Many thanks to all who responded to my plea for help with the Bucks bonds. Not only do I now understand better what actually took place but I also have suggestions for follow-up work which may lead to further discoveries. Magic. Many thanks. On Sep 7, 2006, at 08:28, Chris Bartlett wrote: > Hello Patricia > > I think Jim Halsey has clearly explained this and because I have had a > similar situation although in my case the orphan children were in Devon > where apprenticed out by the overseers of the poor to two uncles 50 > miles > away in Cornwall. > > I suggest you should try and dig deeper and look for wills from Francis > Dorrill or his wife and also William Chilton or his wife as it could > well > be they are related to your children and not just chosen because they > were > willing to look after them. We were very lucky and found not just the > wills > but the marriages making the connections. > > regards > Chris Bartlett > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patricia Ward > Sent: Thursday, 7 September 2006 4:42 a.m. > To: Old English mailing list > Subject: [OEL] Buckinghamshire bonds > > Can anyone help me understand these documents obtained from Bucks > Record > Office and transcribed below? > > > D/12/79/2 1657 Bond in £42. Francis Dorrill of Cheddington day labourer > to Churchwarden & overseers [Bucks RO] > Know all men by these presents that I ffrancis Dorrill of Cheddington, > in the Countie of Bucks day Labourer, am holden & firmly bound unto > John Seabrooke, yeoman, Churchwarden; & unto Thomas Tatnill, & George > Wooster, Overseers of the poore of Cheddington aforesaid, for this > present yeere of our Lord God one thousand, six hundred, fiftie & > seaven, in Two and ffourtie pounds, of lawfull money of England, to be > paid unto the said John Seabrooke, Thomas Tatnill, and George Wooster, > or to their Certaine Attorney, their executors, administrators or > assignes, to the use of the inhabitants of the Towne & parish of > Cheddington aforesaid. And to, & for the more sure payment thereof, I > binde my selfe, my heires, executors administrators, & assignes firmly > by these presents. Sealed with my seale, dated the six & twenteth day > of October, in the aforesaid yeere of our Lord God one thousand, six > hundred, fiftie & seaven, > The Condic’on of this Obligac’on is such, that if the above bounden > ffrancis Dorrill he, his heires, executors administrators, or assignes, > for & in Consideration of one & Twentie pounds of good & lawfull money > of England, to him the said ffrancis Dorrill, in hand paid, at or > before the ensealing & delivering of these presents, for & in > Consideration of taking unto him, or them, & of keeping with him, or > with them, or with either of them, at his or their proper Costs & > Charges, at all times in fitting manner of all needfull things for > them, those Two poore Children, now in the keeping of the said ffrancis > Dorrill, Being the naturall Children of John Howes, & Elizabeth his > wife, deceased, untill the said Children shall sunderly? accomplish the > full age of Eighteene yeeres, shall in all the aforesaid points, > respects, & particulars, well & trulie observe, performe, fulfill, and > keepe them, so that the said Two poore Children be no further forced > Charge unto all or anie of the inhabitants of the Towne & parish of > Cheddington aforesaid during the said Terme & Termes of Eighteene > yeeres, that then this present Obligac’on shall be void & of none > effect, of else it shall remaine, & be in full force & vertue. > Sealed & delivered to the use of the above named parties in the > presence of us James Pung, ffrancis Kympton. > ffrancis Dorrill X his marke. > > D/12/79/1 1657 Bond in £9. William Chiltorn of Cheddington day labourer > to Churchwarden & overseers [Bucks RO] > Know all men by these presents that I William Chiltorn of Cheddington, > in the Countie of Bucks, day Labourer, am holden & firmly bound unto > John Seabrooke, yeoman, Churchwarden; & unto Thomas Tatnill, & George > Wooster, Overseers of the poore of Cheddington aforesaid, for this > present yeere of our Lord God one thousand, six hundred, fiftie & > seaven, in Nine pounds, of lawfull money of England, to be paid unto > the said John Seabrooke, Thomas Tatnill, and George Wooster, or to > their Certaine Attorney, their executors, administrators or assignes, > to the use of the inhabitants of the Towne & parish of Cheddington > aforesaid. And to, & for the more sure payment thereof, I binde my > selfe, my heires, executors administrators, & assignes, firmly by these > presents. Sealed with my seale: dated the Thirteth day of October, in > the aforesaid yeere of our Lord God one thousand, six hundred, fiftie & > seaven, > The Condic’on of this Obligac’on is such, that if the above bounden > William Chiltorn, he his heires, executors administrators, or assignes, > for & in Consideration of ffoure pounds & Ten shillings of good & > lawfull money of England to him the said William Chiltorn, in hand > paid, at or before the ensealing, & delivering of these presents, for, > & in Consideration of taking unto him, or them, & of keeping with him, > or with them, or with either of them, at his or their proper Costs & > Charges, at all times in fitting manner of all needfull things for her, > that one poore Childe, now in the keeping of the said William Chiltorn, > Being the naturall daughter of John Howes, & Elizabeth his wife, > deceased, untill the said Childe shall accomplish the full age of > Eighteene yeeres, shall in all the aforesaid points, respects, & > particulars, well & trulie observe, performe, fulfill, and keepe them, > so that the said poore Childe, be no further forced Charge unto all, or > anie of the inhabitants of the Towne & parish of Cheddington aforesaid, > during the said Terme of Eighteene yeeres, that then this present > Obligac’on shall be void & of none effect, of else it shall remaine, & > be in full force & vertue. > Sealed & delivered in the presence of us James Pung, James Fenn > William Chilton X his marke > > My direct ancestor was Jane Howes, a daughter of John and Elizabeth > baptised 1650 in Cheddington. I believe that John died in 1653. > Elizabeth then married a Henry Harris and died in 1656. I have not > found a will for either of them. They had 7 children in Cheddington > but the only burial I have found is for Jane in 1727 who did leave a > will. > I apologise for the amount of words, which of course are causing my > problem! > Patricia Ward > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/438 - Release Date: > 5/09/2006 > >