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Townsend, various: Slatter, Son and More, solicitors, Stratford-upon-Avon

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Probate dated 4 February 1668/9 (old style) of the will (27 March 1668) of Anne Townsend of Alveston, spinster. - To sister [in-law] Townsend: £20 and a black gowne, one neck scarf 'in recompense of her great paines, care and love bestowed upon me'. - To sister Katherine Palmer: £20 (in 5 yearly instalments of £4 at Michaelmas; one silk petticoat; one suit of linen. - To sister Alice Bellamy: £20, one hat, one scarf. - To nephew Thomas Townsend: one table board and frame, 6 joined stools, one press cupboard. - To niece Mary Townsend: one sett of blue curtains and vallance with a counterpane and cupboard cloth, one pair hempen sheets, one pair flax pillowcases. - To niece Dorothy Townsend: 6 cushions, one chest, 3 blankets. - To niece Judith Townsend: one joined chair, one dozen spoons, one pair of sheets, one table cloth. - To niece Sarah Townsend: one pair of sheets, one pair of pillowcases, one candlestick. - To niece Elizabeth Townsend: one tablecloth, one brass pot, one candlestick. - To 'cousin' Mary Savidge [wife of William, formerly Palmer] one flax tablecloth, one dozen napkins, one pott posnett; one pewter dish, one plate, one salt. - To 'cousin' Dorothy Palmer: one featherbed, one bolster tick; two pewter dishes, one silver bodkin. - To `cousin' Isabel Palmer: one pair flax sheets, one pair holland pillowcases; one bed tick; one silver thimble. - To niece Hannah Palmer: one pair of sheets, 2 pewter dishes. - To 'cousin' Katherine Palmer: one pair of sheets, 2 pewter dishes. - To 'cousin' Anne Palmer: one pair of sheets, one pewter dish, 2 saucers. - To 'cousin' John Bellamy: gold ring. - To 'cousin' Elizabeth Bellamy: one red rug, one tablecloth; one dozen flax napkins, one holland cupboard cloth; six pewter porringers; one brass pan; riding habit. Residue to brother Thomas Townsend who is sole executor. Proved in Peculiar of Hampton Lucy.