• Born: Abt 1644, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England
• Married: 30 Sep 1679, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England ¹
• Buried: 19 May 1687, Wootton Bassett St. Bartholomew All Saints, Wiltshire, England ²

  Research Notes:

Writing his Will in July 1668 Edmund Maskelyne of Dunnington in Wootton Bassett bequeathed to his eldest son Giles Maskelyne his leasehold estate of 99 years in Donington [Dunnington].

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Giles Masklin, gent (burial record)

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Abstract of the Will of Giles Maskelyne of Wootton Bassett in the County of Wilts, Gent., written 13 May 1687, proved 30 Apr 1688. ³

Gives & bequeaths his black gelding colt to his brother-in-law John Parham, gent.

Gives & bequeaths to his sister-in-law Lydia Parham a little box which he had from his late wife.

Gives 40 shillings to the poor of Wootton Bassett.

Gives & bequeaths 40 shillings to his sister-in-law Elizabeth Webb.

Makes the said John Parham a residuary legatee with the intent that John pays his mother Mary Maskelyne* an annuity of £15. Directs that, following the death of his mother, he bequeaths the residue of the legacy to his son Neville Maskelyne.

* Mary was the second wife of Giles' father Edmund.

Appoints the said John Parham and William Dyer of Eascott as guardians of his son.

(Signed)

Witnesses: Mary Sadler, Edward Read, John Wilkyns

An inventory of the goods and chattels of Giles Maskelyne late of Dunnington town in Wootton Bassett, gent., deceased, was taken 20 May 1687 and valued to £198 1s. 4d.