Robert Foote & Joane Brooke

Robert Foote
Robert was born in 1553 in Shalford, Colchester, Essex, England.  He died at the age of 55 on January 27th, 1608 in Shalford, Colchester, Essex, England.  His burial was on February 16th, 1608 in Shalford, Colchester, Essex, England.

• Death Notes
  • His will is dated Jan. 27, 1608 and proved Feb. 15, 1609. From Shalford in Essex, England.
    
    WILL OF ROBERT FOOTE YEOMAN
    
    "to the poor in the parish twenty shillings. To the poor in Wethersfield twenty shillings. To my well beloved wife Joan, during her natural life, all such yearly rent as to me is reserved out of my lease of certain tenements which I hold for divers years yet enduring by the grant of Sir Robert Chester knight and lying and being in the town of Royston, the yearly rent whereof to me reserved is at this present eight pounds. I give her also one annuity of four pounds to be paid during her natural life by my son Robert. To my son James fifty pounds. To son Daniel forty pounds at four and twenty. The same each to sons Nathaniel, Francis, and Joshua at like ages. To daughter Elizabeth Foote forty pounds at day of marriage or at age of thirty. to son Joseph my lease and term of years in a certain hopground called Plomley which I hold by lease from Mr. Josyas Clark and - - - - - his wife. Other gifts to him. Certain household stuff to wife. Elizabeth Ormes my maid servant. To - - - - - Tibbet, the wife of William Tibbet, five shillings in recompence of her pains she hath taken with me. To Mr. Richard Rogers preacher of God his Word twenty shillings. The wife of George Elsing. Thomas Cott. To my son Robert my free tenement or mansion house wherein I now inhabit, with the land &c and the stockof hop poles upon the hop ground, he to pay the legacies &c. The residue of my goods &c to all my children. If it happen mu Daughter Mary Hewes to be departed then her part to be paid to her children. For the execution of this will I do ordain, nominate and appoint my well beloved son Robert Foote to be my sole executor and I do desire my well beloved brother John Foote of London grocer and my son in law John Hewes of Royston to be supervisors and assistants to my executors."
    

Joane Brooke
Joane was born on June 18th, 1554 in London, England and her christening took place on May 11th, 1555 in St. Leonard, Eastcheap, London, Middlesex, England.

• Birth Notes
  • b. on 18 Jun 1554/1559

She died at the age of 80 on October 10th, 1634 in St Leonard's Parish, London, England.  Her burial was in 1634 in St Leonard's Parish, London, England.