Events
Date of Baptism: unknown.
Place of Baptism: unknown.
Date of Burial: 19 April 1614.
Place of Burial: Frodsham, Cheshire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: John Bushell.
Mother: Elizabeth.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Elizabeth Cally.
Raphe mentions his wife in his will.The will of William Cally seems to show that his sister Elizabeth was the mother of Thomas and Randle Bushell.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Randle Bushell (buried 30 October 1670 in Frodsham) married Alice Hough 24 August 1632 in Frodsham.
Thomas Bushell (baptized 28 July 1606 in Frodsham).
A child (buried 24 December 1608 in Frodsham).
Mary Bushell (baptized 20 October 1611 in Frodsham).
Evidence
Frodsham parish register:
[Baptisms, October 1611]
Marie Bushell fil: Radi /20 Oct.
[Burials, April 1614]:
Rafe Bushell de Fr: 19
Frodsham bishop’s transcripts:
[Burials, December 1608]:
A child of Ra. Bushell 24
[Burials, April 1614]:
Raphe Bushell de Fr: 19
Raphe’s will:
In the name of God Amen./ The xviijth day of Aprill Ao dni 1614. I Raphe Bushell of Frodsham within the County of Chester webster, beinge sicke in body but of sound & p[er]fect memory (thanks be given to the lord for it) doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner & forme followinge, vizt: First and principally I bequeath my Soule to the Lord my Maker & Redeemer, with an assured hope & trust that he will receive it for Jhesus Christs sake, who I do believe hath payd the purchase for it into his mercifull & Joyfull Inheritance, & my body to xytian buriall . Item My will is, and I doe also give & bequeath to my wife, that she shall have and enioye all my dwellinge house & houses thereto belonginge, & backsyde Burgage & land in the Towne field of Frodsham with all and singler their appurtenances to the same belonginge to her sole use and behoofe untill my eldest sonne (then, livinge) be fully xxity years of age, and the moietye or one half of all & singler the afore recyted p[re]mises unto her duringe her n[atu]rall life (if she keepe her self sole & unmarried) for to bringe up my Children withall, & my eldest sonne then living the other half and if she marrye, my eldest sonne to have all, & the remainder, And after the decease of my sd wife I give & bequeath all the sd house Burgage backsyde landes Com:ens & all and singler it appurtences thereto belonginge to him & his heyres for ever./ And as for my Parke[?] of ground which I have in the sheepe field, my will is also that she shall have it all, I say my will to all tenantly Commodityes, until (as is aforesd) my eldest sonne (then livinge) come to the age of xxity yeares, and the moity or one half of it duringe the remainder of the yeares then unexpyred, (if she keepe her selfe sole and unmarried) and my eldest sonne (then livinge) the other half, And if she marry then my sd sonne to have all./ And my will and mynd is further that my wife shall have another Parke[?] which I hould of George Plumpton for vj yeares yet remayninge, I say my will and mynd is that she shall have it also wholey duringe the sd terme with all & singler it appurtenances to all tenantly Commodityes towards the keeping of my Children. And as for my two Parkes[?] in Bradley, my will & mynd is that she shall have also all my estate & terme therein towards the bringinge up of my Children: upon which Condis[i]on also I have form[er]ly bequeathed granted & given the parke[?] house houses burgage backsyde lands ten:ts commons & all other the p[re]mises with their sev[er]all appurtenances abovesayd./ Item my Will & mynd is that my wife shall have the one half of all my goods, and my Children the other half equally to be devyded amongst them./ Item my will and mynd is that my eldest sonne Randle shalbe my heyre, & shall give to my other two Children p[ar]ts. vizt: to Thomas my sonne xl s, & to my daughter Mary iij li, when he commeth to the age of xxjty yeares./
Item my wil land mynd is that my wyfe and Children shalbe in as full estate, and by theise p[resen]ts I doe authorize them to receive all my part & porc[i]on of goods which I have in Mickledale yet (which was left & given me by my Father) as my self or ought to be at this present, to be devyded amongst them, as is formly in this my pr[esen]t will expressed, vizt: My wife the sone half and my Children the other half./
Item my will is, and I do Constitute and ordaine (by this my last will,) my wife Elizabeth to be sole Executrix to execute and p[er]forme this my last will truely and faithfully as my trust is she will: And my Brother John Bushell & my brother in Lawe Randle Whitbye to be ov[er]seers./
Concordat in Origingal cr.
Debts which I owe.
Imprimis, To Peter Cartwright -- vli iiijs ijd.
Item to Jane Heath --- iiijli viij s
Item To my brother Willm --- xxv s
Item To my sister Katherine --- x s
Item To Randle Whitbye --- vij s
Item To Mres Birchley --- xl s
Item To Robt Astbrooke --- iij s
Item To George Plumpton --- vij s vj d
xiiij li x s./
for Debts owinge unto me, I reserve my self to my book of Accompts./
A true Inventory made the xxjth day of Aprill 1614. of all the Goods and Cattells moveable & unmoveable, of Raphe Bushell late of Frodsham deceased, prysed and valued to the full worth & value by these p[er]sons, vizt: Willm Modsley John Smith Nichlas Smith and John Hatton./
Imprimis One Cowe and Calf -- iij li vi s viij d
Itm Two kyne --- v li iij s iiij d
Itm One wayned Calf -- x s
Itm One Mare --- xxx s
Itm Two Swyne --- xij s
Itm xxvjty Sheepe ould & yonge --- iij li v s
Itm Geese and Poultry --- iiij s
Itm Salt Bacon --- xiiij s
Itm Corne of all graynes --- xlvj s
Itm One stone of hempe --- iiij s
Itm in Cov[er]letts Blanketts boulsters and other beddinge stuffe, and playnted Clothes --- iij li
Itm in Pewter --- xvj s
Itm in Brasse --- xviij s
Itm in Lynnens & Naprye ware xiij s iiij d
Itm one Loome and all other things thereunto belonginge--- xv s
Itm Cubboard & dishboard xij s
Itm Bedstocks boards formes Cowfers and shilfes --- xx s
Itm in Mercery ware in the shoppe l s
Itm one twistinge wheele --- vj s
Itm Chayres and stooles --- ij s vj d
Itm in Preene[?] Ware & Cwp[er]y[?] Ware vjs viij d
Itm in Glasses --- vj d
Itm Earthen potts and Mugges -- xvj d
Itm Iron Ware --- ij svj d
Itm haye and Strawe --- xij d
Itm Two peeces of Cloth --- vj s viij d
Itm Backe Clothes & one Cloake xxvj s
Itm Coles --- vj d
Itm Sives --- xij d
Itm Corne found upon the ground v s
Itm Three hyves of Bees --- xij s
Itm Parkes[?] of Ground -- vij li
Itm A Childs part & porc[i]on of goods given to Raphe Bushell deceased by John Bushell deceased to the value of viij li x s
Itm Debts owinge for wares by dyv[er]s p[er]sons (as doth appeare by a debt Booke) to the summe of x s
praysed to the full value by
Willm Modesley
Nycholas Smith
Jhon Smith
Jhon Hatton/
Commentary
Raphe’s parentage
In the inventory to his 1614 will, one of the items is “A Childs part & porc[i]on of goods given to Raphe Bushell deceased by John Bushell deceased to the value of viij li x s”. In his 1613 will, John Bushell the elder of Woodhouses made bequests to his son Raphe Bushell. John also named his wife, Elizabeth.
Raphe in his will mentioned his brother-in-law Randle Whitby. Randle had married a daughter of John and Elizabeth.
It is possible, but not certain, that Ralph’s mother Elizabeth was a daughter of William Hatton. See Elizabeth’s page for more details.
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 Raphe Bushell of Frodsham, webster. Proved 1614 in the Consistory Court of Chester. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 17 November 2019.
Will of William Cally of Frodsham. Proved 1630 in the Consistory Court of Chester. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 21 November 2019.