Individual Details

Richard Gould

(Bef 1479 - Bef 11 Oct 1531)

'''Of your charity pray for the soul of Rychard Gold and Joan his wife, which Ric. decessed ye xxix day of August, an. 1531, whos soul Jehu perdon.'''See Clutterbuck's History of Hertfordshire.The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield.

== Biography ==
'''Richard Gould,''' of Bovingdon, was the second son of Thomas, above named and his wife was likewise named Joan. He was born, apparently, not later than 1478, and died in 1531; his will being dated August 25th and proved October 11th of that year. His widow died in 1537. Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould. By Benjamin Apthorp Gould.Entered by Michael Lechner, April 16, 2012

=== Name ===
Richard Gould, of Bovingdon and Stoke Mandeville, the latter place being about twelve miles from Bovington.
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Also known as::Richard Gold "of Bovington and Stoke Mandeville".Gould-Chamberlain-Pratt-Moulton.:Richard Gould, of Bovingdon.Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould. By Benjamin Apthorp Gould.:Richard Gowle.Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ...The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield.

=== Birth ===

Richard Gould was born, apparently, not later than 1478.
:::born, apparently, not later than 1478.Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould. By Benjamin Apthorp Gould.:second son of Thomas and Johan Goold was born about 1479.Gould-Chamberlain-Pratt-Moulton.:1479, ENGLAND.Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #2346, Date of Import: Jul 1, 1996.:son of Thomas Goold.Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ...
:born about 1479.The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield.

=== Religion ===
There is a tablet at Bovingdon church to the memory of him and his wife Joan.Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ...
::Note: Note: Richard Gold died according to the old brass tablet in the Bovington church on the 29th day of August 1531. His wife Joan died in January 1537.Gould-Chamberlain-Pratt-Moulton.

=== Events ===
* Lived at Bovingdon and Stoke Mandeville, a village about twelve miles distant.Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ...The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield.

=== Will ===
His will being dated August 25th and proved October 11th of that year.Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould. By Benjamin Apthorp Gould.
::His will was dated April 25 and proved October 11, 1531.Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ...The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield.
::In the name of god Amen The yere of oure lonle god m ccccxxxi The xxv day of Auguste I Richerde Gowle of Bo vyngton Lyncoln Dioc hole of mynde and good memorye make and dispose this my testamente and last Will in man and forme folowynge
::First I bequeith my soull unto almyghtie god to pure bliss side lady seynt marye and unto all the hlisside and gloryouse company of hewn And my body to be buryede in the church of the blisside martire seynt laurence of Bovyngton be syde the 1 yctore of seynt Xpofere
::ItiTi I bequeathe to the mothere churche of Lincoln iiijd Itm 1 bequeythe to the highe aultere of seynt Laurence of Bovyngton for my tythis and offerings forgottn or necligentlye w drawen in discharge of my conscience xijd ItiTi I bequeythe to the roode light viijd Itin I bequeyth to or ladyes light viijd ItiTi to the light of seynt laurence viijd Itm to the light of seynt Nicholasse iiijd ItiTi to the light of seynt leonarde iiijd ItiTi I bequeyth to the mayntenannce of the torchis xijd Item I will to Elene my svnt a lame Itm I will to the place of Ashrige vj viijd Itm I bequeyth to Henrye Knyght xx Itm I bequeyth to Thomas Gowle and John Gowle my ij sonnys xx marc of money to be paide by the handys of myn executors to them w in the space of on hole yere immediatlie folowinge after my decease and to everyone of them v hundrede of VVheyle tymbf Item I will to every god childe that I have iiijd a pece Itm I will half a yeris svyce to be songe by some honest prist for my soull and all XpiaTi soullis at my wiffs jjpre coaste and charge and to begynne at Est Itm I will and bequeythe to Johan my wiff the first yere after my decesse half the croppe of all man of greyn of that yers growynge to hir own use And the other half of the seide croppe 1 bequeythe to Thomas Gowle my sonne Itm I will y Thomas my sonne have of my wheate to sowe his land Item I will that Thomas my sonne medle not w his mothers chamber ItiTi I will that Thomas and John my sonnys shall after my decesse yelde and paye or cause to be paide yerelie to the same Johan my wiff after the first yere be passide fullye and endyde xij busshells of weate durynge her liff naturall ItiB I will and bequeythe that my wiff and my ij sonnys do contynue in house to gethere honestlie after my decesse tyll Christmasse after immediatlye followynge as they dede by fore and to byghte of my good durynge that terme and then to pte lovynglie
::The residue of my goods all not bequethvde my dettis paide and my body honestlie buryed I geve and bequeythe holye to the seide Johan my wiff she to dispose y for the helthe of my soull my frends soullis and all Xpian soullis
::And I ordeyn and make the same Johan my wiff and William Gowle my brother myn executors of this my testamente and last will And I will that the same William have for his labore vj viijd
::Theis berynge witnesse Sr Thomas lufnam prist John Wellis clerke William Shakmaple Rogere hunte Henry Knyght William Whelpley cum alijs. The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield.
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=== Death ===
Richard Gould died according to the old brass tablet in the Bovington church on the 29th day of August 1531; his will being dated August 25th and proved October 11th of that year.
:::died according to the old brass tablet in the Bovington church on the 29th day of August 1531.Gould-Chamberlain-Pratt-Moulton.:died in 1531; his will being dated August 25th and proved October 11th of that year.Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould. By Benjamin Apthorp Gould.:29 AUG 1531, Registry At Pete, Northampton, Hertfordshire, England.Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #2346, Date of Import: Jul 1, 1996.
::Note: Richard Gold died according to the old brass tablet in the Bovington church on the 29th day of August 1531 His wife Joan died in January 1537 The wills of both are preserved They left two sons of whom the eldest Thomas Goolde.Gould-Chamberlain-Pratt-Moulton.

=== Family ===
Richard Gould, of Bovingdon, and his wife named Joan.Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould. By Benjamin Apthorp Gould.
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Children:
:::# Thomas Gould,Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould. By Benjamin Apthorp Gould. born about 1500.Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ...The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield. d. 1546; wife Alice.The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield.:# John Gould,Gould-Chamberlain-Pratt-Moulton. "son" born about 1504; married Alice ______; died without issue.Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ...The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield. of age in 1531, d. 1559.The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield.
::His widow died in 1537. Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould. By Benjamin Apthorp Gould.
::His wife Joan died in January 1537 The wills of both are preserved They left two sons of whom the eldest Thomas Goolde.Gould-Chamberlain-Pratt-Moulton.
::Note: Joan, whose will was made January 12, 1536-7, proved February 7, same year. Children: 1. Thomas, born about 1500; mentioned below. 2. John, born about 1504; married Alice ______; died without issue.Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ...
::Marriage: BET 1510 AND 1545.Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #2346, Date of Import: Jul 1, 1996.

== Research Notes ==
Richard Gould of Bovingdon was the second son of Thomas above named and his wife was likewise named Joan He was born apparently not later than 1478 and died in 1531 his will being dated August 25th and proved October 11th of that year His widow died in 1537 Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould. By Benjamin Apthorp Gould.
Richard Gold second son of Thomas and Johan Goold is described as of Bovington and Stoke Mandeville the latter place being about twelve miles from Bovington He was born about 1479 and died according to the old brass tablet in the Bovington church on the 29th day of August 1531 His wife Joan died in January 1537 The wills of both are preserved They left two sons of whom the eldest Gould-Chamberlain-Pratt-Moulton.
(II) Richard Gowle, son of Thomas Goold (I). lived at Bovingdon and Stoke Mandeville, a village about twelve miles distant. His will was dated April 25 and proved October 11, 1531. There is a tablet at Bovingdon church to the memory of him and his wife Joan, whose will was made January 12, 1536-7, proved February 7, same year. Children: 1. Thomas, born about 1500; mentioned below. 2. John, born about 1504; married Alice ______; died without issue.Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ...
5. Richard Gowle of Bovingdon and Stoke Mandeville, born about 1479. Will, 1531 April 25, proved Oct. 11. That of his wife Joan Golde, 1536-7 Jan. 12, was proved Feb. 7. Both are in the registry at Peterborough.In Bovingdon church, south side aisle of the nave, was a brass tablet with the inscription."Of your charity pray for the soul of Rychard Gold and Joan his wife, which Ric. decessed ye xxix day of August, an. 1531, whos soud Jehu perdon." [See Clutterbuck's History of Hertfordshire.]Children: 17. Thomas, d. 1546; wife Alice. Probably born about 1500. 18. John, of age in 1531, d. 1559, wife Alice, no children. Probably born about 1504. *Stoke Mandeville is about twelve miles from Bovingdon, between Wendover and Aylesbury. The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield.

== Sources ==

* Attached Documents.

* [[Space:Gould_Family_History|Gould Family History.]]
* Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould. By Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Essex Institute historical collections, Volume 11, By Essex Institute, Salem Mass Published by the Essex Institute 1878. [http://books.google.com/books?id=DPkWAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA120&dq=1553+%22Richard+Gould%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Vx-5T7KCOcqwiQL57IDkBg&ved=0CGQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22zaccheus%20Gould%22&f=false GoogleBooks.]
* Gould-Chamberlain-Pratt-Moulton, The Heroes of the American Revolution and Their Descendants: Battle of Long Island, By Henry Whittemore, The Heroes of the Revoution Publishing Co., 1897. [http://books.google.com/books?id=tGA9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA180&dq=1553+%22Richard+Gould%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Vx-5T7KCOcqwiQL57IDkBg&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=1553%20%22Richard%20Gould%22&f=false GoogleBooks.]
* Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ..., Volume 4, edited by William Richard Cutter, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1908. [http://books.google.com/books?id=nn1yyHiYJFYC&pg=PA1650&dq=1553+%22Richard+Gould%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Vx-5T7KCOcqwiQL57IDkBg&ved=0CE0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=1553%20%22Richard%20Gould%22&f=false GoogleBooks.]
* The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield, By Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Thos. P. Nichols., Lynn, Mass., 1895. [http://books.google.com/books?id=GDi1U2IQAPEC&pg=PA307&dq=%22the+gould+family%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=P5O5T87LNqqliQKMuZDpBg&ved=0CG8Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22thomas%20gould%22&f=false GoogleBooks.]

    Events

    BirthBef 1479Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England
    DeathBef 11 Oct 1531Registry Pete, Northampton, Hertfordshire, England
    MarriageJoan Unknown
    Reference No1466294
    Reference No1490707
    Reference No60

    Families

    SpouseJoan Unknown (1480 - 1537)
    ChildThomas Gould (1500 - 1546)
    FatherThomas Gould (1455 - 1520)
    MotherJoan Curtis (1457 - 1537)