Re: William Pomfrett (d. 1667 in Newport Pagnell, Bucks)
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Re: William Pomfrett (d. 1667 in Newport Pagnell, Bucks)
James Blair 5/31/06
When I first transcribed the Will of William Pomfrett, I did write that Anne Sibthorpe's legacy said that it was to be paid to her when she "comes to the full age of two and twenty years . . . ."This was a mistake in transcription.
Actually, Anne Sibthorpe's legacy is an outright bequest that says:
"Item.I give to Anne Sibthorpe, wife of William Sibthorpe, my daughter, twelve pounds."
As a consequence, this gives actual meaning to the bequest of two hundred and fifty pounds to his daughter, Mary Pomfrett, "when she shall come to the full age of two and twenty years . . . ."I think the only reasonable interpretion of this clause is that Mary Pomfrett was under age 22 on May 15, 1666, when the William Pomfrett's Will was written, meaning that she was born no earlier than May 16, 1644.
Of the children of William Pomfrett mentioned in the Will, Stephen Pomfrett and Anne Sibthorpe did not have a restriction of attaining a certain age, suggesting that they were the two oldest children over age 21 and Thomas Pomfrett, John Pomfrett, Mary Pomfrett and Elizabeth Pomfrett had restrictions of attaining either age 21 or 22.
I apologize for the confusion that my erroneous preliminary transcription caused.I found this error shortly after my preliminary transcription was made and made the correction.I thought I sent you my corrected transcript (and the actual Will itself), but you may not have received these as I at one point you requested me not to stop sending you e-mails with attachments and that, at some point, you set you computer to receive no e-mails with attachments.
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