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PP_757 That Mary Stayt (757) was the mother of Thomas Baker (378)  
   
PP_1514 That William Stayt (1514) was the father of Mary Stayt (757)  
   
PP_3028 That Thomas Stayt (3028) was the father of William Stayt (1514)  
   
PP_6056 That Thomas Stayt (6056) was the father of Thomas Stayt (3028)  
   
Records The Records  
W_1626 1626-05 Will (GLRO) 1626 Thomas (6056) 1626
Testator: Thomas Steyt, Bledington, Gloucestershire, Husbandman Margaret (6057)  
Executors: wife Margarett, son William Thomas (3028)  
Overseers: Ellis Greyhurst, Thomas ?, Thomas Andrake?, John Guy & Richard Baker  
Date: 27 May 1625, proved May 1626  
Witnesses: Ellis Greyhurst, Richard Baker  
Will: - son Thomas 20s, his 2 children 1 sheep apiece  
 - son Edward £5  
 - son John 20s  
 - son Ellis 20s  
 - daughter Mary £15 and 3 sheep  
 - daughter Elinor £15 and 2 sheep  
 - rest to wife Margaret and son William, executors  
CRW: for 'Ellis', read Alexander  
   
W_1655 1655-03-13 Will (TNA, PROB 11/) 1655 Family (6056) 1655
Testator: William Steyt, Idbury, Oxfordshire, Yeoman Thomas (3028)  
Executor: nephew William, son of brother Thomas William (1514)  
Overseers: neighbors Thomas Coirne? and John Simes  
Date: 26 October 1653, proved 13 March 1654/5  
Witnesses: Symeon Baylies and Richard Greene  
Will: - sons of brother Edward: William £8, three others £4 apiece  
 - children of sister Mary: Anne £5, five others £3  
 - brother John £5, his 2 daughters 40s apiece, his sons James & Richard 20s apiece  
 - children of brother Alexander: two daughters £3 apiece, son William 40s, son Thomas £6 13s 4d to bind him apprentice, and £10 after that  
 - daughter of brother Thomas: Anne 40s  
 - two children of James Cooke 10s apiece  
 - son of John Powis and sister Elinor: John Powis 20s  
 - daughter of Thomas Andrewes: Joan Andrewes £5  
 - servant Simeon Baylies 20s, other 2 servants 5s apiece  
 - wife Anne her personal things, 1 cow, 2 sheep, and the bees  
 - brother Edward best clothes  
 - brother John 2nd best clothes  
 - old John Howford 3rd best clothes  
 - brother Thomas greatcoat  
 - Jonathan Pound son of Robert Pound 2s 6p  
 - Thomas Phillipps 12p  
 - Richard Hathaway the son of Richard Hathaway 12p  
 - Joane Gardner the daughter of John Gardner 12p  
 - William Fox the son of John Fox 12p  
 - William son of brother Thomas rest of possessions  
 - Joan wife of brother Alexander 4 bushels of millcorn  
   
W_1657 1657-02-16 Will (GLRO) 1657 Margaret (6057) 1657
Testator: Margaret Steyt, Bledington, Gloucestershire, Widow Thomas (3028)  
Executor: son William William (1514)  
Overseers: William Lord and Thomas Andrewes  
Date: 10 January 1640/1, proved 16 February 1656/7  
Witnesses: Thomas Andrewes  
Will: - son Thomas 20s, his son William £4, his daughter Marie 6s 8d  
 - son John 40s, his sons William 20s, James 6s 8d & Richard 6s 8d  
 - son Edward £17, his sons John 40s, Thomas 6s 8d & William 6s 8d  
 - son Alexander £3, his daughter Margarett £4, his sons Edward 6s 8d & Robert 6s 8d & William 10s, Thomas 6s 8d & Alexander 6s 8d  
 - daughter Marie £22, her sons Thomas Blisse 40s, Edward 3s 4d & John 3s 4d  
 - grandson John Powys, son of John Powys and daughter Elinor, 40s  
 - rest of godchildren 12d apiece  
 - son Thomas £20 he paid for mortgage of son John's house in Chipping Norton  
 - 5 daughters-in-law 6s 8d apiece  
 - daughter-in-law Joan, wife of son Alexander  
 - sister Joan  
 - son William rest  
   
M_1693c 1693c Marriage () Thomas (756)  
Thomas Baker & Mary Stayt  Mary (757)  
CRW: The will of William Stayt in 1707 mentions his daughter Mary Baker  
   
W_1707 1707-09-25 Will (Oxford Archdeaconry Court, 205.285;150/2/53) 1707 William (1514) 1707
Testator: William Steyte, Idbury, Oxfordshire, Yeoman Mary (757)  
Executor: son Thomas  
Date: 25 November 1697, proved 25 September 1707  
Witnesses: Richard Smith, John Young, Sarah Smith  
Will: - 5s to son William  
 - 5s to daughter Elinor Palmer  
 - 5s to daughter Mary Baker  
 - 20s apiece to each grandchild when 21  
 - rest to son Thomas  
 - ca. £2, property in Idbury, + rest  
   
W_1718 1718-12-30 Will (Oxford Archdeaconry Court, 207.167;150/4/37) 1718 Family (1514) 1707
Testator: Thomas Stayt, Idbury, Oxfordshire Mary (757)  
Executor: nephew Thomas Stayt  
Date: 17 December 1718, proved 30 December 1718  
Witnesses: Jo Grayhurst, John Pound, Mary Humphries   
Will: - pair of sheets & pair of blankets to William Baker of Bledington, Glocs  
 - pair of sheets & pair of blankets to Mary daughter to Thomas & Mary Baker of Bledington, Glocs  
 - pair of sheets apiece to Giles, Joseph & Catharine Palmer  
 - bed & 2 pairs of sheets to Ann daughter of William & Elizabeth Stayt of Westcote, Glocs  
 - pewter platter apiece to Lucy, Ann & Thomas Baker  
 - pewter platter apiece to Catharine Palmer  
 - tankard to Jody daughter of John & Jody Young  
 - 5s to brother William  
 - 5s to sister Mary  
 - pot & pan to William Stayt  
 - ca. 10s, bedcloathes & dishes, + rest  
   
D_1728 1728-10-09 Burial in Bledington, Gloucs (Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813) Mary (757) 1728
Mary Baker, widow  
   
 
© C. R. Watts 2020  created 10.12.2012, revised 18.06.2020  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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