Agnes, wife of William Priest
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Burial: 23 February 1623/4.
Place of Burial: Grandborough, Warwickshire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: William Priest.
Agnes is named in William’s will and in the burial record of their child, Mary.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Sampson Priest (baptized 24 December 1582 in Grandborough, Warwickshire).
Catherine Priest (baptized 4 April 1584 in Grandborough) married John Neale 7 May 1615 in Grandborough.
Thomas Priest (baptized 20 December 1586 in Grandborough).
Edward Priest.
Ellen Priest married Thomas Wadam 5 June 1610 in Grandborough.
Ann Priest (baptized 31 August 1592 in Grandborough) married Robert Eyles 3 December 1618 in Grandborough.
William Priest married Jane Woddams 25 July 1623 in Grandborough.
Alice Priest (baptized 10 June 1602 in Grandborough - possibly buried 27 December 1619 in Grandborough).
Mary Priest (baptized about 8 November 1604 in Grandborough - buried 1 January 1605/6 in Grandborough).
Evidence
Her burial (Grandborough, 1623/4):
Febr: 23o Agnes Priest sepulta fuit.
Her will:
In the name of god Amen, I Agnes Priest of Greenbrough in the County of Warw[ick] widow being sicke in body but of good and p[er]fect remembrance thankes be given to god for the same Doe make this my Last Will & testament in man[n]er & forme follwing, that is to say, first and principally I given and bequeath my soule into the hands of allmightie god my Creator & Jesus Christ my Savior trusting to be saved by his pr[e]cious bloodshedding onely, And my body to the earth from whence it Came to be buryed in Christian buryall, And as for my worldly goodes I bequeath them as followeth, that is to say, First I give & bequeath unto Sampson Priest my sonne the som[m]e of Tenn Pounds of Lawfull money of England to be paid him his e[xecuto]rs or assignes by mine executor at in & uppon the feast of Snt: Michaell tharchangell which shalbe in the yeare of our Lord god one thousand sixe hundred twenty & Five, and also I give unto him the sais Sampson one flaxen sheete./ Itm I give & bequeath unto Edward Priest my sonne the of Twenty Poundes of Lawfull money of England, Tenn Pounds of the same to be paid him by mine executor at in & uppon the First Day of Maye which shalbe in the yeare of our Lord god one thousand sixe hundred twenty & sixe, & the other ten pounds at in & uppon the feast of Snt: Martin the bishopp then next following ./ Itm I give unto my said sonne Edward one Coffer one pann & my kettle & a peuter platter ./ Itm I give unto William Priest my sonne the som[m]e of Twenty & two pounds of Lawfull money of England to be paid unto him his exe[cutors] or assignes by mine executor at or before the feast of Snt: Michaell tharchangell which shalbe in the yeare of our Lord god one thousand sixe hundred twenty & sixe, my will is that my said executor shall finde & alowe unto my said sonne William his Wife & Children sufficient meate drinke Lodging & apparrell fitting their Callinge untell halfe a yeare after the said two & twenty pounds be paid in maner & forme aforesaid./ Itm I give unto my said sonne William my best Woollbed, the filling which Lyeth uppon me at this time, one blankett, two pillowes, one bulster, one paire of sheetes, one Cubberd & one presse, one winow sheete, one peuter platter, & one peuter Dish, one Loome & one Candle Sticke./ Itm I give unto my daughter Ellen one of my new bolsters & my stockcardes, Itm I give & bequeath Forty shillings of Lawfull English money to be equally divided amongest my naturall Daughters & their Chilldren & the Children of my sonne Sampson:/ Itm to the poore of Greenbrough three shillings & Fower pence to be Distributed according to the Discresion of mine executor at my buryall./ Itm I give to Ann Cyles my daughter one flaxen sheete/ Item I give & bequeath unto my owne daughters all my apparrell amongst them (except one Russett petticote which I give to Jane the wife of my sonne William, And also except my new smocke petticote which I give to my daughter Ellen Giddins, Itm I make & ordaine my sonne Thomas Priest sole executor of this my Last will & testament to whom I give & bequeath all the rest of my goodes Cattells & Chattells unbequeathed to pay & p[er]forme my debts & Legacies and discharge my fun[er]all, And I entreate my Loving Friends Mr Beale vicar of Greenbrough & Edward Underhill of Greenbrough aforesaid to be sup[er]visors of this my Last will & testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the day & yeare aforesaid in the p[re]sence of George Beale Edw: Underhill Snr
The marke of Agnes H Priest
A true and p[er]fect Inventory of all the goodes Cattells & Chattells of Agnes Priest late of Greenbrough in the County of Warwicke widowe taken & prised the xxv th Day of February in the yeare of our Lord god (according to the Computation of the Church of England). - /1623/
Imprimis her Apparell of all sorts --- xxx s
Itm the horsses and yeeres --- xxxij li
Itm the wheate ---- viij li
Itm the barley ---- xij li
Itm the pease ---- viij li
Itm the beasts and bullockes --- xxij li
Itm the hey ----- v li
Itm the sheepe ---- xxx s
Itm the Carte Cartluthers & Cartrope --- v li
Itm one plowe two harrowes & the plow timber ---- xx s
Itm three quarter of Wheate sowed ----- iiij li
Itm the telth of the Land ---- x li
Itm the Lease of the house and Land for one yeare ---- xx li
Itm two sowes Fower steres & Five pigges ---- iij li x s
Itm the manure or soyle ----- xx s
Itm a Cock seaven henns & Fower ducks ---- v s
Itm one shovell one spade, Forkes, Rakes, Locks, fetters, old hurdles & sheepe Cribbs ---- x ij s
Itm in the Lowe Chamber certaine bedding a plaine bedsteed two Chests, a Ciffer, p[ro]vision of Cheese and other ymplements in the same Chamber ----- iij li x s
Itm in the hall the Floores, table, forme, Cupboard, penn, ewers, wheels, baskett with other tryfles ----- iij li
Itm in the buttery two kettles a [...] barrells, a [...] and [...] boards over the entry with other offall things ---xxxiij s iiij d
Itm the hoursse plankes, the Rackes, mangers, standerds & brasse layers --- xiij s iiij d
Itm in the high Chamber one bed steed with furniture thereon & a little Wooll ---- x s
Itm Coverletts, blanketts, sheetes, fetherted coulsters and pillowes ----- iiij li x s
Itm salt butter, Otemeale, bacon, a trough pauchins, Creamepotts, boards with other ymplements ----- xl s
Itm one brasse pott, one brasen Candlestick, six small pieces of peuter & the mault mill ---- xxvj s viij d
Itm the potthookes, potthangles, grate, branders, tongues, tooles, a falling table, a pann and three puiles & the stock Cardes & spitt & Cobberds --- iiij s iiij d
Itm the sackes, old Iron, a musters querne, a Clencher, a Chafing Dish, two sythes, with all things forgotten & unseene ----- x s
Sum[m]a totali Clv li iij s viij d
George Beale
The marke of William . . Humfrey thelder
The marke of John Y Allard
Edw: Underehill Snr
E. Latham
[Proved 5 March 1623/4]
References
Grandborough, Warwickshire, parish registers. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 17 December 2017.
Will of Agnes Priest, proved 1623/4, Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 18 December 2017.