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Abraham Bush will

No will is available, though a will and inventory for his widow Abigail Bush are available. A will is also available for his daughter, the unmarried Abigail Bush.

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15/10/11, CSG: Created page

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See Abigaill Bush will
See Abigaill Bush junior will

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“Witnesses : —
Abraham Bush of the parish of St. Stephen, Walbrook, London, merchant, aged 54. Signature.
William Boovey of the parish of St. Mary, Abchurch, London, merchant, aged 33. Signature” (Google snippet: not clear what the context and date of this reference is)

Abraham Bush was dead by 1673

CENTRE FOR BUCKINGHAMSHIRE STUDIES: Bulstrode Estate: BULSTRODE I [no ref. or date]: Bundle 1 Estate deeds D-RA/1 [n.d.]: Bulstrode House and Estate [no ref. or date]: Lease and Mortgage by Release D-RA/1/7-8 25/26 September 1660: Contents: (i) Ambrose Bennett of Upton, esquire.(ii) Abraham Bush of London, merchant, John Bilson of London, yeoman. To secure £500 and interest on property in D-RA/1/6

CENTRE FOR BUCKINGHAMSHIRE STUDIES: Bulstrode Estate: BULSTRODE I [no ref. or date]: Bundle 1 Estate deeds D-RA/1 [n.d.]: Bulstrode House and Estate [no ref. or date]:  : Lease and Mortgage by Release D-RA/1/9-10 3/4 February 1664/5: Contents: (i) Ambrose Bennett of Bulstrode, Upton, esquire, Abraham Bush of London, merchant, John Bilson of London, yeoman. (ii) Sir Heneage Featherstone of London, Bt.(iii) Peter Utgar of London, merchant, Ceaser Calyndrine of London, clerk, executors of will of Mary Duboys of London, widow. To secure £700 and interest (£500 pd. to iii, £200 pd. to Ambrose Bennett) on property in D-RA/1/6

How can this above record be reconciled with the one below

EAST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE: ARCHIVE OF THE FREWEN FAMILY OF BRICKWALL IN NORTHIAM :ESTATE [no ref. or date] :Title deeds - Sussex and Kent [no ref. or date] : Properties purchased by Stephen Frewen: farms called Idens, Sowdens, Reasons, Sampsons, Smoles and Sherefoldes, tenements and woodground, Brede [no ref. or date]: Mortgage (lease for 1000 years) for £300 by Thomas Porter of the Inner Temple, London, esq to Abigail Bush of London, widow FRE/7022 18 Nov 1662: Contents: 6 messuages or farms with their buildings and lands called Idens (240a), Sowdens (240a), Reasons (260a), Sampsons (73a), Smoles (43a) and Sherefolds (130a) all in Brede (occupiers given), also one tenement attached to Sampsons, let to Alexander Meldish and one parcel of woody ground (2a) in BredeWith an acknowledgement of receipt of £300 by Porter from Bush

EAST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE: ARCHIVE OF THE FREWEN FAMILY OF BRICKWALL IN NORTHIAM :ESTATE [no ref. or date] :Title deeds - Sussex and Kent [no ref. or date] : Properties purchased by Stephen Frewen: farms called Idens, Sowdens, Reasons, Sampsons, Smoles and Sherefoldes, tenements and woodground, Brede [no ref. or date]: Assignment of mortgage by Abigail Bush of Threadneedle Street, London, widow with Thomas Porter of London, esq to John Cooke of the Inner Temple, London, gent FRE/7026 27 Feb 1672: Contents: Property as in FRE/7022 Recites FRE/6721 and subsequent transactions whereby Porter now owes Bush £816; Cooke now repays Bush the sum whereupon she at the direction of Porter assigns the mortgage to Cooke for the remainder of the 1000 year term

BIRMINGHAM CITY ARCHIVES: D/EZ 63/1 1680: [no title] MS 3415/3 10 May 1667: Parchment: Contents: Lease for a year from William Throckmorton of London, merchant, George Dixon, goldsmith, cittizen and founder of London, and Thomas Purcell of London, gent., son of Thomas Purcell late cittizen and draper of London, deceased, Lucy Purcell of London, widow, and Thomas Hinton of Bourton, Berks., esq., son of John Hinton late of Bourton, esq., deceased, to Abigail Bush of London, widow, of two pasture grounds with appurtenances in Bourton, in the tenure of the said Thomas Hinton.Consideration: 12d apiece (i.e. 5s). Four seals.

BERKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE: Miscellaneous unofficial purchased collections: Four documents on Shrivenham and Bourton D/EZ 63 1680-c1820: Bourton [no ref.] 1680-1706: Assignment by Roberts Clements of a judgement and the advantage from it as security for a mortgage on several lands in Bourton. The judgement in King's Bench originally obtained by Abigail Bush of London, widow, against Thomas Hinton of Bourton, and assigned by her executors to the lessor in 1676. Miscellaneous unofficial purchased collections; Assignment by Roberts Clements of a judgement and the advantage from it as security for a mortgage on several lands in Bourton. The judgement in King's Bench originally obtained by Abigail Bush of London, widow, against Thomas Hinton of Bourton, and assigned by her executors to the lessor in 1676. D/EZ 63/1 1680

NATIONAL ARCHIVES: PROB 10/7367/8: prob 10= WILLS IN UNUSUAL FORMAT: SCOPE AND CONTENT: Abigail BUSH: COVERING DATES: 1677 Mar

"Appendix – Deacons of the Dutch Church, Austin Friars, London
1658 Nathanael Letten
Francoys Tyssen
Francoys Elison
Simon Delboe"^[1]

Noell, deceased; Thomas Noell and Martha, his wife, administratrix of Nathaniel Temes, deceased; John White, and Abigall Bush, executrix of Abraham Bush, deceased. Appeal from a decree in Chancery of 3 November 1663, founded on a report of referees touching...

“De Rouck alias Van de Bushe, Catherine, of Maidstone, Kent (born at Ghent, now widow of Jacques Vandebush, who was born at Deynse in Flanders, and formerly widow of Simeon de Rudder, who was born at Ghent). Will [102 St. John] pr. Sep 29 [1631] by Abraham Bush"^[2]

Possible primary sources

1. ↑ XXXX (ed.), The marriage, baptismal and buriall registers, 1571-1874, and monumental inscriptions of the Dutch Church, Austin Friars (XXXX, XXXX), p. 212
2. ↑ XXXX (ed.), Year Books of Probates (from 1630) abstracts of probate acts in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (XXXX, XXXX), p. 79