Humphrey Breynton
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Burial: 4 November 1664.
Place of Burial: Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, Wales.
The burial is recorded in the parish register (“Humphridus Brinton Sepultus fuit none die novembris Ao Dmi 166[4]”).
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Katherine.
Humphrey mentions his wife Katherine in his will.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Mary Breynton (baptized 7 July 1636 in Trefeglwys) married Giles Jarman.
John Breynton (buried 5 October 1679 in Trefeglwys) married Mary.
Evan Breynton (buried 2 October 1700 in Trefeglwys).
Jane Breynton married John Bubb.
Humphrey Breynton (buried 9 June 1671 in Trefeglwys) married Winifred (Ellice), widow, 11 February 1670 in Trefeglwys.
Evidence
from the Trefeglwys register:
1636. Maria filia Humphridi Breynton & [blank] uxor eius baptizatus fuit septimo die mensis Julij 1636
1637 Humphrey Brenton oeconom.
Humphrey’s will:
In the name of god Amen I Humphrey Brinton of the parish of Trefeglwys in the county of Montgomery being sicke & weake in body but of good senses & perfect memory, all thanks & prayse be to allmighty god for the same the thirtyeth day of October in the fourteenth year of the Raigne of our soveraign Lord Charles the Second by the grace of god King of England, Scotland, France & Ireland defender of the fayth and in the year of our Lord god one thousand six hundred sixty & two doe make this my testament mentioning my last will therein Imprimis I commend my soule into the hands? of my Redeemer, I committ also I trust to be saved and my body to the earth from whence it came to be interred in Christian buriall as shall seeme best to my executors Item I give & bequeath two shillings towards the repayring of the parish church of Treveglwys, Item I give & bequeath unto my eldest son John Brinton twelve pounds Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Jane the wife of John Bub twelve pounds Item I give & bequeath unto Mary the wife of Giles Jarman twelve pounds Item I give & bequeath unto my son Euan Brinton twelve pounds & my will is that the [...]. Legacyes be payd within the space of a year after my decease Item I give & bequeath unto each of my grandchildren a year old sheep to be given them at may next after my decease Item I give & bequeath unto Joan the wife of Richard Wilson the summe of twenty shillings to be payd unto her within the space of a year after my decease, Item the forementioned Legacyes being first payd and my funerall expences discharged and my will proved I give & bequeath halfe my personal estate, viz. my goods, chattel & chattels moveable & immoveable unto my well beloved wife Katherine Brinton, excepting my Implements of husbandry which I do give and bequeath unto my youngest son Humphrey Brinton as alsoe I give and bequeath unto my said son Humphrey Brinton the other half of my personall estate viz. of my goodes, cattels and chattels moveable & immoveable Last of all I doe nominate constitute & appoint my said son Humphrey Brinton to be sole executor of this my will & testament in witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand & seale the day & year first above written.
the mark of Humphrey Brinton
the mark of Richard Wilson
Richard Lewis
John Bembowe Cler.
A true and perfect inventory of all the goodes cattels & chattels moveable and immoveable of Humphrey Brinton of Treveglwys [...] the seaventh day of november Anno Domini 1662
Imprimis
six oxen 06:00:00
seaven kine 07:00:00
three heifers 06:00:00
five two year old [...] 6:10:0
one bull 01:00:00
foure calves 02:10:00
foure horses and mares 04:00:00
two cowes m[...] 04:00:00
thirty ewes 05:00:00
forty and four weathers? 9:00:00
twenty and six Lambes 03:05:00
three swine ?:10:00
all manner of Poultrey 00:05:00
corne & all manner of graine in the house 08:00:00
corne growing in the grownde 01:10:00
??? Brasse, Pewter, Bedding and all manner of household stuffe and the furniture thereto belonging ??:00:00
All implements of husbandry 01:10:00
??? hay 04:00:00
??? all his wearing apparrell & one saddle 01:10:00
The … of this inventory doth amount to be 106:10:00
Pryzers
Richard Willson
William Worthington
Edward Bennet
References
Trefeglwys parish register. Digital copy at Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 24 December 2017.
Will of Humphrey Brinton of Trefeglwys. 1664. Diocese of Bangor. Digital copy at the National Library of Wales: http://hdl.handle.net/10107/349069