Richard Gamble
Events
Date of Birth: about 1537.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Richard Gamble of Uttoxeter, age 41, is a witness in a 1578 tithe case.
Date of Burial: August 1596.
Place of Burial: Uttoxeter.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: unknown.
Richard’s wife died before him.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
John Gamble (buried 2 March 1625/6 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire) married [1] Ellen Cowpe 28 April 1597 in Rocester, Staffordshire; married [2] Ann
Alice Gamble married Nicholas Clarke 13 July 1607 in Uttoxeter.
George Gamble
Evidence
from the Staffordshire Record Office catalogue B/C/5/1678/4:
1578
Tithe case: Utttoxeter, Staffordshire.
Plaintiff: Sampson Meverell esquire, tithe farmer of the rectory of Uttoxeter
Defendant: John Wootton of Uttoxeter
Witnesses: William Stephenson, age 44 and John Colleir, age 28, both of Froddeswell [Fradswell] and servants of Meverell (they wear his livery and are his tenants). Colleir is described as Meverell's tithe gatherer. Further witnesses: Richard Gamble of Uttoxeter, age 41; John Buckland of Uttoxeter, age 30
Details of case: dispute concerning number of sheep depasturing and number of fleeces and lambs
Outcome: [no sentence]
Includes: libel, schedule of exceptions against witnesses, witness depositions, allegations, personal responses, excepted material, witness depositions on the excepted material
In the Staffordshire Quarter Sessions (1597), “Ric. Gamble of Loxley”, among others, was called “to answer touching certain contempts and other misdeeds, but he and the rest were not found in the bailwick."
Richard’s will:
In the name of God Amen I Richard Gamble of Loxley in the p[ar]ishe of Uttoxator & countie of Staffs webster being sicke in body but of good and p[er]fecte memory praisd be geven unto allmighty god Institute ordayne and make this my Last will and testament in maner and forme folowyng first I geve & bequeathe my soule in to the hands of Allmightie god my maker and redimer throwow whos p[re]tious blud sheding I trust to be saved, allso I bequeathe my bodie to the earthe and to be buryed in the marcheyarde of Uttoxater neare unto the place wheare my wiffe was buryed, Item I geve and bequeathe unto my doughter Alice Gamble one materis one bulster and coverlett one payre of Shetes to be taken at her owne choyse Item I bequeathe to the said Alice i peuter dishe & ij Coffers to be taken at her owne choyse allso, Item I geve & bequeathe unto my Sonne George Gamble towe of my best shipe Item it is my will and minde that my sonne and heire John Gamble shall paye unto my doughter Alice Gamble ten Pounds within ij yearis next after my dissease & shall allso paye unto my sonne George gamble vj li xiij s iiij d within the towe said next yearis after my disease, allwaies p[ro]vided that if my sonne John gamble do chance to mary within the towe said years next after my diseace in with the vj li xiij s iiij d ought to be paid it is then my will & mynde that the said John gamble shall paye unto his brother George gamble the said sume of vj li xiij s iiij d withe in six wickes then next after his mariage, Item I brought have my dets paid and my bone said Legacies p[er]formed all the rest of my goods and Lands I geve and bequeath unto my sonne John Gamble p[ro]vided allwaies that if it the said John gamble do not p[]er]forme & paye unto his said sister Alice Gamble all her Legacies in maner and forme as is abovesaid then it is my will and mynde & I do Fuely geve unto my doughter Alice gamble the use and occupation of one close or pasture called the newe close in kirsinshe to have and to hold unto the said Alice and her assignes from the daye in with the said sumes of x li ought to be paid untill the said Summe of x li and legacies be all discharged & paid, Item for wante of payment of vj li xiij s iiij d to be paid in maner and forme as is above bequeathed unto my sonne George gamble I do frely geve and bequeathe unto my said sonne george the use and occupatio of one close or pasture called The Browy Flate to have and to hold the said close or pasture called the Bromy Flatt unto the said george Gamble and his assignes untill the said sume of xj li xiij s iiij d be all discharged and paid Item to the intent and porpose that this my Last will and testament maye be trewly p[er]formed I institute ordayne & make my sonne John Gamble my full and Lawfull executor of this my Last will & testament allso I desire & praye John Lyon of Loxley and Willm Norman of Cavswall to be overseres of the same
Wittenesses to this will John Lyon Thomas Farwall & Wllm Norman
A Trewe and Just Inventory of all the gudes and cattells of Richard Gamble of Loxley webster decessed the 30 of August and presed the xvjth of Januarie anno 1596 by Thomas Farrall George Berisford & Willm Norman
Imprimis iij kyne and j heifer – viij li
Item j nage & j mare — ij li
Item Corne and Heaye —-- iiij li x s
Item 8 shipe —-- xiij s
Item j Swyne —- v s
Item all Brasse and Peuter —- xx s
Item ij owlde cupbords — iij s iiij d
Item iiij coffers —- vj s viij d
Item j table j forme & j cheare —-- v s
Item all woodden vessells —-- xiij s iiij d
Item ij flock beds iij peayre of shites ij coverlets with bedstides and all other beding therto be longing — l s
Item ij owlde websters Pannes & the geayres ther to belonging — xv s
Item j spite & j peayre of pott cheanes — xij d
Item j axe j hacchett j Iron wege — ij s
Item all his app[ar]ell — vj s viij d
Sume totall xxj li xj s
References
Staffordshire parish registers. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk.
“The Staffordshire Quarter Session Rolls” v. 1-5 (S.A.H. Burne ed.) in Collections for a History of Staffordshire (Staffordshire Record Society (William Salt Archaeological Society), 3rd series, 1929-1940.
Will of Richard Gamble of Loxley. Proved 1596 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk.