William Clemens
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: between 20 May 1691 and 22 December 1693.
The dates are of William's will and his probate inventory.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Mary Gibbons. Married 10 October 1644 in Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwickshire.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register. Mary and William Clemens are named in the will of Mary's mother Mary.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Thomas Clemens
Mary Clemens married Isaac Twicross 4 August 1668 in St Mary's, Warwick.
Hannah Clemens (baptized 28 December 1651 in St Mary, Warwick - buried 23 October 1685 in St Mary, Warwick) married William Silke 15 January 1671/2 in St Mary, Warwick.
Samuel Clemens (born 6 March 1653/4, baptized 21 March 1653/4 in St Mary, Warwick - buried 1 October 1712 St Mary, Warwick) married (1) Ann; married (2) Elizabeth; married (3) Elizabeth Stokes 29 September 1703 in St Mary's, Warwick.
William Clemens (born 4 July 1656, baptized 20 July 1656 in St Mary, Warwick)
Elizabeth Clemens (born 7 December 1658, baptized 6 January 1658/9 in St Mary, Warwick - buried 8 May 1661 in St Mary, Warwick)
Sarah Clemens (born 30 September 1660, baptized 8 November 1660 in St Mary, Warwick) married Samuel Short 10 July 1682 in St Mary's, Warwick.
Joseph Clemens (born 4 May 1663, baptized 2 June 1663 in St Mary, Warwick - buried 12 November 1672)
Abraham Clemens (born 2 September 1667, baptized 3 September 1667 in St Mary, Warwick - buried 8 October 1710 in St Mary, Warwick) married (1) Mary Gibbins 23 June 1689 in St Mary’s, Warwick; married (2) Sarah Hunt 7 October 1702 in St Mary’s, Warwick.
Evidence
from the Coventry Holy Trinity parish register:
October 1644 Weddings
10: Willi. Clements and Mary Gibbeons
from the St Mary, Warwick, parish registers:
December: 1651
Hanna Clemens the Daughter of William Clemens was Baptized the 28th
March: 1653:
Samuell Clemens Sonne of William Clemens Borne the 6:th Baptized the 21th
July: 1656:
William Clemens Sonne of William Clemens Borne the 4:th Baptized the 20th
January: 1658:
Elizabeth Clemens Daughter of William Clemens Borne Decr: the 7:th Baptized January the 6th
November: 1660:
Sarah Clemens Daughter of William Clemens Borne Sept: the :30:th Baptized November the 8th
May: 1661:
Elizabeth Clemens Daughter of William Clemens was Buried the 8th
June: 1663:
Joseph Clemens Sonn of William Clemens Borne May the: 4:th Baptized June the 2d
September 1667
Abraham Clemens sonne of William Clemens Borne the 2:d baptized the --- 3d
November: 1672:
Joseph Clemens Sonne of William Clemens was Buried the 12th
William was frequently a churchwarden in the 1660s, 1670s, and 1680s in St Mary's.
William's will:
Memorand: That I William Clemens of the Burrough of Warwick in the Countye of Warwick, Baker beinge of good memory and of reasonable health, praysed be God for it doe make and ordaine this my Last will and Testamt: in man[n]er and forme Followinge, Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my Loveinge wife Mary Clemens, All those Three tenements or Cottages with theire and every of theire rights members and appurtenances scituate and beinge within the Burrough of Warwick aforesaid in a certaine place there Called Saltifford, now or late in the severall tenure of Thomas Dale widdow Rawllinson & Richard Hancox for and dureing her natturall Life, And after her decease and then my will is that I doe give & bequeath unto my sonn Samuell Clemens the Tenement or Cottage that now the said Richard Hancox liveth in, to my said sonn and his heires foreuer, and If he dyeth without Issue of his owne bodye, then my will is that If his wife shall survive him, then she to have it duringe her life and after her decease, then my said Tenement or Cottage I give unto my son Thomas Clemens & his heires forever, Item I give unto my sonn Abraham Clemens, the Tenemt or Cottage, that widd Rawllinson now liveth in with the garden she holdeth with it, and the garden I now have in my owne hands theire to him, and his heires forever, Item I give unto my Grandchild John Clemens, sonn of my sonn William Clemens, after my wives decease that Tenemt or Cottage in Saltifford aforesaid in the tenure of Thomas Dale with the garden belonginge to it, to him & his heires foreuer; Item I give unto my wife Mary Clemens the house I now live in beinge within the marketplace ward within the said Burrough of Warwick, for and dureinge her naturall life, And after her decease my will is, and I doe give the said house to my son Thomas Clemens and his heires foreuer, Alsoe I give unto my said sonn Thomas Clemens after my wives decease these goodes Followinge In the parlour of my said dwellinge house next the street, one joyned bedsteed, the Curtaines coalome[?] smale[?] Good flocke bed and bolster, one greene Couerlett two blankets, one Joyned press a table and forme; and two Coffers, In the roome ouer the hall one Joyned bedsteed and one set of Curtaines and valons matt & coards one Feather bed and boulster, one greene Rugg one blanket a sid Cubboard a side table, one Longe drawinge table, three Joyned stooles, two red Couered Chaires, three red couered stooles, one Iron grate, one paire of Andirons, the fire shouell & tonges, In the roome ouer the shope, one Joyned bedsteed mat & courds, one set of red Curtaines and valones, one feather bed and bolster, one red Couerlid, one paire of blanketts, one table three Joyned stooles a side Cubbard and one greate Chaire, In the roome over the seller called the litle Closset a Trunckelbedsteed; a woolebed and bolster and one paire of blanketts And alsoe six pewter platter, my biggrs brass pot, six paire of sheets, one table cloth, and one dosen of napkins, and all and singular my brewinge vessells, and alsoe all and singular my utensills and Implements belonginge to the trayde of a Baker, hee the said my sonn Thomas Clemens payinge unto my son in Law Samuel Shorte at the end of two yeares after mine & my wives decease the sume of Twentye pounds, And alsoe he my sonn Thomas to pay unto my sonn in law William Silke after mine & my wives decease the sume of Twentye pounds at the expiration & end of foure yeares after such decease as aforesd, Item I give unto my sonn William Clemens one shillinge Item I give unto my Son in Law Isaac Twicrost one shillinge, I give alsoe unto my daughter Sarah Shorte one shillinge, And lastly as for touchinge & concerninge all and singuler other my goodes Chattles and Cattell, and personall estate whatsoever not herein before bequeathed, I give deuise and bequeath the same unto my Loveinge wife Mary Clemens, whome I doe hereby Constitute, and appointe to bee Sole executrix of this my last will & Testament, And I doe hereby revoak, and make voyd, all former wills & Testamts whatsoever heretofore by me made, In Wittnes whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seale the Twentieth day of Maij In the yeare of our Lord God one Thousand six hundred nintie & one (1691)
William Clemens [seal]
Signed sealed and published by the above William Clemens in the presents of us, whoe have attested the same, by subscribinge our names int he presents of the said William Clemens/
Stephen Nicholles
John Bird
John Smith
A true and perfect Inventory indented of all and singular the goods chattells creditts and effects which were of William Clemens late of the Borough of Warwick in the County of Warwick Baker deceased taken and apprised By Richard Sharpe and William Roe both of the said Borough of Warwick the Two and Twentyeth day of December In the Fifth yeare of the raigne of our Soueraigne Lord and Lady William and Mary by the grace of God King and Queene of England Scotland France and Ireland & Annoque dni 1693 as followeth/
Imp’ris: the Testators wearing Apparrell and his money in purse -- 16:17:04
In the Hall.
Item one Table two Joyned stooles four chaires one Jack three spitts one Stane one skreene one presse one Bacon Cratch one Gridiron one Iron Grate one Fire shouell and Tonges one little skreene and one looking Glass -- 01:11:00
Item the potlinkes one Chaffindish a paire of Bellowes a Salt Tub two fire Bucketts a parcell of Bookes and a Frying pan --- 01:10:00
Item a brass stonce a warming pan two brass Candlesticks six brass Kettles two potts two skilletts and three Iron dripping pans -- 02:07:06
Item the pewter at -- 02:04:00
Item a brass scummer and Ladle a bleaner a Chopping knife a flesh Forke & a mincing knife 00:04:00
In the Parlour
Item one Bedstead one Feather bed and bolster one Flock bed and bolster one other bedstead two sets of Curtaines the blanketts and Coverletts -- 04:10:00
Item one Table and Forme a Coffer a hanging presse and a Chaire -- 00:12:00
It the little Parlour
Item one Bedstead one wooll bed and Bolster the Curtaines and valens the bedclothes a little Table a stooll and a Coffer -- 01:15:00
Itm one Trunckle bedstead an old flockbed and bolster and the Bedclothes -- 00:07:00
In the Cellar
Item two hoggesheads three Barrells an Eale fat and two powdering troughes and the settesses 01:06:00
In the cross chamber
Item one Bedstead Curtaines and valens one flockbed and bolster the blankets & Couerlet 01:10:00
It the Talbot
Item one bedstead one Feather bed and bolster Curtaines and valens blanketts and Coverlett 05:00:00
Item one Table three Joyned stooles one large Chaire a side Cubbord a Cover’d stoole and two Cushins -- 00:18:00
Item the linnens -- 05:00:00
Item a Carpet -- 00:03:00
In the Lyon
Item one Featherbed and bolster one bedstead Curtaines and valens the blanketts and Rugg 04:00:00
Item one Table four Joyn’d stooles and the Covers one side Cubbord one little Table one looking glass and the pictures -- 02:18:00
Item one Grate a pair of Andirons fire shovell and Tonges and two Cushins 00:12:00
In the Bakehouse
Item the Troughes and other materialls belonging to the Trade of a Baker and Fine meale Baggs -- 01:10:10
Item one still -- 00:06:00
In the Shoppe
Item the things there -- 00:05:00
Item a pair of Garden shires -- 00:01:06
In the Buttery
Item some old things there -- 00:05:00
In the Brewhouse
Item one Furnice the Tubbs Kiners and pales -- 03:10:10
Item the wood coales & a little hay -- 03:00:00
Item in Bread and meale -- 03:01:09
Item the Bran -- 00:02:00
Item a parcell of Malt -- 24:00:00
Item a douzen and half of Bottles -- 00:01:06
Item a Try the maltshovells two strikes three Ladders and the Kilne cloth -- 01:00:00
Item a Cheese Cratch the Scales and weights and Curran senies -- 00:05:00
Item the Lease of a Garden near the Avonside -- 02:00:00
Item in Booke debts -- 28:02:08
Item a horse -- 05:00:00
Item some old Baggs the panniers pack saddle and Bread malletts -- 00:12:00
Item a parcell of Towe and yarne -- 00:08:00
Item two Cubbord Clothes -- 00:02:00
Item lumber and things forgott -- 00:15:00
Sum’ total 128:13:09
References
Parish registers of St Mary, Warwick. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 11 December 2020.
Parish registers of Holy Trinity, Coventry. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 13 April 2021.
Will of William Clemens. Proved 1694 in the Consistory Court of Worcester.