Gilbert Stedman

• Sex: M
• Born: BEF. 15 JAN 1554/55 in Biddenden, Kent, England, UK
• Died: BEF. 13 JUN 1588 in Biddenden, Kent, England, UK
• Baptized: 15 JAN 1554/55 in Biddenden, Kent, England, UK
• Buried: 13 JUN 1588 in Biddenden, Kent, England, UK
• Notes:

  The Will of Gilbur' Stedman of biddenden in the kounty of Kente, 8 July [sic] 1588. To be buried in the churchyard of biddenden. To the poor of biddenden 3s. 4. To my mother Elizabeth Morars a gallon of butter, four cheeses and 6s. 8d. To Isack Stedman 6s. 8d., to be paid out of the loom by Thomas Stedman, and my best suit of apparel. To Thomas Stedman and John Stedman, sons of Isack Stedman, a lamb each. To Alse Stedman, my goddaughter, daughter of Isack Stedman, two lambs. To my brother-in-law John Johnson, 6 s. 8d., to be paid out of the loom by Thomas Stedman. To Richard Johnson son of John Johnson two lambs, and to Cattarin Johnson his daughter a lamb. To Thomas Stedman son of James Stedman a brode loom with all the tacklings belonging thereto, in full satisfaction of a debt of 12s. which I owe him, he paying 6s. 8 d. each to Isack Stedman and John Johnson, as before specified. To Johne Stedman, Mary Stedman, Margaret Stedman, and Elisabeth Stedman, daughters of James Stedman, a lamb each. To Ane Seelis, daughter of John Seelis, a lamb. All the residue of my moveable goods and cattle to Katarin my wife, whom I make executrix. Witnesses: John Evranden, Henry Allard, Roger Sturmin. Proved 14 August 1588 by the executrix named. (Archdeaconry of Canturbury, 1588, original will.)

1. Infant Stedman, b. BEF. 16 SEP 1582 in Biddenden, Kent, England, UK

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