These pages provide the source data found so far for the Trease families of North Petherwin who are recorded there from 1522 - 1740. Tentative trees and the associated data sources from which they have been constructed are shown but please note that different interpretations of the source data could place the person to whom it refers in a different family group. Also the source data shown may be inaccurate - it may have been transcribed incorrectly or the information on the source document could simply be wrong.

The trees are revised as new data is found and a summary of major changes is recorded in the Change History. Abbreviations used are listed on the Codes & Conventions page together with an explanation of how dates are handled.

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TENTATIVE TREE 1 - Walter Trease of North Petherwin probably born about 1500

10						 Walter TREYS	= ?
							b?	| m?
							d1579?	| d1552?
							   SOURCES
						 _______________|________ ... other children?               
						|					
11						Michael	 = Margaret					
						b.c1525? | ?
                                                         | m. bef.1552
                                                d?       | d?			
                                                    SOURCES
                 ________________________________________|________ ...other children?
		|
12		William = ?			
		?w1597	.
		     	.

Dorothy and Michael are related, probably brother and sister. Michael was living at Pattacott in the 1640s and thus appears related to Walter Treys who leased Pattacott in 1545. One possibility is that Michael is the son of William, Walter's grandson :-

			?
		 .......?...............
		|			|
13		Dorothy = Degory        Michael  = Thamsin
			| DOUBT		b.c1590? | NETHERTON	
		d1663	| m1611		d1645    | m1616		
                   SOURCES                     SOURCES		     					     
         ________________________________________|______________________________________________________________________________________                
        |                  |                   |                    |                     |       |             |                       |			
14      Michl.  = Eliz.    Richd. = ?Emblyn    Willm. 	    	    Samuel = ?Rebeccah    Silly   Nanny(Ann)    Thamsin = ?Clement      Elizabeth		
        c1618   | ?                 ?WILKYE                                  ?PRISE               b?            b?        ?SYMONS       b?
        i1680   | i1670             ?m1647                                   ?m1654               ?i1702        ?i1677    ?m1655        ?i1660
              SOURCES     			     
         _______|_______________________________________ .......... other children?
        |                       |			|			
15      Michl.  = Ruth          Gartrude= Oliver	?Elizabeth
        b1640s? | WINTER        c1658   | GREGORY	?i1659
        i1723   | m1703         ?i1723  | m1685	
           SOURCES                    SOURCES
                |                       |________________________________________.......... other children?	
                |                       |                       |               |	
                |                       ?Oliver = Mary          Phillip         William
                |                       c?      | GERRY         c1690           c1696
                |                               | m1723	
         _______|_______________________________________
        |               |               |               |
16      William         Samuel          Richard         Peter = Joan
        c1704           c1707           c1709           c1712 | SHARP
        ?i1772          ?               ?                     | m1740

TENTATIVE TREE 2 - William Trease of Whitstone probably born about 1630

Records of this William start in Whitstone in 1661. On early family trees he was tentatively identified as the son of Leonard Trease, who had been clerk of St Mabyn, but it is now known that Leonard`s son William was buried in Lanivet on the 3rd August 1686.

Those early family trees also tentatively indicated that William, son of Michael and Thamsin, was the William who had married Alice Skelton at Tintagel in 1660. Recent research has shown that the marriage of William and Alice Skelton is actually recorded in Landrake parish register together with their subsequent burials in that parish. The source of the Tintagel reference was Boyd's Marriage Index (BMI), which, like all such indexes, is known to contain errors, and, being organised in alphabetical order by area rather than parish, is more prone to the parish being incorrectly copied than indexes organised in parish order. It is however still possible that BMI got the Tintagel reference from some other source so there may be a real connection with Tintagel some where. However in the absence of any real proof that Tintagel is not simply an error it seems more probable that the Landrake marriage is of another William Trease living in that area.

In view of these later findings, the possibility that William of Whitstone may be the son of Michael and Tamsin is being investigated. William shows strong links with the North Petherwin area through his family relationships with persons there plus a small property he owned at Pattacott included in the inventory to his Will.

14	William = Mary
		| ?
	i1696	| m?	i 1720
             SOURCES
         _______|_____________________________________________________________________________________________
        |       |               |               |     |                          	 |                    |
15      Willm   Leonrd=Mary	Kath. = Jacob   Mary  Tamsin= Robt. = Frances = Barth    Priscilla = Aron    Eliz.     
        b?      b?     PETHICK  c?    | BRAGG	b?     b?   | BRAY  | PEDLAR    MARSHALL c1670     | LOAZE   b?
        i1720   i1742  m1715    i1714 | m1689   i1691  i1714| m1702 | m1716	m1713    i1713	   | m1695   i1712
         _______________________|   SOURCES		    .SOURCES.		i1714            SOURCES	     
        |         	      ________|       ______________|       |_______	     ______________|_____________________________________________________________					
	|                    |        |	     |              |       |       |	    |			    |	   |			   |		   |	  |
16      ?John   = ?Patience  Lattes   Daur   Robt.=?Sarah   John    Mary    Willm   Willm = Honor = Richd   Mary   Eliz. = Aaron = Eliz	   Eliz. = Richd   Moses  Prisc.
 (illegitimate) | ?SLEEMAN   c1689    c1692  c1702|?WIVEL   c1705   c1717   c1721   c1695 | GRIPP   COLES   c1697  COLE  | c1700 | JEWELL  c1703 | SPRY	   c1710  c1713
                | ?m1712 			  |?m1733   i1714		    i1758 | m1743   m1761	   m1730 |	 | m1769	 | m1746   i1713  i1713
														   i1766 |	 | 

DATA SOURCES

Family of Walter TREYS and ?

Walter lived in North Petherwin, married and had a son Michael probably born about 1525 and possibly other children who are not mentioned in the few records that have survived. His wife died on or before 1552 and he died on or before 1579.

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Family of Michael and Margery TREYS nee ?

Michael is the son of Walter Treys and appears to have been born around 1520 - 1525. He married Margery before 1552 and they had at least one surviving child, a son called William. Michael, Margery, and William were all alive in 1579.
It is not known when Michael and Margery died but their son may be William Treys of North Petherwin whose will was proved in 1597. There are however no references to any of this family in the Church Accounts after 1586 and this may be construed to imply they no longer lived there. However the accounts are on separate undated sheets not filed in chronological order and almost certainly incomplete. For example, no references to the family exist between 1565 and 1580 and the original dating of the sheets estimated the latest sheet was dated 1589.
A reference to Margery Treys found in these records by the late Professor George Trease before 1978 seems to have gone astray. Assuming it was correctly transcribed it would imply that her husband Michael predeceased her.

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Family of Degory and Dorothy DOUBT nee TREASE

We have no baptismal record of Dorothy Trease and thus cannot determine with certainty her father's name. In her will written in August 1663 she leaves a bequest to Michael Treise son of Michael Treise of North Petherwin. Although the relationship is not stated in the Will it seems highly probable that Michael the father was her nephew, son of her brother Michael. Dorothy's major bequest is to her 'kinswoman' Jane Galsworthy. Jane is obviously very close to Dorothy. The following observations are made: -

• Dorothy's husband does not state a relationship to Jane whereas Dorothy does so it is thought most likely that Jane is related to Dorothy rather than to her husband.
• She is unlikely to be Dorothy's sister otherwise Dorothy would have said 'sister' not kinswoman.
• Jane died in 1684 and is more probably a younger generation than Dorothy, possibly an unmarried daughter of a sister of Dorothy or a widowed daughter of a brother of Dorothy's. In either case, she is unlikely to be living by herself.
• Dorothy's husband leaves Jane a bed - rather pointless if she already has one unless of course it is the bed she already sleeps in.
• Jane gets (re?)married about the time Dorothy dies. Could be a coincidence but possibly she married quickly through necessity if she was about to lose her living accommodation.

It is therefore thought most likely that Jane was living with Dorothy and Digory and that she had been taken into their home by them either following both of her parents dying and her being unmarried or following her husband dying. On balance it is thought that the first scenario is the more likely.
As the North Petherwin Bishop's Transcripts recorded only one of the eight children of Michael Trease although he appeared to be living there, it is thought possible that Degory and Dorothy may also have had unrecorded children particularly if the 1630 baptism reference below is confirmed. Also if the baptism is confirmed as one of her children it is safe to assume that she must have been born on or after 1585 as she was unlikely to have been older than 45 when she gave birth.
This would be compatible with her being the daughter of William or a brother of his, if he had any brothers, and the grand daughter of Michael.

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Family of Michael and Thamsine TREASE nee NETHERTON

Michael was living at Pattacott in 1641 and is almost certainly related to Michael, the son of Walter Trease, who also leased the farm at Pattacott. Michael, the eldest surviving son, remained in Cornwall but no trace of the other sons has been found in the area. It appears they may have gone elsewhere to seek their living. Several possibilities have been found but definitive proof that they are sons of this Michael is lacking.
No records of Michael's family have been found between 1619 (when the baptism of his first son Michael is recorded in the North Petherwin Bishop's Transcripts) and 1641. Often a young bride went to her parents' or parents-in-law's home to have their first child. Possible explanations are 1) Michael was the first child and they lived elsewhere after they first married, or 2) Transcript omissions, or 3) simply a failure to baptise the children.

The order of births has been determined from Michael's will on the basis that sons would inherit at age 21 and daughters at age 25 and using the delays in giving the bequests:-
Silly - 4yrs, Nanny - 5yrs, Thamson - 7yrs, Elizabeth - 10yrs, Michael - 1yr, Richard - 2yrs, William - 3yrs, Samuel - 4yrs.

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Family of Michael and Elizabeth TREASE nee ?

Michael is the son of Michael and Tamsin Trease nee Netherton. His grandparents are not known but his grandfather may be William Trease.
Although Gartrude is the only christening found, further children may have been born and christened earlier both during the Civil War when baptismal records were not maintained and the Bishop's Transcripts for North Petherwin appear to have been incomplete. Michael and son Michael referred to in the 1670 lease for North Petherwin are thought to be this Michael and his son.
In 1663 Dorothy Doubt, in her will, leaves a bequest to Michaell Trease son of Michaell Trease of North Petherwin. This appears to be Michael, the son of this Michael, who must have then been living at North Petherwin, and Michael his son who appears to be running an independent life.
Before Dorothy's will was found, it had been assumed that, as no entry for Michael Trease was found in the 1662/4 hearth tax returns for North Petherwin (but 11 or more entries for North Petherwin are illegible) and as his son was thought to be aged, at most, about 10 years old, the Jacobstow entry for Michael Trease refers to this Michael Trease, and the farm at Pattacott was no longer being farmed by the Treases.
If this deduction is correct, it raises several questions. If we assume Michael's son was, at minimum, 18 years old at time of the 1662 hearth tax, then he must have been born prior to 1644 and prior to Michael's father's will of 1645. Michael's daughter Gertrude was baptised in 1658 at least 14 years later than the indicated birth for his son Michael so were there other children? If so did they all die in their infancy? If not where did they go? Did Michael's wife die and he then remarry later creating a long gap between the births of his two known children?

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Family of Michael and Ruth TREASE nee WINTER

Michael is the son of Michael and Elizabeth Trease or possibly an earlier wife of Michael's, and the grandson of Michael and Tamsin Trease nee Netherton.
We do not know when Michael was born but if he is the Michael recorded in Jacobstow 1664 Hearth Tax, then he must have then been born about 20 years earlier making him about 60 when he married Ruth Winter and 80 when he died - not impossible. He may have had an earlier marriage and even children but so far no record of such a marriage nor children has been found. It may be that the Ann buried in North Petherwin the year before his marriage to Ruth was his first wife but it also could be his Aunt Ann who may have been a spinster then in her late 70's and helping him on the farm.
His sons Samuel and Richard, like many sons of his grandfather Michael, appear to have left the area. Two possibilities exist for Samuel but definitive proof that either is the son of this Michael is lacking.

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Family of Oliver and Gartrude GREGORY nee TREASE

Gertrude is the daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Trease and is the only one of their children whose baptismal record has been found. Although the baptisms of only two of Gertrude and Oliver's children have been found at North Petherwin, it seems probable that they may have had more children including a son named Oliver who made his home in North Petherwin and brought up a large family.

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Family of William and Mary TREASE nee ?

The first reference to William found so far is the 1661 retun when he is included with Anthony Sleeman.

When William made his Will in 1683 he was ill but he must have recovered somewhat as he went on to live until 1696. The Mary Treise, widow, who died 24 years later in 1720 appears to have been his wife. The length of time between their deaths may indicate that she was much younger than William, and that William therefore married late in life or married a second time but it is of course possible that William simply died young.

Only one baptism has been found for William's children, namely that of Prescilla who was baptised in 1670, whom he states in his Will to be the youngest of his five daughters.

One tantalising connection between various Trease family members is found in a set of property transactions : -
1. In 1628 Walter GOOD of Whitstone sells to John PHILLIPS a house and some land in Fonston "formerly in the tenure of William TREIS deceased" and "William BATE deceased". Fonston, is less than one mile from Castle Milford and it has been conjectured that William TREISE deceased is William TREISE of Castle Milford who died on the 4th May 1622 and was the subject of an Inquisition post mortem on 25th April 1623. This William TREISE had a son Leonard TREISE and his family tree has been documented.
2. In 1629 Walter GOOD sells some more property to John PHILLIPS this time, Thorne and Nethacott both in Whitstone. In 1665 the tenement called Nethercott is mentioned as being in the tenure of one HORRELL and John SLEEMAN as part of the marriage settlement between Thomas PHILLIPS, John's son, and Susanna GAYER.
The following connections with various Trease families exist: -
1. The land at Fonston, as already mentioned, appears to have been occupied by William TREISE of Castle Milford.
2. The tenement at Nethercott (value £35) is mentioned in the 1696 Inventory to William TREISE's Will so sometime after 1665 William TREISE must purchase or inherit it from Thomas PHILLIPS/Samuel GAYER.
3. John SLEEMAN is named as joint occupant of Nethercott in 1665, and Anthony SLEEMAN's name is bracketed with William TREISE's name in the 1661 return for Whitstone.
4. John HORRELL is named as joint occupant of Nethercott in 1665 and William HURROLL takes over the lease of Pattacottt, after the TREASEs have gone.
5. From 1670 onwards, the tenement at Thorne is occupied by Mary PETHICK, whose daughter becomes the wife of Leonard TREISE of Whitstone, William's son, and later passes from mother to daughter.
6. Edmund PHILLIPS of Stoke Climsland is involved the 1665 trust re Thomas PHILLIPS marriage. In 1687 Sampson TREISE of Stoke Climsland marries a Mrs Susanna PHILLIPS.
c. 07Dec1665 Poughill. Elizabeth PHILLIPPS d/o Thomas & Shusana(COD)
c. 17Sep1667 Poughill. Susanna PHILLIPPS d/o Thomas & ?--- (COD)
c. 20Apr1670 Poughill. John PHILLIPPS s/o Thomas & Shusana (COD)
c. 22Oct1673 Poughill. Samuell PHILLIPS s/o Thomas & Susanna (COD)
c. 26Jun1678 Poughill. Margery PHILLIPPS d/o Tho. & Susanne (COD)
i. 26May1700 Poughill. Thomas PHILLIPPS of Maer, gent (COD)
(CRO BRA1637/6) Will of Thomas Phillipps, Poughill, gent. To wife: silver plate formerly given her by her mother with best bed 'performed'. Use of half the household stuff. Two of best hens and best mare or horse. All linen. To daughter-in-law Bridgett: guinea to buy a gold ring. To son Thomas: 'my silver tanckett' (this line erased). To dtr. Susanna Rowland: £50 (several lines erased). To dtr. Margery Phillipps: £300 (to be paid £100 a year for three years). Also 'meat drinke washing and lodging with five pounds a year to by her clothes'. To grandaughter Susanna Tresahar: £50 seven years after testator's death. To have 'her diett' with his executor. To son Tresahar: guinea to buy a gold ring 'And vnto my daughter his wife five pounds' 1 year after testator's death. To their son £10 when 14; to their son John when 14 £5. To grandaughter Eliz. Tresahar £5 when 14. To apprentice with him at his death 10s. each. To servant men and maids: five shillings each To son Sam. Phillipps (excr.): Wilton or Jewells tenement in Poughill town. Residue of personal estate. Witd. Daniel Dennis senior, Daniel Dinnis (sic) junior, Margrett Dennes. Date: 6 October 1697

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Family of Robert and Thamsin BRAY nee TREASE

Thamsin is the daughter of William and Mary Trease. She married Robert Bray in 1702 but died 12 years later having given birth to two sons whom we know of. Her husband remarried in 1716 - his wife may be the widow of Bartholomew Marshall. Robert Bray in his will of 1730 mentions his second wife Francis and the three sons and daughter listed below so the list appears complete except for the possible birth of a second son John. Robert appears to have been a farmer with probably a small farm judging from his will. His father appears to have been a carpenter. Subsequent records relating to the children have not been found in Whitstone. The William Bray who married Mary Stacey there on 26th May 1734 is possibly a son of the Bray family of North Tamerton.

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Family of Aaron and Prescilla LOAZE nee TREISE

Priscilla is the daughter of William and Mary Trease.
She married Aaron LOAZE at Whitstone in 1695. Two of their children were baptised at Whitstone in 1695 & 1697. After that date, baptisms of their children are found at North Tamerton and it is assumed they must have moved to that parish. Priscilla died at North Tamerton in December 1713 shortly after giving birth to a daughter Priscilla who appears to have survived for only a few days. No LOAZEs have been found at North Tamerton other than the few entries from 1700 to 1713. It seems that sometime after Priscilla's death, Aaron returned to Whitstone where he died
Aaron's baptismal record has not been found. It may be that his parents were Eloam Loaze and his first wife Honour, who appear on the Whitstone parish register. Unfortunately earlier records for Whitstone have yet to become available : -

i. 14Apr1685 Whitstone. Honor? LOAZE, wife of E---? (COD)
m. 18Jul1687 Whitstone. Elam Loze and Blanch Orsborne (COD)
i. 15Sep1711 Whitstone. Eloam LEES (COD)
i. 28May1720 Whitstone. Blanch LEES widow (COD)

It is also thought that the following register entries at North Petherwin may be connected : -

m. 08Jun1671 North Petherwin. Aron LOASE & Sapience BRAGG (COD)
	    (NOTE: c. 28Apr1641 Shebbear, DEV. Sapience BRAGG d/o William & Elizabeth (FS)
i. 07Oct1716 North Petherwin. Sapience LOGE? (COD)
i. 05Nov1716 North Petherwin. Aron LOGE? (COD)
i. 04Aug1751 North Petherwin. Elizabeth L-SE? (COD)
Possibly connected is: -
c. 05August1610 Lostwithiel. John LOASSE s/o Walter(FS)

In 1689 Priscilla's sister Katherine married Jacob BRAGG. BRAGG is an uncommon surname so Jacob and Sapience may be related.

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Family of Jacob and Katherine BRAGGE nee Trease

Katherine is the daughter of William and Mary TREASE. Her baptism has not been found but she is mentioned in her father's will. The will was drawn up before Katherine married in 1689 and makes a bequest to 'her boy' so it appears that she may have had an illegitimate son.

In 1689 she married Jacob BRAGG who may be related to the William and Lettice BRAGG of North Petherwin as he and Thamsin name a daughter 'Lattes'. Bragg is an unusual surname for Cornwall. It also appears in the 1665 Will of John TOOKER the elder of Milton Abbott together with the name HORRELL. From this will it appears that John TOOKER's daughter Katherine had married a BRAGG and had a daughter Dorothy.

In 1671 Sapience BRAGG and Aaron LOASE married in North Petherwin. In 1695, six years after Thamsin married Jacob BRAGG, her sister Priscilla married an Aaron LOASE in Whitsone. Like BRAGG, LOASE is an uncommon surname in Cornwall and it seems likely that the two husbands were related to the BRAGG and LOASE of the 1671 North Petherwin marriage.

Surviving North Petherwin Wills/Admons may reveal potential family connections: -
- Lettice BRAGG (Admon 1666), William BRAGG (Will & Inventory 1661), & Thomas BRAGGE (Will, Inventory, Account 1680/81) - NOTE i. 26Dec1680 North Petherwin Thomas BRIGGE? (COD)

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WILL of DEGORY DOUBT made 1658 and proved 1660

This abstract has been made from a photocopy provided by CRO (CRO D545)
The document quality is very poor and difficult to read, particularly the inventory which also has smeared ink over two of the signatories
The will is not signed by Degory and appears to be a noncupative will drawn up by William Doubt (NOTE2) and Jacob ..atte (NOTE3)
The probate details are not included and are deduced from the Cornwall Records Office Index which states:-
'AP/D/545 Will of Degory Doubt of North Petherwin 1660 Manuscript 2 pieces Will and Inventory (made 1658).'


In the name of God amen the first day of November 1658 Degory Doubt (NOTE 1) of North Petherwin being sick of body but of perfect memory ... do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following
First I commend my soul unto Almighty God my maker . being assuredly through the only mercy of Jesus Christ to be made partaker of everlasting life and my body to the Christian burial
Item I do give and bequeath unto Jane Gallsery £5
Item I give unto Jane Gallsery one bed performed (NOTE4)
Item I give all the rest of my goods and chattels unto Dorithy Dott my wife whom I make whole and sole executor of this my last will and testament In witness hereof I have hereunto put my hand the day and year above written in the presence of these
William Dobt
Jacob ..atte


This inventory of the goods and chattels of Digory D.ott of North Petherwin deceased praised and valued by John ... (?) Mecll Trease (NOTE5) Charles Reed the 6th November AD 1660

Imprimis his purse and wearing apparel		00	10	00
Item 1 kine					 2	13	 4
Item 3 pans					 1	 2	00
Item 2 crocks					00	 8	00
Item 2 coverin..				00	 2	00
Item 6 pewter dishes				00	 5	00
Item 2 beds and bed clothing			 1	14	00
Item 2 g...					00	 1	 6
Item hay bedstead
and ..ttle table board				00	15	00
Sum other things which				
were not formerly praised
Item one chattel				 9	00	00
the sum is					16	10	10
Dorothy D.obt Executr.. to Digory D.obt her husband deceased before these
William D.obt
J.... .ate(NOTE: Signature obscured by ink blot but decipherable letters fit name 'Jacob ..ate')
 .....  John .....
Mcell Trease (NOTE 5)
Charles Reed

NOTE1: The document has a name spelt 'Do..' of which the last one or two letters are obscured by a bold crossing out with the name 'Doubt' written clearly above.
NOTE2: William Dott, signatory of Degory's Will, may be the following person: -
1642 Assessment North Petherwin. William Doubt 10s.0d. (ER)
1664 Will of Wilham Dowte, yeoman, of North Petherwin (CRO AP/D/605)
William Dott (Doubt) is a name found in the parishes of Padstow, St Michael Penkevil, and Boyton which is close to North Petherwin.
NOTE3: The first two letters of Jacob's surname have not been deciphered yet.
NOTE4:Possibly means a bed complete with mattress and covers etc.
NOTE5:This name appears in two places. The 1st letter of the surname is shaped like a shepherds crook resting on the line of writing, but not going below it, and with a short horizontal line half way up. It is identical to the 't' at the end of the name Doubt. The second letter is 'r' and letters 4-6 are definitely 'ase'. The fourth letter is unclear in both places but could be an 'e'

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WILL of DOROTHY DOWT made 20th August 1663 and proved 8th January 1663/4

This abstract has been made from a photocopy provided by CRO (CRO D589)
The copy is unusually clear to read but a small section of the right hand side of the document is missing

Will
In the name of God Amen the twentieth day of August in the thirteenth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord Charles the second by the grace of god of England Scotland France and ... king defender of the faith etc I Dorothy Dowt of Northpetherwyn in the parish of Devon widow being in perfect memory thanks be to God for the same do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following
First I give my soul unto God that gave it me and my body I commend unto Christrian burial
As for my goods and chattels I give and dispose in manner and form following (that is to say)
I give and bequeath unto Michaell Treise the son of Michaell Treise of North Petherwin aforesaid my two greater stoning troughs
All the rest of my goods and chattels I give and bequeath to Jane Galsworthy my kinswoman of North Petherwyn aforesaid whom I do make my whole and sole executrix of this my last will and testament
and I do hereby revoke and adnull all former wills and testaments
In witness whereof I the said Dorothy Dowt have hereunto subscribed my name and set my seal the said year above written in the presence of those whose names are hereunder written;
Witnesses hereunto
Wm Rowse
the sign of William Dowt (See NOTE1 below)
the sign of Leonard Gerry

the sign of the said Dorothy Dowt

Inventory
The Inventory of the goods and debts of Dorothy Dowt late of Northpetherwyn in the County of Devon widow deceased made and taken by William Rowe Jacob Good and Charles Reed of Northpetherwyn aforesaid the tenth day of December in the fifteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Scotland King Defender of the faith .... 1663

Imprimis her apparel				25s
Item one old feather bed and
two old feather bolsters			30s
Item two old bedsteads				8s
Item 5 blankets and one coverlet		12s
Item 6 pewter dishes				10s
Item 3 brass pans and 2 little cauldrons	26s 8d
Item 2 little brass pots 			13s 4d
Item 2 timber chests				12s
Item one table board				5s
Item one chair one .... ..... of
timber and other things not before prised	10s
Item a debt due to her				£10 10s
				Sum		£18 2s

Wm Rowse
Jacob Goode
Charles Reed


NOTE1: William Dott, signatory of Dorothy's Will, may be the following person: -
1642 Assessment North Petherwin. William Doubt 10s.0d. (ER)
1664 Will of Wilham Dowte, yeoman, of North Petherwin (CRO AP/D/605)
As he appears signatory of the wills of both Dorothy and her husband, it is thought he may be a close relative living nearby.

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WILL of WILLIAM DOWT made 28th December 1663 and proved 4th September 1664

William signs both Dorothy and Degory's Wills and appears to be the following William:-
1642 William Doubt 10s.0d. (Assessment for North Petherwin)
So far no other references to him have been found. He appears to have left no surviving children. From the bequests it appears that he had three female cousins, Frances wife of Stephen Oliver deceased, Thamsin wife of Leonard Orchard, and Elizabeth wife of Hugh Pedler deceased. Also Edward Doubt of Boyton was related to him in some way. The major beneficiary by far was Henry Bate, son of John Bate.

This transcript has been made from a photocopy provided by CRO (CRO D605)

Cover
North Petherwin
4th Septem 1664
Testamentum ... William Dowt ...

Will
In the name of god Amen the eight and twentith daye of December in the yeare of our lord one thousand six hundred sixty and three I William Dowte of the parish of Northpetherwin in the Cownty of Devon Yeoman being of sound and perfect memory (praysed be God for it) doe make and ordaine this my laste Will and testament in manner and forme following
I commend my soule into the hands of God into the hands of God who gave it me and my body to the Christian buriall
as for my goods and chattles I give and dispose as followeth
Furst I give and bequeath unto the poore of the parish of North Petherwin ten shillings to be distributed among them at the discretion of my executor
Also I give and bequeath unto John Oliver the sonne of Stephen Olliver late of Northpetherwin aforesaid deceased six pownds of lawfull English money
Also I give to Thamsin Orchard the wife of Leonard Orchard of Tammerton in the County of Cornwall my kinswoman six pownds of lawfull English money
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Pedler of the parish of Boyton in the County of Cornwall widdowe the late relict of Houghe Pedler my kinswoman five powndes of lawfull English money
Also I give and bequeath unto Joahne Pedler daughter of the said Elizabeth Pedler three powndes of lawfull English money
Also I give and bequeath unto Jacob Pedler sonn of Elizabeth Pedler three pownds of lawfull English money
Also I give and bequeath to John Pedler sonn of the said Elizabeth Pedler three pownds of lawfull English money
Also I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Pedler daughter of the said Elizabeth Pedler three pownds of lawfull English money
Also I give and bequeath to Thoamsine Pedler daughter of the said Elizabeth Pedler three pownds of lawfull English money
Also I give and bequeath to Frances Pedler daughter of the said Elizabeth Pedler three pownds of lawfull English money
And if it happen that any of the fowre youngest children shall die before the time hereafter ... and mentioned for the payment of the Legacies heereby given and bequeathed ti them then my will is that the legacies heereby given to such children so dying as aforesaid shall be equally divided amongst the other three younger children of the said Elizabeth Pedler then living
Also I give and bequeath unto William Bate my godson son of John Bate of kesworthy in Northpetherwin aforesaid twenty shillings of lawfull English money
Also I give and bequeath to John Bate the sonn of the said John Bate twenty shillings of lawfull English money
Also I give and bequeath to Henry Bate sonn of the said John Bate of ...worty aforesaid thirty pounds of lawfull English money
Also I give and bequeath to Edward Dowtes children of Boyton and Cownty of Cornwall thirteene shillings and fowre pence to be equally divided amongst them of lawfull English money
All which severall summs of money and legacies before given and bequeathed my will is that they be payd within one yeere and hallfe next after my death
Also I give and bequeath unto Frances Oliver of Northpetherwin aforesaid widdowe the relict of Stephen Oliver late of Northpetherwin aforsaid my kinsman deceased all my houshould stuffe implements of househould beds bedding bedsteads Crockes pannes pewter boardes tablebooardes and all my other ... goods of what .. kind or quallity the same be being in the howses belonging to the tennament in Kes.worthy in Northpetherwin aforesaid in which the the said Frances now dwelleth Excepting my best featherbed and bolster
I give and bequeath to John Oliver of Boyton and County of Cornwall my kinsman and furthermoare I doe give unto Frances Oliver my Kinswoman six powndes to be bestowed for and about my funerall
All the rest of my goods and chattles nott before given and bequeathed I give and bequeath unto Edmond Chapman as also I give and bequeath unto Edmond Chapman six pewter dishes of Maxworthy in the parish of Northpetherwin and County of Devon whome I make and ordayne my whole and soale executor of this my last will and testament
and I do heereby revoke and adnull all former wills
In witness whereof I the said Willyam Doute have subscribed my name and sett my seale to this my present last will and testament the daye and yeere first above written in the presence of those whose name are subscribed
published and declared by the sayde William Doute to be the last will and testament and by him subscribed and sealed in the presence of
Humphry Crodacott
the signe of Nicholas T Chapman
the signe of Willyam X Hockaday

the signe of Willyam T Doute

Inventory
A true inventory made and indented of all the goods of William Doubt of the parish of Northpetherwin deceased praysed and valued by Henry Chapman & Nicholas Crodacott the seventeenth day of May Anno Dom 1664

Imprimis his purse and wearing apparel		4	0	0
Item 3 Beds & Bedsteads & furniture	)	5	0	0
unto them belonging			)
Item 5 pannes					4	5	0
Item 17 pewter dishes				1      12	0
Item on Chest & 2 coffers			0      16	0
Item on keefe						6	8
Item desparet debtes			       69	0	0 
Item all other smale goodes not		)	       13	4
praysed nor valued			)
The Total Sum				       85      13	0

Hen: Chapman
Nicholas Crodacott

NOTES
1. In the bequest to Edmond Chapman the "six pewter dishes" does appear before "of Maxworthy ... etc" in the original document.
2. Both this Will and that of John BATE made on 13Oct1632 leave bequests to Jacob, John, Elizabeth & Thomsin PEDLER children of Elizabeth and Hugh. William's Will also leaves bequests to two more children, Joan & Frances. The baptismal records shown below fit the family referred to in William's Will but it seems highly unlikely that the mother Elizabeth PEDLER whose daughter Frances was born in April 1656 was the same Elizabeth who already had a family of four in 1632 : -

c. 20Jun1641 Boyton. Jacob PEDLAR s/o Hugh (COD)
c. 29Jun1643 Boyton. John PEDLAR s/o Hugh & Elizabeth (COD)
c. 22Apr1656 Boyton. Frauncis PEDLER d/o Hugh & Elizabeth b. 02Apr1656 (COD)

A possible explanation is that Hugh married twice but it seems more probable that the Wills refer to two different families. The Hugh PEDLER of John BATE's Will was still alive on 26May1655 when he proved the Will. It could be that he was the Hugh PEDLER, husbandman of Boyton, whose Will was granted Probate in 1660 and his wife was the Elizabeth PEDLER, widow, of Boyton whose Will was granted Probate in 1665. The 1632 Will was witnessed by Richard PEDLER who possibly could be the father of Hugh. A Hugh PEDLER s/o Richard was baptised at Boyton in 1575.
The PEDLER family appears to have been extensively researched and a Book about the family has been written which may give further information but some of the information in the Wills is not readily available from other sources. For example, that Hugh PEDLER's wife was Elizabeth BATE daughter of John BATE of Boyton. On the Internet, in addition to the parish register details, the following may give further information : -
1. 1656 Will of John PEDLER the elder
2. 1620 indenture naming William PEDLER as son and Heir of John PEDLER

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ADMINISTRATION of the estate of Thamsin NETHERTON 3rd September 1646

This abstract has been made from a photocopy provided by CRO (CRO N217)
Administration granted 3rd September 1646
... Nos Thoma Judd de Stratton et Thoma Anokes (?) de Ead yeoman
datu tertis die mensis Septembris ano regni ... Caroli deis gratia Anglia etc Xii AD 1646
The condition of this present obligation is if Winifred wife of Thomas Judd the next of kin and Administratrix of all the goods chattels and debts of Joane Netherton widow late of Marhamchurch deceased do well and truly administer the sadi goods chattels and debts according to the Law and also do make and pass over or cause to be passed a true and perfect account of and upon the ... ... at all time and times when she shall be lawfully required especially on this ... the last day of August next and all such goods chattels debts as shall remain or be found due upon the Account being examined and allowed do well and truly deliver over and distribute in such manner and form as by any ... Judge of the ... Archdeacon's Office shall be limited and appoi... and finally do defend and ... ... the said George Hall his ... and officers against all persons whatsoever for granting the ... Administration and that without fraud or delay that then this present obligation to be void or else to stand or be in force
Thomas
Judd
Sealed and delivered in presence of
Obadiah Reysahy ...
Jhololnew

Th Inventory indented of all the goods and Chattels of Johan Netherton of Marhamchurch in the County of Cornwall widow deceased made taken and prised by John Mill and James Arnold the xxii day of August 1646

Imprimis her purse and girdle and wearing apparel		20s
Item pewter dishes one crock and one cauldron			12s
Item debts due unto her or specialties				£10

						Suma Totali	£11 12s

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WILL of NATHANIEL PETHICKE made 1675 and proved 1676

This summary has been made from a photocopy provided by CRO (CRO P1382)

Nathaniell Peathick of the parish of Whitston yeoman
To son John Peathick one shilling to be paid within one year after my decease
To son Steaphen Peathick one shilling to be paid within one year after my decease
All the rest to my daughter Marye Peathick whom I make whole executrix
My wife to be guardian for my daughter and to have full use of same so long as she remain a widow
the fifteenth day of February 1675
Nathaniel Pethicke
Witnesses:-
John Walker
John Colwill

Inventory taken and prized by Henry Badcock gent and Degory Hunny of the same parish the 10th of April 1676
... implements belonging to a carpenter...
Total £17 12s 4d

Another document dated 12th December 1676 makes Katherine Pethicke the executrix of the estate as Mary is of insufficient age to perform that role. Katherine appears to be Nathaniel's wife. Jasper Phillips is surety

NOTE
In 1676 Nathaniel names three living children John, Stephen, and Mary who is in her minority. This Nathaniel matches the Nathaniel, carpenter of Whitstone, who has two sons John and Stephen mentioned in property document for Hilton in Whitstone on 10Apr1652. It seems that the sons were of age in 1652 (born 1631 or earlier) and the daughter Mary perhaps is the daughter of a later marriage. (CRO RD/1114)
Margaret Trease (daughter of John and Flower) marries Stephen Petherick in Callington in 1668 and names a son Nathaniel. They may be related but so far no connection has yet been found.
Stephen of Callington died in 1724 and married in 1668 so it is unlikely he was the son of Nathaniel who died 1676 but he may be a later generation of the same family. Analysis of Nathaniel PETHICKs of Whitstone : -

our Nathaniel PETHICK

Nathaniel PETHICK 2
c. 11Jan1663 Whitstone. Nathaniel PETHICK s/o John (COD - Furze tr.)
OR
c. 30May1672 Whitstone. Nathaniel PETHICK s/o Jo-- (COD - Furze tr.)
m. 11Jul1699 Whitstone. Nathanell PETHICKE & Mary JOLL (COD)
i. 26Dec1699 Whitstone. Mary PETHICKE wife of Nathaniel (COD)
m. Feb1707 Whitstone. Nathaniel PETHICK & Tamesin PAWLEY (COD)
children = Mary-c1708 i1720, John-1710, Nathaniel-1714, William-1716, Richard-1719, Mary - 1725
?i. 15Dec1734 Whitstone. Nathaniel PETHICK (COD)
?i. 9May1770 Whitstone. Thomasin PETHICK (COD)

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ADMINISTRATION of OLIVER GREGORY granted 1705

This summary has been made from a photocopy provided by CRO (CRO AP/G/2016)

The Administration Bond is a preprinted sheet with handwritten insertions. The first paragraph is a standard legal wording in Latin beginning "Noverint ... etc". The second paragraph is a standard wording written in English. Attached to the Bond is a handwritten Inventory.

The cover has the following written on it: -

Advent
10 Septembris 1705
Inventario et Obligato
Super admin.. bonorum
huiusdm Olliveri Gregory
... ... per --
... virum ...
... ...
... ... ...
constitum

The first paragraph has the following handwritten insertions : -

Elizabetham Gregory ... ... Advent in Cou. Corn. Gulielmo Hockon de Lanteglos juxta Camelford
in Cou. ... yeoman et Rich. Norcott de Advent ... in Cou ... yeoman
........
Decimo die mensisSeptembris
Anna
quarto Anno 1705

The second paragraph has the following handwritten insertions : -

the above bounden Elizabeth Gregory the relict and
Oliver Gregory late of Advent ... Archdeaconry of Cornwall
.... etc
Seals and delivered in the presence of: -
John An..is
Hen: Bennett

Sign of Elizabeth Gregory
Wm Horkon
Richard Norcott


Inventory

A true and perfect Account of the inventory of the goods and chattles of
Oliver Gregory of the parish of Advent in the County of Cornwall
husbandman lately deceased as followeth

Imprimis								 £   s  d
Item his purse and girdle and wearing apparel twenty shillings		 1   0  0
Item his dwelling house and two out houses two courts and mowhay
     and garden the ... hay the two ... parkes and the ...		14   0  0
Item one cow one calve and one hogg					 2  10  0
Item his corn and hay							 1  10  0
Item his wood and ladder and a pair of threshing boards			 0   5  0
Item his three bedstads and the said bedsteads furnished		 1  10  0
Item one chair one tableboard two chair stools and two fo                0   5  0
Item one ... one buckett one tub one old plough and one .larrow		 0   7  0
Item one iron crock two little brass pans and six small pewter dishes    0  15  0
Item three troughs and a small parcel of ... one ...
     two pair of pot crooks and a chimney crook				 0   5  0
Item one flagon								 0   1  0
Item all other lumber stuff and other goods unseen and not appraised     0   1  0
									_________
						the total sum is	22   9  0
									_________

Appraised by us whose names are hereunto subscribed witness our hands
the 20th day of September 1704 
								John Leanes (?) 
								Richard Norcott

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WILL of ROBERT BRAY proved 1731

This summary has been made from a photocopy provided by CRO (CRO AP/B/3362)

In the name of God Amen I Robert Bray of Whitstone in Cornwall yeoman being sicke and weak in body but of perfect and disposing mind and memory praised be God for it do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following
Item I give and bequeath my soul to God my creator and my body to Christian burial
Item I give and bequeath unto my son Robert Bray five shillings
Item I give and bequeath unto my son John Bray five shillings
Item I give and bequeath unto my son William Bray five shillings
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Bray five shillings
My wife Francis Bray whom I ordain sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament to do my ... and legacy performed witness my hand seal this 31st day of January 1730

Signed sealed published
In presence of
William Cowling
Andrew Blake

The sign of
Robert T Bray

Inventory
A true and perfect Account of the inventory of the goods chattles and credits
of Robert Bray late of the parish of Whitstone done (?) taken and appraised
by us whose names are subscribed this 10th day of February 1730

Imprimis his purse girdle and wearing apparel		1 = 10 = 0
Item One cow and young s...				8 =  0 = 0
Horses							5 =  0 = 0
Sheep							1 = 10 = 0
Pigs							1 =  0 = 0
Corn							1 = 10 = 0
Dead goods						2 =  0 = 0
Things forgotten					0 =  5 = 0
						       ___________
						       20 = 15 = 0
						       ___________
William Cowling
the sign of
William Bear
					

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