William Wagstaff

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: between 26 February 1552/3 and 17 April 1553.

Place of Death: probably Knightcote, Warwickshire.

The dates are when William made his will and when it was proved.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

Administration of the estate of Thomas Wagstaff of Southam was given in 1532 to his widow Juliana and his son Thomas. The name of the widow makes one suspect these were William’s parents.

Spouse: unknown.

Spouse: Elizabeth Savage, widow. Married 21 September 1546 in Kineton, Warwickshire.

The marriage is recorded in the parish register.

Children (with his first wife):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

John Wagstaff (buried 14 December 1611 in Burton Dassett) married Mary Makepeace.

Thomas Wagstaff (buried 30 November 1595 in Burton Dassett).

Julian Wagstaff (buried 8 June 1608 in Burton Dassett) married Harry Swayne.

Andrew Wagstaff.

Edward Wagstaff (buried 30 May 1572 in Burton Dassett).

Evidence

from the accounts of Peter Temple (a sheep farmer and bailiff in Burton Dassett):

[1537] Easter Tythes

De Willelmo Wagstaff v s.

[1538] Easter Tythes

De Willelmo Wagstaff v s. iiij d.

[1540s] Pasture Letting

Wagstaffe xxxij kyne and x jades and xx^ti stryke whett

[Payment for pasture letting]

Wagstaff viij styke

[1545-6] Money received

Wagstaffe iiij li.

[1546] Debts due to Peter Temple

Item lent unto Wagstaffe iij li.

[1547]

Delyvered to Wagstaff, paid the church chalyse xij s.

Item delyvered to Wagstaff, Thomas Makepes and Wylliam Brokes the resydew of the money for the sayd chalyce iij li. vj s. viij d.

[possibly 1548] New Year’s Gifts

Wagstaffe ij capons

[1549] Bailiff’s Accounts

Item resceyved of Bosworth and Wagtafe for wood vij li.

Item resceyved of Bosworth and Wagstafe ageyne iiij li.

…

Item resceyved of Bosworth and Wagstaff for wood xxxj li.

Item resceyved of Bosworth and Wagstaff for wode xxxj li. vj s. viij d.

Item resceyved of Bosworth and Wagstaff for woode iij li. vj. s. viij d.

[1551] Money paid for the Lordes of Dassett

Item paid Wagstafe for the church wardens xiij s. iiij d.

[1551] Money resevyd for the Lordes of Dassett

Item rescevyed of the Goodman Wagstaffe for wood iij li.

from the Kineton parish registers:

Gulielmus wagstaf et Elizabethe Savage uxor eius fuere coniugio copulati fuerunt xxj Septembris [1546]

William was an overseer of the 1547 will of Thomas Colens of Burton Dassett and an appraiser in the 1547 probate inventory of John Pettifer of Avon Dassett.

from the Burton Dassett parish registers:

Inprimis the xxxth of Maye Edward Wagstaffe was [...] [1572, Burials]

Item the Last Daye of November Thomas Wagstaffe brother to John Wagstaff was buryed [1595]

William’s will:

In the name of god amen the xxvi^t day of Feb’ in the yere of our lorde god a thousand fyve hundreth and xlij: I Willm Wagstaffe of Knygh[...]cooyte p[ar]yshe to byrton wythin the Countye of Warwycke gud of Reme[m]brans and sycke in body do mak thys my last will and tastment in man[ner] and forme folowing Fyrst I bequeath my sowle unto allmyghtye god in heven and my body to be byryed in the church of Byrton

Itm I will Elsabeth my wyff to have and to occupy the thryd parte of all my occupying at well without the housse as within with my sone John Receiving and paying lyke porcyon for her occupying kepyng her wyddow: yff she do marye then she to have a hundred marks and ten of the best kyne and all the houshold stuffe that she broght with her: also my wyff to have ij oxen in Radburne one blod red & the other salow with the topryght hede and John Wagstaff to have the other syxe also yff my wyffe and my sone John cannot agree that then there frendis to see where yt ys [...wte] / yff she will goe her way that then she to chusse whether she will have the threyd parte of allthings as well without the house as with in the house Except the wed[?] in the yeard: or ells she to have her hundreth marks with all her houshold that she brought with her / also she to have the ij best kyne and the ij oxen that where named aforesayd

Itm I bequeath to John Sale my wiffes eldest sone syxe ponds xiij^s for hys rathers bequest and syxe ponds xiij^s iiij^d of my bequest: Item to Thomas Sale syxe ponds xiij^s iiij^d of hys fathers bequest and syxe ponds xiij^s iiij^d of my bequesth / Item to John Sale the yongar syx ponds xiij^s iiij^d of hys fathers bequest and syx ponds xiij^s iiij^d of my bequest and I suffer[?] & [ij owys?] whych ys sett to the saud John

Itm I bequeth to lennard sawege my wyffes sone iij li vj s viij d besyde hys fathers bequest

Itm I bequeth to thomas savege hys brother iij li vj s viij d besyde hys fathers bequest

Itm I will that my wyffe shall pay of her part unto John Sale thomas sale & John xx ^li of the bequest and my sone John Wagstaff to pay of hys part unto the say John sale thomas & John other xx ^li of ther bequest

Itm I will my wyff shall pay of her part unto lennard sawage her sone xx marks of hy[s?] bequest and my sone John to pay of hys part unto the sayd lennar other x marks of hys bequest

Itm I will my wyff pay to [...] of her part unto thomas saveege her sone x marks of hys bequest and my sone John of hys part to pay unto the same thomas x marks of hys biquest

Itm I bequeth unto thomas swane the threyd part of the shepes that are nowe in Radburne whych are the nombre of xij scowre that ys iiij scowre hys part & at mychilmas next to be parted and then he the sayd thomas to occupy the threde part of the sayd pasture one yere after paying the thred part Rent

Itm the sayd thomas to have a Rede tagget bullok & the lasser mak bullok

Itm I bequeth to my doghter Julya[n] a grey Fylly and syxe shipe then to be deliv[er]ed afore yere

Itm I bequeth my god sone willm twane v lj to be payd at the age of xvj yeres yff he lyffe so longe

Itm I bequeth to thomas twanes doghter xls to be payd at the age of xvj yeres yff she lyff so long

Itm I bequeth to my sone thomas wagstaff vj li xij s iiij d Also the sayd thomas to chuysse ij of the vj bulloks

Itm I bequeth my sone thomas wagstaff xls the some to be payd when he takith a other [...]

Itm I bequeth andrew my sone xl marks to be payd at xxiiij yeres of age

Itm I bequeth to Edward my sone xl marks to be payd at xxij yeres of age also Edward to have x ewes with the pasture & j land of whiyte & j land of barle at harvest to hys use during the yeres of the indenture yf he dwelle with ys brother & do hym servys: & yff he go to other mens servys he to have nother lande no Corne but to have hys x shepe pasture duryng the yeres also Edward to have a bey Colt with the stede

Itm I wil my sone John to have my ferme and yff he dye before he be maried then Edward to have the ferme yff Edward dye then the xl marks to Remayne to John & Andrew yf he dye within hys yeres: yf Andrew dye within hys yeres hys xlmarks remane to John & Edwarde

Itm I bequeth to Every god chyld I have j ewe to be deliv[er]ed after yere Itm to Rychard dave one ewe Itm I bequeth to Hary dave Willm blakwill John proffet Margett hynde John Wensford John orgar Robert peace Willm tuness John gybbyns thomas peace John mane Rychard ladbroke John Malyne Thomas aresar Rychard Pettysbroke Rychard mane John Webbe Every one halfe a stryke of mault & another of whytte Itm Hary pettifere to have a stryke of whytte another of barle all deliv[er]ed at after

Itm I wyll my wyff to have ij Cartts and yawks & towys for ten oxen and the threde part of horssus with there gearys be longyng to them

Itm I wyll my sone John Wagstaffe to be myne Exseqtr and to have the rest of my goods after my detts payd and my leggeces and will be p[er]formed and Fullfyllyd this [...yng] witnesse overseayers [Cn kuple?] my brother thomas wagstaffe Elles[?] burbere Thomas Swayne and every one to have vj s viij d and also [...ear] Thes bayeing wyttnets of the same The vicar of byrton Hary bas Robert peace[?]

[Proved 17 April 1553]

The will of William’s son Edward:

In the name of god amen I Edwarde wagstaff of Knightcott in the county of warr Bacheler being Syck in boddey and good of remembrance do ordeyne and make thys my last wyll and testamt in mann[er] and forme followinge Fyrst I bequethe my soule unto almyghty god and my boddey to be buryed in the church or church yarde of burton Itm I geve and bequethe to Elizabeth Makpeas xx ^li of my Cpp[er][?] goods Itm I geve and bequethe to my brother Thomas Wagstave vj ^li xiij^s iiijd and v marks to my brother John wagstave towards the kepinge of him when aney syckness happeneth to hym Itm I geve and bequethe unto my brother John wagstave v li and to my syster hys wyff xx^s and to hys syve children xx^s a peace Itm I geve and bequeth to my syster Swayne xx s and to my nevye wyllyam Swayne xls and to Elizabeth Swayne xx^s and to Susans Swayne xx^s and to John Swayne xx^s Itm I geve to Ales Tayler xx ^s Itm to Edwarde reape xij ^s and to Edwarde bass v s Itm I gev to the poore of dassett knyghtcott and northende xls Itm to the servaunts of my brothers howse xij d a pees Itm I geve to the Repayring of the church of burton xx^s and to my godchyldren xij^d a pece Itm all my goods unbequethed my funeralls dyscharged I geve and bequeth unto Thomas Swayne whome I do order and make my soole executour of thys my laste wyll and testamt dated the xxiijth day of maye Anno dni 1572 / and in the fowretenthe yere of the Raigne of our soveraigne ladey Elizabeth the Quene These being wytnesses to thys wyll Gyles Spenser Wyllyam makpeas Thomas Wagstave and John Wagstave with others

The Inventory of his goods as followyth

In primis in reddey money --- xlviij ^li

Itm hys app[ar]ell-- x marks

[Proved 13 October 1572]

References

Alcock, N.W. Warwickshire Grazier and London Skinner 1532-1555: The account book of Peter Temple and Thomas Heritage. (British Academy/Oxford University Press, 1981).

Burton Dassett parish registers. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 3 January 2020.

Kineton parish registers. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 3 January 2020.

Will of Edward Wagstaff of Knightscote. Proved 13 October 1572 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 3 January 2020.

Will of Thomas Colens of Burton Dassett. Proved 1547 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 5 January 2020.

Will of William Wagstaff of Knightscote. Proved 17 April 1553 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 3 January 2020.