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Peter Worden (the elder) ★ (Robert, Isabel) was from Clayton (Clayton-le-Woods), Lancashire, England PA7, HE3, BO4, RI4, and may have been born about 1576 BO4. He was the son of Robert Worden and the brother of William and James Werden (or Worden) of Clayton AB1. As “Petrus Werden”, he was recorded under the headings of “Burgens’ fforins’ ” or “Burgens’ forens’ ” (foreign burgesses; citizens from a different borough) in the Roll of the Guild Merchants of Preston, Lancashire in 1582 and 1602 AB1, BO4. The “Burgens’ fforins’ ” Roll of the Guild Merchant of 1582 stated “Willms Werden de Clayton filius Rob[er]ti Werden Jacobus Werden frater eius Petrus Werden frater eius” AB1, which indicates that Will[ia]m[u]s (William) Werden of Clayton was the son of Robert Werden, and that James and Peter Werden were his brothers. “James” is the typical Latin translation of “Jacobus”. The “Burgens’ forens’ ” Roll of the Guild Merchant of 1602 stated “Will’s Werden de Claiton Jur’ Petrus Werden frater eius Jur’ Jacubus Werden frater eius Jur’ …Werden filius eius” AB1, which indicates that Will[iamu]s Werden, Petrus (Peter) Werden, and James Werden were all brothers, and that James Werden had an unnamed son AB1.
He married Margaret (Grice) Wall circa 1603 or 1604 RI4, BO4; they probably married between the death of Anthony Wall on April 24, 1601 FI11 and March 23, 1604, when a lease bearing that date mentioned Peter Worden and his wife BO4. He was married by the summer of 1606 BO4 when a plea of the Lancaster Court from the year 1607 stated PA7:
whereas one Peter Werden and mgrete his wieffe did heretofore bringe a wrytt [writ] of dower before his mate [magistrate] Justice of Assise at Lancaster for the dower of the said margrett of certeine Lande in this Counitye sometime thinheritance [the inheritance] of Anthony Wall late of Preston in this Countye, decessed former husband of the said Margret
Peter Werden was a witness to the will of Elizabeth Orrell, the widow of John Orrell of Turton in Lancashire, which was dated January 23, 1606/7; other witnesses included Roger Langton, Thomas Ryley, and Ric(hard) Carnocke, Jr. PI12. Elizabeth Orrell was the granddaughter of John Clayton of Clayton, and her will stipulated that she wished to be buried at the Clayton chapel within Leyland Church PI12. Peter “Warden” of Preston was one of the jurors in the inquisitions post mortem taken at Preston, Lancashire on August 10, 1609 after the deaths of Thomas Thompson, Robert Hankinson, Thomas Allenson, and William Bamber RY4. Peter “Werden” of Preston was one of the jurors in the inquisitions taken at Preston, Lancashire on April 4, 1611 for the deaths of John Baron of Overderwent, Robert Reade of Aughton, and William Greenbancke of Great Marton, and he was again a juror in Preston on January 9, 1611/2 for inquisitions for the deaths of James Pickering of Catterall, John Hesmonough, and Richard Whittingham of Whittingham RY4. Peter “Warden” of Preston was again named as a juror in Preston on December 17, 1613 for an inquisition after the death of Lambert Tildesley of Garret RY4.
A record of the Chancery Court of the Palatinate of Lancaster (dated March 1627) referred back to an event from 1611 in which Peter Worden was selected to personally deliver a collective payment of approximately four pounds from the tenants of Chingle Hall to the Crown in London BO4. The Chancery Court record also stated that he had hired an individual to plow eight acres of land, for which Peter paid that person four pounds BO4. George Bolton, a Worden family genealogist, believed that sometime before the year 1610 or 1612, Peter was appointed to the town council for Preston, for his signature, with a flourish, was located by Mr. Bolton in a document dated August 26, 1612, which was bound in the White Book of Orders BO4. The document reference for this White Book at the Lancashire County Council website is CNP/3/1/1. This document was also signed by the mayor and the council members, and Mr. Bolton located an additional document with the signatures of the mayor, counselors, and Peter, located in the same book BO4. Because Peter’s signature was among those of the council members, Mr. Bolton believed him to be a council member as well.
On September 11, 1616, “Peeter Werden of Preston in amoundernes” was called a gentleman when he sold land in Whittingham, northeast of Preston, to William Walle of Preston for the sum of one hundred pounds LA23, LA5. Of note, this deed shows that Peter Werden had owned an eighth part of a wind mill (“Wynd Milne”) which was called “comonlie called or knowne by the name of Chinglehalle Milne scituate lyinge and beinge in Wittingham” LA23. He also owned land, buildings, and houses located “within a certeine ditch or water there comonlie called the drawe ditch of Chingle Halle” (but the word “drawe” was unclear) LA23. The deed mentioned that he owned an eighth part of four closes located in Haighton and other assorted properties located in Whittingham and Preston LA23. Somewhat near the end of the deed, mention is made of Peeter’s wife, Margrett, when the deed discussed a previous lease which was dated March 23, 1607/8 LA23:
One lease heretofore made by the said Peeter Werden and Margrett his Wieffe to John Sumpner Inkeep[er] for twentie Five yeres from the sealinge and deliv[er]ie thereof wch [which] is dated xxiij° Maroj [the previous word probably states “March”, but the last two letters are “oj”] in the fifte yere of His Ma:ties said Raigne [this date would have been March 23, 1607/8] of a p[ar]cell of land conteyneinge Fortie eight yardes in lengthe and in bredth thirteene yards beinge pcell of the said p[re]mises sometyme the Inheritance of the said Erle [Earl] of Derby only excepted
Most of the deed, written in court hand and dated September 11, 1616, has been transcribed below LA23:
This Indenture made the ealeventh daie of September in the yere of the raigne of our most gracious sovaigne [sovereign] lord James by the grace of god of England France and Ireland kinge defendr of the faith etc the xiiijth and of Scotland the Fiftieth Betweene Peeter Werden of Preston in amoundernes in the countie of Lancr gentle-man upon thone [the one] p[a]rte and Will[ia]m Walle of Preston afforesaid in the said countie gentleman upon thother [the other] parte Witnesseth that the said Peeter Werden aswell [probably “as well”] for and in considera[t]ion of the some of one hundred poundes of lawfull money of England to him paid by the said Will[ia]m Walle att and before thensealling [the sealing] & deliv[er]ie [delivery] of these p[re]sents whereof and wherewith the said Peeter Werden doth acknowledg him selff Well and truelie contented satisfied and paid and thereof and of ev[er]ie part and p[ar]cell thereof doth clerelie acquite exon[er]ate and dischardge the said Will[ia]m Walle his heires executors admrs: [administrators] and assignes and ev[er]ie of them for they by these [the previous four words are uncertain] p[re]sents as alsoe for dyvers other good causes and valueable consideracons him thereunto especially moveing hath granted [the next word is illegible] bargained sold enfeoffed and confirmed and by these [the previous word is uncertain] pntes [presents] doth fullie Freelie clerelie and absolutelie for him and his heires grante alien bargane sell enfeoff and confirme unto the said Will[ia]m Walle his heires and assignes forever, All that his part and porcll [the previous word is uncertain but may state “parcel”] of all and ev[er]ie the howses [the previous word is practically illegible but might state “howses” or “houses”] buildings and landes scituate lying and beinge in Whittingham in the countie of Lancaster… scituate lyinge and beinge within a certeine ditch or water there comonlie called the drawe [the previous word is illegible, and “drawe” is a guess] ditch of Chingle Halle with the part and porcoll [parcel] of the said ditch thereto belonginge nowe [the previous word is uncertain] in the holdinge or occupacon [occupation] of the said Peeter Werden his assignee or assignes and alsoe all that theight part in eighte parts to bee devided of one wynd Milne with the eight parte in eight parts to bee devided of the Milne Hill and other the proffitts and hereditaments thereunto belonging latelie purchased of Rob[er]t Dalton esquire and all that p[ar]t and porcell of the said Wynd Milne beinge theight part of the said Milne in eight p[ar]ts to bee devided with theight part of the Milne Hill in eight parts to bee devided thereunto belonginge late purchased of Richard Preston wch said Milne ys comonlie called or knowne by the name of Chinglehalle Milne scituate lyinge and beinge in Wittingham aforesaid in the said countie and now ys late in the tenure & houldinge of the said Peeter Werden his assignee or assignes and alsoe all that theight part and porcon [portion] of Foure closes closures or p[ar]cells of land in eight parts to bee devided lyinge and beinge in Haighton in the countie afforesaid comonlie called and knowne by the sev[er]all names of the ashfflatt [this may be one word or two words, and may be “Ash Flat”] the Mosse hey and the twooe [the previous word is uncertain] Mosse nocks [this is not a word which makes sense here; the word “neck” is a typical word used to describe a geographical feature, but this word seems to state “nocks”] nowe or late in the tenure houldinge or occupa[t]ion of Chrofer [this name was abbreviated and may have been “Chistofer”] Tailor his assignee & assignes and alsoe one other eight part and porcell in eight parts to bee devided of certeine lands comonlie called and knowne by the name of theast [probably “the east”] lawnd and the west lawnd beinge pcell of the demesne lands of Chingle Halle nowe or late in the sev[er]all tenures or occupacons of Edward Charneley and Richard Charnley or theire assignee or assignes and alsoe all that theight part and p[a]rcell in eight parts to bee devided of one Close closure or p[ar]cell of land lyinge and beinge in Whittingham in the said countie of lancaster comonlie called or knowne by the name of the litle crofte [the previous two words are uncertain] nowe in the tenure and occupacon of Richard Waringe or his assignes being p[ar]cell of and belonging unto the lands of Chingle Halle conteineinge by estimacon Twentie Rood Falls of land [four roods was equivalent to one acre, so this parcel of land was five acres UN24; a fall was “the distance over which a measuring-rod ‘falls’” and was either a linear or square unit of measure BR28] or thearabouts bee it more or lesse of the yereli [yearly] rent of Five pence and alsoe one other eight part and p[a]rcoll in eight parts to bee devided of all and ev[er]ie the houses and landes scit ntte [the previous two “words” was probably one word: “scituate”] lyinge and beinge in Whittingham in the said countie That is to saie [the previous three words are uncertain] scituate lying and beinge within a certeine ditch or water there called the drawe ditch of Chingle Halle late in the houldinge or occupacon of Thomas Walmisley [the previous surname is uncertain] or of his assignee or assignes and some tyme thinheritance [the inheritance] of Thomas Preston and alsoe all that one close or p[ar]cell of land conteyneinge by estimacon [estimation] one halffe acre of ground or theareabouts bee ytt more or lesse scituate lyinge and beinge in Preston aforesaid in the said countie of lancas [the upper right side of this parchment has torn and the last word is partially missing] that is to weete [the previous three words are uncertain, but if transcribed correctly, may have meant to state “to wit”] scytuate lying and beinge within one certeine close or closure of ground comonlie called the little Milne Feild That is to saie upon the west side of the said Milne Feild (the south end abutinge upon the land belonging to the said Will[ia]m Walle and the west syde abuttinge to the lands [the parchment is torn here and a word is missing] thoccupacon [the occupation] of Henrie Hodgkinson The north end abutting to the land late in the possession of John Breres wch said p[ar]cell of lande hereby to bee granted is in the houldinge of the said Peeter Werden his assignee or assignes and alsoe all and ev[er]ie those sev[er]all parcells of land with th… [this word has faded] niits [the previous word was abbreviated] scituate and beinge within the libties [the previous word was abbreviated and may meant “liberties”] Feilds and Teritories of the Towne of Preston aforesaide late in the possession of Anthonie Walle or his assigne[e] or assignes conteyneinge by estimacon [estimation] one Acre and a Half of land or theareabouts bee they more or lesse of thanuall [the annual] or yerelie rent of ij li iiij d [two pounds and four pence] late the Inheritance of the Right Ho Therle of Derbie [the word “ho” did not have any indicators that it was an abbreviation, but this phrase likely meant to state “the Right Honorable The Earl of Derby”, who would have been William Stanley, Sixth Earl of Derby] and alsoe all and singuley howses edifics buildings barnes stables orchards gardens lands tenements waies waters easements woods underwoods wasts [probably “wastes”] Com[m]ons com[m]on of pasture and turbarie Mores Mosses Mynes quitrres [the previous word is uncertain] Rents Revcons [this word was abbreviated and may mean “reversions”] servies [the previous word is uncertain but may mean “services”] and Hereditaments Whatsoever unto the said Mesuage closes p[ar]cells and porcons of land and Milne or anie of them belonging or to or with [the previous word is uncertain] the same or anie pt Thereof Usuallie occupied or enioyed [enjoyed] or accepted Reputed or taken to bee as part parcell or member thereof and the Revcon and Revcons [these words were abbreviated and probably mean “reversion or reversions”] Remaynder and Remaynders Whatsoever of the said p[re]mises with theire and ev[er]ie of theire appurten[a]nce and alsoe all thestate [the estate] Right title Interest use possession claime and demande Whatsoe[r] of him the said Peeter Werden of in and unto the said p[re]mises before in and by theis pntes [the previous word was abbreviated] bargained and sould or Intended to bee bargained and sould To Have and to houlde the said Mesuags [messuages] lands Tenements Closes Closures… To the sole onelie prop[er] and Use and behoof of the said Will[ia]m Walle his heires and assignes for ever… And the said Peeter Werden for himself his heires execrs: admrs: and assignes and for everie of them doth covnnt [covenant] and grant to and with the said Will[ia]m Walle his heires and assignes… One lease heretofore made by the said Peeter Werden and Margrett his Wieffe to John Sumpner Inkeep[er] for twentie Five yeres from the sealinge and deliv[er]ie thereof wch [which] is dated xxiij° Maroj [the previous word probably states “March”, but the last two letters are “oj”] in the fifte yere of His Ma:ties said Raigne [this date would have been March 23, 1607/8] of a p[ar]cell of land conteyneinge Fortie eight yardes in lengthe and in bredth thirteene yards beinge pcell of the said p[re]mises sometyme the Inheritance of the said Erle [Earl] of Derby only excepted, And the said Peeter Werden doth further for him and his heires grant That hee the said Peeter Werden and his heires all and ev[er]ie the said p[re]mises… to the said Will[ia]m Walle… and the said Peeter Werden for him and his heires hath constituted ordained authorished and in his place and stedd put by theis pntes [the previous word was abbreviated and probably meant “presents’] his trustie Freindes Seath Bushell and John Jameson his true and lawfull attorneys Jointlie or sev[er]allie for him and in his name place and stedd into all and singuley the said hereditaments and p[remises] hereby bargained and sould… unto the said Will[ia]m Walle his heires and assignes to have and to holde… signed and deliv[er]ed in the p[re]sence of Henry Breres Richard Walmysley Thomas Molyneux Thomas Waringe Memorand[um] that the one and twentieth daye of October In the yeares within written John Jameson one of thattorneyes [the attorneys] within named by vertue of the warrant of Attorney within written did enter into one Ranne or chamber parte of the houseinge within graunted and sould and thereof and therein in the name of all the within bargained lands and hereditaments did take quiet and peaceable possession and sein [this word was abbreviated and may have meant “seizin”] and ymediately after did give and deliv[er] the same quiet and peaceable possession and sein in the name of the within mencoed [probably “mentioned”] bargained hereditaments unto the within named Will[ia]m Wall To have and to hould to him the said Will[ia]m Wall and his heires accordinge the tenor and effecte of the deed within written… In the p]re]sence of James Whythalgh Henry Blundell I Christofer Tailor Chrofer [this name was abbreviated and probably meant “Christofer”] Lawe George Beesley
Sometime in about 1616 (probably between March 24, 1616 and March 23, 1617), Peter sued his brother-in-law, Thomas Grice, for a certain sum of money which Peter claimed was owed to Margaret, his then deceased wife, which had never been collected BO4. Peter stated that many years earlier, Margaret’s father, Thomas Grice, had created an indenture which promised twenty pounds apiece, to be paid of the income from his inn, to each of his children when they reached the age of twenty-one BO4. Thomas Grice, the younger, who spoke for himself and his siblings, retorted that not only did Peter not have a legal claim to this money, but his father, Thomas, had provided Margaret with an even more generous sum of money when she became married, and further, neither her first husband, Anthony Wall, or Margaret herself, as a widow, had ever complained about her lack of compensation BO4. The conclusion of this case is yet unknown, but Thomas Grice, Jr. did refuse to pay Peter Worden BO4.
He was probably the Peter Werden who leased a shop on the east side of the moothall (townhall) of Preston, near the stairs on the north end of that building, on October 1, 1617 BO4. Petrus Wearden and the son who shared his name were again mentioned in the Guild Rolls of Preston of 1622, under the heading of “Burgens’ fforinar’ ” AB1, BO4 (“Petrus Wearden Petrus Wearden filius eius” AB1). Their names were written a bit below the names of William Worden of Clayton and his sons, James, William, and Richard (“Will’m’s Worden de Clayton gen’ Jacobus Worden filius eius Will’m’s Worden frater eius Ric’us Worden frater eius” AB1). This William Worden of Clayton was most likely Peter’s brother.
Peter was the defendant against Ralph Eyves of Fishwick on August 30, 1625, when Ralph claimed that approximately twelve years previously, he and William Wall, Peter’s stepson, owed Peter forty pounds; they each paid twenty, but did not obtain any sort of written documentation of their payment BO4. Ralph further stated that in August 1624, Peter had acquired a writ from the Court of Common Pleas which resulted in the arrest of Ralph in the dead of night, and not only were his doors broken in, but he was hardly clothed BO4. At this time, it seems that Ralph was not removed to jail. Next, Ralph was ordered to deliver goods worth about fifty pounds to Peter, as security that he would surrender himself to the sheriff before September 1625, but rather than retain these goods and pursue a judgment, Peter sold some of them, and used the rest BO4. Peter then attempted to cause Ralph to be prosecuted for the original debt, but in a new court BO4. Peter’s response to these allegations, and the conclusion of this case, is unknown BO4.
In about the year 1628, and until the year 1634, he became the aulnager for Lancaster County, whose duty was to ensure that woolen cloth was of a specific standard; if the cloth passed the set standard, the aulnager stamped the cloth BO4. The evidence that Peter Werden performed the duties in the office of aulnager was located in a Lancashire chancery plea by Roger Langton of Preston PA7. Most of this plea pertained to debts owed to Roger Langton by several individuals, and it appears that in most or all cases, Roger had somehow lost the document which proved that he was owed these various sums of money PA7. The relevant information about Peter Werden is located in the bottom fourth of this plea PA7. The right side of this document (particularly the lower right corner) is very faded; a transcription of most of this bottom fourth of the document which pertains to Peter Werden follows PA7:
Septemb[er] 1634
To the Right worll Crofer [Christopher] Banester of yr vice chancellor of the County Palatyne of Lancaster
Complayneing sheweth unto your wor.pp yr orator Roger Langton of Preston in the county of Lanc.r gentl.[eman]…
And your orator further sheweth that hee your sayd orator was heretofore authorished by the kings matie [the previous word is uncertain] to have the sealeing of all wollen cloth within the said county of Lanc.r & to exercise the office of Aulnager there for a Certen number of yeares now latelie ended as by the kings lres [perhaps “letters”] patents made to Certen patenties & a deed of deputacon for those [the previous five words are faded and uncertain] patentees made unto your orator if your orator had the same to shewe would more at large appeare And that your orator being soe authoryshed to have thesealeing [the sealing] of the said wollen Cloth & to exercise the said office as aforesaid your orat.[or] did about sixe yeares since substitute Peter werden of Clayton in the said County gentl. in the place & steed of your orator dureing your orators tyme & terme therein exercise the said office of Aulnager & to have the sealeing of all wollen cloth within the said County & to take & receyve all Fees & dues due for the same for your orators use & to be answerable & acoumptable [the previous word is faded but may have meant “accountable”] to your orator for the same whensoev[e]r [the next word has a blotch and is uncertain] should bee thereunto required by your orator And thereupon the said Peter werden did as your orators agent & substitute undertake the sealeing of the said wollen cloth & the execucon [probably “execution”] of the said office & did for about seaven yeares together take & receyve all the p[ro]ffitts of the said office & all the Fees dues & duties due & payable for the sealeing of wollen cloth within the said County & those p[ro]ffittes dues & duties soe taken & Receyved by the said Peter werden doe amount to the some of Fiftie pounds or neere thereabouts not accounted for unto yr sd orator [the middle section of this interlined phrase, shown here in superscript, was difficult to decipher because some words appeared to be abbreviated and others were cramped and messy] And although your orator hath often tymes requested the said Peter werden to make accompt [probably “account”] unto your orator for the said p[ro]ffitts Fees dues & duties soe by him taken & receyved as aforesaid & to pay & answere the same unto your orator yet soe to doe he the said Peter werden hath often refused & doth still refuse [the previous three words are uncertain] And thereunto [the previous word is faded and uncertain] hee the said Peter werden is incoraged [encouraged] by reason that he hath now lately by some Casuall or Indirekt [the previous word is faded and uncertain] meanes gotten into his hands the said lres [probably “letters”] patents & the said deputacon [deputation] soe made unto yr orator [the previous two words are faded and there is a dark mark obscuring part of a word] aforesaid the Certen date or other particuler [the previous several words are faded and uncertain] Contents whereof your orator doeth not now remember And he the said Peter werden doeth now refuse to deliv[er] to your orator the said l[ette]res patents & the said deputacon soe made unto your orator & yr orator not being p[re]sent at the p[ar]ticuler receipts of the said Peter werden Cannot make due p[ro]ffe [the previous word may have meant “process”] by testimonie of witnesses what p[ro]ffitts Fees dues & dueties belonging to your orator by reason of the said office & sealeing of wollen cloth he the said Peter werden hath taken & reteynes neyther doeth your orator now knowe nor Can certenly prove [the previous word is uncertain] for & dureing how long tyme the said Peter werden hath soe taken & receyved the same And now soe It is may It please your worshipp that your orator haveing by casuall meanes lost all the foresaid obligatcon…
On January 21, 1629/30, Peter was paid eight shillings from the town of Preston, as he had previously lent the town this sum, for the purpose of assisting with a debt of ninety pounds regarding common land at Fulwood BO4. He was a plaintiff in a case determined at the Lancaster Palatine Chancery Court on March 12, 1635/6, when in this case he stated that he lived in Clayton PA7. The complaint stated that about five years previously (or in about 1631), Peter Werden, a yeoman of Clayton, had purchased a quantity of wine from William Barfield of Hawkley for the sum of forty pounds, but he had not paid in full by the required date, and he was obligated to use his house and two fields of about five acres in total, which were called Haslecrooke and Intacke, located in Clayton, as collateral for his debt PA7, BO4. The reason that Peter was the plaintiff, rather than William Barfeild, was because rather than accept Peter’s money, Barfeild preferred to retain the land and house, in addition to two colts and a cow BO4, PA7. The result of this case has not yet been discovered. Sixty-four lines of text were written on this enormous document, which measured over thirty-one centimeters wide and forty-three centimeters long PA7, which rendered its entire transcription and reproduction impractical. However, the first four lines have been transcribed here PA7:
Humblie Complaineninge sheweth unto yor Wop [Worship] yor orator Peter Werden of Clayton in the Countie of Lancr yeoman That yor orator did about five yeares since buy of William Barfield of hawkley in the said Countie of Lancr Salter [the first letter of the preceding word was capitalized but is uncertain; the remaining letters are probably “alter”] a certaine quantity of wyne for the some of fortie pounds And yor orator did for the securitie of the payment of the said some of fortie pounds at certaine dayes then agreed upon betwixt the said Willm Barfield and yor said orator… unto the said Barfield in and by one bill obligatory for the payment of the some of twentie pounds unto him the said Willm Barfield by yor orator at a day then shortie after and now past and by one other bill obligatorie for the payment of other twenty pounds unto him the said William Barfeild by yor orator at another day then to come and now past and incurred And yor orator further sheweth that hee yor said orator makeing default of paymt of the said sevall [several] somes of twentie pounds at the days tymes wherein the same were due and payable…
George Bolton originally believed that Peter had a daughter named Anne. He stated that Anne first married John Jenkinson of Preston sometime before their daughter, Elizabeth, was baptized in January 1622, and after the death of John, in 1629, Anne married Henry Fleetwood in 1630 BO4. Mr. Bolton may have revised his opinion upon further research, as he later stated that this Anne Werden of Preston who married Henry Fleetwood was not the daughter of Peter, but of James Werden BO4. He based this statement on the 1617 will of Ellen French, who named Ann Jenkinson as her sister, and John Jenkinson as her brother-in-law BO4. George Bolton then stated that he believed that Peter Worden may have been the guardian of Anne Werden BO4. Anne Werden was the daughter of James Wearden. James Wearden, a mercer of Preston, Lancashire, wrote his will and died on December 18, 1607 RY4. His will named his brother, Richard Wearden (a mercer of Preston), his wife, Elizabeth, his five minor daughters, Ellen, Jenett, Anne, Margaret, and Marye, and his son, Edmunde, who was twelve years old at the time of his father’s death RY4. His will also named John Walton (a yeoman of Houghwicke) and three men who were of Preston: Henry Breers (a draper), Henrye Sudell (a butcher), and William Lemond (a salter) RY4. It is not yet clear how James Wearden may have been related to Peter Worden.
His will, created on February 9, 1638 PL3 and witnessed by three men, Nicholas Simpkins, Hugh Tilly, and Giles Hopkins, on March 5, 1638/9 PL3, SH9, specifically mentioned property in England PL3:
Be it knowne unto all men to whome this doth or may concerne, that I, Peter Worden, of Yarmouth in New England in Plymouth Patten, being very sick in this yeare of our Lord 1638 and on the ninth day of February, doe make my Last Will to testyfy unto all that I, Peter Worden, doe give and bequeath unto Peter Worden, my onely sonne, and sonn and heire, and in the presence of Nicholas Sympkins, Hugh Tillie, and Giles Hopkins I do make him my whole Executor to whom I doe give all my lands, leases, tennements with goods, movable and unmovable, in the Towne of Clayton in the County of Lankester. Likewise I doe give unto Peter, my sonne, all my goods which I have at this present in New England. My will is that my sonne is to give John Lewis, one nate goate. Alsoe my will is my son is to give my grandchild such money as is due for the keepeing of goats and calves untill this day. And that my sonn is with the money to buy John a kid or dispose it otherwaies for his use, also one bed or boulster, three blanketts. Also, my sonn is to have the tuition of my grandchild untill he be at the age of one and twenty yeares of age. Also, my will is that he shall find him with meate, drinke, and cloathes and at the three last yeares of the xxjtie [21] years, [he is] also to have fourty shillings the year after and above for to add to his stock with a sowe pigg when the sowe piggs.
Peter died sometime before September 1, 1640 SH15. In the Court of Assistants in Plymouth on January 7, 1638/9, the phrase “Old Worden, (dead,)” was written in a list of names SH9, but it is possible that the word “(dead,)” was written post-mortem.
Margaret Grice (Thomas, Alice) was the daughter of Thomas and Alice Grice and was married to Anthony Wall of Preston before she married Peter Worden RI4, BO4. With Anthony, who died in April 1601, she was the mother of William, Thomas, John, Alice, and Mary RA4, WO9. The existing register of the parish of Preston in Amounderness, Lancashire began in 1611 but did have some records from 1603 SM6.
William Wall was the son of Anthony Wall and of Margaret (the daughter of Mr. Thomas Grice of Warrington) and he was of Preston and Chingle (Single) Hall RA4, FI11. His father’s inquisition post mortem allegedly occurred on January 14, 1602, and William’s age at this time was said to have been eight years, one month, and eleven days, indicating he was born in December 1593 FI11, BO4. He married Joanna, the daughter of Ralph Eaves of Fishwick RA4, FI11. The record of his marriage in the Preston Parish register stated that William Whales and Jane Eyves were married February 22, 1611/12 (“Guilemi Whales et Jana Eyves mariti fuerunt 22 ffeb.”) SM6.
Their children were baptized and buried at Preston, Lancashire, England FI11. William and Joanna Wall were the parents of Margaret RA4, FI11, Anthony RA4, FI11, Alice RA4, FI11, William RA4, FI11, Elizabeth FI11, Anthony FI11, Thomas RA4, FI11, and John RA4, FI11. Margaret Walles, the daughter of “Willmi Walles” was christened on January 19, 1612/13 at St. John Church in Preston, Lancashire SM6, EN3 (“Margaretta filia Willmi Walles de ffishwecke bapt. 19 Jan.”) SM6. Anthony Walles, the son of “Willmi Walles”, a gentleman of Fishwick, was christened on February 14, 1613/14 and was buried on February 22, 1618/19 at St. John Church in Preston, Lancashire SM6, EN3, FI11. (“Anthonius fili Willmi Walles de ffishweke bap. die ffebrii.” and “Anthonius fiili Willmi Walles gen. sep. [generosus sepultus] 22 die ffebrii.” SM6). Alice Walles, the daughter of “Willmi Walles”, a gentleman, was christened on July 17, 1616 and was buried on May 9, 1619 at St. John Church in Preston, Lancashire SM6, EN3. (“Alicia filia Willmi Walles gen. bap. 17 die Julii.” and “Alicia filia Willmi Walles gen. sep. [generosus sepultus] nono die Maii.” SM6). William Walles, the son of “Willmi Walles”, a gentleman, was christened on October 30, 1617 at St. John Church in Preston, Lancashire SM6, EN3 (“Willm. Fili Willmi Walles gen. [generosis] bap. 30 die Octobris.” SM6). William Wall was of Preston and Chingle (Single) Hall FI1; he first married Hellen, the daughter of Mr. William Suddall (or Sudell) of Preston and second married Ann, the daughter of Mr. Thomas Duckworth of Padiham in Lancashire RA4, FI11. He was buried on March 4, 1696/7 FI11. Elizabeth Walles, the daughter of “Willmi Walles”, a gentleman of Preston, was christened on April 18, 1619 at St. John Church in Preston, Lancashire SM6, EN3 (“Eliz. filia Willmi Walles gen. [generosus] de Preston bap. 18 die Apr.” SM6). Anthony Walles, the son of “Willmi Walles”, a gentleman of Preston, was christened on October 15, 1620 at St. John Church in Preston, Lancashire SM6, EN3 (“Anthoni fil. Willmi Walles de Preston generos. bap. 15. SM6). Anthony Wall was buried on May 19, 1657 FI11. Thomas Wall was called the son of William Wall RA4, FI11 but no baptism record was located in the St. John parish register; if he was the son of William, he was likely born after Anthony but before John, as there is a gap of over three years with no recorded baptism. Thomas Wall married Jane, the daughter of Mr. Thomas Somner of Preston RA4, FI11 and they were the parents of Thomas Wall FI11. John Walls, the son of “Mr. Willm. Walls” was christened on February 22, 1623/4 at St. John Church in Preston, Lancashire (“Bap. John filius Mr. Willm. Walls eod. [eodem] die. [on the same day as the previous baptism, which was February 22, 1623/4]” SM6) SM6. Another record stated that John Walls was baptized on February 29, 1623/4 EN3. John was buried on March 19, 1672/3 FI11.
The burial register of St. John Church in Preston, Lancashire, England stated that William Wall, a gentleman of Preston, was buried on March 5, 1625/6 (“Gulielmus Walles de Preston generosus sept. [sepultus] 5 die.” SM6), while his widow, Joanna Wall, was not buried until September 12, 1666 (her will was proved on February 10, 1666/7) FI11.
Thomas Wall was the son of Anthony Wall and Margaret Grice RA4, FI11. John Wall was the son of Anthony Wall and Margaret Grice RA4, FI11. Alice Wall was the daughter of Anthony Wall and Margaret Grice RA4, FI11. She married Thomas Linacre RA4, FI11. Mary Wall was the daughter of Anthony Wall and Margaret Grice RA4, FI11.
Anthony Wall of Chingle (or Single) Hall was the mayor of Preston in Amounderness, Lancaster County in 1594 FI11, PR23. He was said to have died intestate on April 24, 1601 “seised of three messuages in Whittingham, Haighton, and Preston” FI11. He had granted those messuages to Laurence Gryce, a shoemaker of Preston, Thomas Heton, a gentleman of Heton, Roger Langton, a draper of Preston, and Thomas Banester, a gentleman of Preston “to the use of Margaret, his wife, and William, his eldest son during his minority, and to his younger sons, Thomas and John” FI11. On May 11, 1601 (in the forty-third year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I), an inventory was conducted of the estate of Anthonie Wall of Preston LA23. A transcription follows, but I have chosen not to include the monetary valuation of each item or line item, in addition to the repetitive use of the word “It[em]” which appears at the beginning of each line item, and this is the reason that ellipses appear throughout LA23:
A true and p[er]fect Inventorie of all the goods and cattel[ls] of Anthonie wall late of Preston in Amundernes in the countie of Lanc[aster] gen[tleman] deceased taken and praised [appraised] by Thomas Bannester, Myles ward, George Rogerson and Roger [the preceding name has faded and in uncertain] ffydlar [this surname may be Fydlar or Fidler] the xith daie of maye in the yeare of the raigne of o[u]r sovaigne [sovereign] ladie Elizabeth by the grace of god quene of England ffraunce and Irland defendor of the faith &c the xliij th, as doe ensue.
Imprimis two kyne [cows]… one yong colt… one bore and two hoggs… one yung sowe… oats sowen upon the ground… wheate sowen up[on the ground… five pecks of beanes [i.e., over a bushel of beans]… oate malt and barley malt… xxxv [thirty-five] metts of barlye in the chamber on thehall [a “mett” or “met” is an archaic word for “measure” UN24]… a kather… one fetherbed, one bolster, one pillowe and one chaffe bedd… one co…ing [the previous word is uncertain because it was abbreviated with at least one letter missing in the center; the first three letters may state “cor”, “con”, or “cov”], one covlet [coverlid or coverlet] and one blanckett… one seeled bed [a seeled bed is an obsolete term for “ceiled” or canopied BR28] wth the tester and one litle wheele bed wth a mappe… one large co…ing [the previous word is likely abbreviated and uncertain, by may state “covering”] of Arras [this is another word for “tapestry”] worke… curtaines and ballance [perhaps “vallance” or “valance”] for the said seeled bed… one chaine and one skryne… viij [eight] Cuishions… one drawing table upon a frame and one coning for the same… benching in the porch chamber… one fetherbed, one bolster, and one pillow… one chaffe bed… one ould cadowe [coverlet, cloak, or quilt WR8], one old covlett [coverlet] and one ould blankett… one seeled bed wth the hanginges… one bord upon a frame & one old carpet upon ye same… benching… one chest at the stare head in the chamber on the plor [the preceding word was an abbreviation and may have meant “parlor”]… two fetherbeds, two bolsters and one pillows… v covletts [five coverlets] and one blanckett… one seeled bedd wth the tester, and one trucky bed [probably “truckle” or “trundle” bed]… three chests one deske, one truncke, & one old cupbord… one stole of ease, two little turnells, and ij [two] little bords in the maides chamber… one old fetherbed, one old chaffe bed and two bolsters… iiij old covletts [four old coverlets]… ij [two] paire of bedstockes [part of the frame of the bed]… two old matts in the plor [perhaps “parlor”]… one featherbed, one bolster and one pillowe… one cadowe one covlet and one blanckett… one wyned presse [perhaps “wine press”]… one longe bord upon a frame and one carpett for the same [this was likely a table and a tablecloth]… one seeled bed wth the tester & hangings & one trucky bed… one chaffe bed… benching and one old chaire… two curtaines for windowes in the owte plor [perhaps “outer parlor”]… two fetherbedds and ij bolsters… iiij old covletts [four old coverlets]… two paire of bedstocks and one mappe… one meale arke [perhaps a closed container or chest for storing meal]… one cover for a table… one chaffe bed two old covletts, and one course chaffe bolster… one course paire of bedstacks… one longe bord upon a frame standing in the hall… two little bords upon a frame… xvj [sixteen] buffett stooles… ij [two] chests and iij [three] chaires… x [ten] Cuishions… benching and seeling… one Iron grate, one barre of Iron and one rakenteth [possibly “rakenteie/rachentege” which may mean a “chain” BR28]… one paire of beestockes… one bord upon a frame in the buttrie [buttery]… all bords, shelves, benching and troughe [trough] in the buttrie… one bord and one little chest in the kitchen… all bords and shelves in the milk house… one paire of playing tables… all manner of woodden… earthen muggs; ale cupps and drincking glasses… iij [three] glasses and one paire of bellowes… all manner of pewter… two mastinge bassons [this item is unclear; there seem to be two basins, but the type of basin is uncertain]… all manner of pott mettall… all manner of pan mettall… iij [three] old brasse chafing dishes and iiij [four] brasse candlesticks… one Iron griddell, one Iron grate and two rakenteth [chains BR28] in the kitchen… all other Iron thinges in the house… one old axe one old spade two forkes, one hammer one sickle and one wimble [a wimble is a hand tool that is used to bore a hole]… salt fleshe [perhaps salted meat]… one pecke one Ahton dole and combe lidd… one saddle one bridle, and one paire of bootes… foure old sacks… wisketts [baskets BR28], syves [probably “sieves”], riddles [course meshed-sieve BR28] and one sloulss [the previous word is uncertain].. one gigge wheele [a “gigge wheele” may have referred to a “gig mill”, which was a machine used to raise the nap on cloth BR28] and one paire of winders [a small word in superscript which began with the letters “yo” and ended with the letter “e” was written above the word “winders”]… one leade and one stone troughe for the same… foure swyne troughes… three ladders and one barrowe [probably “wheelbarrow”]… seaven silver spoones… tin sheets and other linnen and napperie… one peece of Timber… one grater one brushe and one scomer… one paire of ballance for a bed… flaxe and yarne… all his apparrell… one Tacke of ctaine [the preceding word might begin with a “c”, but the entire word is unclear] grounde now taken in lying upon Cole Hill for certaine yeeres…
More owing to the said decedent by the towne of Preston xls
Suma iiij ee xij li vd
Concordant cu[m] original exhibit in curia 6.° May 1603
On February 20, 1602, the estate of Anthonie Wall was evaluated LA23:
A inst true and p[er]fect accompte of margrett wall widow executrix of the last will and testament of Anthonie wall her late husband late of Preston in Amundernes gentlema[n] deceased made and exhibited before me Rob[er]t Parkinson Bachelor, in lawes and comissarie wthin the Archedeaconrie of Richmond the xx th daie of ffebruarie Anno dmi mille: mo Sexcent mo. Secundo [millesimo sexcentesimo secondo]
Imp[ri]mis the some of the Inventorie of all the goods and cattells of the said decedent, being instlie valued and priced doth extend to… iiij ee xij li, vd
The moch some is trulie paid and discharged by this Accomptant as herafter followeth.
ffirst paid to Hughe Cliffe and willm dandie for debt owne unto him by the decedent… paid to Henrie Breares for debt due unto him… paid to mr Edward Wallmsley in like manner for debt… to Thomas Wallmsley… to Edward Charneley… paid to myles ward… paid to Roger Langton… paid to Richard mitton… paid and disbursed for charges at the fun[er]all…
The totall some of these disbursements being trulie paid and discharged as abovesaid, doe extend to } Cv li xvij s iiij d [if the transcription is correct, this equates to one hundred five pounds, seventeen shillings, and four pence]
Soe that this accomptant margrett wall hath paid xiij li xvj s xj d more then the goods of the decedent did amount unto or anie waie came to her hands And therfore having fullie administered craves to be acquited and dismissed from anie further accompt or vracon as to lawe app[er]taineth
I saie payd more
In 1607, she was mentioned in a plea of the Lancaster Court as the wife of Peter Worden of Preston, regarding her dower to which she was entitled as the widow of the then deceased Anthony Wall of Preston, Lancashire PA7. A transcription of this plea has been provided PA7:
To the Right worshipfull Thomas Tyldesley Esquier his mate [probably “magistrate”] Atturney of the County of Lancaster and vice Chauncellor of the same Countye
Humbly Compleyninge sheweth unto yor worshippe yor Orator Anthonye Barton That whereas one Peter Werden and mgrete his wieffe did heretofore bringe a wrytt [writ] of dower before his mat [magistrate] Justice of Assise at Lancaster for the dower of the said margrett of certeine lande in this Countye sometyme thinheritance [the inheritance] of Anthony Wall late of Preston in this Countye, decessed former husband of the said margret wch [which] yor said Orator had purchased for greate somes of money duringe the contynuance of wch said suite the land mater in question was Referred to the Arbitermt of John Hawerden gentleman beinge brother in lawe and havinge maryed the sister of the said mgarett & beinge a very dere friende to the said Peter Werden and his said wieffe wch mocon [motion] of Arbitermt grewe upon the mocon and request of the said John Hawerden whereupon sone [perhaps “soon”] after the said John Hawerden did deale betweene yor said Orator and the said Peter werden and his said wieffe for thendinge [the ending] of the said cause and sute of dower at [a symbol was written which did not resemble the previously used ampersand, and may have been the word “at”] wch tyme the said Peter werden and his said wieffe did onelie demannde to have of ye said Orator the some [sum] of twentye poundes in full Recompence and satisfaccon of the dower of his said wieffe claymed againste yor said Orator and then it was lefte by yor said Orator to ye said John Hawerden to order howe muche of the said twentye pounde beinge then demannded as afore said shoulde be paid to ye said werden and his wieffe and as what daies & tymes duringe wch tyme and before the same cause was ended and yet whilest the same cause Remained in the Arbiterment of the said John Hawerden the said Peter werden and his said wieffe proceed againste yor said Orator at the said laste Assises before his mate [magistrate] Judges and then pswaded [persuaded] wth yor said Orator that if he woulde confesse the said Accon [probably “action”] of dower promiseing yor said Orator that they woulde staye execucon [execution] or any other proceedinge againste yor said Orator and that nonethelesse they woulde still stande to the Arbiterment of the said John Hawerden where upon and upon the said pmise [probably “promise”] of the said Peter Werden as afore said yor said Orator confessed the said Accon whereupon the said werden and his said wieffe gott Judgement But soe it is if it maye please yor worshippe that after they had by this meanes gotten Judgement againste yor said Orator as aforesaid the said werden and his wieffe broke of [off] from all Course and speeche of Arbiterment unlesse yor said Orator woulde agree to give them much more then the some [sum] of twenty pounde wch was as muche as they formlie [probably “formerly”] had demanded And thereupon have contrary to theire said promise taken out execucon & a writte of seisur against yor said Orator for her said dower and have procured a greate pte [probably “parte” or “part”] of yor said Orators lande to be delived [delivered] to them in execucon And the said Peter werden & his said wieffe not thus satisfyed doe further indevor [endeavor] to prosecute & sue out a writte to enquire of damages and to gett Costes againstes yor said Orator Notwthstandinge that yor said Orator had good mater to have pleaded in barre of the said writte of dower if he had not trusted to the promise of the said werden and his said wieffe And yet yor said Orator if he may have his said lande dischardged of the said dower and Costes and damages wch the said Peter werden and his said wieffe doe seeke to obteyne and gett againste yor said Orator will geve to the said Peter werden and his said wieffe soe much of the said twentye pounde firste demanded by them in satisfaccon of the said dower and as such daies and tymes as this Honorable Courte shall thinke convenient In Consideracon whereof and to th in tent [probably “the intent”] of the said Peter werden and his said wieffe may be ordered to take such Reasonable Course and order for the dischardge of yor said Orators lande and tenemente as is agreable to conscyence and equitye may in therefore please yor worshippe to grannte to your said Orator his mate most gracous processe of subpena to be directed to the said Peter werden & margarett his wieffe Comandinge them and either of them by vertue thereof to be and psonallye [probably “personally”] to appeare before yor worshippe in his mate Courte of Channcery at Lancaster at a certeine daie and under a certeine paine by yor worshippe to be therein lymitted and appointed Then and there to answere the promisses And further to stande to such order and direccon therein as to yor worshipp shalbe thought to stande wth Justice and equitye And yor said Orator shall dailie pray to god for yor worshippe in all happines longe to contynue
With Peter, she was the mother of Elizabeth, Bridget, and Peter RI4, BO4.
Elizabeth Worden married Hugh Swansey and died in 1635 PA7, WO9, BO4. Elizabeth Werden was likely the “Elizabeth ye daughter of Peter werden, then a single woman but now marryed to one Swansye in Kirkham” who was discussed in a letter from Augustus Wyldbore, the Vicar of Lancaster, to John Bridgeman, the Bishop of Chester, which was dated February 25, 1632 (probably 1632/3) WY2. Augustine or Augustinus Wildbore (with several variants on the spelling on this surname) was the Vicar of St. Mary Church in Lancaster from 1630 until 1639; prior to that he was a vicar in Preston in Amounderness CC1. This letter discussed the misdeeds of two men, John Martin and John Lewis WY2. John Lewis was accused of “incontinencye” with Elizabeth which resulted in a “bastard child” who was at that time still alive WY2. The word “incontinency” is challenging to find in a dictionary, but perhaps the best source to understand that word is the King James Version of the Bible in 1 Corinthians 7:1-5. Augustus Wyldbore meant that John Lewis and Elizabeth Werden had sex while unmarried to each other and she became pregnant. George Bolton stated that Mr. John Lewis had been married to two wives who died in 1624 and 1626, and then six weeks after the death of his second wife, he married a third wife BO4. A transcription of most of this letter follows; certain phrases are underlined in the same way they appear in the letter WY2:
My verye good Lord,
Your letters dated Feb: 6th & · 7th · I received by the hands of mr. Bridge in Wigan Feb: 19 · verye late at evening… For mr. Lewis, besides his ordinarye drunkenness roaring quarrelling, & other debauched carriage these 4 particulues [particulars] I do best remember, ye two former he hath confest unto me & I suppose will not as yet denye ye two latter if he do denye I verely [verily] beleive wille [the previous word is uncertain] well proved by ye partyes wch where [the previous two words are uncertain] they were done & some other witnesses may be p[ro]duced. 1 · his Challenging of one Massye into ye feild at Ormskirk where he fought wth him & at a close throwing him downe put his shoulder out of ioynt [joint]. 2 · His challenging Banks at Preston; who not meeting him in ye morning according to appointm[en]t, he charged a pistol wth powder went into Bankes his chamber & discharged it in his face to ye certaine disfiguering thereof & some danger of further hurt. 3 · His coming into mr. Cades Chamber in preston, locking him into his Chamber on ye inside thereof & putting the key into his pocket; & then using him in so rude A manner both by threats & tussling [the previous word may state “tuffling”] him up & daundpayt [the previous word is illegible but the letters most resembled “daundpayt”] Cade was forced to crye out for help, & companye [the previous word is uncertain] breake open ye dore for his rescue. What he then demaunded of Cade I certainly know not but as I remember Cade said it was marye [the previous word is uncertain] 4 · His Incontinencye wth Elizabeth ye daughter of Peter werden, then a single woman but now marryed to one Swansye in Kirkham, by whom he had a bastard child yet alive; although being examined thereupon in ye High Com[m]ission Court hee utterly forswore it. And it is here reported also yt now of late in London, he hath made another Challenge & brought into the feild wth him a peice charged. of this yr Wp. [perhaps “your Worship”] may enquire more Certainly where yu are…
Aug: Wyldbore
Lancaster: Feb: 25. 1632.
Elizabeth and Hugh Swansey were the parents of Edmund, Robert, and Hugh Swansey LA24. Edmund, the son of Hugh Swansey, was christened sometime in August 1630 at the parish church in Brindle, Lancashire, England (“Edmund sonne of Hugh: Swansey Bapt. August: ”) LA24. Robert, the son of Hugh Swansie, was christened on December 16, 1632 at the parish church in Kirkham, Lancashire, England (“Robert filius Hugh Swansie de Kerkha[m] xvjth”) LA24. The parish register of Kirkham in Lancashire, England recorded that Elizabeth Swansie de Kerkham was buried on July 30, 1635, and later that same year, another burial record stated that “hugh swansie de kerkam” was buried on December 1, 1635 LA24.
The same chancery case from March 12, 1635/6 (discussed above in the biographical sketch of Peter Worden) also discussed Peter Worden’s dispute with his former son-in-law, Hugh Swansey of Brindle PA7. This case stated that Peter’s then deceased daughter was named Elizabeth and that with Hugh Swansey, she was the mother of two sons, Edmund, who was also then deceased, and Robert, who was then alive PA7. Because this document has many areas of faded text, it was not possible to completely transcribe it in its entirety, but the portion of the document which discussed Peter’s dispute with Hugh Swansey has been transcribed. Some words have become too faded to attempt to guess at and in those instances, ellipses have been used as placeholders for the faded words. Certain words are partially readable but still unclear, and in those instances, the word will be italicized. As aforesaid, this document contains sixty-four lines of text, and the lines in question are lines thirty-three and forty-two through fifty-five PA7:
And yor orator further saith that hee about foure or five years since did at severall tymes sell and deliver unto Hugh Swansey of Kirkham in the said Countie of Lanc vintner…
Hugh Swansey as afforesaid But soe to doe the said Hugh Swansey hath often refused and still doth refuse and doth now wrongfullie deteyne the same from yor orator And yor orator further sheweth that the said Hugh Swansey did in the moneth of ffebruary in the seaventh yeare of his Maties [Majestie’s] raigne [reign] that now is wrongfullie take from yor orator divers other pcells [probably parcels] of goods and houshould stuffe which then were yor orators… one carpet for a table, one fryeing pan, curtains for a bed, one Cadowe [coverlet, cloak, or quilt WR8], one brasse pott, three peuter dishes, two earthen muggs, one paire of satten breeches, one paire of brasse wighes and weighes [weights], one stand, Two Candelstick and one flagon of… And those goods for… taken as afforesaid were at the tyme of that takeing thereof of the value of three pounde And although yor orator hath often since in frendlie manner requested the said Hugh Swansey to restore unto yor orator the said goods and houshould stuffe soe by hee wrongfullie taken as afforesaid yet soe to doe hee the said Hugh Swansey hath refused and yet doth refuse And hee the said Hugh Swansey now doth wrongfully detryne the same from yor orator to your orators great damage And yor orator further sheweth that the said Hugh Swansey havinge heretofore maryed Elizabeth yor orators daughter and beinge seised in his demesne as of fee of divers lande and hereditamts in Brindle in this Countie of Lancr yor orator did about five yeares since give unto the said… for the mariage porcon of yor orators said daughter And for a Consideraton that the said Hugh Swansey should estate the said lande and hereditamts in such manner that the same should Imediatlie upon his death… possession unto such children as the said Hugh Swansey should begett upon the body of yor said orators daughter and to the heires of the bodies of those children and there… and upon receipt of these moneys and in Considera… thereof hee the said Hugh Swansey did promise unto yor orator that hee the said Hugh Swansey would within a certaine tyme then thereunto limitted and now since latelie passed… would estate and Convey his said lande and hereditamts in Brindle to the use of himselfe for liffe and after his death to the … which he should begatt upon the body of yor orators daughter and the heires of the body of that first sonne, and for default of said yssue to the use of the second sonne which he the said Hugh Swansey should begett upon the body of yor orators said daughter and the heires of the body of that second sonne, and since that tyme the said Hugh Swansey hath lawfully begotten upon the body of the said Elizabeth yor orators said daughter two legitamate sonnes that is to say Edmund his eldest… is now… dead and Robt his… sonne who is yett liveinge, and yet nontheles hee the said Hugh Swansey though after requeste by yor orator hath… the said Elizabeth… dead and hee the said Hugh Swansey haveinge now lately maried another wyfe hee the said Hugh Swansey doth utterly refuse to Grant his said land and hereditamts in Brindle according… said Hugh Swansey may bee compelled by this honoble Court to estate… said lands and heredetemts in Brindle according to his… the said Hugh Swansey as afforesaid and to restore and redeliver to yor orator the land goods…
The burial registry of St. John Church in Preston, Amounderness, Lancashire stated that Bridgat Wearden was buried on November 19, 1628 (“Bridgat filia Peeter Wearden sept. 19 die.”) SM6. Margaret’s son, Peter Worden II, was born in approximately 1608 PL5 or 1609 TO1, BO4.
Margaret (Grice) (Wall) Worden died in 1612 RI4, BO4.