Will dated 2 Jan 1599/1600 Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England

660Henry Baldwin (1553 - 1602)
There are no records to show, but it is estimated that he was born about 1531, which means that he was 22 years old when he succeeded his father and was barely of age. This fact had weighed with Richard in making the terms of his Will as he did, for he must have gained a high estimation of his wife's abilities in their married life. She held her half interest in the estate until her death in 1566, when she left a Will which was even more comprehensive than Richard's and characteristically feminine. She also wished to be buried at Aston Clinton, though the wish does seem to have been unfulfilled. She left two daughters about whom she seemed to have anxieties, so she appointed an Uncle to see that they made suitable marriages.
Henry Baldwin seems to have inherited his mother's acumen for business, for he thrived space so that in 1579 he became the Lord of Dundridge Manor by purchase form the amendment executor of Sir John Baldwin who died one year after he had been seized of it in 1544.
He was the eldest son of Richard I and must have been born previously to 1532 when John, the second son was born. He married an eminently suitable wife in the person of Alice Kinge of this district in 1560 and raised a family of seven, - four sons and three daughters. The two eldest, Richard and Sylvester, most chiefly concern our story. Richard, the heir apparent married Miss Christian Tokefield at Tring on 18th October 1592 and his brother, Sylvester married Jane Wells. The dangers of invasion were past, the Spanish Armada having crushed in 1588 to the great jubilation of the people of this country, and hearty feelings of thanksgiving for delivery from the threatened domination of the Spanish Inquisition.
Henry lived on till 1602, predeceasing Good Queen Bess by one year. Some interesting side-lights on his generosity are displayed in his Will. First, he remembered the destitute, leaving to Aston and Cholesbury 20 shillings each; to Wendover five shillings and to Missenden three shillings and four pence. Richard, his eldest son, was to succeed him as head of his family, though he could not claim certain articles of furniture till after his mother's death.
Sylvester was left £10, and two of his sons six shillings and eight pence each, while John, another son received four crofts at Wendover, and Robert and Jane's widower were left £40 each.
A brother-in-law was Willed 10 sheep, while all his god-children were to receive six pence each, (worth about £5 today).
There were numerous other bequests.
As Lord of Dundridge he claimed the privilege of burial in the Parish Church.
Alice, the widow lived on till 1626, her Will being proved on the 23rd November of that year.