unknown Heard

Edmund Heard of Claxton wrote his will on 20 Nov 1626, which was proved on 4 Dec 1626 Norwich, , Norfolk, England. No wife was named and his sister named executor, so presume his wife had died before 1626.

Children named in will

1. Luke Heard b: Abt 1610 in Of Claxton, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
2. Henry Heard
3. Edmund Heard
4. Grace Heard
5. Katherine Heard b: Bef 20 Nov 1626 in Of Claxton, Norfolk, England, Great Britain

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notes

[Note: Will of Edmund Hurd of Claxon, written November 20, 1626, (may be a sysnopsis of the actual will) names: Sister Agnes Bussy, widow. It does not identify her as his wife. He also names sons - eldest Luke when he attains age 21, Henry and Edmund; daughters eldest Grace, youngest Katharine. See: NEHGR: Vol. 51: p. 423]

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will

From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=deharley&...

• Page: July 1897; Vol. 51, p. 423
• Date: 26 Jan 2010 Text: Wills: (gathered at the Probate Office in Ipswich and Norwi ch England are a few of many hundred notes and abstracts made there.

EDMUND HERD of Claxton, linen weaver, 20 November 1626; pro ved 4 December 626. To be buried in the churchyard of Claxton near my wife. Sister Agnes Bussy widow. John Hunn of Claxton yeoman and Christopher Tollis of Neatshead yeoman to b e Executors. House in Claxton, lands &c. in Hollington, Rockland and Ashby. To my eldest son Luke Herd three score pou nds, to be paid him at his age of one and twenty years, an d the best loom in my shop, six pieces of pewter, a spit , a brass posnet and my little table in the parlor, or si x and fifty shillings in money for said lom &c. To my two s ons Henry and Edmund Herd thirty pounds apiece at ages of o ne and twnety years. To eldest daughter Grace Herd twenty p ounds at age of one and twenty. The same to youngest daught er Katherine. Richard Smith of Claxton weaver to be supervi sor.
Sonsistory of Rorwich (1626) 340.

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