Roger BAKER

Bef 1564 - 1612  (> 48 years)

• Name	Roger BAKER
  Birth	Bef 1564
  Gender	Male
  Event	04 Jul 1608	Copford, Essex
  	Victim of theft. Culprit was hanged.
  	Repository: Essex Record Office Level: Fonds CALENDAR OF ESSEX ASSIZE RECORDS Dates of Creation 4 July 1608 Scope and Content Indictment of Robert Elkin of Copford labourer there stole a sorrel mare worth 40s., belonging to Roger BAKER. Pleads not guilty; guilty; hanged. WEitnesses: Edward Claydon, Thomas BAKER. (ASS 35/50/2/38A)
  Occupation	Yeoman
  Death	CIR 1612
  Residence	25 Feb 1612	"Thurgoves", Copford, Essex
  Probate	1613
  	WILL of Roger Baker, yeoman, of Copford 1613 In the name of God amen *** in the year of our Lord God 1612, I Roger Baker of Copford in the county of Essex, yeoman, and jures[?] of London, yeoman, being sick of body but of good and perfect remembrance thanks be to Almighty God, do make and *** this my *** Testament and Last Will in manner and form following revoking all other Wills heretofore by me made or ***, First and principally[?] I give and bequeath my Soul unto Almighty God my maker, and to Jesus Christ his only son my Redeemer, and to the Holy Ghost my comforter, by whose *** I trust to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, And my body to the earth from whence it came. Item: I give and bequeath unto Mary my wife my tenement wherein I dwell being lately built with the land and wood thereunto belonging as it is now in my occupation, sometime *** of the *** called Thurgoves holden by the copyhold Roll of the Manor of Copford Hall[?], to have and to hold to her or her assigns during her natural life, and after her decease, I give the said tenement and Lands unto John my sonand to his heirs for ever *** that he *** unto Thomas and Roger my sons 30 pounds of lawful English money, to either of them the sum of fifteen pounds in manner and form following: that is to pay within one year of the decease of Mary my wife I will that he shall pay forty shillings unto Thomas my son, and within two years after her decease I will he shall pay unto Roger my son 40 shillings, and so *** year following *** to begin with Thomas my son first and Roger my *** until the said sums of 30 pounds *** to either of my said sons shall be fully satisfied and paid, this money to be *** and paid in the *** of the parish Church of Copford. And if *** of my sons Thomas and Roger happen to die before they shall receive these my gifts, then I will that the survivor of them shall have the share of his so dying *** shall be so paid, to be paid unto him by 40 shillings year *** before appointed *** the whole sum of 30 pounds be fully satisfied. I will that Mary my wife shall pay unto Elizabeth my daughter, the wife of Thomas Paul[?] yearly during her natural life the sum of 20s[?] to be *** unto her *** either Simon[?] or Wollen[?], all the ***. Item I give unto Elizabeth my daughter [---in fold of book---] to be paid to her within one year after my decease, so as the said Richard Baily (if he be still living) or the said Elizabeth his wife my daughter (if she be ***) do enter into bond with *** and for the payment of 20s[?] yearly unto Mary my wife during the natural life of my said wife. Item I give unto *** of my ****, and to Robert Bygbye my godson *** to be paid unto of him within one year after my decease. All the rest of my goods and chattels whatsoever I give them unto Mary my wife, to see my debts paid and my funeral *** whom I make the executrix of this my Will and Testament, and I make my *** friend Ralfe *** of Messing to be executor of this my will, unto whom I give for his *** five shillings. *** my witnesses. 25th February 1612.
  Person ID	I13088	Gadd
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	COPFORD BAKER
  Family ID	F5894	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary _______   d. Aft 25 Feb 1612
  Marriage	Bef 1590
  Children	+ 1. John BAKER,   b. Bef 1590   d. CIR 1623 (Age > 33 years) + 2. Thomas BAKER,   b. Bef 1582   d. CIR 1638 (Age > 56 years)   3. Roger\Richard BAKER,   c. 26 May 1636, Seftone's, Wakes Colne, Essex d. 1636   4. Elizabeth BAKER   d. Aft 25 Feb 1612
  Family ID	F5224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart