Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Burial: 12 October 1629.
Place of Burial: Horley, Oxfordshire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register ("John Arnold Octob: 12th:")
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: unknown.
In his will, John referred to his wife Margery as “my now wife”, which would normally imply that he had had a previous wife.
Spouse: Margery.
Margery is named in John’s will.
Children (by Margery):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. A 1656 indenture specifies that Margery was the mother of Nathaniel.)
John Arnold alias Baker (baptized 1624 in Horley)
Nathaniel Arnold alias Baker (baptized 24 February 1627/8 in Horley - buried 29 December 1694 in Southam, Warwickshire) married (1) Mary, who was buried 11 May 1656 in Southam; married (2) Mary.
Evidence
from the Horley parish register:
Johannes Baker filius Johannis Baker: [1624 - The date obscured by the binding of the register. It was after 25 July and before 7 November.]
Nathanyell Baker filius Johannis Baker baptiz vicesimo quarto die Februarij. [1627]
John’s will
In the name of god Amen; I John Baker alias Arnold of Horley in the Countye of Oxon yeoman, though weake in body, yet thankes bee to god of p[er]fect memory doe make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following; First I give and bequeath my soule into the hands of allmighty god, and my body to bee buryed in the churchyarde of Horley; Item I give to my sonnes John Baker alias Arnold and Nathaniel Baker alias Arnold and to their heyres for ever two tenements or cottages with thappurtenances lying in Horley, after eyther of them shall attaine or accomplish the age of one and twenty yeares; and not before, if Margery my now wife shall so long live; Item I give to William Fines lord Say and Seale and to his heyres for ever one cottage in Polehampton with thappurtenances therunto belonging, and now in the tenure of John Manson, to be sold by the sayde William Fines; and my will is that the sayde William Fines wold be pleased to sell the same cottage and within one twelthmoneth after make an equall division of all that money which hee shall take for the same [two words I can’t read] betwixt my sayde sonnes John Baker alias Arnold and Nathaniell Baker alias Arnold And all the rest of my goods moveable and unmoveable, my debts being payde and funerall discharged I give unto Margery my now wife whom I make sole executrix of this my last will and testament, all other former wills being revoked, and I ordeine John Clarson of Horley Cleric and John Roberts of Brongton overseers of this my will,./. moreover my will is that my overseers, shall ioyntly decide and deformmie[?] all such differences or suites as shall or may arise in regard of this my will either betwixt my wife and my sonnes; or betwixt my sayde sonnes; Sealed and delivered the three & twentieth day of June 1629 in the presence of
John Clarson John Arnall
A true and p[er]fect inventory of all the goods cattells and chattells of John Arnold late deceased and praysed by Henry Goodwin, John Goodwin and Robert Saul:
Imprimis his apparell ---iijli xs
Item the wood --- xxijs
Item a garner and Fram---iiijs
Item in corne ---xli 15s iiijd
Item sheetes with some other linnen --- xs[?]
Item a feather bed, flocke bed with bolster xls
Item coffers, a livery cupboard and cradle ---xvs
Item woll, hemp, two beadsteads, and boards---xxxs
Item the apples --- vjs
Item two coverlids, 5 blanketts ---xxxs
Item pewter and brasse --- xxvijs viijd
Item a table, a chayne, a cupboard, & cowp[...h?] ware --- xxxs
Item one cow, one hog, and hey --- iijli xs
Item, the bellowes, grate and old iron --- iiijs
Item the bookes --- vjs iijd
22li xs viijd
[1 April 1630]
Commentary
A Margery Arnold alias Baker married George Chard 18 January 1623/4 in Martock, Somerset. I am not sure if there is a connection.
References
National Archives reference C 2/Chas/H41/3 [I have not seen this.]
Horley Oxfordshire parish registers. Digital images on Ancestry.com, accessed 19 February 2018.
Will of John Baker alias Arnold of Horley, Oxfordshire. 1630, Banbury and Thames Peculiars, Pec. 33/1/13. Digital image on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 19 February 2018.