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 Abt 1546 - 1595 (~ 49 years)
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| Name |
John RIGDEN |
| Born |
Abt 1546 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
31 Oct 1595 |
Brooke, Kent, England  |
| Person ID |
I14008 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
19 Mar 2021 |
| Family |
Willmine RIGDEN, b. Abt 1546 |
| Married |
17 Oct 1568 |
Lower Hardres, Kent, England |
| Notes |
- First name(s) John
Last name Rigden
Residence Lower Hardres
Marriage year 1568
Marriage date 17 Oct 1568
Marriage place Lower Hardres
Spouse's first name(s) Wilman
Spouse's last name Rigden
Spouse's residence Lower Hardres
County Kent
Country England
Record set Kent, East Kent marriage index 1538-1754
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| Children |
| | 1. Amy RIGDEN, c. 19 Apr 1570, Brooke, Kent, England |
| | 2. Elizabeth RIGDEN, c. 23 Sep 1571, Brooke, Kent, England |
| | 3. William ^ RIGDEN, c. 25 Jan 1573, Brooke, Kent, England , bur. 12 Mar 1574, Brooke, Kent, England (Age ~ 1 years) |
| | 4. Thomasyn ^ RIGDEN, c. 22 Nov 1573, Brooke, Kent, England , bur. 4 Dec 1573, Brooke, Kent, England (Age ~ 0 years) |
| | 5. William RIGDEN, c. 25 Jan 1575, Brooke, Kent, England |
| | 6. Henry RIGDEN, c. 8 Mar 1578, Brooke, Kent, England |
| | 7. Thomas RIGDEN, c. 18 Aug 1580, Brooke, Kent, England , d. 1658 (Age ~ 77 years) |
| | 8. John RIGDEN, bur. 31 Aug 1623, Brooke, Kent, England |
| | 9. Gilbert RIGDEN, c. 9 May 1585, Brooke, Kent, England |
| | 10. Margaret RIGDEN |
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| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F4199 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- John Rigden was churchwarden 1588/89-1589/90 for Brooke
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Potential Wills of father of John:
Will Rigden William Ash 1559 1559 PRC/32/28/9b PRC/31/1 R/3 1559
Will Rigden William Chartham 1560 1561 PRC/17/35/165 PRC/16/34 R/5 1561
Will Rygdon Nicholas Stelling (Minnis) 1564 1564 PRC/17/38/73a PRC/16/40 R/10 1564
Will Rigdun Laurence Deal 1573 1573 PRC/32/32/26b PRC/31/15 R/3 1573
Will Rigden William St. John in Thanet 1578 1580 PRC/32/34/77 PRC/31/23 R/1 1580
Will Rigden Jone, Johan Bridge 1587 1588 PRC/17/47/256 PRC/16/91 R/1 1588
Will Rigden Roger Barham 1591 1591 PRC/17/48/298 PRC/16/97 R/2 1591
Will Rygdon Lawrence Stourmouth 1592 1592 PRC/17/49/288 PRC/16/100 R/51592
***Will Rigden John Brook 1595 1595 PRC/17/50/275 PRC/16/106 R/9 1595
Will Rigden William Littlebourne 1597 1597 PRC/17/51/63 PRC/16/111 R/101597
Will Rigden Paul St. John Thanet16001600 PRC/17/52/2a PRC/16/117 R/71600
Will Rigden Edmund Littlebourne 1602 1602 PRC/17/52/322 PRC/16/121 R/51602
Will Rygden John Littlebourne1611 1612 PRC/17/60/211a PRC/16/145 R/11612
Will Rigden Edward Chilham 1612 1616 PRC/17/56/68 PRC/16/157 R/7 1616
***Will Rigden Henry Lower Hardres 1612 1613 PRC/17/60/221 PRC/16/148 R/2 1613
Will Rigden John St. John Thanet 1614 1614 PRC/17/59/325 PRC/16/150 R/1 1614
Will Rigden Edmund Eythorne 1616 1616 PRC/17/55/321a PRC/16/157 R/4 1616
Will Rigden Edmund Littlebourne 1619 1619 PRC/17/60/128a PRC/16/166 R/1 1619
Inv Rigden Edmund Nonington 1623 1623 PRC/28/11/525 Yeoman 1623
Will Rigden Edmund Nonington 1623 1623 PRC/32/46/17b PRC/31/85 R/6 OWF in 1624
Will Rigden Henry Lyminge 1628 1628 PRC/32/47/129 PRC/31/93 R/4 1628
Inv Rigden Henry Lyminge 1628 1628 PRC/28/15/397 1628
Will Rigden Thomas Lyminge 1629 1630 PRC/32/48/171b PRC/16/196 R/10 See also PRC/32/49/122 1630
Will Rigden Joane Lyminge 1630 1630 PRC/32/49/145 PRC/16/196 R/13 1630
Inv Rigden Joane Lyminge 1630 1631 PRC/28/17/328 Widow 1631
Will Rigden Katherine Lower Hardres 1630 1632 PRC/17/68/277 PRC/16/202 R/10 1632
Inv Rigden Thomas Lyminge 1630 1630 PRC/28/16/333 1630
Will Rigden Henry St. Peter Thanet 1635 1635 PRC/17/69/68 PRC/16/210 R/4 1635
Will Rigden Nicholas Elmsted 1638 1639 PRC/16/224 R/4 1639
Will Rigden Henry Headcorn 1643 1643 PRC/16/241 R/10 1643
Will Rigden Thomas Lower Hardres 1643 1643 PRC/16/241 R/3 Nether Hardres 1643
Will Rigden Thomas Elham 1643 1662 PRC/17/71/344 PRC/16/269 R/1 1662
Will Rigden Henry Stelling 1646 1662 PRC/17/71/343 PRC/16/269 R/9 1662
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| Sources |
- [S78] Will, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), 31 Jul 1595.
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, the last day of July, Anno Domini 1595, I, JOHN RYGDEN, of the parish of Brooke within the County of Kent, yeoman, of good health of body and of perfect mind and memory (God be thanked therefore) doe make, ordain, declare and pronouce this to be my true last Will and Testament in manner and form as hereafter followeth, that is to say,
First, I bequeath and yield my soul to almighty God my maker and creator hoping only to be saved through the death and precious blood sheeding of Jesus Christ my only saviour and Redeemer and by no other means whatsoever, And I will my body to be decently buried within the churchyard of Brooke aforesaid,
And I will and give to the most needest and poorest impotent people of the said parish of Brooke ten shillings to be given and distributed in the day of my burial by the discretion of my Executors hereafter named.
Also, I will and bequeath to the reparations of the parish church of Brooke aforesaid 6s 8d to be paid within one year next after my decease.
Item, I will, give and bequeath to WILLMYNE my wife, one feather bed and a flock bed in the parlour, 2 feather bolsters, 2 pillowes of feathers, 2 pair of blanketts, 2 of my best coverletts and half my linen and half my brass and half of my pewter and the milke of one cow yearling during her life, to be kept and feed both winter and summer by my said Executors at their costes and charges upon those of my pastures and grounds that shall be next adjoining to my said dwelling house, the same cow to go and feed with my said Executors' keyne always.
And also, I will that if the same cow shall chance to die then my said Executors shall appoint and allow her an other in her place and room as often as any such death, loss or mishap shall come.
And also, I will that my said Executors shall yearly during her life sow, save, plow and harrow for my said wife (she finding the seed) one tolbett of hemp within the hemp land that is now there used at what place within the same hemp land as my said wife shall best like the same to be done at seasonable and best times.
And also I will that my said Executors hereafter named shall deliver yearly during her life time two seams or quarters of good sweet and clean wheat, the one seam or quarter of wheat to be delivered at the feast of the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and the other quarter or seam at the Annunciation of our Lady St. Mary the Virgin at the first of those two feasts that shall first come next after my decease, the same payment and delivery to be made and so to continue as is aforesaid.
And I will and give more to my said wife the one half of my fruit that shall yearly grow and be within the orchard belonging to my said house and half of the pigeons that shall be and increase within my said pigeon house during her life with free going and coming to the said pigeon house and orchard to take and to carry away the same so often as time shall require.
And also, I will that my said Executors shall yearly during my said wife's life deliver near unto the hall door of my said dwelling house 6 good loads of firewood and the same to be there stacked and set to and for her use at their proper costs and charges, the same wood to be felled and had upon my said grounds,
More I will, give and bequeath to my said wife my bedstedle and the testor to the same and curtains and hangings to the same standing in my parlour her to have the use and occupation thereof during her natural life and no longer.
The residue of all my moveable goods, chanttels, and debts whatsoever it be (not before willed, tiven and disposed in this my said last Will and Testament) I will, give and bequeath the same to WILLIAM and JOHN RYGDEN, my two sons, with the said WILLIAM and JOHN, my sons, I do constitute, ordain and appoint to be my only Executors of this my last Will and Testament charging them to see this my last Will and Testament to be well and truely performed according to my true will and meaning.
THIS IS THE LAST WILL and Testament of me the said JOHN RYGDEN, concerning the disposition of all my said lands and tenements.
First, I will, give and bequeath to HENRY RYGDEN, my son, ten acres of land and wood, more or less, which I lately purchased of JOHN PROWDE, lying near Naccolt within the parish of Wye to be had and holden to the said HENRY RYGDEN, my son and to his heirs foever immediately after the decease of WYLLYMNE, my said wife, his mother and not before.
Also, I will, give and bequeath to THOMAS RYGDEN, my son, my parcel of land called Carters Meade lying and being within thte parish of Brabourne which I lately purchased of Anthony Haull, to be had and holden to the said THOMAS RYGDEN, my son and to his heirs forever immediately after the decease of WYLLMYNE, my said wife, his mother, and not before.
Also I will and give to GYLBERT RYGDEN, my son, one parcel ofland called Forde Meade lying and being within the parish of Brabourne aforesaid which I lately purchased of George Bolden to be had and holden to the said GYLBERT RYGDEN, my son and to his heirs forever immediately after my said wife's decease and not before.
Also, I will, give and bequeath to AMY BRETT, my daughter, now the wife of GREGORY BRETT, ten shillings of good and lawful money of England and no more in consideration I have proferred her already in her marrying.
Also, I will, give and bequeath to ELIZABETH RYGDEN my daughter forty pounds of good and lawful money of England to be paid unto her the said ELIZABETH, my daughter, at her day of marriage.
Also, I will, give and bequeath to MARGARET RYGDEN, my daughter, forty pounds of good and lawful money of England to be paid to her the said MARGARET, my daughter, at her day of her marriage or at her age of twenty and two years which shall first come next after my decease.
Also, I will that the said WYLLMYNE, my wife, shall have her dwelling in my parlour with the chimney and shall have the loft over the same parlour and the little buttery next the same parlour with free going and coming to the same during her life.
And also I will that my said wife during her said life shall have free going and coming in to the hall, kitchen, bake house, oven well and wash house and hanging and drying for her clothes when and so often as need shall require.
Also I will , give and bequeath to the said WYLLMYNE, my wife, all those lands and wood before willed, given and bequeath to HENRY RYGDEN, THOMAS RYGDEN and GYLBERT RYGDEN, my three sons, during her natural life without doing or permitting any strip or waste or felling of any wood or timber upon the same, but only for the making and fencing of the enclosures only, PROVIDED always and my will and meaning is that if the said WYLLMYNE, my wife, shall chance to marry at any time after my decease, then I will that the said WYLLMYNE, my said wife, shall lose and forgoe all the benefit before willed and given for her in this my Will as well of goods as of lands and then I will that my said Executors beforenamed shall pay and deliver to her twenty pounds of good and lawful money of England to be paid unto her in the day of her marriage or within one month next after (being lawfully demanded).
And more, I then will and give unto the said WYLLMYNE, my wife Iif she marry as is aforesaid) five pounds a year of good and lawful money of England issuing and going out of all my lands and tenements during her natural life the same shall half yearly to be paid to her by my Executors aforesaid. And for default of payment thereof or any part of parcel thereof at the days and times of payment thereof I will that my said wife or her assigns shall enter and distreyne in and upon any my said lands and tenements and the distress or distresses there so had and taken to withhold and detain according to law until she shall be saitsfied and paid her duties with her costs and charges.
And further I will and my true meaning is that if my said wife do marry at any time after my decease, or die before my said three younger sons shall attain unto their several ages of twenty and two years, then I will that WYLLYAM RYGDEN and JOHN RYGDEN my two Executors shall have the profits and occupations of all their said three younger brothers parts of lands and woods by this my Will bequeathed to them and every one of them they doing no strip nor waste nor felling any woods and timber thereon but only for the hedges and enclosures until the said HENRY, THOMAS and GYLBERT, my said sons, sahll severally attain unto and be of their several ages of twenty and two years towards the fulfilling of this my Will.
Also I will and give to the said WYLLYAM and JOHN RYGDEN, my said sons, my said mansion house whence in I now dwell with all other edifices and building whatsoever to the samd and the tenementes wherein one Halkes widow doth dwell and all other my lands whatsoever as well within the parishes of Brook, Brabourne and Wye aforesaid not before in this my Will willed and bequeathed to be had and holden to them and to their heirs forever.
Also I will that if it shall fortune that any of my two sons WYLLYAM or JOHN do die without heirs of their bodies then I will the one of them to be the other's heir.
And if they die both without heirs then I will that my son, HENRY, shall have all their said partes and portions as well of my goods and lands before willed then to be had and holden to him and to his heirs forever he then fulfilling and performing this my will as they should have done if they had lived.
And also I will that if any of my three younger sons, HENRY, THOMAS and GYLBERT RYGDEN do die without heirs of their bodies then I will one of them to be each other's heir and I make and apoint my cousen RICHARD HALKE of Hastingleigh to be my overseer desiring him to be an aid and stay to my said wife and to my two Executors and younger children as I trust he will be and I give him for his labour and pains 6s 8d.
Witnesses present at the reading, ratifying and allowing of this last Wil and Testament
Robert Coveney and John Dense the twenty-four of
The mark of the testator
The mark of Robert Coveney
By me John Dense the writer
19th Novembris 1595 coram magistro Nicholas Simpson ... bprobatus fuit pns suprascriptum testamentum jurat Johannis Dence et Robert Coveney testim etc commisquam executores commssus est executoribus etc juratus etc datus etc.
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