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Will of Walter CLARKE of Rotherfield Peppard

Will 1 Sep 1609   Probate 8 Nov 1616

Source: OHC no. W.I. 195.303; 11/5/34
Contributed by: Anon Go to Translation Go to Transcript
Summary.
... I Walter Clarke of Rotherfield Peppard ... yeoman ... sick in body ...

NameRelationship[Comments] or Major Bequests
Walter CLARKE Rotherfield Peppard
Agnes CLARKEWife
Edward CLARKESon (Exec)
John CLARKESon (Exec)
Elizabeth CLARKELegatee[Granddaughter?]
Susanna CLARKELegatee[Granddaughter?]
Agnes WHEELERDaughter[with unnamed ch legatees]
Walter WHEELERGrandson Godson[s Agnes]
Frances WHEELERLegatee[Granddaughter?]
Alice FREWENDaughter[see Note]
Alice FREWENNiece["d of sister" -- ?granddaughter - see Note]
Thomas FREWENGrandson[s Alice]
Johanne FREWENLegatee[Granddaughter]
Dorothy FREWENLegatee[Granddaughter]
Mary MARTINGLYSister
Agnes LAMBDONLegatee
Johanne JEFFERYESLegatee Servant
Edward JEFFERYESLegatee Servant Witness
unnamedServants Legatees
William BLACKALLOverseer
John BENWELLOverseer
___il CHESSALLWitness
John WHITEWitness
William PARKERWitness
Richard SWAINEWitness
Richard WYLDERWitness

Probate 8 Nov 1616 Oxford ... Executors named ...
Inventory: £174 1s 8d
Transcriber's and Editor's Notes
Transcribed by a member of the former Rotherfield Peppard local history group.
Several legatees are probably his grandchildren, but he doesn't say so.
This is the Register copy, because the "Original" is mis-filed at FMP and unfindable. The editor wonders if there is a copying error because two Alice FREWENs are mentioned, his own daughter and a sister's daughter, but he doesn't mention any sister who married another Frewen. It seems possible that "sister's daughter" was a copying error, and should be "daughter's daughter". Users should be aware of the problem.
  Translated and paragraphed.
with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed.
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... I Walter Clarke of Rotherfield Peppard ... yeoman ... sick in body ...
  • My body is to be buried in the churchyard of Peppard.
  • I give the following to my wife Agnes:
    • Four of my best kine.
    • 40 of my best sheep -- 15 wethers, 15 ewes and 10 tegs.
    • Half of all my swine.
    • 20 bushels of wheat, 20 bushels of rye, five quarters of barley, 12 bushels of peas and a quarter of oats.
      All is to be good and merchantable grain, and paid to her within a month after my decease if there is enough in my barns at that time; otherwise to be paid within a month after the Michaelmas after my decease.
    • My best coverlet, my rodden chair, my feather bed and bedstead whereon I lie with all its furniture, and my cupboard now standing in the chamber.
      After my wife's decease I give [all the above furniture etc] to my daughter Agnes.
    • A gelded grey colt, a dung-cart with the wheels, a horse harness and a harrow.
    • All the household stuff that she brought with her at the time of our marriage.
    • Half of my bacon, a stock of bees and 20 of the best cheeses if there are 30 in the house at my decease, otherwise half of the remaining cheese.
  • I give to my maid-servant Johanne Jefferyes a 3-y-o heifer, two ewes and one teg, also two pewter platters and the best-but-one pair of sheets, also the flockbed that she lies on with all its furniture (except the painted cloths).
  • I give to my man-servant Edward Jefferys two ewes and one teg, also my best jerkin and my best doublet and hose.
  • I give to each of Johanne Frewen, Dorothy Frewen, Elizabeth Clarke and Susanna Clarke four pewter platters and two pairs of sheets.
  • I give a 2-y-o heifer to Frances Wheeler.
  • I give 5s to the church of Rotherfield Peppard.
  • I give 40s to the poor people who attend my funeral.
  • I give half a bushel of wheat and half a bushel of rye to every poor householder in the parish of Peppard who has no corn growing, and the same to four poor householders of Shiplake Common, all to be paid at the Christmas after my decease.
  • I give my best-but-one brass pot and a brass pan to my daughter Agnes Wheeler, and a ewe sheep to each of her children.
    I also give her two pewter platters, pewter candlestick and a swarm of bees.
  • I give two bushels of wheat and two bushels of rye to my sister Mary Martingley, to be paid within six months after my decease.
  • I give two ewes to my sister's daughter Alice Frewen (see Note).
  • I give my bedstead and featherbed in the inner loft, with all its furniture, also my best brass pot, to my son John.
  • I give my best cauldron to my son Edward.
  • I give a sheep to each of my servants at the time of my decease.
  • I give a pewter platter to Agnes Lambdon.
  • I give 20s to my daughter Alice Frewen (see Note), also a great barrel, a saffe?, an old brewing kettle and a little brass pot.
  • If my son John Clarke dies without lawfully-begotten issue, I give the reversion and remainder of the 1000-year ground lease of my messuage, lands, tenements etc known as Rowmer? Hedge to my daughter's son Thomas Frewen and the lawful issue of his body.
    For lack of such issue I give [it] to my godson Walter Wheeler, son of my daughter Agnes, and his Executors etc.
  • My debts and legacies being first paid, I give all the rest of my goods, cattells, chattels, corn and household stuff to my sons Edward Clarke and John Clarke whom I appoint Executors.
  • I appoint William Blackall and John Benwell as overseers.

  • Witnesses ___il Chessall; John White; William Parker; Richard Swaine; Richard X Wylder; Edward X Jeffrey.
Probate 8 Nov 1616 Oxford ... Executors named ...
Inventory: £174 1s 8d
  As transcribed from a copy of the original document.
Original line- and page-breaks are preserved as far as possible.
            Testam'tu' Walteri Clarke de Rotherfield
            Peppard in Com' Oxon Yeoman def'ti.

In the name of God Amen. The first daie of September in the yeare
of o'r Lord 1609. I Walter Clarke of Rotherfeild Peppard in
the Countie of Oxon yeoman being sicke in bodie but whole in
mynde and of good Remembraunce thanckes be given unto
Almightie god doe make ordaine constitute and appoint this
my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following viz't
ffirst I give and bequeath my soule to Allmightie god my
Creator Redeemer and sanctifier beleevinge assuredly to be saved
by the merittes p'tious death Crosse Passion Resurrection and
Ascension of o'r Lord Jesus Christ the only Saviour & Redeemer
of the world, and I will that my body shalbe buried in the
Church yard of Peppard aforesaid. Item I give and bequeath
to Agnes my wyfe iiij of my best kyne xl sheep, that is
to say xv weather sheepe xv Ewes and & ten Tegges of the
best to be Chosen amongst my sheepe : It'm I give & bequeath
to my said wyfe Agnes the one halfe of all my Swyne: and
twentie bushells of wheate: xx bushells of Ry: and five quarters
of barley xij bushells of Pease and one quarter of otes, all good
and Marchauntable grayne: All w'ch Corne and grayne I
will shalbe paid to my said wyfe w'thin one moneth next after
my decease, if I shall happen to Leave at the tyme of my decease
so much Corne and grayne in my barnes, yf not I will that all
the above bequeathed Corn and grayne shalbe paid w'thin one
moneth next after Michellmas w'ch shall be next following my
decease, It'm I give and bequeath to my said wyfe Agnes my
best Coverlett: my Rodden Chaire: my feather bedd and bedsteed
whereon I do ly and all the ffurniture to the same bed belonginge
It'm I will that after my wives decease the said ffeather bed
bedsteed and furniture shall remayne and be given to Agnes
my daughter. It'm I give and bequeath to my said wyfe Agnes
my Cubbourd standing now in the Chamber duringe her naturall
life, and after her decease I give and bequeath the said Cubbourd
to Agnes my daughter. It'm I give and bequeath to my said
wyfe Agnes, one gray Colt gelded: one dong Cart w'th the Wheeles
and one horse harnes, and one harrowe, It'm I give & bequeath
to my said wyfe Agnes all such houshould stuffe as she
brought w'th her at the tyme of our marriage, It'm I give
and bequeath to Johanne Jefferys my maid servant, one three
yeare old Heyfer: two Ewes and one tegge: two pewter
platters: one paire of sheetes the best saving one, It'm I give &
and bequeath to Edward Jefferys my manservant ij Ewes
and one tegge: It'm I give and bequeath to Johanne ffrewen
and Dorothy ffrewen to each of them iiij pewter platters.
It'm I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Clarke & Susanna
Clarke to each of them iiij pewter platters, It'm I bequeath
and give to ffraunces Wheeler, one two yere old heyfer
It'm I give and bequeath to the p'ishe Church of Peppard
vs. It'm I give and bequeath unto the poore people w'ch
shalbe present at my ffunerall xls It'm I give and
bequeath to ev'y poore howsholder w'thin the p'ishe of Pepp'd
w'ch hath no Corne growing and likewyse to iiij poore howse
houlders of Shiplake Comon to each of them halfe a bushell
of wheate and halfe a bushello of Ry to be paid unto each
of them at the ffeast of the nativitie of o'r Lord next
after my decease. It'm I give and bequeath unto Johan'e
Jefferyes my mayd servant the flockbed w'ch she lyeth
uppon w'th all the ffurniture there unto belonginge
the painted Clothes only excepted It'm I give & bequeath
to my daughter Agnes Wheeler my best brasse pott saving
one, and one brasse Pann. Item I bequeath to ev'y of my
Daughter Agnes her Children, one Ewe sheepe a peece. It'm I
give and bequeath to Mary Martingley my sister ij bushells of
wheate and ij bushells of Ry to be paid w'thin six monethes next
after my decease. It'm I give and bequeath to Alice ffrewen
my sisters daughter ij Ewe sheepe. It'm I give & bequeath
to Johanne ffrewen and Dorothey ffrewen to each of them ij
paire of sheetes, It'm I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Clarke
and Susana Clarke to each of them ij paire of sheetes. It'm
I give and bequeath to Agnes my daughter ij pewter platters
one pewter Candlesticke and one Swarme of Bees. It'm I
give and bequeath to Agnes my wyfe the one halfe of my
Bacon: one Stocke of Bees: xx Cheeses of the best yf there
be xxx in the howse at the tyme of my decease: otherwise
the one halfe of the Cheese, remayneing at the tyme of my
decease, It'm I give and bequeath to John my sonne my bedsteed
and featherbed in the inner loft w'th all the ffurniture there
unto belonginge: and my best brasse Pott. It'm I give and
bequeath to Edward my sonne my best Caldron. It'm I give
and bequeath to every of the p'sons w'ch shall happen to be my
servaunts at the tyme of my decease to each of them one sheepe.
It'm I give and bequeath to Agnes Lambdon one pewter platter.
It'm I give and bequeath to Alice ffrewen my daughter xxs
in money one great barrell, one saffe? one old brewing ketle
and one litle brasse pott, It'm I give and bequeath to my
servant Edward Jefferyes my best Jerkin my best Dublett and
hose. It'm my will is that yf my sonne John Clarke shall happen
to dy and decease w'thout issue of his bodie lawfully begotten
then my will is and I do by this my p'sent last will & testament
give and bequeath all the Reversion and Remaynder of yeares
together w'th the graund lease of all the my messuage Lands
Tenements and hereditaments Called and knowen by the name
of Rowmer? Hedge unto Thomas ffrewen my daughters sonne
and to the issue of his bodie Lawfully begotten dureing all
the terme of those Thowsand yeares in the graund lease
menc'oned, And for lacke of such issue of the bodie of the said
Thomas ffrewen: I give and bequeath the said graund lease
Messuage Landes Te'ntes and hereditam'ts unto Walter Wheeler
my godsonne the sonne of Agnes my daughter and to his
Executors and Assignes during all the terme of those Thousand
yeares in the gra'nd Lease menc'oned, All the Residue of
all my goodes Cattells Chattells Corne and howshold stuffe
whatsoev' and unbequeathed my debtes and legacies being paid
I give and bequeath to Edward Clarke & John Clarke
my sonnes whome I do make ordaine Constitut & appoint
Executors of this my last will and testam't to see my
Legacies & debtes truly paid and my bodie honestly
buried It'm I do nomynate and appoint Will'm Blackall
and John Benwell to be Overseers of this my last will
& testam't to see it performed accordingly. In Wittnes
whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament
setto my hand & seale the daye and yeare above written.
signu' testatoris & Signed and sealed in the presence
of us whose names are here under written: ___il Chessall
John White, Will'm Parker, Richard Swaine, Richard
Wylder his marke and Edward Jeffrey his marke.

Probatu' erat hoc test'um Apud Oxon viz't Octavo
die Novembris An'o d'ni 1616'o Coram ven'li viro
Anthonie Blincow ...................................................
[...............................................................................]
...........................................................Executoribus
in eodem no'i'at' in forma iuris iurat salvo iure
Cuiuscumq'

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