BALINGER, BELLINGER, BRIDGES, BROAD

OTHER SURNAMES MENTIONED:BELLINGER BRIDGES, CHAPPELL, COATES, COURT, DRAKE, EDMONDS, GLOVER, HOLLAND, , MIDWINTER, ROBBINS, ROBERTS, ROGERS, SLY, SUTTON, WHEATLAND, WILKINSON, WILSON
The Will of Richard Broad, Maltster of Chedworth 1805

In the Name of God Amen, I Richard BROAD of the Parish of Chedworth in the County of Gloucester (Maltster) being of Perfect Mind and Memory thanks be given unto God, calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body, and Knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to say, principally and first of all, I give and recommend my Soul into the Hand of Almighty God that gave it, And my Body I recommend to the Earth to be Buried in decent Christian Burial, at the Discretion of my Executrix herein after Named, and as touching such Wordly Estate where with it has pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give, devise, and dispose of the same in the following Manner and Form:

Imprimis, I give and bequeath to my wellbeloved Wife Catherine BROAD all my Real and Personal Estate freely to be possessed and enjoyed by Her during her natural Life but in case there should be a Necesity to sell Part of my Estate for the Payment of my Debts, then my Wife Catherine BROAD shall have full Power to sell part of it for that Purpose and for no Other Purpose whatsoever.

Item At the Decease of my Wife Catherine BROAD I give to my son John BROAD his Heirs and Assigns, for ever all my estate that I Purchased of Robert MIDWINTER (subject to a Mortgage now upon it) Together with an Inclosed piece of Land I lately purchased of John BELLINGER lyeing in the Wood Field known by the name of Grays Lays all which premises are situate in the Parish of Chedworth.

Item, At the Decease of my Wife Catherin BROAD I Give to my Daughter Catherine BROAD her Heirs and Assigns for ever All that cottage, House and Garden together with a Piece of Land Three Quarters of an Acre, be the same more or Less Lying in Oldgore Field which said Premises I lately Purchased of John BELLINGER and are situate in the Parish of Chedworth. Also At the Decease of my Wife Catherine BROAD I give to my Daughter Catherine BROAD and her Heirs for Ever, all that Cottage, House and Garden I lately purchased of William ROBINS situatwe in Chedworth Aforesaid. And Last of all I do make and ordain my Beloved Wife Catherine BROAD Whole and sole Executrix of this my Last will and Testament whom I also charge with the Payment of my Debts (except the Mortgage before mentioned) and Funeral Expenses. And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke, and disannul all and every other former Testament, Wills, Legacies, Bequests, and Executors,by me in anyways before Named, Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament: In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Fourteenth Day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three

Signed, sealed, published, prounced and Declared, by the said Richard BROAD, as his Last Will and Testament, in the Presence of us who in his Presence and in the Presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names

Richard BROAD
David HOLLAND
John WILSON
Daniel GLOVER

22 October 1805

The above named Catherine Broad the Widow and sole Executrix was duly sworn before me. Thomas WILKINSON

Sworn to be Less than £100

Above will donated by Michael Tovey

Will of John BALINGER 1683

John BALINGER yeoman of Chedworth
Made 12 March 1680, proved 1683
Sons John, Richard, Henry, Barnard, Charles & William BALENGER
Henry has a son John BALENGER
Wife Elinor , who is to be executrix
Witnesses: Thomas DRAKE, Gabriell ROBBINS & Giles COATES

Will of Emmanuel BRIDGES ,1836

Emmanuel BRIDGES
Made 5 Oct 1835, proved 10 Oct 1836.
No wife or children mentioned.
£5 each to executors - namely Henry SUTTON gent & Daniel SLY, Farmer, both of Chedworth.
19 guineas to brother Levi BRIDGES.
£10 each to the children of Nathaniel BRIDGES
Other nieces & nephews £1 each.
Rest of estate to be divided between sisters Elizabeth EDMONDS, widow, Hester CHAPPELL, widow, Eleanor wife of Lawrence GLOVER, and friend
Sarah SLY, spinster, daughter of late Joseph & Mary SLY.

This last one does not mention Chedworth, but read in conjunction with that of Emmanuel BRIDGES 1836

Will of Daniel BRIDGES, 1798

Daniel BRIDGES, Mason of Chedworth
Will made 17 Mar 1797, proved Gloucester 7 July 1798
Kinsman - Thomas BRIDGES snr - son of brother Richard
Kinsman - Thomas BRIDGES jnr - son of brother William
Mary BRIDGES daughter of brother William
Kinsman Levi BRIDGES, with wife Prudence
Sarah BRIDGES wife of Thomas Senior
Mary BRIDGES wife of Thomas junior
Manuel BRIDGES - Kinsman - executor

Witnesses Giles COATES, Thomas COURT, James COATES

Will of Sarah BELLINGER, 1732

Sarah BELLINGER, spinster of Chedworth
Will made 20 Aug 1726, proved Gloucester 25 Apr 1732
Sister Mary ROBERTS
Sister Elizabeth BRIDGES
Sister Susanna BELLENGER - executrix
Witnesses: Anna Maria ROGERS, Dennis ROGERS, Thos. WHEATLAND snr.