William Ledbrook
Events
Date of Baptism: unknown.
Place of Baptism: unknown.
Date of Burial: 26 July 1730.
Place of Burial: Burton-Dassett, Warwickshire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: Nathaniel Ledbrook
Mother: Dorothy
This relationship is discussed on Nathaniel's page.
Spouse: Anne (buried 3 April 1709 in Burton-Dassett).
Anne is named in the children’s baptism records. Her burial records calls her the wife of “Wm Ledbrook de Northend.”
Spouse: unknown.
William 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. All baptisms and burials are in Burton-Dassett.)
Mary Ledbrook (baptized 8 March 1695).
William Ledbrook (baptized 20 February 1697/8).
Ann Ledbrook (baptized 21 April 1700 - buried 29 July 1709).
Dorothy Ledbrook (baptized 20 September 1702 - buried 1777) married Francis Yerrow 19 November 1729 in Burton-Dassett.
John Ledbrook (baptized 15 April 1705).
Elizabeth Ledbrook (baptized 22 June 1707).
Evidence
from the Burton Dassett parish registers:
Christenings:
Mary the Daughter of William Ledbrook & Ann his wife wasa baptized March the 8th 1695
William the Son of William Ledbrook & Ann his wife was Baptiz: Feb the 20th [1697]
Ann the Daughter of William Ledbrook & Ann his wife was Baptiz: Ap: the 21: [1700]
September 20 Dorothy the Daughter of William and Anne Ledbrook [1702]
Aprill 15. John the son of William Ledbrook and Anne his Wife de North [1705]
[June] 22 Elizabeth the daughter of Wm Ledbrook and Anne his Wife [1707]
Burials:
Aprill 3d Anne the Wife of Wm Ledbrook - [1709]
July 29th Anne Ledbrook daughter to Wm Ledbrook de Northend [1709]
July 26th William Ledbrook sen: de Northend [1730]
The will and inventory of William Ledbrook
In the name of God, Amen, I Willm Ledbrook of Nordin farmer in the County of Warwick, being in good health of body, and of sound and perfect mind and memory, praise be therefore given to Almighty God, do make and ordain this my present last Will & Testament in manner and form following, (that is to say) first & principally, I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, hoping through the merit, Death, and passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ, to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins, and to inherit everlasting life: And my body I commit to the Earth, to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named; and at touching the Disposition of all such temporal Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me, give and dispose as followeth
First, I will, that my Debts and funeral Charges shall be paid and discharged ..
Item, I give unto my loving Wife, One Bed & Beding, three long pillows, two Great Chests, three Boxes, a little Coffer, three pair of Sheets, two little porrige Potts, A Great brewing Kettle, Six pewter Platters, A pewter Flaggon, A pewter Bason, a pewter porringer, A table Coth, and Half a Dozon of Napkins
All the rest and residue of my personal Estate, Goods, Chattels, Whatsoever, I do give and bequeath unto my loving, Son in Law Francis Yerrow, full & sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament. And I do hereby revoke, disanull, and make void all former Wills & Testaments by me heretofore made. In wittness whereof I the said William Lebrook to this my last Will & Testament have sett my hand, and seal, the two & Twentieth Day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty
Willm Lidbrook
X his mark
Sealed & Deliver'd in the presents of George Bottom X his mark
Tho Allison(?)
George Bottom jun
apud Coven 9 Aprilis 1731 Fiat probatus Testamenti [...]Testatoris Fransijso Yerrow Exori Soli in Eadem Testamento nominato
An Inventory made the 30th of July 1730 of the Goods & Chattels of William Ladbrook of Norden in the Parrish of Burton Dassett are as follows------
Imprimis Money in pocket of wareing apparrill 5: 0: 0
for Brass & Puter 4: 3: 0
for Five beds and Beding 10: 0: 0
for Lining 7: 10: 0
Barrills & Tubbs 2: 0: 0
for Tables, Chairs, & Stools 1: 10: 6
for Cheese & Chees Boards 10: 7: 6
for two Cheese Presses 0: 15: 0
for Gears & Han 3: 6: 0
Six horses & Mares 24: 0: 0
Fourteen Cows 42: 10: 0
Three Yearler Heiffers 4: 10: 0
Thirty Seven yews & Lambs 25: 10: 0
for Hay 30: 0: 0
for Wheat 22: 10: 0
for Peases & Beans 22: 10: 0
for Barley & Oates 23: 7: 4
Two Waggons 10: 0: 0
Two Dung Cartts 8: 0: 0
for Plows & Harrows 2: 0: 0
four Piggs 4: 0: 0
Lumber 2: 0: 0
272: 11: 10
Praised by us whose names are under written
Matthew Randall
Thomas White
References
William Ledbrook burial registration, Burton-Dassett registers 1725 - 1774; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 March 2014) citing Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1162; Document Reference: DR 292.