William Peckham ^{1 2}

  Research Notes:

Most likely to have been baptised in Framfield because of the large number of Peckham parish register records since the 1530s .

Possible but unlikely baptism: 25 Mar 1571 in Mayfield; father: John.

Some of the baptised children probably belong to a second William Peckham, a smith, whose wife (Susan) was buried in 1633.

  Events

• Residence, 28 Jul 1616, Arches Manor, Palehouse Common, Framfield, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 5QY, GB. ¹

• Will, 7 Apr 1617. ² In the name of God Amen the seventh day of April in the years of the reign of our sovereign Lord James by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the faith viz: (NOTE2) of England France and Ireland the fifteenth and of Scotland the fiftieth and in the year of our Lord Saviour Christ according to the computation of England one thousand six hundred and seventeen I Richard Bishopp of Seliscombe in the county of Sussex yeoman sick in body but of good and perfect memory thanks be given to God therefore do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following And first and principally I commit and commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator hoping assuredly through the merits of my Lord and saviour Christ Jesus to be everlastingly saved and my body to the earth be buried in the parish church of Seliscombe Item I give will and bequeath unto the poor people of the parish of Seliscombe aforesaid sixteen shillings and four pence to be paid and distributed unto them by my Executor at my funeral at his discretion Item I give will and bequeath unto John Bell parson of Seliscombe twenty shillings to be paid him by my Executor immediately after my decease Item I give will and bequeath unto my niece Elline Ballard forty pounds of current English money to be paid to her her heirs or assigns within two whole years after my decease Item I give will and bequeath unto my niece Elizabeth Baker one hundred and forty pounds of lawful English money to be paid to her her heirs or assigns within one whole year after my decease Item I give will and bequeath unto my niece Anne Peckham one hundred pounds of lawful English money to be paid to her her heirs or assigns within eighteen months after my decease Item I give will and bequeath unto my niece Marye Bishopp one hundred and forty pounds of lawful English money to be paid to her her heirs or assigns within one whole year after my decease Item I give will and bequeath unto my cousin William Langham and Bridgett his wife three score pounds of lawful English money to be paid to them or their assigns within twelve months after my decease Item I give will and bequeath unto my niece Sara Bishopp one hundred and forty pounds of lawful English money to be paid to her her heirs or assigns within a quarter of a year after my decease And I likewise give unto my said niece Sara Bishopp my salver major Item I give will and bequeath unto my two nieces Bridgett Langham and Sara Bishopp all my household stuff viz: (NOTE2) linen woollen brass pewter and wooden stuff (except bedsteads) (NOTE3) to be equally divided between them Item I give will and bequeath unto Marie Ballard Martha Ballard Elline Ballard Johne Ballard and Alice Ballard children of my said niece Elline Ballard to one and all of them ten pounds of lawful English money to be paid to them at their several ages of one and twenty years Item I give will and bequeath unto Ellene Baker Francis Baker Elizabeth Baker Bridgett Baker and Richard Baker children of my said niece Elizabeth Baker to each one of them ten pounds of lawful English money to be paid to them at their several ages of one and twenty years Item I give will and bequeath unto Marye Bishopp Elizabeth Bishopp and Richard Bishopp children of my nephew William Bishopp to each of them ten pounds to be paid to them at such times as they shall severally accomplish their ages of one and twenty years Item I give will and bequeath unto Elline Bishopp daughter of my said niece Marie Bishopp ten pounds of lawful money of England to be paid to her at her age of one and twenty years Item I give will and bequeath unto Elizabeth Peckham and Marie Peckham daughter of my said niece Anne Peckham to each of them ten pounds of lawful English money to be paid to them at their several ages of one and twenty years Item I give will and bequeath unto Barnewell Bishopp the reputed son of my nephew John Bishopp the sum of one hundred pounds of lawful English money to be paid him at his age of one and twenty years (if he so long lives) Item I give will and bequeath unto my cousins Richard Ballarde and his wife William Peckham and his wife France Baker and his wife William Langham and his wife John Bishopp and his wife William Forden and his wife Leonarde Bishopp Elizabeth wife of my nephew William Bishopp and my said niece Sara Bishopp to each of them a ring of gold of the true value of twenty shillings to be delivered them by my Executor hereunder named within six months after my decease Item I give will and bequeath unto my cousin Richard Bishopp the mercer and his wife to each of them a ring of gold of the true value of forty shillings to be delivered unto them within six months after my decease Item I give will and bequeath unto my cousin James Bishopp the elder five pounds of lawful English money to be paid to him within one whole year after my decease Item I give will and bequeath unto every of the children of the said James Bishopp fifty shillings a piece to be paid unto such of them as are twenty years of age at my decease within two years after my decease the legacies to the other of them to be paid to them at their several ages of one and twenty years Item I give will and bequeath unto my cousin Richard Bishopp of Battell the elder twenty shillings a year yearly during his life to be paid him quarterly by my Executor hereunder named by equal portions Item I give will and bequeath unto every of the four daughters of my said cousin Leonard Bishopp five pounds a piece to be paid within two years after my decease Item I give will and bequeath unto Richard Jorden son of my cousin William Jorden forty shillings to be paid unto him at his age of one and twenty years Item I give will and bequeath unto Anne Squire Marie Appes Anne Chattenden (NOTE4) Thomas Owen Mathew Chattenden and Richard Foster to each of them ten shillings to be paid within six months after my decease Item I give will and bequeath unto my sister Anne Squire and Marie Squire her daughter to each of them five pounds to be paid them within six months after my decease and if either of them die before the time of payment of the said sums the survivor to be heir of the deceased Item I give will and bequeath to Anne Chittenden (NOTE4) Mathew Chittenden and John Chittenden children of my cousin Elizabeth Chittenden the sum of twenty pounds to be paid and equally divided between them when they come to their several ages of one and twenty years Item I give will and bequeath unto my cousin Sara Chittenden wife of Edward Chittenden twelve pounds of current English money to be paid unto her her heirs or assigns within two years after my decease And hereby I forgive unto the said Edward Chittenden a due debt of eight pounds which he oweth me Item I give unto the two children of my cousin Bridgett Boorner twenty shillings a piece to be paid unto them at their several ages of one and twenty years Item I give unto the three children of my cousin George Squire twenty shillings a piece to be paid unto them at their several ages of one and twenty years Item I give will and bequeath unto my cousins Susan Squire Agnes Squire and Elizabeth Squire daughters of my brother Laurence Squire to each of them forty shillings to be paid to them their heirs or assigns within one whole year after my decease All the legacies aforesaid to be paid by my said nephew William Bishopp whom I make and ordain sole executor of this my last Will and Testament at such time and times and in such manner and form as they are before herein expressed and particularly set down and appointed to be paid And for the natural love and affection that I bear to my said nephew William Bishopp son of my brother John Bishopp and for and towards the paying of and discharging of my debts and legacies before expressed I do by this my last Will and Testament give will and bequeath unto my said nephew William Bishopp his heirs and assigns forever all my lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever situate and lying and being in the parish of Seliscombe Ewherst Catesfield and Uddimer in the County of Sussex and all other lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever and wheresoever within the Realm of England In witness whereof I have unto this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal dated the day and year above written Richard Bishopp Sealed and subscribed in the presence of William Dawes John Shether William Skynner his mark William Leedes Thomas Frencham

[Transcribed by Bob Trease on 11 July 2006]

• Residence, Bef 22 May 1649, Arches Manor, Palehouse Common, Framfield, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 5QY, GB. ¹

• Residence, Bef 15 Feb 1657/58, Arches Manor, Palehouse Common, Framfield, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 5QY, GB. ¹

• Will, 16 Apr 1664. In the Name of God Amen the sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord God according to the computation of England one thousand six hundred sixty and four I William Bishopp of the parish of Seliscombe in the County of Sussex mindful of my mortality and departure out of this mortal life do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following and first and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping assuredly through the merits precious bloodshedding death and passion of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to be everlastingly saved and my body to the earth to be buried in the Christian burial where it shall please God to call me Item I give to the Minister there to preach at my burial twenty shillings to be paid at my burial by my Executor Item I give to the poor people of this parish where it shall please God to call me out of this mortal life forty shillings to be paid and distributed amongst them at my burial by my Executor Item I give will and bequeath unto my daughter in law Mrs Jane Moore twenty shillings of lawful English money to be paid her within three years after my decease if she so long lives Item I give will and bequeath unto my brother in law William Peckham forty shillings of current English money to be paid unto him his executors or assigns within one year after my decease by my Executor Item I give will and bequeath unto each of his children twenty shillings a piece to be paid to each of them within three years after my decease if he or she of them for so long lives Item I give will and bequeath unto my cousin John Smith my sisters son and to his now wife twenty shillings and to each of his children twenty shillings a piece all their legacies to be paid to them within three years after my decease if he or she of them so long lives Item I give will and bequeath to unto my cousin William Smith my sisters son twenty shillings of lawful English money to be paid to him within one year after my decease if he for so long lives Item I give will and bequeath unto my sisters daughter my cousin Stones wife twenty shillings of lawful English money to be paid her within three years after my decease Item I give will and bequeath unto my grandson Mr Nicholas Fowle forty shillings of lawful English money to be paid to him within three years after my decease if he so long lives Item I give will and bequeath unto Mary Birde daughter of my daughter Fowle twenty shillings to be paid her within three years after my decease if she so long lives Item I give will and bequeath unto my grandson William Fowle twenty shillings to be paid him within three years after my decease if he so long lives Item I give will and bequeath unto my grandson John Fowle twenty shillings to be paid within three years after my decease if he so long lives Item I give will and bequeath unto my grandchild Elizabeth Blackall one hundred pounds of lawful English money to be paid her at her full age of one and twenty years or day of marriage which shall first come if she so long lives by my executor Item I give will and bequeath unto my son in law Mr Nathaniell Mills four pounds of lawful English money to be paid within one year after my decease upon this condition following that is to say that if the said Nathaniell Mills have before that time paid unto me or my executor hereunder named the hundred three score and fifteen pounds which he oweth me upon two specialities of a hundred and threescore pounds a piece made sealed and delivered unto me as by the specialities more plainly appeareth and otherwise if he the said Nathaniell Mills have not within one year after my decease paid unto me or my executor hereunder named the said hundred threescore and fifteen pounds which he oweth me as before said that then the gift of four pounds aforesaid shall be void and of none effect and shall never be paid and then I give unto the said Nathaniel one shilling and no more Item I give grant will and bequeath unto my brother in law William Peckham of Franfield in the county of Sussex and my grandson Mr Nicholas Fowle of Wadhurst in the county of Sussex and for my loving cousins John Smith of Franfield aforesaid and George Peckham of Franfield aforesaid and their heirs and assigns for and during the life of my daughter Susanna Mills wife of the aforesaid Nathaniell Mills Citizen of London and no longer for and towards her own proper and personal livelihood and maintenance in such manner as is by me hereafter herein described one annuity or yearly rent charge of sixteen pounds per annum to be assuring out of all that my messuages lands and tenements in Seliscombe aforesaid commonly called Austford or by whatsoever other name or names the farms be commonly called or known with th (the?) appurtenants All which premises now are or later were in the tenure or occupation of Samuel Chester or his under tenants or assigns and sue? the said William Bishopp to be paid quarterly every year to the said William Peckham Nicholas Fowle John Smith and George Peckham their heirs and assigns for and during the terms of the natural life of the said Susanna only as aforesaid at the four most usual feasts or terms m (letter" m" by itself) every year (that is to say) at the feast of the nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ at the feast of the Annunciation of our blessed Lady St Mary the virgin at the feast of St John the Baptist and at the feast of St Michael the Archangel by equal portions to have and to hold the said annuity or yearly rent of sixteen pounds to them the said William Peckham Nicholas Fowle John Smith and George Peckham their heirs and assigns for and during the term of the natural life of the said Susanna Mills and her sons as aforesaid the first payment thereof to be and begin at the first feast of the feasts aforesaid which shall first ensue after my decease and if it shall happen the said annuity or yearly rent of sixteen pounds or any part thereof to be behind or unpaid in part or in all by the space of one and twenty days over or after any of the feasts aforesaid in which as aforesaid it ought or is by omitted to be paid the same being first lawfully demanded at my now dwelling house situate in Seliscombe aforesaid in the said county of Sussex that then and thenceforth it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Susanna Mills and her assigns lawfully into the said messuage and premises to enter and distrain for the same and the distress and distresses there so had and taken from there lawfully to bear drive carry away impound detain and keep until such time as she the said Susanna or her assigns shall be of the said yearly rent of sixteen pounds and quarterly payments that shall be then behind and unpaid with all charges about distraining for it or otherwise be fully satisfied and paid them as aforesaid In trust and confident nevertheless and it is my will true intent and meaning And be it for hereby declared that they the said William Peckham Nicholas Fowle John Smith and George Peckham their heirs and assigns shall and will as soon as the said annuity or yearly rent and quarterly payments thereof shall be paid unto them or recovered by them or that they or any of them shall from time to time receive the same pay or cause the same or so much thereof as they shall receive to be paid unto the proper hands of the said Susanna Mills or to such other person or persons as the said Susanna Mills shall under her own proper handwriting from time to time appoint to receive the same upon her account? (a symbol like a small "o" adjoined to a long curving "C" followed by a full stop) their reasonable demand and request for her own personal livelihood and maintenance only and to no other intent or purpose whatsoever and that they shall not be compellable in law or equity otherwise or to any other intent or purpose to pay the same or any part thereof but only for the proper and personal benefit of the said Susanna Mills attending to this my present …. (will?) and the true intent and meaning thereof Item I give will and bequeath unto my cousin in law Mr Robert Brockelsby forty shillings of lawful English money to be paid unto him within three years after my decease if he for so long lives Item I give will and bequeath unto my cousin Mrs Ellen Ballard my sister's daughter forty shillings of lawful English money to be paid unto her within three years after my decease if she for so long lives Item I give will and bequeath unto my cousin William Peckham's widow of Franfield and to each of his children twenty shillings a piece to be paid to each of them within three years after my decease if he or she of them so long lives Item I give will and bequeath unto my cousin William Hawse twenty shillings of lawful English money to be paid unto him within three years after my decease if he so long lives Item I give unto my servant Elizabeth Cox twenty shillings of current English money to be paid her within one year after my decease Item I give unto such other of my household servants which shall be dwelling with or at my decease ten shillings apiece all my said household servants legacies to be paid unto them within one year after my decease all other my goods goods moveables chattels cattle corn? household and household stuff whatsoever (my debts and legacies herein dis…ed and satisfied and my funeral expenses being first deducted) I give will and bequeath unto my grandson William Bishopp whom I make sole executor of this my last will and testament and I make and ordain my brother William Peckham and my grandson Nicholas Fowle and my cousin John Smith and my cousin George Peckham overseers of this my last Will and Testament revoking dis..ling and utterly making void all other former wills and testaments by me heretofore made In witness whereof I have to the tie and fixing? band that tyeth together the five leaves or sheets of this my last Will set to my seal and subscribed my name to each several leaf or sheet of the four first leaves or sheets of this my last will written with my own hand and my hand and seal to the first and last leaf of them William Bishopp testator / These being witness thereunto Edmund Thorpe John Evernden William Henly Henry Henly His mark

[Transcribed by Bob Trease]

William married Anne Byshoppe, daughter of John Byshoppe and Mary, on 13 Feb 1609/10 in St. John the Baptist's Church, Church Hill, Sedlescombe, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0QP, GB.¹ (Anne Byshoppe was born before 1590, died before 22 May 1649 and was buried on 22 May 1649 in St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Church Approach, Framfield, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 5NH, GB ¹.)

• Marriage Licence, 1 Feb 1609/10, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7, GB. ¹