• Born: 1624, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England
• Christened: 7 Nov 1624, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England ¹
• Married (1): 27 May 1648, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England ²
• Married (2): 18 Dec 1656, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England ²
• Buried: 2 Sep 1700, Wootton Bassett St. Bartholomew All Saints, Wiltshire, England ³

  Research Notes:

In 1654 Thomas Short was a beneficiary and overseer of his father's Will.

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1676, Rosier vs. Robins... ⁴

Plaintiff: Daniel Rosier alias Hooper
Defendants: Simon Robins, Henry Pritchard and Thomas Short
Subject: property in Wootton Bassett.

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1684, Rosier vs. Robins... ⁵

Plaintiff: Jacob Rosier alias Hooper
Defendants: Simon Robins, Henry Pritchard, Thomas Short, William Quinton. . . . . . .
Subject: property in Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire

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Thomas Shorte, husbandman (burial record)

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Abstract of the Will of Thomas Short of Wootton Bassett in the County of Wilts, Gent., written 7 Jul 1688, proved 7 Nov 1700. ⁶

Gives and devises the hall and shop and the chambers over them where he now lives in Wootton Bassett to his son Thomas Short and his heirs, following the death of his wife Joane. Once his son Thomas has taken possession of the said premises, he wills that Thomas pays £5 to his brother John, £5 to his brother William Short and £10 to his brother Vincent Short.

Gives to his son Henry Short that part of the premises that extends from the stable to the hedge in the garden.

All the rest of his goods and chattels he gives and bequeaths to his wife Joane whom he makes sole executrix of his last will and testament.

(his mark)

Witnesses: George Lane, Charles Hollister, Roger Blake

An inventory of the goods and chattels of the late Thomas Short of Wootton Bassett, deceased, was taken and appraised on 15 Oct 1700 by Charles Hollister and others and valued at £27 10s.