John Bushell
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Burial: 29 January 1613/14.
Place of Death: Frodsham, Cheshire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Elizabeth.
John mentions his wife in his will.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. The baptisms given below are very tentative, as no parents are named in the records.)
Elizabeth Bushell (possibly baptized 15 September 1565 in Frodsham) married John Walker 22 August 1585 in Frodsham.
Jane Bushell (possibly baptized 26 March 1567 in Frodsham - buried 3 June 1615 in Frodsham) married Randall Whitby 23 August 1591 in Frodsham.
Katherine Bushell (possibly baptized 24 April 1569 in Frodsham) married John Hatton 8 October 1599 in Frodsham.
Raphe Bushell (buried 19 April 1614 in Frodsham) married Elizabeth.
John Bushell (possibly baptized 19 April 1574 in Frodsham).
William Bushell (possibly baptized 11 October 1576 in Frodsham) possibly married 7 June 1599 at Chester (Frodsham register, wife unnamed).
Alice Bushell (buried 24 July 1639 in Barrow, Cheshire) married (1) Richard Edge 9 October 1602 in Ince (Frodsham register); married (2) Benedict Stockton (licence 16 May 1607, Barrow, Cheshire).
Ann Bushell married Richard Ear 22 December 1605 in Frodsham.
Evidence
Frodsham parish register:
[Burials, January 1613]
John Bushell senior 29
John’s will:
In the name of god amen the xixth daye of January 1613 I John Bushell thelder of Woodhouses in the Countie of Chester yeoman beinge sicke of bodye visited by the hande of almightie god but of good and perfect Rembrance do ordayne constitute and make this my will Contayninge therein my last will and Testament in maner and forme followinge first and principally I give and comende my soule to the almightie god my maker and Redemer assuredly Trustinge to be of the Number of godes ellect people and to Ryse agayne to everlastinge Lyffe in the Resurection and my Bodye to bee buried in the p[ar]ishe Church of Frodsham in the place where my predessessores have bene Buried Thridly I geve and bequeath to Ellizabeth my wiffe her owne blacke mare and the Redd fillie which was her Coult, and the oxen for her Terme[?] and The best Cowe at the house to wardes the servinge for the heriott or principall Item I geve to Elizabeth my said wiffe all the fire and [f…] aboute the house for her owne use after my decease Item I geve to my said wiffe all the Bacon and salte fleshe as I Gave her [...] bee [...] the [...] at the time of my deceasse Item I geve to her all the [...ry] nowe in or aboute the house Item I geve and bequeath to her the best Iron bounde [...] and a payre of [...] with the markinge Timbrell and Twoo plowyes with the Iron thereunto belonging and all of the implements belonging to husbandry nowe beinge at the house watsoever Item I geve and bequeath my said wiffe her owne Coffer or Chest with all thinges Contayned in the same Chest to her proper use as it nowe standeth and the same not to be prised or oppened by any p[er]son, Item I geve and bequeath to Raphe Bushell my naturall sonne three [...] Bushells of Rye and Two trenth[?] wheate for his whole part of all this last yeares Corne and therwith to bee contented, and to have no parte of the hay now strewe or other fodder nor no other Corne of this by yeares growinge Item I geve and bequeath him the full summe of xiij s iiij d to be paid to him by my said wiffe and his brother John Bushell viz both of them xiij s iiij d as or towards the Repayinge of his house in Frodsham where hee now dwelleth Item I geve and bequeath to every one of my Naturall daughters halffe a stone of wheate[?] and xj s viij d in money to make any of them a gowne [...] Item I geve to Elizabeth Asbroke the full some of xx s Item I geve to the poore of the parishe x s: Item I geve to every of my Childrens Children Two Shillinges to pay the same to [...] an agrement, Item I geve and bequeath to Elizabeth my wiffe the greate and panne and the Commbe in the Kylne for her use and duringe her lyffe but the same to bee Removed but to Remayne to my heires, Item I geven to my naturall Sonne Johon Bushell the great pott and I do geve to my Sonne William Bushell the best pott next it Item I geve to my Son John the bed in the Chamber [...] shall fornitture and Cloathes to the same nowe belonginge Item I geve to [illegible] that bed wherein hee lyeth with the furniture and Cloathes to the same belonging Item I geve to my wiffe Two of the best [...] and the best Blanket and her owne fetherbed with Two Boulsters, Item I geve to my daughter[?] Ellizabeth and her Children xl s. That her husband John Walker oweth me Item I geve the [Ca...s] to my wiffe for her lyffe time to use and then to save it to my heir[?]. Item I geve the Twoo Brothers and a payre of [...s] to my said wiffe for her lyf to use but not to take them from the house, Item my will is that if all my Corn in the barne be kept to [...] house so longe as my wiffe and my Sonnes lyve together, but if they part house before Michelmas then the Corne to bee [d...] the one halffe to my wiffe and the other halffe to be devided Betweene my sonnes John and William Item I geve all the oulde Timber to be devided betweene my wiffe and my soone John Bushell to mend and Repayre the houses and Buildinges withall Item I geve to my sonne William Bushell ten sheepe to bee [...] at the discretion of my Executors and the same to bee [ye…] and of the best Item I geve to my wiffe the disheboarde in the house duringe her lyff and after her deceasse the same to Remayne to the Right heires of the same. Item the rest of all my goods and catteles movable and unmovable of what nature Qualitie or Condicion soever they be after that my Legacies and funerall expences be fully discharged and paid shalbe devided into Twoo partes viz: one part to Remayne to Ellizabeth my wiffe and the other part to be devided Betweene my Sonnes John Bushell and my Sonne William Bushell and Raphe Bushell and for the [...] and Trewe executing of this my said last will and Testament I do Constitute ordayne and make my welbiloved in Christ Elizabeth loveing my wiffe and William Bushell my naturall Sonne my Trewe and Lawfull Executors as my full trust is in them Reposed to see the same Trewely and fully executed
Concordat cum originali
Tecti et examinat in presence hern
John Bushell
Randle Whitbey
John Walker
Thomas Witter
A trewe and perfect Inventory of all the goodes and Cattels movable and unmovable of what nature Quality or Condicione soever they bee Lastly ap[ur]tayninge and belongine to John Bushell the elder of Mickle dale in the Towne shippe of Woodhouses neare Frodsham & in the Countie of Chester yeoman Late Deceased vallewed and prised the xxvth day of January 1613. Annoz Regni Dni nri[?] Jacobi de deo gratia Anglie Francie et Hibernie Regis fidei defensoris dzr vio et Scotie xliijo by fower sufficient [...] viz Edward Hargreve John Wilkenson John Hatton et John Hale as followeth
Imprimis three kyne --- xj li
Item other thre kyne --- x li
Item one oxe --- iiij li
Item one Bullock --- xxxvj s viij d
Item thre yonge Calves --- lvj s
Item thre heffers --- vij li
Item one grene horned bulloke --- xxxiij s iiij d
Item Twoo yeering Calves --- xvj s
Item one Mare --- xl s
Item one Fillie --- xxxiij s iiij d
Item thre nowelytle horsses and mares --- xl s
Item in shepe yonge and oulde eight score and Twelve --- xxxvij li
Item three yonge Swine --- xx s
Item in Rye unthreshed --- ix li xv s
Item french wheate unthreshed --- viij s
Item french wheate & Rye Strawe --- v s iij d
Item haye --- iij li
Item one Iron bound wayne --- xx s
Item Twoo wene Coppes --- v s
Item in sawed Timber in the barne --- xxxvj s
Item a brake & a whele barow --- iij s
Item Timber in the Cart house & sawe pit --- viij s
Item one paire of Iron bounde whels a payre of evene[?] wheles a muckinge Timbrell a marlinge Timbrell a mucking Copp iiij plowyes & a hardue --- iij li viij s
Item a great Combe in the Kylnne --- xiij s iiij d
Item Chratches Ladders fellies a Throbes and spokes --- iiij s
Item Shepe mucke and middinge mucke --- viij s
Item in the Cole Cannell mode and towse --- xxiij s
Item in brasse panes & skeletts & a chaffing dyshe --- iij li
Item Candlestickes & a Chaffing dishe --- vij s
Item Twoo great pottes --- liij s iiij d
Item in brasse ware --- iij li vj s vij d
Item Pewter --- xlij s
Item a Frenge pane --- vij d
Item Iron ware --- xxvij s iiij d
Item Spades one bill an axe Twoo hatchetes wickles[?] a Scotlande bill an oulde Sword and a [Call...r] --- xiij s viij d
Item yookes and Tweses and other Implements of husbandry --- x s
Item a fether bed Twoo boulsters ij Coverletts and a payre of Shetes two blankets --- iiij li xv s iiij d
Item one bed and the forniture belonging to the same in the ferther ende of the lower parlor --- xxx s
Item a bed with the forniture to the same belonginge in the near ende of the Servantes Chamber --- x ix s
Item other bedding and sheetes to the same belonging --- vi li v s iiij d
Item vij Cushions --- viij s
Item Clothes napkines and other lynens --- xj s iiij d
Item wole in fleces and broken woole --- xlij x
Item ij peces of Canvase Cloath a sacke and a boulster --- xvij s
Item one standinge bed Case in the Lofte ij bed sydes and boardes --- vj s viij d
Item one Coffer in the Lofte a sitting wheel [sibles?] bottles wisketts sives with other thinges in the said lofte --- xix s vj d
Item one great Cheste --- xiij s iiij d
Item Coffers and a Cubboard --- vj s vj d
Item ij payre of bed stockes --- iij s
Item ij thresse boardes and Covers in the buttery --- vj s
Item ij Coffers a presse boarde ij payre of bed stockes --- xv s
Item Seavne sythes & Torffe spades --- ij s
Item iiij Rayles for a Table --- ij s
Item a dysheboarde --- ij s
Item boardes and formes in the Kitchen --- ij s
Item the Dishe board in the house --- viij s
Item one Chest in the Lower Chamber --- v s
Item ij payre of bed Cases --- viij s
Item a boarde with a benshe & a forme in the Lower Chamber --- viij s
Item a board a forme & a benshe in the house --- vj s
Item iiij Cheres stoles & a forme --- v s
Item in Cowpery wares --- xxvij s vj d
Item ij mayne Ropes --- iij s
Item Twoo saddles for a woman --- xiij s iiij d
Item in barly Malte --- xij s
Item french wheate in the lofte --- xvi s
Item wheate in the Lofe --- v s
Item vj shepe Skines --- v s
Item Bacon and salt fletch with Swines gresse --- liij s iiij d
Item Butter and Cheese --- xj s viij d
Item byes --- xxxiij s iiij d
Item in Pultery ware --- vj s
Item Mugges ale potts & drinkinge pottes --- iiij s vj d
Item White Kersey --- v s iiij d
Item Flaxen Cloath --- iiij s
Item a packote --- xij d
Item Ropes and halters --- xij d
Item paynte Cloathes --- iij s iiij d
Item a parie of wollen Cardes and a parie of too Cardes --- viij d
Item saltt -- vj d
Item Rye sowen uppon the grounde to the full Quantitie of five oulde Gusshels and three hopes or thear aboutes --- lvij s vj d
Item his apparell --- xlvj s viij d
Item one longbowe and arrowes --- xij d
Item towe silver spoones --- x s
Item honney --- xviij d
Item one hence[?] --- iiij s
Item cut [hewd?] --- xviij d
Item books --- iij s vj d
Item sixe yards of wollen Clothe --- xij s
Item in readie money --- v li
Item more in money --- xxxiij s iij d
Summa tot. Eightscore seven pounds six fhillings iij d
or therabouts
[The will was contested.]
The will of John Bushell (1590)
In the name of god amen / the sevententh Day of Julie in the twoe and thirtyth yeare of the Raigne of or Sov[er]aigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of god Quene of England France and Ireland & defender of the faith etc I John Bushell beinge sicke in bodie but of p[er]fect remembrance thanks be to god therefore Doe make my testament Containge therein my Last will Concerninge the Dispo’con of my good and Dett in manor and forme folowinge viz / First I bequeth my soule into the hands of almightie god my Creator trustinge onelie in the meritts of Jesus Christe to be p[ar]dorned for all my synnes, and my bodie to be buryed in the p[ar]ish Church of Thornton / It[e]m I geve and Devyse to Elizabeth my wyffe, my house and all Lands therunto belonginge in Dunham for terme of her lyffe, yf she lyve so Longe sole and unmeeryed, and after her decease or marriage then the same house and Lands to remayne to my sonne John Owninge all my effects therein/ It[e]m I will and devyse to my sonne John twelve pounds in money to be paide unto him in hull recompence of such soms of money as I receyved for his marriage/ It[e]m I will and devyse to John Bushell eldest sonne of my said sonne John all my weynes plowes harrowes Iron Cheynes & Y’ts and all other things apportayninge to husbandry except one [...carte] to my sonne Richard, It[e]m my Wyll and mynde is that such things as Do belonge to my kylne shall not be sould nor removed away, but shall styll remeyne to be occupyed and enioed with the same kylne by them to whome I have affore Devysed my house and grounde / It[e]m wheras I owe to my sonne Richard eightene pounds: I wyll and devyse to my said sonne Richard all my terme of yeares which I have yet to Do me in one p[ar]cell of Lande Called Beyslowe, and I Devyse unto him one yoke of oxen and one fatt Cowe and one bushell of malt, and xxs which Mr Edmund Savage oweth me and xxv s which Thomas Horton oweth me, and xxs which John Amery oweth me in sull satisfaccon & peymt of the said debt of eighteene pounds/ It[e]m I geve to my sonne Johns two sonnes, & to my sonne Ric sonne to ev[er]ie one, one heffer/ It[e]m all the rest of my goods Catt Debts & tacke[?] of grounde affore undevysed I geve and Devyse to Elizabeth my wyfe/ whome I make my sole executrix / witnesses hereof Robt Whitbie John Grimsicke John Cotton Wm Cotton
Debts owinge to me
Pete gardn[er] for one bushell malt -- vij s viij d
Thomas Crewe gent in money lent -- l s
Ric Maccles in Lent money --- v li
John Frodsham gent upon his p[re]misses --- v li x s
Thomas Houghe for on br[...] --- iij s iiij d
Kathren Hough vid for on br malt --- v s
Item one to my wyffe --- xii d
John Grymsoych for a yoke of oxen & in money lent vj li xiij s iiij d
A true Inventorie of all the goods and Catt movable and unmovable & debts of John Bushell late of Dunham Decessed taken the fourth Day of August anno Rna Elizabethe xxxijdo One versed[?] and prysed by Willm Taylor, Richard Prine Jo: Burges, and Thomas Sutton the Day & yeare above wrytten
Imprimis foure oxen pryce --- x li
Item six kyne cockis[?] wmd aperes[?] -- viij li
Item three Calves -- xxs
Item one horse --- xx s
Item one sowe & two piggs --- vj s viij d
Item viij[?] hennes & one Cocke --- iij s
Item vij [...lletts] xiij d
Item one Iron bound weyne plowes harrowes yoks Cheynes tresss sacks & Culters[?] peyre --- xxx s
Item brasse potts & pannes --- xiiij s
Item Penots[?] --- vj s viij d
Item on Ireron grate pothooks trevell a peyre of tongs --- v s
Item treane[?] ware --- v s
Item on table & a forme --- xij d
Item beddinge and nappe[...] xx s
Item two Cofferes --- ij s viij d
Item Corne growinge upon the groundes --- x li
Item the tacke of one meadow of John Smyth --- xj li
Item on other tacke of one other peece of Land of John Hickson --- xv li
Item one other tacke of Lawrans Savages -- liij s iiij d
Item beise & bacon at the rowse[?] --- xiij s iiij d
Item iiij Ducks & one mallard --- xx d
Item a heyre for a kylne --- ij s
Item Debts as appeareth by the wyll --- xxj li x s iiij d
Item hemp flax & yarne --- x s
Commentary
The 1590 will of John Bushell of Thornton (which is near Frodsham) mentions his eldest son John. However, in his will he asks to be buried in the parish church of Thornton, whereas the John Bushell of this page asked to be buried in the parish church at Frodsham “in the place where my predessessores have bene Buried.” This means that either the John of the 1590 will was not in fact buried at Thornton or, more likely, that the John of the 1590 will was not the father of this John.
References
Bishop’s transcripts, Frodsham. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 17 November 2019.
Parish registers, Frodsham. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 17 November 2019.
Will of John Bushell, yeoman of Woodhouses, Frodsham. Proved 1613 in the Consistory Court of Chester. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 17 November 2019.