Bastardy
Bond of Billeth Guylott
LINCOLNSHIRE,
Holland: BE it remembered,
that on 28th Day
of July 1807, in the 47th
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George
the third of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, KING,
Defender of the Faith, and fo forth, Billit
Gylatt of Pinchbeck in
the Parts aforefaid, and Thomas
Rhoades of Spalding, in the said Parts Victualler perfonally came before me, Maurice
Johnson D.D. one of the Juftices of our faid Lord the King, affigned
to keep the Peace within the Parts
aforefaid, and acknowledged themfelves to owe to our faid Lord the
King, that is to fay, the faid Billet
Gillott the Sum of Forty
Pounds, and the faid Thomas
Rhoades Forty Pounds feverally, of good and lawful Money of Great
Britain, to be made and levied of their Goods and Chattels. Lands and
Tenements, refpectively, to the Ufe of our faid Lord the King, his Heirs
and Successfors, if he the faid Billitt Gylatt fhall make default in the Condition hereunder
mentioned.
WHEREAS
Elizabeth Dowse of the Parifh
of Pinchbeck aforesaid in the
Parts aforefaid, fingle
Woman, hath in and by her voluntary Examination, taken in writing and
upon Oath, before me, the said
Maurice Johnson one of his Majefty’s Juftices of the Peace in and
for the faid Parts declared,
that fhe is with Child, and that the faid Child is likely to be born a
Baftard, and to be chargeable to the faid Parish
of Pinchbeck and that the
above-bound Billitt Gylatt is
the Father of the faid Child:
THE
CONDITION of this Recognizance is fuch, that if the above-bound Bylatt
Gylatt do and fhall appear at the next General Quarter Seffions of
the Peace, to be holden at
Spalding in and for the faid Parts
and fhall abide and perform fuch Order or Orders as fhall be made, in
purfuance of an Act paffed in the eighteenth Year of the Reign of her
late Majefty Queen Elizabeth, concerning Baftards begotten and born out
of lawful Matrimony: Then this Recognizance to be void, otherwife of
force.
Taken
and acknowledged the day and year aforesaid before
me
Maurice
Johnson
Note
(1): The
document is a printed form in which those areas contained in bold were handwritten seemingly by Maurice Johnson.
Note
(2):
Billett Guylott’s name was spelt differently many times on this
document. e.g
Billit
Gylatt; Billet Gillott;
Billitt Gylatt; Billitt Gylatt;
Bylatt Gylatt
Note
(3):
It is suspected that when this document was transferred from its
original handwritten form to the printed form transcribed here, the
old-fashioned "s" was consistently mistaken for an
"f" - hence the appearance of a large number of
"misspellings"
NOTE:
The
original version of this document is protected under copyright:
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Robert Guylott of Needingworth 1639
In the
name of God Amen. The eleventh day of
September in ye fifteenth yeare of ye reigne of the most dread Sovereigne
Lord Charles by ye grace of God of England, Scotland, ffrance and
of Ireland King defender of ye faith & c Annoq dni? 1639. I Robert
Guylott of Needingworth in ye County of Hunts, Yoman sicke in body but
of good and perfect (memory) thankes be to God doe ordaine and make this
my last will and testament manner and forme following (to wit). ffirst I
bequeath my soule into the handes of allmighty god and my creator and my
body to bee desently buried in ye church of Holywell. And as for my
mooveable goods and chattels I dispose of as fol(lows?) (to wit) First I
give unto Elizabeth Guylott my daughter the full and entire
sum (of) thirty pounds of good and lawfull money of England to be paid
unto her ye said Elizabeth when she shall come to the age of one
and twenty yeares or else at the day of marriage which shall first happen.
And also one chest one co(t) three pairs of sheets which were her mothers
or else three pounds of good and lawfull money of England at the choice of
these Elizabeth and to bee paid also one of the tymes before
mentioned. Item I give unto my son Robert Guylott (the) malt mill
and the pen in the kitchen, the table in the hall and one ioyned st(ool)
and ye winescote bench in the parlour. Item I give unto Alexander
Guylott my son ten (pounds) of good and lawfull money of
England to bee paid to the said Alexander when he shall come to the
full age of one and twenty years. Item (I bequeath unto)Alice Guylott
my wife my freehold cottage in Sutton in the Isle (of Ely)
County of Cambridge. Item I give unto Thomas Sheapheard of
Needingworth one of the best Ewes which he shall chuse to bee delivered
presently (after) my decease. Item I give unto Elizabeth Harding
my sister six of my Ewes to be set out by the sheapheard presently
after my decease. Item I give the poore of the parish twelve shillings to
bee given them in bread at my burial. All the rest of my mooveable goods
and chattels unbequeathed I give unto Alice my wife whom I make my
sole Executrix of this my last will and testament to see my debte paid,
and all those legacies aforesaid discharged and my funeral charges
disbursed and my body brought in decency to the ground. In wittnesse
whereof I have heereunto sett my hand and sealed (the) day and year first
above written.
Signed and
siyillerd?
Robt Guylott
In these
wordes (to wit) (mooveable unto the winescote bench) wereinto lyned then
sealing of these presente and (se)aled and delivered in ye presense of
……???
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Note (1):
There may be an occasional error in transcription due to illegibility,
this is indicated by the use of a question mark'?' In some cases due to
the condition of the will words are missing at the start or end of each
line. In these instances the most likely word(s) considered are included
in brackets (…..)
Note (2): A 'winescote' bench is considered to be a bench seat with oak
panelling. Nowadays the word is 'wainscot', also 'ioyned' = joined.
Gordon
Walton 21 June 2001
