• General Notes

  She was Robert's second wife.
  
  The Will of Mildred Reade [Windebanke], died 21 January 1631
  
  In the name of God Amen. I, Mildred Reade, of Linkenholt in the County  of Southhampton, widow, doe make my last will and testament in manner  and form following. And first I doe bequeath and render up my soule into  the merciful hands of Jesus Christ my maker Saviour and Redeemer,  assuring myself, by his mediation and by the merits of his precious  blood shedd for me, to obtayne pardon and remission of all my sinnes and  to live and reigne with him eternallie. And my bodie I committ to the  earth whereof it was made and to wch it must be returned, to be honestly  and with out great cost interred, and as neire the body of deire  deceased husband as conveniently may be.
  
  And concerning the disposition of both my deire husbands worldly estate  committed to my care and trust by him, As alsoe of that poore estate and  means by the blessing of God bestowed on me and resting in my power to  be disposed of,
  
  First, my will is and I doe make my earnest desire and request to my  executors and to my overseers, hereafter by me herein named, to so to  care and to provide that both his last will and testament and also his  will mind and intent declared and signified by him in one deed  subscribed with his hand and sealed with his seale bearing date the  tenth day of December in the second year of his Majesty's Reigne that  now is and in the yeare of our Lord God 1626; and all the legacies,  gifts, and bequests in them both expressed and declared, and not by me  performed in my lifetime performed and discharged, be truly and  faithfully paid performed and discharged according to their true  meanings and intent in all things and according to that trust wch it  pleased him to repose in mee concerning the same.
  
  And as concerning the overplus and surplusage of the monie made and  arising of and out of the sale of the manor of Linkenholt, appointed to  be sold by my said husband deceased, to the satisfaction and discharging  of certaine gifts and portions of money by him given and appointed to be  paid, as appeareth by his last will and testament and his said deed. The  overplus and surplusage whereof my said husband hath willed and  appointed to be imployed by mee as I should thinke fitt.
  
  I doe hereby signifie and declare that I have in my lifetime imployed  and disbursed the sum of four hundred pounds of the said surplusage in  the payment of 400 pounds which my husband did at the time of his death  owe unto his sonn Mr. Andrew Reade.
  
  And the sum of fourscore pounds I have likewise putt forth for his  daughter Mary Hanwell widow and her children, according to the  appointment request and desire of my husband and his lifetime to mee  signified, over and besides the payment and discharging of other debts  of my husband and the payment of other monies wch I have bin enforced to  take up and borrow for manie necessary and urgent occasions since the  death of my husband in the affairs of him and his children.
  
  And the residue of the said monies wch shall remain at my decease and  mine owne poore means and estate wch God of his goodness hath bestowed  on me doe dispose and bestowe in manner following.
  
  I bequeath to my daughter Alice ffarwell the Bedstead in my chamber  called the wainscote chamber where I now dwell wth the downe bedd,  bolster, mattress, quilt, one paire of blankets and one paire of fine  Holland sheets together with all other things usually belonging to the  said chamber. I also bequeath to her the best wicker chair one red cloth  stoole laid with lace and my deske and one long flaxen table cloth, one  long cubpord cloth, eleven laid work napkins, one square damask cloth,  one long damask cloth and my great German clock, the biggest silver  bowle, the silver pottinger with cover, the silver sugar box with spoon  and all my gold buttons.
  
  I give to Anne Read my daughter in lawe one feather bed, bolster, two  blankets, one paire of fine canvas sheets, one pillow case, one yellow  coverlet, one mattress, one bedstead, the little gilt saltseller, one  silver spoon, one candelstick, one smock and one apron.
  
  I bequeath to my son William Read the best silver bowle and three silver  spoons, the best bedstead tapestrie etc in the green chamber with the  other things therein. I bequeath to my son Thomas Reade one silver  spoon, a feather bed, blanket and canvas sheet and three pounds in  money. To my son Robert Reade my little clock and a silver tankard.
  
  And also my further will is that my executors shall pay to my son George  Reade fortie shillings at the end of his apprenticeship in consideration  of three silver spoons given him at his christening. I doe further  bequeath to my son Francis Reade the double silver salt seller, one  silver spoon and the silver mandlin cup with cover.
  
  I bequeath to my nephew Thomas Mayhew the younger, one cow and six ewes.  I doe also bequeath to my dear brother Mr. Francis Windebank my biggest  diamond ring and to my brother in law Mr. Henry Reade one of my silver  tankards. To my trustie and well beloved friend Mr. Nicholas Blake 20/  [shillings?] to make him a ring. And I also give to my daughter in law  Mary Hanwell one blanket, one table cloth and 20/ in money with my  turkie grogeran gown and wastecoat.
  
  To the poor of Verham 10/ to the church of Linkenbolt 10/ And I doe  furthermore acknowledge that there was the some of fourscore pounds  remaining in the hands of my husband the use and profitt thereof was and  is to be disposed and bestowed on Mary Hanwell during her life yearly  and after her death to be equally divided between Andrew and Gerrard  Hanwell her sonnes  and if either of them shalbe then deceased the  survivor to received the whole and in case both of them die before their  moter then the money shall be paid to Anne Read sister of the said Mary  and if she be also dead then it is to go to Andrew Read their brother.
  
  And my further will and mind is that all my children's portion and also  that of Andrew Hanwell shall be paid and delivered whollie unto them  over and besides such moneys as I have  already disbursed or shall in my  lifetime disburse for their putting out and setting into the world. And  my will and desire is that if any of my said children shall die before  these bequests become due that these the money and other things shall be  divided among the survivors at the discretion of my executors and  overseers. And lastly of this my will and testament I doe make and  appoint  my sonne Robert Reade and my son in law Thomas ffarwell  executors and I do bequeath to my said executors (all my debts and  legacies being discharged) all the residue of my good and chattels not  herin bequeathed by me. And I do make my worthy trustie and well beloved  brother and friend Mr. Francis Windebank, Mr. Henry Reade and Mr.  Nicholas Blake the coaintors and overseers of my said will and I doe  desire them to be helping ayding and assisting to my executors and to my  said children in all things. And I do require and charge all my children  to be ruled and advised by them in all things wch concern them. And my  said executors to execute this my last will with their private consent  and advise in all things and all my said children and executors to be  ordered and ruled by them in anie doubt question or difference wch shall  happen to arise either in or about this my will.
  
  In witness whereof I have to these present set my hand and seale this 15  August in the sixth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord Charles etc  A.D. 1630 in the presence of Henry Reade and Thomas Mayhew. It is my  will that my executors shall lay out 5 pounds to the  binding of Gerrard  Hanwell apprentice in some trade. And that for three months after my  death till he may be bound to be kept and maintained at the charges of  my executors.
  
  Mildred Reade Endorsed copie of my mothers last will, who died 21 January 1631
  

Details of Mildred's family with Sir Robert Reade