Richard Robins1
M, b. circa 1564, d. before 19 May 1634
| Father | Thomas Robins b. c 1535, d. b 8 Aug 1606 |
| Mother | Elizabeth Palmer b. c 1545 |
Richard was born circa 1564 in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England. Richard married Dorothy Goodman, daughter of Edward Goodman and Mary Rushall, on 21 June 1597 in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England, at the parish Church.2 Richard made his will on 1 March 1633/34.
In the Name of God Amen I Richarde Robins of Buckby in the County of Northton yeoman being desirous to prepare & fitt my selfe for the tyme of my departure out of this Life doe make this my Last will and testament First I commend my Soule to Allmighty God my Creator & to Jesus Christ my Redeemer by whose passion & merits only I stedfastly brleeve I am made an heire of everlasting Life in heaven And to the holy Spirit my only Comforter three persons & one Eternall God And my body to be comly buried at Buckby at the descreson of my Executors. And touching my lands and goods where with God hath blessed me beyond my deserts. First to show some thankefullnes to God for his mercy I doe give five
pounds a yere for ever out of the half yard land Lately William Gilberts in Buckby aforesaid unto John Thorneton of Broackall Esq. & to Willm
Cartwright of Northton, gent, & to their heires and Assignes to the use of the poore Inhabitants of Buckby for the time being for ever ether yearly to be disposed among them according to their severall needs or other wise to be disposed of to their persitts as by them shall be iudged most convenient, provided allwayes and my will is That my sonn & heire & his heires shall have the free power to dispose & give forty shillings a yere of the foresaid five pounds to any manner of person or persons at his and their free will and pleasures. And because the sayd Mr. Thorneton & Willm Cartwright be mortall my desire it they will make other honest religeous men ffeofees of the sayd yearly rent that yt may be for ever imployed according to this my will.
Item my will is that my sonn & heir shall provide and give to Dorothy my Loveing wife at my house in Buckby where I now inhabit good & sufficient Lodging meat drinke diet fyre candle & washing fit and according to her degree & calling as now she hath for & during her Life and the som of thirtie pounds yearly to be payd out of my Lands payable to her quarterly at the severall feasts of St. Thomas the Apostle, the annunciation of the blessed virgin Mary, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist & St. Michael Archangel by equall porcions for & dureing her life. And If my sayd wife shall forebear to take her diet & lodging afforesayd, then my sonn & heir & his heires shall pay unto her ten pounds a year more in lew of her diet & lodging payable at the dayes afforesayd by equall porcions dureing her life. Further my will is my said wife shall have her coffen to her self as she thinks fitt to store it. But if my said wyfe shall recover her dower out of my Lands, them my meaning is she shall hould her self therewith content and what I have foremerly given to her shall cease & not be payde unto her.
Item I give to my tow sonns Obedience and Edward to each of them one hundred pounds to be payd them within three months next after my decease Item I give to my Sonn John two hundred & forty pounds of which one hundred to be payd him within three months next after my decease and the other hundred & forty within tow yeares next after my decease. Also I give to my sayd sonn John & his heires my Close & ground called the hether Throp in the parish of Norton, provided alwayes & my will is That yf my Sonn & heire shall pay unto my said Sonne John or his heires the som of tow hundred & fifty pounds of good and Lawfull money of England at any tyme within three yeares next after my decease That then my Legacy made to my sayd Sonn John of my close called hether Throp shall cease & be voyd. Item I give & bequeath unto my sonn Thomas my Lease & terme for yeareswhich I have of any Lands or tenements in West Haddon parish. Item I give my sonn Thomas & his heires all my meadow & ground called Corne meadow in the parish of Watford Provided alwayes & my will is That yf my heire at any time within three yeares next after my decease shall pay my sayd sonn Thomas & his heires or Assignes the som of three hundred & fifty pounds of Lawful money of England then my heir shall reenter into the sayd ground called the Corne meadow and into my sayd Lease to have the meadow
to him and his heirs for ever & the lease for the the years therein to Come & -------.
Item I give to my sayd sonn Thomas forty pounds to be payd him withintwo yeares next after my decease. Item I give more to my sayd sonne Thomas the Lease I have of only pasture. Item I give and bequeath to my tow youngest Lemuell & Mary to each of them twenty pounds to be payd them presently after my decease And my will further is and I doe bequeath That yf my said tow daughters shalbe married by the
consent & advice of the forenamed John Thorneton then my Executor shall pay them so marrieing, or her that so married one hundred & four score pound a pece of Lawfull money of England within three monthes next after his notice thereof and I doe further devise that yf the said Mr. John Thorneton shall die before the marriage of my sayd tow daughters or before he hath given his derection therein Then my sayd Executor shall pay my sayd daughters 180 l. a peece at their severall ages of twenty yeares and my will further is that yf my said daughters or ether of them die before marriage then the porecon of them or her that so dieth shall remayne to my Children to be
equally devided amongest them. Item I give to my daughter Sara tenn pounds. Item I give to my daughter Contenew forty shillings.
Item I give to all my gran Children forty shillings a peece. Item I give to my three brothers to each of them twenty shillings.
Item I give to my loveing frends Mr. John Thorneton & Mr. Willm Cartwright to each of them twenty shillings. Item I give to each of my servants which I shall have at the tyme of my death to each of them xii d.
All the rest of my lands, goods, Cattells & Chattells I give to my loveing Sonn Richard Robins who I make my Sole executor of this my last will &
Testament and doe renounce all former wills made by me to be of non effect. And I intreat my loveing frends Mr. John Thorneton, Mr. William Cartwright and my brother William Wills to be my overseers of this my last will, and with their counsell and advise to derect my Executor in the due execution of this my last will & testament; And I doe advise & charge my Executor to take this advise therein & to be ruled by the same. And my will is And I do hereby devise That yf any question ambiguitie or contreversie shall happen to arise or grow upon any word legacie clause or matter contained in this my last will, then the same shalbe heard exponunded determined & iudged by the sayd overseers of this my last will or by the more part of them and such their expossicion iudgement & determinacon. I declare to be my last will and Testament And I will that within xx dayes next after my decease A trew Inventory be taken of all my goods and Chatttells and a trew Copy thereof delivered to my overseers. It wittness whereof I have put my hand & seale this first day of March 1633.
Richard Robins
Sealed and delivered in the presence of Wm Cartwright Richard Carvel his mark Valentine Robinson his mark.3
Richard departed this life in Long Buckby. He was buried there in St. Lawrence Churchyard on Friday, 19 May 1634.4,5
In the Name of God Amen I Richarde Robins of Buckby in the County of Northton yeoman being desirous to prepare & fitt my selfe for the tyme of my departure out of this Life doe make this my Last will and testament First I commend my Soule to Allmighty God my Creator & to Jesus Christ my Redeemer by whose passion & merits only I stedfastly brleeve I am made an heire of everlasting Life in heaven And to the holy Spirit my only Comforter three persons & one Eternall God And my body to be comly buried at Buckby at the descreson of my Executors. And touching my lands and goods where with God hath blessed me beyond my deserts. First to show some thankefullnes to God for his mercy I doe give five
pounds a yere for ever out of the half yard land Lately William Gilberts in Buckby aforesaid unto John Thorneton of Broackall Esq. & to Willm
Cartwright of Northton, gent, & to their heires and Assignes to the use of the poore Inhabitants of Buckby for the time being for ever ether yearly to be disposed among them according to their severall needs or other wise to be disposed of to their persitts as by them shall be iudged most convenient, provided allwayes and my will is That my sonn & heire & his heires shall have the free power to dispose & give forty shillings a yere of the foresaid five pounds to any manner of person or persons at his and their free will and pleasures. And because the sayd Mr. Thorneton & Willm Cartwright be mortall my desire it they will make other honest religeous men ffeofees of the sayd yearly rent that yt may be for ever imployed according to this my will.
Item my will is that my sonn & heir shall provide and give to Dorothy my Loveing wife at my house in Buckby where I now inhabit good & sufficient Lodging meat drinke diet fyre candle & washing fit and according to her degree & calling as now she hath for & during her Life and the som of thirtie pounds yearly to be payd out of my Lands payable to her quarterly at the severall feasts of St. Thomas the Apostle, the annunciation of the blessed virgin Mary, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist & St. Michael Archangel by equall porcions for & dureing her life. And If my sayd wife shall forebear to take her diet & lodging afforesayd, then my sonn & heir & his heires shall pay unto her ten pounds a year more in lew of her diet & lodging payable at the dayes afforesayd by equall porcions dureing her life. Further my will is my said wife shall have her coffen to her self as she thinks fitt to store it. But if my said wyfe shall recover her dower out of my Lands, them my meaning is she shall hould her self therewith content and what I have foremerly given to her shall cease & not be payde unto her.
Item I give to my tow sonns Obedience and Edward to each of them one hundred pounds to be payd them within three months next after my decease Item I give to my Sonn John two hundred & forty pounds of which one hundred to be payd him within three months next after my decease and the other hundred & forty within tow yeares next after my decease. Also I give to my sayd sonn John & his heires my Close & ground called the hether Throp in the parish of Norton, provided alwayes & my will is That yf my Sonn & heire shall pay unto my said Sonne John or his heires the som of tow hundred & fifty pounds of good and Lawfull money of England at any tyme within three yeares next after my decease That then my Legacy made to my sayd Sonn John of my close called hether Throp shall cease & be voyd. Item I give & bequeath unto my sonn Thomas my Lease & terme for yeareswhich I have of any Lands or tenements in West Haddon parish. Item I give my sonn Thomas & his heires all my meadow & ground called Corne meadow in the parish of Watford Provided alwayes & my will is That yf my heire at any time within three yeares next after my decease shall pay my sayd sonn Thomas & his heires or Assignes the som of three hundred & fifty pounds of Lawful money of England then my heir shall reenter into the sayd ground called the Corne meadow and into my sayd Lease to have the meadow
to him and his heirs for ever & the lease for the the years therein to Come & -------.
Item I give to my sayd sonn Thomas forty pounds to be payd him withintwo yeares next after my decease. Item I give more to my sayd sonne Thomas the Lease I have of only pasture. Item I give and bequeath to my tow youngest Lemuell & Mary to each of them twenty pounds to be payd them presently after my decease And my will further is and I doe bequeath That yf my said tow daughters shalbe married by the
consent & advice of the forenamed John Thorneton then my Executor shall pay them so marrieing, or her that so married one hundred & four score pound a pece of Lawfull money of England within three monthes next after his notice thereof and I doe further devise that yf the said Mr. John Thorneton shall die before the marriage of my sayd tow daughters or before he hath given his derection therein Then my sayd Executor shall pay my sayd daughters 180 l. a peece at their severall ages of twenty yeares and my will further is that yf my said daughters or ether of them die before marriage then the porecon of them or her that so dieth shall remayne to my Children to be
equally devided amongest them. Item I give to my daughter Sara tenn pounds. Item I give to my daughter Contenew forty shillings.
Item I give to all my gran Children forty shillings a peece. Item I give to my three brothers to each of them twenty shillings.
Item I give to my loveing frends Mr. John Thorneton & Mr. Willm Cartwright to each of them twenty shillings. Item I give to each of my servants which I shall have at the tyme of my death to each of them xii d.
All the rest of my lands, goods, Cattells & Chattells I give to my loveing Sonn Richard Robins who I make my Sole executor of this my last will &
Testament and doe renounce all former wills made by me to be of non effect. And I intreat my loveing frends Mr. John Thorneton, Mr. William Cartwright and my brother William Wills to be my overseers of this my last will, and with their counsell and advise to derect my Executor in the due execution of this my last will & testament; And I doe advise & charge my Executor to take this advise therein & to be ruled by the same. And my will is And I do hereby devise That yf any question ambiguitie or contreversie shall happen to arise or grow upon any word legacie clause or matter contained in this my last will, then the same shalbe heard exponunded determined & iudged by the sayd overseers of this my last will or by the more part of them and such their expossicion iudgement & determinacon. I declare to be my last will and Testament And I will that within xx dayes next after my decease A trew Inventory be taken of all my goods and Chatttells and a trew Copy thereof delivered to my overseers. It wittness whereof I have put my hand & seale this first day of March 1633.
Richard Robins
Sealed and delivered in the presence of Wm Cartwright Richard Carvel his mark Valentine Robinson his mark.3
Richard departed this life in Long Buckby. He was buried there in St. Lawrence Churchyard on Friday, 19 May 1634.4,5
Family | Dorothy Goodman b. c 1579, d. b 20 Feb 1640/41 |
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Citations
- [S2018] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties.
- [S506] Note: Church of England, Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England parish register, p. 8 (left column), FHL microfiche 6127462, part 1. [Courtesy of Fredric Z. Saunders,1234 Waterside Cove #21, Midvale, UT 84047-4293]
- [S506] Note: Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills, 35 Watson, (1584), FHL microfilm 91966. [Courtesy of Fredric Z. Saunders,1234 Waterside Cove #21, Midvale, UT 84047-4293 - email: e-mail address ]
- [S2023] Robert W. Barnes, British Roots of Maryland Families II, page 188.
- [S506] Note: Church of England, Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England parish register FHL microfiche 6127993, part 1 - p. 51 Richard Robins Gent: bur. 19 May 1634.[Courtesy of Fredric Z. Saunders,1234 Waterside Cove #21, Midvale, UT 84047-4293]