John Bembow (died 1677)
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Burial: 23 May 1677.
Place of Burial: Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
A Richard Benbowe is recorded as a billman on the 1574 Muster Roll in the Llanidloes Hundred.
Spouse: Mary Beversley.
Mary’s name is given in her son John’s baptism record.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
John Bembow (baptized 6 April 1636 in Trefeglwys - buried 17 April 1669 in Trefeglwys) married Dorothy Wilson 25 November 1664 in Trefeglwys. John was vicar of Trefeglwys and Llangurig.
Anne Bembow married (1) John Ashton 5 May 1666 in Trefeglwys; married (2) Edward Bennet 25 April 1676 in Trefeglwys.
Roger Bembow (buried 12 September 1708 in Trefeglwys).
Edward Bembow (buried 13 December 1673 in Trefeglwys). Vicar of Trefeglwys.
Charles Bembow (buried 12 January 1726 in Trefeglwys) married Elizabeth Jarman 29 January 1675/6 in Trefeglwys.
Richard Bembow (buried 9 June 1672 in Trefeglwys).
Joan Bembow.
Ivan Bembow (probably died about 1669).
Evidence
from the Trefeglwys parish register:
1636. Johannes filius Joh’is Bembo et Mariae Beversley uxor eius bap: fuit sexto die mensis Aprilis Ao
Joh’es Benbowe sepultus fuit vicesimo tertio die Maij – 1677
John’s will (made 1668, proved 1677):
In the name of: God Amen the 25th day of August in the twentyeth yeare of the Raigne of our Sou’raigne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland france and Ireland King defender of the fayth and in the yeare of our lord God one thousand six hundred sixty eight, I John Bembowe of Glyntref=nant in the p[ar]ishe of Trefeglwys and Countye of Mountgomery being sicke & weake in body but of sound senses & p[er]fect memory all laud & prayse be to allmighty god doe make & ordaine this my last will & testament in manner and forme followeing, Inprimis I commend my soule to the hands of my Redeemer by whose merits alone I trust I shall be saved, and my body to be interred in xtian buryall in the p[ar]ishe church of Trefeglwys at the discretion of my Executrix herein hereafter named and as for my goods & p[er]sonal estate I dispose of them as followeth first I give and bequeath unto my eldest sonne John Bembowe Cler’ the sum[m]e of twelve pence Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne roger Bembow the sum[m]e of twelvepence Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Anne the wife of John Ashton the sum[m]e of twelvepence, which sd Legacyes my will is that they be payd wthin the space of a twelvemoneth after my decease, and as for the Rest of my goods Cattells & Chattells I give them unto mary my wellbeloved wife desireing her to dispose of them carefully as she shall see needfull & convenient amongst my four younger Children Edward Bembowe, Charles Bembowe, Richard Bembowe & Ivan Bembowe, and Lastly I doe nominate & appoint Mary my sd wife to be sole executrix of this my last will & testament In wittnesse whereof I have hereunto put my hands and seale the day & yeare above written./
The mrke of John J B Bembow [seal]
Sealed & declared in the presence & sight of ./
the marke of
Roger I B Beursley
the mrke of
Elizabeth [a scribble] Evans
[Proved 2 January 1677 by Roger Bembow, the son]
A true & perfect Inventory of all & singular the goods Cattle & chattells moveable & immovable of John Benbow late of Treveglwys Innkeeper, apprized & taken the twenty sixth day of May Anno Dni; 1677
Imprimis thirteene young cattle —17:00:00
one mare & Colt —03:00:00
Foure Oxon — 04:00:00
Seaven Kine & six calves —17:00:00
Five swine — 01:00:00
Eighty sheepe of all sorts —12:00:00
Corn in the shouse & feild — 05:00:00
Compost — 00:10:00
Implem’ts of husbandry – 00:10:00
Poultry — oo:02:00
Wearing apparell –02:00:00
Bedding, Brasse, pouter, provision & furniture of his house — 10:00:00
82:2:00
82:2:00
Aprized & rated by
the marke R W Richard Wilson
the marke R Roger Beversley
the marke of I C John Leeks
The 1669 will of John’s son John:
In the name of God Amen the fowre & twentith day of March, in the one & twentith yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of England, Scotland, France, & Ireland King defender of the fayth &c. and in the yeare of our Lord God, one thousand, six hundred, sixty & eight, I John Benbowe Cler. vicar of the p[ar]ishes of Llangirricke, & Trevegloes in the County of Mountgomery & Diocesse of Bangor, being sicke, & weake in body but of sound & perfect memory, all laud & prayse bee to almighty God for the same, doe make this my last will & testam.t in mann.r & forme Following; Imprimis I commend my soule, to the h[...] of my redeemer by whose merrits alone I trust I shall be sa[...] & my body to bee buryed in the p[ar]ish Church of Trevegloes in Christian buriall according to the discression of my executrix heerein hereafter named, and as for my worldly goods, Cattells, & Chattells I dispose of them as followeth, first I give, & bequeath, unto my sonne John Benbowe all my bookes, And as for the rest of my goods, Cattells, & Chattells, my will is that after my debts, & Funerall expences are dischardged they bee equally devided into three parts, one parte whereof, I give & bequeath unto my wellbeloved wiefe, Dorothy Benbowe, another parte thereof, I give & bequeath unto my sonne John Benbowe, and the remaining third parte I give and bequeath unto my daughter Dorothy Benbowe, And my will further is that my said wiefe Dorothy Benbowe shall have the use, & benefitt, of my two said childrens legacies to maintaine & bring them up Christianly during theire minority, but, & if, shee intermarry wth. another my will is that the overseers of this my will hereafter named, take the chardge & care of my two children abouesaid and the ordering & disposing, of theire legacies bequeathed unto them, towards theire further educac’on Item my will is that if it please God that both of my children departe this naturall liefe, before they attaine to the full age of one & twenty years out of theire legacies I giue, & bequeath, unto my said deare wiefe Dorothy Benbowe the sum[m]e of sixty pounds Item I giue, and bequeath out of the same, unto my sister Anne the wiefe of John Ashton the [...] of twenty shillings, the rest, & residue of theire said legacies if they dye within the time prescribed, I giue & bequeath unto my brothers Roger Benbowe, Edward Benbowe, Charles Benbowe, Richard Benbowe, and my sister Joan Benbowe to be equally divided amongst them, Item I doe earnestly desire my well beloved uncle Richard Powell of Kington in the County of Hereford, my well beloved Father in lawe Richard Wilson, my well beloved uncle Robert Wilson my well beloved brother in lawe John Wilson, & my loving brother Edward Benbowe to be overseers of this my last will and testam.t beseeching them to be assistant, & helpfull to my deare & loving wiefe, & carefull of my two infants, & lastly I doe constitute, & appoynt my said wiefe Dorothy Benbowe to be sole executrix of this my last will & testam.t In Wittnes whereof I haue hereunto putt my hand & seale the day & yeare within written./
Jo. Bembowe./. [seal]
Sealed published & declared in the presence and sight of
Humphrey Brynton
Joseph [mark] Williams his m’rke
Hugh Wilson
A true and p[er]fect Inventory of all the goods Cattles and Chattels of John Bembowe late of the p[ar]ish of Trefeglwys in the County of Mountgomry and Diocese of Bangor Vicar deceased taken viewed, valued and apprized by us who have subscribed o’r names the 26th day of April Ao: Dni 1669
Imprimis six oxen apprized to – 20-00-00
It’ eight Cowes and calfs apprized to — 20-00-00
It’ foure other Cowes apprized to – 08-00-00
It’ four Bwllocks apprized to - 08-00-00
It’ one Bwll apprized to - 02-00-00
It’ two heifers apprized to - 04-00-00
It’ seven year old beasts apprized to - 06-00-00
It’ two mares apprized to - 04-00-00
It’ forty ewes & lambs apprized to - 09-00-00
It’ six score & tenne of two year old & three year old sheep apprized to - 28-03-04
It’ fifty five year old sheepe apprized to - 09-12-06
It’ fourteen barren sheepe apprized to - 02-16-00
It’ three swine apprized to - 00-18-00
It’ fifty two bushells of corn in the ground & in the house apprized to - 09-12-00
It’ boards, chests, stooles, tables, truncks & boxes - 01-14-00
It’ beds, beding & furniture thereunto belonging - 12-00-00
It’ brasse & pewer & other Iron utensils apprized to - 04-00-00
It’ Butter, Cheese, & flesh apprized to - 02-10-00
It’ Implem.ts of husbandry apprized to - 00-08-00
It’ poultry apprized to - 00-01-06
It’ sliver spoones apprized to – 01-00-00
It’ the study of bookes apprized to - 05-00-00
It’ other things that have not been spoken of – 00-05-00
It’ wearing apparrell & saddle apprized to - 05-00-00
the totall is 165-11-04
Edward Bennett
the marke of Morris [mark] David
the mark of William [mark] Worthinton
The 1673 will of John’s son Edward Bembowe:
In the name of God Amen, the tenth day of October .1673. I Edward Bembowe Clerke, viccar of the p[ar]ish of Treveglwys in the County of Mountgomry and Diocesse of Bangor being sicke and weake in body but of sound sense & p[er]fect memory all laud and prayse be to Allmighty God for the same, doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and form following, Imprimis i commend my soule to the hands of my Redeemer by whose merrits alone I trust I shall be saved, and my body to the earth, to be buryed in Christian buriall in the p[ar]rish Church of Treveglwys, As for my worldly goodes I dispose of them as followeth/ Imprimis I give and bequeath to my loveing brother Roger Bembowe the sum[m] of forty shillings, Item I give unto my brother Roger my sheepe att bargaine with Samuel Gardner, Item I give and bequeath unto my Loveing brother Charles Bembowe the sum[m]e of two pounds. Item I give unto my brother Charles my Deske and bedstead in the middle Chamber / Item I give and bequeath unto My Loveing sister Anne the wife of John Ashton the sum[m]e of twenty shillings / Item I give and bequeath unto my Loveing sister Joan Bembowe the sum[m] of eight pounds Item I give unto my sister Joan my Chest bedstead bed, boulster, with all other things thereunto belonging, Item I give and bequeath unto my neece Dorothy Bembowe the daughter of my deceased brother John Bembowe the sum[m] of twenty shillings / As for the rest of my goodes Cattles and Chattels I give and bequeath unto my I give and bequeath unto my deare father John Bembowe whom I doe nominate and appoint to be sole executor of this my last will & testamt In wittnesse whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale the day and year above written/
Edward Bembowe Cler
sealed & declared in the presence & sight of,
the marke of Roger Ū Beversley
the marke of Griffith O Powel
A true & perfect Inventory of all [part missing] Cattles, Chattells, ready money & other [part missing] Edward Bembow Cler last Vicar of the [part missing] Trevegloes in the County of Mountgomery & Diocese of Bangor dyed possessed taken & apprized the 22th day of December in the yeare of our Lord God One thousand Six hudnred Seaventy & three by Roger Beversley & John Ashton gen’, both of the sd p[ar]rish of Trevegloes, as followeth./.
Imprimis Sixty sheepe of all sorts att 2s. 6d apeece — 07.10.0
Rye Beates in the barne at the Vicarege unthrashed – 03.10.0
One Bed & bedstead with Curtains & valiance & other furniture – 03.10.0
One Chest, one warming pann, one deske, 2: Chaires, one little table, one paire of Andirons, one paire of Tongues & one paire of bellowes att – 01.00.00
Bookes of all sortes – 01.10.0
the Dec’ds wearing apparell – 01.10.0
In ready money in the house – 10.00.0
Due from Richard Owen of Eskeirieth – 01.12.0
Due to him from Edward Bownford of Eskeirieth – 01.06.0
29:18:0
The m’ke of R, Roger Beu[er]sley
John Ashton
References
“Muster of Montgomeryshire Men, Horses, Etc. Made in 1574”, transcribed in Montgomeryshire Collections volume 22 (1888) pp. 119-135.
Trefelglwys parish register. Digital images at Findmypast.co.uk and Ancestry.com, accessed 7 January 2022.
Vaughan Owen, C.E. “The Vicars of Trefeglwys 1574 - 1902” in The Montgomeryshire Collections (Vol. LIV, 1955-56).
Vaughan Owen, C.E. “Vicars of Llangurig” in The Montgomeryshire Collections (Vol. LIV, 1955-56).
Will of Edward Bembow, vicar of Trefeglwys. Proved 1673 in the diocese of Bangor.
Will of John Bembow, vicar of Trefeglwys and Llangurig. Proved 1669 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
Will of John Bembow of Trefeglwys. Proved 1677 in the diocese of Bangor.