my sayd brother Rychard Sanford.
This will was read and acknowledged by the sayd testator to be his very last will revoking all others by him before this tyme made
John Lewes(Signed)
John BayfordThomas Sanford
John Crowche
Lennett Wall
Probated at Brantrye, Essex, 9 April 1597.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
Bef 1558 - 1597 (~ 39 years)
