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PROB 11/319/509 Will of George Boldero, Merchant of London 14 March 1666

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Abstract & context

Biographical profile

George Boldero [alias Baldero(e)] (b. ca. 1603, d. ca.1663-1666), merchant of London.

Born in the parish of "Berry in the county of Suffolk", as was Henry Boldero, who was later resident in Dordrecht. Other Prerogative Court of Canterbury sources suggest that this was Bury St. Edmunds, with the Boldero family name seen in both Bury St. Edmunds and the nearby parish of Fornham St. Martin, both in Suffolk.^[1]

Resident in parish of Saint Olaves Hart Street between at least 1651 and 1664.

Married to Margaret (nee XXXX), who survived him. His will mentions four surviving children in his will: Margaret Boldero, Mary Boldero, Elizabeth Boldero and George Boldero.

Made his will in April 1663, when sick, but will was not proved until 1666, so the date of death is unclear

Presence in English Admiralty Court in 1650s

See deposition of "George Baldero of London Merchant aged 54 yeeres" (dated 29th May 1656) in the case "On behalfe of Henry Baldeo, William Harris and John Shephard English Merchants touching the Catherine"^[2]

- George Baldero described Henry Baldero in his deposition as an English man and a subject of the Commonwealth. Henry Baldero was one of three owners of the Catherine, which had been bought in "Holland". George Baldero noted "hee [Henry Baldero] hath by lettres ordered this deponent to accept bills from Newcastle to pay moneys for the lading of coales there for holland upon and for the account of him and the sayd part owners mr harris and mr shephard, and owners of the said vessell, and coales"

SEE HCA 13/72 f.52v for background on the Baldero/Boldero family of London, Dordrecht, Rotterdam, and Norfolk and suggested further primary and secondary sources

SEE HCA 13/73 f.140r for a further deposition by George Boldero

- George Baldero, deposed in HCA 13/73 on March 29th, 1659 in the case "Ex parte Baldero Harris and Sheppard and Tompson aforesaid touching the Catherine". In this deposition George Baldero described himself as "of London Merchant, aged 56 yeeres". George Baldero states that "hee well knoweth the arlate Henry Baldero, William Harris, and John Sheppard, and soe hath done for a long space namely the said Mr Baldero from his Infancy, and the said Mr Harris for about twenty yeeres and the said Mr Sheppard for about foure yeeres last," States that "the said Mr Henry Baldero is of his this Deponents certaine Knowledge a Native of England, and was borne at Berry in the County of Suffolk, where this Deponent was likewise borne and the said Henry Baldero Doth here (by this Deponent who is his Correspondent) pay taxes to this Comonwealth of England for Lands which hee hath here in England and is ffree of the Company of the Merchant Adventurers of London and hath bin Tresurer of the said Company"

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T: Georgij
Boldero [RH MARGIN]

In the name of God Amen:
The Thirtieth day of Aprill annoo domini 1663 And in the fifteenth yeare
of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of
god king of England Scotland france and Ireland defender of the
etctera, I George Boldero of London, merchant being not in good health of
body but of good sound and perfect minde and memory praise be given unto god there
fore, and considering with my selfe the brevity and uncertainty of this life
and that alll flesh must yield unto death when it shall please god to call doe
therefore make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in writing in
manner and forme following That is to saye

First and principally I com=
mend my soule into the hands of Almightie god my maker hopeing and
assuredly beleeving through the only merritts of Jesus Christ my Savi
our to bee made pertaker of life everlasting and my body I committ to
the earth from whense it came To be decently buried at the discretion of my
executrix hereunder named

And as touching and concerning that portion and
estate THat god hath bin pleased to allott unto me in this life I give
depose and bequeath as followeth

Imprimis I doe hereby give and bequeath
unto Margaret my wellbeloved wife All my Plate Jewells and houshold goods Alsoe
I doe hereby give and bequeath unto the said Margarett my wife one Third parte of all
other my goods Chattells and estate whatsoever

Item I doe hereby give and bequeath
unto Margaret Boldero Mary Boldero Elizabeth Boldero and George Boldero my
Children one other parte of all my goods Chattells and estate whatsoever to
be equally devided betweene them parte and portion alike to bee paid unto them at
such tyme as they shall attayne unto them full ages of one and Twenty yeares
or dayes of marrieage respectively

Item I doe hereby alsoe give and bequeath
unto my said Children Margaret Boldero Mary Boldero Elizabeth Boldero
and George Boldero Two hundred Pounds a peece to bee paid unto them
within Twelve monethes after the sayy of my death and decease And in case any
of my said Children shall happen to dye and departe this life before their res=
pective Legacie and Legacies shall become due and payable unto them that
then the Legacie and porcon of him her or them soe dying I hereby will and
bequeath unto the survivor and Survivors of them parte and porcon a
like

All the rest and residue of my estate goods Chattells moneyes debts
thing and things whatsoever not herein and hereby, by me given and be=
queathed my debts being paid and funerall Charges defrayed I hereby give
and bequeath unto the said Margarett my wife whome I hereby make and
ordaie whole and sole executrix of this my last will and Testament And
I doe hereby utterly revoke all former wills guifts Legacies and bequests
by me heretofore made or spoken

In witnes whereof I the said George
Boldero to this my present last will and testament contayning together with
this sheete, three sheets of paper written on the one side have hereunto
put my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written Geo: Boldero
for and as his last will and Testament in the presence of Samuell hawes
John dibbs servant to Beniamyn Sheppard Scrivener

Probatum fuit Testamentum suprascriptum apud London
coram

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'Coram venerabili vivo Thoma Read Legum doctore Surrogato venerabilis et
Egregij [?veri] domini Willimi Mericke legum doctorie Curis Prerogativa Can=
tuaruensis magri Martij Anno domini nexta Cursum et Computarenten E[XXXX]
Angla[?iana] Millimo Sexcentesimo sexugesimo quinto Juramento Margueretta
Boldero relicta dicti defuncti et executories in [?humsinodi] Testamento nominat
Cui commissa finit administato omnium et singulorum benorum Jur[XX:]
et creditorum dicti defuncti de bene et fideliter administrand eadem ad Su[XX]ta
de Evangellia Jurat Ex:

Notes

People

People mentioned by testator:

George Boldero

BAPTISMS

A consierable number of children of George Boldero and his wife, Margaret, were baptised in the parish of Saint Olave Hart Street, London:

"[Baptism] [1651] Dec 25 Marie d. George & Margaret Baldero"^[3]

"[Baptism] [1653] May 13 Elizabeth d. George & Margarett Balderoe"^[4]

[Baptism] [1653] John s. George & Margaret Balderoe [p.61] CHECK

[Baptism] [1656] Sep. 14 Henrie s. George & Margarett Balderoe [p.63] CHECK

[Baptism] [1656] July 27 Ann d. George & Margaret Balderoe [p.65] CHECK

"[Baptism] [1659] Oct. 28 Elizabeth d. Mr. Thomas Warren, marchant, & Joyce"^[5]

[Baptism] [1659] Dec. 29 Elizabeth d. Mr Gerard Lloyd, marchant, & Elizabeth his wife borne 17 Dec. & bap. p. Mr Mills, parson. Mr Christopher Boone, marcht & Mr Francis Lawrance & Mrs Barbray Lloyd wittnesses"^[6]

"[Baptism] [1661] Dec. 12 Samuel s. Mr George Balderoe, marcht, & Mrs Margaret his wife"^[7]

"[Baptism] [1662] George s. George & Margaret Balderoe borne 15"^[8]

BURIALS

"[Burial] [1652] Sep. 9 Mr Waltar Clopton, bro. to Mr Baldero, marchant : church"^[9]

"[Burial] [1654(5)] Mar. 16 John s. George & Margarett Balderoe : church"^[10]

"[Burial] [1655] Apr. 16 Nathaniell Keble, servant to Mr Balderoe : ch. yard"^[11]

"[Burial] [1656(57)] Feb. 10 Henrie s. George & Margarett Balderoe : church"^[12]

"[Burial] [1660] Dec 17 Anna d. George & Margarett Balderoe: church"^[13]

"[Burial] [1661(62)] Mar. 5 Samuel s. George & Margaret Balderoe: in the south isle in the church"^[14]

"[Burial] [1664] Mar. 30 George s. Mr George Balderoe, marcht, & Mrs Margaret his wife: church"^[15]

"[Burial] [1670] May 17 rs Mary Balderowe : south isle, church"^[16]

Margaret Boldero

Wife of George Boldero

Further Boldero people research

Name: John Boldero
Marriage Date: 12 Jun 1640
Parish: St Bride's, Fleet Street
County: London
Borough: City of London
Spouse: Elizabeth Breerent
Record Type: Marriage
Register Type: Parish Register

Source Citation: London Metropolitan Archives, St Bride Fleet Street, Transcript of register of marriages, 1587 - 1653, P69/BRI/A/017/MS06546. SEE: Ancestry digital image

Suffolk, England, Extracted Parish Records about Henricus Boldero Henrici Boldero Dordrecham
Text: Henricus Boldero filius Henrici Boldero Dordrecham mercatoris.
Book: Burials. (Burial)
Collection: Suffolk: Bury St. Edmunds - Biographical List of Boys Educated At King Edward 6th Free Grammar School, 1550-1900

Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 about Henry Boldero
Name: Henry Boldero
College: CHRIST'S
Entered: 1657
More Information: Adm. pens. (age 15) at CHRIST'S, Mar. 31, 1657. S. of Henry, merchant adventurer at Dort. B. at Hull. School, Bury St Edmunds. Matric. 1657. Migrated to Queens', Sept. 14, 1660; and to Jesus, Aug. 31, 1663. B.A. from Queens', 1660-1; M.A. from Jesus, 1664. Ord. deacon (Ely) Sept. 24, 1664; priest, Mar. 10, 1665-6. V. of Whaddon, Cambs., 1672. (Peile, I. 576; Suff. Man. Fam., I. 187.)

Places

Places mentioned by testator:

Possible primary sources

TNA

Chancery

PROB

PROB 11/115/36 Will of George Boldero, Gentleman of Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk 18 January 1610

PROB 11/304/17 Will of Henry Boldero, Merchant Adventurer of Dordrecht, Holland 03 April 1661 SEE HCA 13/72 f.52v and Ancestry Digital Image

PROB 11/315/49 Will of John Boldero, Merchant in Dordrecht, Holland 16 September 1664 SEE Ancestry Digital Image

PROB 11/319/509 Will of George Boldero, Merchant of London 14 March 1666 SEE HCA 13/72 f.52v and Ancestry Digital Image

Possible secondary sources

↑ PROB 11/115/36 Will of George Boldero, Gentleman of Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk 18 January 1610; PROB 11/67/238 Will of John Boldero or Boldoro, Gentleman of Fornham Saint Martin, Suffolk 10 July 1584
↑ HCA 13/71 f.210v
↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.59, viewed 15/01/14
↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.60, viewed 15/01/14
↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.66, viewed 15/01/14
↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.66, viewed 15/01/14
↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.68, viewed 15/01/14
↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.70, viewed 15/01/14
↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.185, viewed 15/01/14
↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.187, viewed 15/01/14
↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.187, viewed 15/01/14
↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.190, viewed 15/01/14
↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.194, viewed 15/01/14
↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.196, viewed 15/01/14
↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.198, viewed 15/01/14
↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.209, viewed 15/01/14

[1] PROB 11/115/36 Will of George Boldero, Gentleman of Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk 18 January 1610; PROB 11/67/238 Will of John Boldero or Boldoro, Gentleman of Fornham Saint Martin, Suffolk 10 July 1584

[2] HCA 13/71 f.210v

[3] W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.59, viewed 15/01/14

[4] W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.60, viewed 15/01/14

[5] W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.66, viewed 15/01/14

[6] W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.66, viewed 15/01/14

[7] W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.68, viewed 15/01/14

[8] W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.70, viewed 15/01/14

[9] W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.185, viewed 15/01/14

[10] W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.187, viewed 15/01/14

[11] W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.187, viewed 15/01/14

[12] W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.190, viewed 15/01/14

[13] W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.194, viewed 15/01/14

[14] W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.196, viewed 15/01/14

[15] W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.198, viewed 15/01/14

[16] W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart street, London. 1563-1700. (London, 1916), p.209, viewed 15/01/14

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