Thanks to Jan Waugh for the transcription and annotation of this will. If there are any errors in the footnotes, and there may be, they are mine.
The 26th of August 1638. In the name of God Amen, I Richard Jackson[1] of Midleton[2] in the Countie of Westmorland, yeoman, being sicke in bodie, yet of good and p(er)fect memorie, I praise my God, doe make this my last will & testament in manor and forme following, that is to say, I comitt and comend my soule into the hands of Almightie God, trusting by and through the meritts, death and (x)crucifiction of Jesus Christ my Redeemer, my sinnes to be forgiven me and my bodie to be buryed in my Parish Church yard neare to the place where my wife[3] was laid as the ground will p(er)mitt. Item my will and mind is that all my goods moveable and unmoveable shalbe and towards the paiement of my debts, soe farr as they will extend, saveing and excepting two payre of bedsteads, two chists, one meale arke and the presser, all which I give to my sone John Jackson[4]. And also one d( ) cowe which I reserve to my sister Issabell Jackson[5], and after her decease the said d( ) cowe To be unto my said sone or his assignes. Alsoe it is my will & mind that if my ( )goods will not extend to the full discharge of my debts, that I give power unto John Thirnbecke[6] & Thomas Bainbrigg (Bainbridge)[7] to lett and to farme lett all my tennement for and dureing my sones non age provided allwaies that he and my sister Issabell have some reasonable meanes forth of it towards their maintenance and if my said debts be not discharged when my sonne shall accomplish the age of one and twentie yeares that what is then unpaied my sonne the Remainder, but if my said sonne doe dye before he come to the age aforesaid or that he shall die yssulesse lawfully begotten by his owne bodie, then it is my will and mind that Richard Bainbrigg[8] second sonne of my Cousen Thomas Bainbirgg shall have and ( ) my said tenement to him & his heires for ( )ner freeing and dischardging all my debts if anie be undischarged. Executor of this my last will and testament I ordaine and make my sone John Jackson. Supervisors hereof I appoint my trustie freind John Thirnbecke and my cousen Thomas Bainbrigg and as my trust is in them to see this my will trulie p(er)formed. And I give to either of them for their paines vj s. viij d. In witness whereof I the said Richard Jackson have hereunto sett my hand and seale the daie and yeare first above written and before the sealeing hereof it is my will and mind and I give to John Bainbrigg[9], Richard Bainbrigg, Edward Bainbrigg[10] and Alice Bainbrigge[11], my cousen Thomas' children, to everie one of them iij s apeece. Probate 1647
NOTE: There are a number of other BAINBRIGGE bits that I am including here because they have significance elsewhere. I have also added the names of those BANBRIGGEs who attended Christ’s College to the page where I had listed all the JACKSONs.
Possible LDS links
[1] Richard JACKSON (?-1641). The date of the will was 1638, the cover sheet says 1647, but since the inventory was done on 1641, it makes sense to match with a 1641 burial. Why the probate was delayed is anybody’s guess. Was that when his son came of age? When his sister died? Because someone was contesting it? A clerk put it in the wrong pile? · Ricardi Jackson bur 25 May 1641 Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland LDS I03668-8 1471665. · He would have been a farmer of the yeoman class. There is no mention of silver or plate. · He mentions his cousin Thomas BAINBRIGG. If they were first cousins, then it is likely that one of the brothers of Thomas BAINBRIGG’s father Edward BAINBRIGG had a daughter who married a JACKSON. Edward BAINBRIGG had two known brothers: James BAINBRIG & Brian BAINBRIG. At present, nothing is known of possible daughters. [3] Mrs. JACKSON (?-1628?). There are a few possibilities:
[4] John JACKSON (born btw 1618-1638). This is a possible fit. · BAPTISM: Johis son of Rici. Jackson chr 9 Jul 1620 Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland LDS I03668-3 1471665 [5] Issable JACKSON aka Isobel. She seems to be an unmarried sister (although sister-in-laws were often referred to as “sister”, this kind of relationship with Richard JACKSON seems less likely given the context). She may have come to live in the family home after Richard JACKSON’s death to take care of things until John JACKSON was older. [6] John THIRNBECK (?-1641) · John Thirnbecke long before his death was seised in his demesne as of fee of one messuage and tenement in Middleton in a place there called "le Ellers" with the barns, houses, buildings and gardens thereto belonging and eight acres of land, four acres meadow, eight acres pasture, 40 acres furze and heath and common of pasture for all cattle in Middleton. ¶So seised he in consideration of his love for his son Christopher Thirnbecke and for £70 paid to him by the said Christopher by his charter 22 August, 1626, granted to said Christopher all his said messuages and lands in "le Ellers" of the ancient rent of 19s. then in his own tenure and occupation and all the houses buildings, lands etc., etc., thereto belonging. To have and to hold to Christopher his heirs and assigns for ever, except and reserved to said John Thirnbecke a moiety and half part of the said messuage, lands and other the premises. Premises held of the king as of his manor of Kendall Castle called "le Marquis Fee" in free socage by fealty and payment of 2d. yearly for all services and are worth yearly clear 10s. Christopher Thrinbecke so being seised died 16 Decr. 1638, and his father John Thirnbecke afterwards died on 17 March last (1640–1). John Thirnbecke son and heir of the said Christopher, was and is nearest heir of said John Thirnbecke deceased and he is aged two years and eleven months [NOTE: this was in 1641]. Chan. Inq. p. mort., ser. ii, vol. 702, n. 50. [7] Thomas BAINBRIGGE (b 1603-4 - ?). He was a son of Edward BAINBRIG (?-1616), a glover of Kirkby Lonsdale who in turn was a son of Richard BAINBRIG and Margaret of the Gill, Firbank. Edward BAINBRIG died in 1616 (with a will), and his wife Alice [surname?] who he married Feb 10, 1592/3 died 1631 (with a will). Perhaps Alice was a JACKSON. There are a couple of wonderful BAINBRIGGE resources made available by the Archaeology Data Service: · Bainbrig of Hawkin in Middleton, Westmoreland. Rev. R. Percival Brown, Vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale. July 5, 1923. There is a lot of useful material here with respect to BAINBRIGGE mentions in other JACKSON documents. · Thomas Langdon and his Tradition of Learning. Rev. R. Percival Brown, Vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale April 23, 1925. This paper validates and reflects the relationships as described in this will: o On page 4, there is a pedigree chart showing Thomas BAINBRIG (born Feb 1603-4) = Alice FAWCETT (d 1657) and their children included Alice (b 1632), John (b Jan 1633-4), Richard (2nd son – b. May 1636) at Christ College, Cambridge in 1658… then in Holy Orders) & Edward (b. 1638). There was also a son named Thomas who was born and died in 1640. o On page 46, another pedigree records another BAINBRIGGE-JACKSON link: Hugh JACKSON=Isobel BAINBRIGGE, children: Miles JACKSON (b 1588) & Margaret JACKSON & George JACKSON. [8] Richard BAINBRIGG. (2nd son – b. May 1636) at Christ College, Cambridge in 1658… then in Holy Orders). SOURCE: Thomas Langdon and his Tradition of Learning. Rev. R. Percival Brown, Vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale April 23, 1925.
· There is a pedigree chart showing Thomas BAINBRIG (born Feb 1603-4) = Alice FAWCETT (d 1657) and they had Alice (b 1632), John (b Jan 1633-4), Richard (2nd son – b. May 1636) at Christ College, Cambridge in 1658… then in Holy Orders) & Edward (b. 1638). There was also a son named Thomas who was born and died in 1640. SOURCE: Thomas Langdon and his Tradition of Learning. Rev. R. Percival Brown, Vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale April 23, 1925, p.4. [9] John BAINBRIGGE: · There is a pedigree chart showing Thomas BAINBRIG (born Feb 1603-4) = Alice FAWCETT (d 1657) and they had Alice (b 1632), John (b Jan 1633-4), Richard (2nd son – b. May 1636) at Christ College, Cambridge in 1658… then in Holy Orders) & Edward (b. 1638). There was also a son named Thomas who was born and died in 1640. SOURCE: Thomas Langdon and his Tradition of Learning. Rev. R. Percival Brown, Vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale April 23, 1925, p. 4. [10] Edward BAINBRIGGE: · there is a pedigree chart showing Thomas BAINBRIG (born Feb 1603-4) = Alice FAWCETT (d 1657) and they had Alice (b 1632), John (b Jan 1633-4), Richard (2nd son – b. May 1636) at Christ College, Cambridge in BA 1658 MA 1667 then in Holy Orders) & Edward (b. 1638). There was also a son named Thomas who was born and died in 1640. SOURCE: Thomas Langdon and his Tradition of Learning. Rev. R. Percival Brown, Vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale April 23, 1925, p. 4. [11] Alice BAINBRIGGE. · There is a pedigree chart showing Thomas BAINBRIG (born Feb 1603-4) = Alice FAWCETT (d 1657) and they had Alice (b 1632), John (b Jan 1633-4), Richard (2nd son – b. May 1636) at Christ College, Cambridge in 1658… then in Holy Orders) & Edward (b. 1638). There was also a son named Thomas who was born and died in 1640. SOURCE: Thomas Langdon and his Tradition of Learning. Rev. R. Percival Brown, Vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale April 23, 1925, p. 4.
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