Maude TISDALE of Glympton

Will of Maude TISDALE of Glympton

Will 17 May 1616 Codicils 4 & 5 Jun 1616 Probate 28 Jun 1616 Admon 21 Nov 1629

Source:	TNA no. PROB11/127
Contributed by:	Mick Dumbleton	Go to Translation	Go to Transcript

Summary.

... I Maude Tisdale of Glympton ... widow ... sick and weak in body ...
Name	Relationship	[Comments] or Major Bequests
Maude TISDALE		Glympton
Thomas TESDALE	Husband	Deceased
Anne COATES	Sister Witness to cod 2
William COATES	Brother-in-law	Abingdon
Tesdale COATES	Nephew (Exec)	[s Anne -- pre-deceased the testatrix]
William COATES	Nephew	[s Anne]
Thomas COATES	Nephew	[youngest s Anne]
Joan COATES	Niece	[d Anne]
Richard ARDEN	Brother	[?]
Elizabeth PAYNE	Kinswoman Witness to cod 2	[with unnamed ch legatees]
Henry PAYNE	Kinsman Overseer	[hus Elizabeth]
Margerie PAYNE	Legatee	[d Henry --- under 18]
Anne PAYNE	Legatee	[d Henry -- under 18]
Prisilla PAYNE	Legatee	[d Henry -- under 18]
James HAWKINS	Mention Creditor
Jackaman HAWKINS	Cousin	[w James, sis Anne WINCHESTER]
Maude HAWKINS	Legatee Goddaughter	[d James]
Robert HAWKINS	Mention
Maudlyn HAWKINS	Cousin	[w Robert]
Maudlyn HAWKINS	Legatee	[d Robert & Maudlyn - under 18]
William HOPPER	Nephew Witness to cod 2	[with unnamed wife, "cousin" of testatrix]
Thomas WINCHESTER	Kinsman Overseer	Ascott-under-Wychwood
Anne WINCHESTER	Kinswoman	[w Thomas, sis Jackaman HAWKINS]
Anne WINCHESTER	Legatee	[d Thomas & Anne -- under 18]
Tesdale WINCHESTER	Legatee Godson	[s Thomas -- under 21]
John WALLER	Mention	London
Maude WALLER	Cousin	[w John]
Thomas WALLER	Legatee	[s John & Maude -- under 21]
Mathewe WALLER	Legatee	[dau John & Maude -- under 18]
Anne POULTON	Kinswoman	in WOR
Marye POULTON	Legatee	[d Anne]
Deodatus WHITE	Kinsman	[with unnamed ch legatees]
Anne WHITE	Legatee	[d Deodatus -- under 18]
Marke YOUNGE	Mention
Charles YOUNGE	Legatee	[s Marke -- under 21]
Sir John BENET	Legatee	[with unnamed ch legatees]
- GREGORYE	Legatee	[d Sir John BENET]
Francis GREGORYE	Mention	[hus of above]
John HAWES	Mention	[with unnamed ch legatees]
Elizabeth HAWES	Legatee	[w John]
Elias TESDALE	Mention	[with unnamed wife, kinswoman of testatrix]
Thomas TESDALE	Legatee	[s Elias -- under 21]
Anthonie TESDALE	Legatee	[2nd s Elias -- under 21]
Abraham TESDALE	Legatee	[3rd s Elias -- under 21]
William PALLMER	Legatee Servant
Thomas KNOTSFORD	Legatee Servant
William HENNAGE	Legatee Servant
Thomas HAIES	Legatee Servant
Robert BADNOLL	Legatee Servant
Robert STANSTED	Legatee Servant
William HAYNES	Legatee Servant
Ellis DAYE	Legatee Servant
Walter WOODWARD	Legatee Servant
William BELCHER	Legatee ex-Servant
unnamed	Servants
Rowland SEARCHFIELD	Legatee Trustee Overseer (Exec)	[see Note]
Anne SEARCHFIELD	Legatee	[w Rowland]
William SEARCHFIELD	Legatee Godson
William BOSTOCKE	Legatee Trustee Godson Overseer (Exec)	Abingdon [with unnamed wife legatee -- & see Note]
Francis DRINGE	Legatee	Abingdon [with wife & unnamed ch legatees]
Richard BEDFORD	Mention	Burcot [creditor of William COATES]
Francis LITTLE	Legatee	Abingdon
Maudlyn ELSTON	Legatee
George RENES	Mention	[with unnamed wife legatee]
goodwife ELLIMAN	Legatee
Prisilla TESDALE	Cousin	Abingdon
goodwife WOODWARD	Legatee
goodwife HARTE	Legatee
Katherine WILLIS	Legatee	Rewley
Mrs STEPHENSON	Legatee Goddaughter	Abingdon
Mrs SMITH	Legatee Goddaughter	Oxford
- LANGLEY	Kinswoman	Whitby
Josephe HARRIS	Witness to will
William WOODWARD	Witness to will & cod 1
Thomas JOHNES	Witness to will
Edmond HIORNE	Witness to will
Nicholas JONES	Witness to will & cod 1
Ambrose MAYNWARING	Witness to will
Thomas FRENCHE	Witness to cod 1	[notary public]
Phillipp PARSONS	Witness to cod 1

Probate 28 Jun 1616 London (PCC) (with codicil) Rowland Searchfield and William Bostocke Executors ...
Commission 21 Nov 1629 to William Coates, nephew ex-sister, and Robert Hawkins, blood relation, to administer such of her goods etc as were left unadministered by Rowland Searchfeild DD and William Bostocke, the executors named ...

Transcriber's and Editor's Notes

Like so many, she uses the terms "cousin" and "kins(wo)man" quite randomly. Wm HOPPER is referred to as both "cousin" and "nephew".
Even more of a micro-manager than her husband, unlikely though it may seem.
In several bequests she appears to believe that 10% pa interest was obtainable on cash investments. The editor doesn't know if this was the case in 1616, but it seems rather unlikely at any time.
The first Executor of this appalling will seems to have taken the easy way out by pre-deceasing her, and his replacements also may have died before finishing what would itself have been a full-time job. Rowland Searchfield is known to have died in 1622 (he was Bishop of Bristol, and would presumably have had lots else to do). No burial has been found for William Bostocke, but the form of Admon granted to someone else in 1629 implies that he had either died or renounced before then.
The following details are believed to be true but should not be totally relied upon:
Testatrix: Wife of Thomas TESDALE (1610 qv).

Translated and paragraphed.
with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed.
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... I Maude Tisdale of Glympton ... widow ... sick and weak in body ...

I make my well-beloved kinsman Tisdale Coates sole Executor.
I give the following to my sister Anne Coates:
- The interest on Ł100, Ł10 pa to be paid in two payments beginning six months after my decease with the next six months later and so on six-monthly for her life (see Note).
  If she dies before her husband William Coates, he is to receive that Ł10 pa for life.
  Within six months after the decease of the survivor, their youngest son Thomas Coates is to have the Ł100 for his own use.
- The use of the lease of my house in Lumbard St in Abingdon to her and her husband to live in for life, they paying the rent to the lessor.
- The use of all the moveable household goods there.
  After the decease of the survivor I give the goods to their son Thomas.
  The goods are to be inventoried so that Thomas will know what I have settled on him.
I give Ł16 pa for life to my well-beloved brother Richard Arden for his maintenance, paid Ł4 quarterly and beginning within three months after my decease.
I give the interest of Ł200 to my loving kinswoman Elizabeth Payne, wife of Henry Payne, Ł10 to be paid within six months after my decease with the next six months later and so on six-monthly for her life.
If she dies before her husband Henry Payne, he is to receive the Ł20 pa for life for the better bringing-up of their children.
Within six months after the decease of the survivor the Ł200 is to be equally divided between their living children if they are over 18 or married, otherwise the interest of their share is to be used for their maintenance until that time.
I give Ł20 to my goddaughter Maude Hawkins, daughter of James Hawkins, to be paid towards the raising of her "portion" within a year after my decease (over and above the Ł300 which I am covenanted to pay to her father after my decease),
I give Ł400 to my nephew William Hopper, Ł100 to be paid within one month, another Ł100 within three months and the final Ł200 within six months after my decease, after which William is to give my Executor a general release.
I give [she must mean "the interest of" -- Ed] Ł100 to Maudlyn Hawkins, wife of Robert Hawkins, to be paid half-yearly at Ł8 pa during the life of her husband for her better maintenance, beginning within six months after my decease.
If she dies before her husband, my Executor is to pay the Ł100 to Mawdlyn Hawkins, the now[?] daughter of Robert Hawkins, within 6 months after her mother's decease if she is then over 18 or married, otherwise she is to be allowed Ł5 pa (paid half-yearly) until that time.
I give Ł200 to Margerie Payne and Ł50 each to Anne Payne and Prisilla Payne, daughters of Henry Payne, to be paid at age 18 or earlier marriage.
Margerie is to be allowed Ł10 pa and Anne and Priscilla 10 nobles [Ł6 13s 4d] pa each (all paid half-yearly) towards their maintenance, beginning within 6 months after my decease, until that time.
If Margerie dies before inheriting, her Ł200 is to be equally divided between her two younger sisters.
If either of the younger sisters dies before inheriting, her portion goes to the survivor.
If both die, their Ł100 goes to Maudlyn Hawkins, daughter of Maudlyn Hawkins, to be allowed Ł5 pa until age 18 or earlier marriage.
I give Ł200 to Anne Winchester, daughter of Anne Winchester, to be paid to her father Thomas Winchester of Ascott within one year after my decease and invested to raise a "portion" for her.
He is to allow her Ł10 pa out of the profits for her maintenance until age 18 or earlier marriage, then pay her the Ł200 plus any remaining profits.
If she dies before inheriting, the Ł200 goes equally between the then-living children of the body of my loving kinswoman Anne Winchester.
I also give Ł100 into the hands of Anne Winchester, wife of Thomas, to be paid within one year after my decease and distributed between her other children as she herself thinks fit.
I give Ł50 to my godson Tesdale Winchester at age 21, which I humbly entreat of Almighty God he may live to enjoy.
I give 100 marks equally between Thomas Waller and Mathewe Waller, son and daughter of John Waller of London, haberdasher.
The principal is to remain with my Executor until (for Thomas) age 21 and (for Mathewe) age 18 or earlier marriage.
In the meantime they are to be allowed Ł6 pa between them (paid into the hands of their mother Maude Waller) until Mathewe reaches 18 or marries, then Ł3 pa until Thomas reaches 21.
If either or both of the children die before inheriting, their share(s) of the 100 marks goes to their mother.
I give Ł60 to my kinswoman Anne Poulton, living in Worcestershire, and Ł40 to her daughter Marye Powlten, to be paid within one year after my decease if they live so long.
If the mother Anne Poulton dies before inheriting, it all goes to her daughter Marie.
I give Ł20 to my kinsman Deodatus White, Ł40 to his daughter Anne White and Ł50 to be distributed amongst the rest of his children.
Anne's Ł40 is to be paid at age 18 or earlier marriage, and in the meantime she is to have 40s pa (paid half-yearly) towards her maintenance, beginning within six months after my decease.
The other Ł70 is to be paid twelve months after my decease.
I give Ł100 each to William and Thomas Coates, sons of my sister Anne Coates, of which Ł50 each is to be paid within a year after my decease and the rest a year later.
I give Ł50 to Joane Coats, daughter of my sister Anne Coates.
My Executor is to hold the Ł50 during Joane's life, allowing her Ł5 pa (paid half-yearly) beginning six months after my decease.
At her decease Joane may dispose of the Ł50 as she thinks fit.
I give Ł50 to Charles Younge, the son of Marke Younge, to be paid at age 21.
I give Ł5 each to twenty of my poorest kindred (as selected by my Executor) to be paid within twenty months after my decease.
The twenty must exclude any whom I name to receive a legacy in my will.
Each must give my Executor an adequate receipt, and if any refuse to do so my Executor is to give that Ł5 to another of my kindred.
I give to Sir John Benet a piece of gilt plate with my name on it worth Ł20, to be chosen by himself.
I give a similar piece worth Ł10 to each of his four eldest sons and to his daughter, the wife of Mr Francis Gregorye.
All are to be delivered within twelve months after my decease.
I give to Elizabeth Hawes, wife of John Hawes, and to their eldest son each a silver cup with my name on it worth 50s, to be delivered within six months after my decease.
I give Ł50 each to the sons of Elias Tesdale: Thomas, Anthonie his second son and Abraham his third son, to be paid at age 21.
In the meantime for their better education or to place them as apprentices (whichever seems most suitable) they are to have Ł7 pa for maintenance (paid half-yearly) beginning within six months after my decease until they reach 21 and divided amongst them by my loving kinswoman their mother at her pleasure to those who best deserve it .
As they grow to receive their legacies the yearly allowance is to be abated accordingly.
If any of them die before 21 his share goes equally between the survivors.
If two die before 21, Ł100 of the Ł150 goes to the survivor and the other Ł50 to their mother (if living) within six months after their decease.
If all three die, their mother (if living) is have Ł100.
I give Ł20 each to my trusty and well-beloved servants William Pallmer and Thomas Knotsford, to be paid within twelve months after my decease.
I give Ł5 each to my servants William Hennage, Thomas Haies, Robert Badnoll, Robert Stansted and William Haynes, and 20s each to all my other servants remaining in the house with me, all to be paid within six months after my decease.
I give 20s to my ex- servant William Belcher, to be paid within six months after my decease.
I give Ł200 to St Mary's Church in Oxford for the building of very strong galleries in the Church where well-disposed people may stand more conveniently to heare the word of God at all times in the year but especially at the time of the Solemnity of the Act [?] when a multitude of strangers usually resort thither.
I commend the care and direction of the process to my well-beloved friends Rowland Searchfielde DD, my godson William Bostocke of Abingdon, gent, and my kinsman and Executor Tesdale Coates.
I wish the galleries to be built before 7 July 1617.
I give Ł400 to the town of Henley (where I was born) to be used as follows:
[There is much minute detail about the expenditure of the Ł400 on sermons, on various groups of the poor, on the support of young tradesmen ... interested users, if any, should read the Transcript below.]
I give Ł30 to the poor of Abingdon to remain in the hospital forever to be distributed as follows:
[Half a page of detail about the expenditure of the income of the Ł30 on bread for widows and a further Ł3 6s 8d on a table (with her picture on it) to stand in St Helen's Church near where the bread is to be distributed ... interested users, if any, should read the Transcript below.]
I give Ł10 to the poor of Glympton to be invested forever, yielding 20s pa to be distributed at the discretion of the parson and churchwardens at Christmas, beginning at the Christmas after my decease.
I give Ł10 to the poor of Charlbury, to be invested and distributed as for Glympton.
I give Ł5 to the poor of Ascott [under Wychwood], to be invested and distributed as for Glympton.
I give 40s to the poor of Woodstock and 20s [each] to those of Kiddington, Wootton and Stonesfield, all to be distributed in bread on the day of my funeral by the relevant churchwardens.
I give pieces of plate worth Ł20 to my well-beloved and faithful friend Rowland Searchfield, DD, and my well-beloved godson William Bostocke of Abingdon, gent, to be delivered within 6 months after my decease.
I give Ł5 each to my kinsmen Thomas Winchester and Henry Payne, to be paid within six months after my decease.
Re the Ł2000 which my well-beloved husband left to me to dispose at my own pleasure to my own blood kindred:
I wish to avoid all unkindnesses, lawsuits etc that may be attempted against my Executor by any demand by any of my kindred.
Rather than giving the Ł2000 to one or two and leaving the rest unprovided for, I have given it to my younger kindred as above, hoping that none of my blood will be so unnatural as to question my decisions.
I require all my legatees to love one another and not to cause any discord or strife.
If any do so, their legacies are to be retained in my Executor's hands until the cause of difference is understood by my friends Rowland Searchfield and William Bostocke, and if they find offence to have been given by anyone then the offender is to be removed from my will and his/her legacy divided amongst all the other legatees at the discretion of my Executor and my above two friends.
I make my friends Rowland Searchfield, DD, William Bostocke, gent, Thomas Winchester, gent, and Henry Payne, gent, my overseers ... I revoke all other wills.
Besides the Ł100 given above to Maudlyn Hawkins, wife of Robert Hawkins, I now give Ł100 to their daughter Maudlyn Hawkins, to be paid at age 18 or earlier marriage.
My Executor is also to pay Ł8 pa (Ł4 half-yearly) to Maudlyn Hawkyns the mother towards the bringing-up of her daughter, beginning six months after my decease and continuing until [the daughter] reaches age 25 if her mother lives so long.
If [the mother] dies the payments are to continue until the daughter's age 18 or earlier marriage.
Besides the Ł70 given above to my kinsman Deodatus White and his children (except his daughter Anne) I now give them a further Ł30 to be paid within six months after my decease,
My 14 Almsmen and 14 Almswomen at Henley [see details of the Henley bequest in the Transcript, if wished] are each to have a gown of black cloth to wear on the day of my funeral and then to remain their own.
On that afternoon my desire is that Rowlande Searchfield, William Bostocke and Tesdale Coates may appoint some sufficiently worthy preacher to solemnise my funeral in Henley Church, where the 28 Almsmen and women are to be present together with the inhabitants of the town, and similarly at Abingdon, the preachers being allowed 13s 4d each for their pains.
My body is to be buried as near as I can be conveniently laid on the left side of my well-beloved husband in Glympton Church.
I give all the rest of my goods, lands, chattels etc wholly to my dear esteemed well-beloved nephew Tesdale Coates whom I make sole Executor.
Witnesses Josephe Harris; William Woodward; Thomas Johnes; Edmond Hiorne; Nicholas Jones; Ambrose Maynwaring

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Codicil 4 Jun 1616

I gave 100 marks each to Thomas and Mathewe Waller, son and daughter of John Waller of London, haberdasher, to be disposed by their mother for their maintenance:
Now I give a further 40 marks to their mother Maudlyn Waller, making up a full Ł100 to be paid to Maudlyn as laid down in my will.
[The original clearly says "fortie", but 50 would have been needed to make up Ł100 -- a mark being ⅔ of a pound.]
I gave Ł20 each to my ancient trusty and well-beloved servants William Pallmer and Thomas Knotsford and only Ł5 to my [ditto] servant Robert Stansted:
Now I add Ł20 to Thomas Knotsford's, making Ł40, and Ł15 to Robert Stansted's, making Ł20, to be paid within six months after my decease.
I gave all my other goods etc to my nephew Tesdale Coates, making him sole Executor:
Now Tesdale Coates has died, and I change my will as follows:
- I revoke the Ł10 each given to my well-beloved friends Rowland Searchfield DD and William Bostock of Abingdon, gent, whom I now appoint joint Executors, and I give them Ł100 each [the Ł100 legacy appears later in the codicil.]
- In my great desire to raise my nephew Tesdale Coates to a good estate, I gave him [the residue of my property, goods etc].
  Now [that residue] is to be independently appraised and divided between the rest of my surviving kindred named in my will, whose several legacies I now double.
- I add a further Ł20 to the Ł33 6s 8d already given to the town of Abingdon, to be dealt with by my Executors as described in my will.
- I give Ł5 each to Francis Dringe of Abingdon, his wife and their two eldest sons, to be paid within one year after my decease.
- I give Ł100 to my brother-in-law William Coates of Abingdon to discharge his debt due to Richard Bedford of Burcot.
  I desire my Executors to pay the debt on his behalf, and he is to give them his receipt for the legacy.
- I give to Jackaman Hawkins, wife of James Hawkins, my coach and three horses with all their furniture, also the bed and bedstead which I now lie in with its bolster, blankets, pillows, tester, curtains and coverlet, also six embroidered cushioned stools usually used in the same chamber.
- I give to Anne Winchester, now wife of Thomas Winchester, the other bed and bedstead standing by the chimney in the same chamber with its furniture.
  The chairs, cushions and litle stools suitable to those beds now usually used in that chamber are to be equally divided between Anne Winchester and her sister Jackaman Hawkins.
- I give Ł100 to Maudlyn Waller, wife of John Waller, besides the sums already given to her in my will and earlier in this codicil.
  I also give her the standing bedstead in the parlour chamber with the bed, bolsters, blankets, the valance and "saye" curtains and the green silk quilt, one of the long green velvet cushions, two little green velvet cushions and two green velvet stools.
- I give Ł40 to Francis Little of Abingdon.
- I give 40s to Maudlyn Elston, 20s to the wife of George Renes and 40s to goodwife Elliman, all to be paid within 6 months after my decease.
- If the true valuation of my lands, goods, chattels etc shows that [they] will raise more than I have added by this codicil to the legacies of my kindred as ordered in my will, the excess is to be divided in proportion to their legacies.
- The legacies given by this codicil to my sister and other kindred who are over 21 at the time of my decease are to be paid within three years after my decease at the discretion of my Executors.
  The legacies to my under-21 kindred are to be paid (for males) at age 21 and (for females) at age 18 or earlier marriage.
  But if any female is married but still under 21 her husband is to give a receipt in the meantime, giving security to my Executors that both he and she at age 21 will give their receipts to my Executors for the legacy.
- If any of my legatees, either in my will or in this codicil, attempt any law-suit or raise any controversy against my legatees or Executors, I give full authority to my Executors to distribute their legacies among any other of my legatees whom they in their discretion think more worthy of them.
- I give Ł200 to Prisilla Tesdale of Abingdon, widow, to be paid within six months after my decease.
- I give Ł10 pa to Tesdale Winchester, son of Thomas Winchester, until my lease of Ascott expires.
- I give my servant Ellis Daye 40s more than in my will.
Witnesses Thomas Frenche, notary public; William Woodward; Phillipp Parsons; Nicholas Jones

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Nuncupative Codicil 5 Jun 1616

She gave to her sister Anne Coates two silver bowls.
She gave to her cousin William Hopper her field-bedstead in the green chamber with its valance, curtains and tester of green "saye", a feather-bed, bolster, pillow, blankets and coverlet.
She gave to her cousin the wife of William Hopper her deep silver bowl and half a dozen silver spoons.
She gave to her cousin Elizabeth Payne, wife of Henry Payne, the bedstead, feather-bed, bolster, pillow, blankets and coverlet in the chamber over the kitchen, also the green "saye" curtains and valance in the green chamber and one silver bowl.
She gave one silver bowl each to her cousins Anne Winchester (wife of Thomas Winchester); Jacoman Hawkins; Waller (wife of John Waller); Prisilla Tesdale; and Hawkins (wife of Robert Hawkins).
She gave to her Goshipp[??] Anne Searchfield, wife of Dr Searchfield, her silver sugar-box and a ring worth 40s engraved with a death's head.
She gave to Mrs Bostocke, wife of her godson Mr William Bostocke, a ring worth 40s engraved with a deaths head.
She gave to Mrs Katherine Willis of Rewley near Oxford a mourning gown and a ring worth 40s engraved with a death's head.
She gave Ł5 to her godson William Searchfield to be spent on a piece of plate for him.
She gave to her goddaughter Mrs Stephenson of Abingdon and a ring worth 20s engraved with a death's head.
She gave to her goddaughter Mrs Smith of Oxford and a ring worth 20s engraved with a death's head.
She gave Ł10 to her kinswoman the wife of one Langley of Whitby.
She gave Ł5 to her servant Walter Woodward.
She gave to Goodwife Woodward Ellaman and Goodwife Harte each a mourning gown of black cloth costing 13s 4d a yard.
She willed that at least Ł100 should be spent on a monument or tomb for her late husband Thomas Tesdale and herself to be erected in the chancel of the church of Glympton.
Witnesses Rowland Searchfield DD; William Bostocke, gent; William Hopper; Mrs Anne Coates (sister); Elizabeth Payne with others.

As transcribed from a copy of the original document.
Original line- and page-breaks are preserved as far as possible.

In the name of God Amen I Maude Tisdale of
Glympton in the Countie of Ox'on widowe beeinge sicke and weake in bodie but of
perfect and good Remembrance for the w'ch I doe most humblie thancke and praise
my most good and gracious God doe ordaine and make this my last will and Testament
in manner and forme followinge, ffirst I doe bequeath my soule into the hands of Allmightie
God the most holye and blessed Trinitie the ffather sonne and the holy Ghoste, And
I trust to bee saved onlie by the death and passion of my sweet and Comfortable
Saviour and Redeemer Christ Jhesus my bodye I Comend unto the earth from whence
it Came there to remaine untill the generall Resurrection of all fleshe, Item I
ordaine and Constitute Tisdale Coates my wellbeloved kinsman my sole and full Executor
of this my last Will and Testament, Chardging the saide Tisdale Coates as hee will
annsweare at the dreadfull daye of Judgemente that hee doe truelie and faithfullie
perfourme and execute this my last Will and Testament accordinge to my true meaning
and intent, Item I give and bequeath unto my sister Anne Coates the benifitte and use
duringe her naturall life of one hundred Pounds in manner and forme followinge, That
is to saie Tenne Pounds of lawfull money of England To bee paide at two payments
the first to beginne the next halfe yeare after my decease and the other sixe monethes
after and soe from tyme to tyme everie yeare Tenn Poundes duringe my lovinge sister
her life, And if it pleaseth God to take her to his mercie before her husband W'm
Coates, Then my will ^is that her said husband shall receive that Tenn pounds in manner
and forme as aforesaid duringe his naturall life, And further my will is that
Thomas Coates the younger sonne of W'm Coates shall have paid unto him w'thin six
monethes next after the decease of his ffather W'm Coates and Anne his mother the
hundred Poundes aforesaid (onelie to bee disposed at his pleasure w'ch I hope hee
will doe to Gods glorie and his owne Comfort, Alsoe I doe give the use and
occupac'on of the lease of my house Lumbard Street in Abbington to Anne Coates
my welbeloved sister and W'm her husband for theire habitac'on during theire naturall
lives The Rent thereof unto the Lord to bee paid and discharged by them or the longest liver of
them, And alsoe I give the use and occupac'on unto Anne Coates and W'm her husband during
their naturall lyves All such howshould stuffe that theare is moveable of myne and after their
decease of the longest liver I give the said goodes whollie undefaced unto Thomas Coates theire
youngest sonne w'ch goods I wishe to be Inventoried whearby the said Thomas maye the
better knowe what goods I have setled uppon him, Item I give and bequeath unto my welbeloved
Brother Richard Arden sixteene Pounds of lawfull money of England to be paide unto him
foure pounds everie quarter The first payment to begynne w'thin three moneths next after
my decease for his mayntenannce and soe to contynewe soe longe as it pleaseth God hee
shall live, Item I give and bequeath unto my loving kinswoman Elizabeth Payne the wife of
Henry Payne the use and profitt of 2 hunderd Pounds in manner and forme followinge,
That is to saye 10li w'thin 6 monethes nexte after my decease and tenne Poundes more
w'thin six monethes next after that and soe from sixe moneths to sixe monethes during her
naturall life, And if it happen the said Henry Payne her husband shall out live the
said Elizabeth his wife, Then my will is for the better bringing upp of their children
that the said Twentie Poundes shalbee paid in manner and forme as aforesaid duringe
his naturall life. And after the decease of the longest liver of the said Elizabeth Payne or
Henry her husband then w'thin sixe moneths next after my will is that my Executor
shall paye unto theire Children then lyvinge equallie to bee devided the said twoe hundred
Poundes, provided allwayes that they bee either marryed or of the age of Eighteene
Yeares otherwise to receive the benifitt thereof in manner and forme as is aforesaid for
theire present mayntenannce, Item I give and bequeath unto my Goddaughter Maude
Hawkins the daughter of James Hawkins over and above the three hundred Pounds
I am to paye unto her ffather after my decease by Covenannt Twentie Pounds towards the
raysinge of her stocke w'thin 12 monethes after my decease, Item I give and bequeath unto
my Nephewe W'm Hopper ffower hundred Poundes to be paid in manner and forme
followinge, That is to saye one hundred Poundes w'thin one moneth nexte after my decease
and one other hundred pounds p'cell of the said fower hundred Poundes w'thin three monethes
nexte after my decease. And Two hundred Poundes more in full payment of the fower
hundred Pounds w'thin 6 monethes next after my decease, And my will further is that my
Nevewe W'm Hopper shall give unto my Executor a generall Release at the full payment of
the said fower hundred pounds, Item I give and bequeath unto Maudlyn Hawkins the
wife of Robert Hawkins one hundred Poundes in manner and forme followinge that is to
saye duringe the naturall life of the said Rob't Hawkins to bee allowed by my Executor
Eight Poundes to bee paide by fower pounds every half yeare equallie to be devided the
first payment of fower Poundes to beginne w'thin sixe monethes next after my decease
w'ch payment of fower Poundes to be paid unto Maudlyn the wife of the said Robert
for her better mayntenance, And if it shall happen the said Maudlyn Hawkins the
Wyfe of Rob't Hawkins to dye beefore the said Rob't then my will is that myne
Executor shall paye unto Mawdlyn Hawkins the nowe daughter of Robert Hawkyns
the said hundred Poundes w'thin 6 monethes next after the decease of her said mother yf
shee bee marryed or of the age of Eighteene yeares otherwise to bee allowed ffive
Pounds by the yeare equallie to bee devided every halfe yeare untill shee bee married
or accomplish the age of Eighteene yeares, Item I further give unto Margerie Payne
the daughter of Henry Payne the som'e of Twoe hundred Pounds and unto Anne
Payne and Prisilla Payne daughters of the said Henry Payne one hundred
poundes to bee equallie devided betwixt them twoe w'ch som'e of three hundred pounds
to remayne in my Executors handes untill they doe accomplishe the age of xviij yeares or
otherwise shalbee married, And for their p'nt mayntenannce my will is that
Margerie Payne shalbee allowed from tyme to tyme yearly the som'e of Tenne
Pounds to bee paide by equall portions everie sixe monethes the first payment of
fyve Poundes to begynne w'thin 6 monethes next after my decease And soe from sixe
monethes to 6 monethes untill that she happen to marrie or accomplishe the age of xviij
yeares, And my will likewise is that Anne Payne and Priscilla Payne shalbe allowed
yearlie betwixte them the som'e of 20 nobles to bee equally devided towards theire p'nt
mayntenannce the first payment beeinge three Poundes sixe shillings eight peence to begynne
equallie devided betwixte them w'thin sixe monethes after my decease, And further my
will is that if it shall soe happen that Margerie Payne should dye before the tyme expressed
that then one of theise two hundred Pounds shalbee equallie devided betweene her two
younger sisters, And if it shall happen either of the two younger sisters shall dye
before theire daies of marriage or the age of Eighteene yeares then my will is the
survivor of them shall have the others portion, And if it shall happen that they should
both die, then my will is that the hundred Poundes formerlie given betweene them
shall retourne to Maudlyn Hawkins the nowe daughter of Maudlyn Hawkins and
for her p'nt mayntenannce to bee allowed five pounds yearely untill she accomplish the
Age of xviij yeares or that otherwise shee happen to Marrie, Item my will is that
my Executor shall delyver into the hands of Anne Winchester the wife of Thomas
Winchester of Ascott the som'e of one hundred poundes to bee bestowed uppon the rest of
her Children as shee her selfe shall thincke good to be paid w'thin one yeare after my decease
her daughter Anne onlie excepted unto whome I doe give twoe hundred pounds w'ch
said twoe hundred Pounds my will is shalbee paid to Thomas Winchester the ffather of
the said Anne w'thin one yeare after my decease for to bee imployed to the best advantage
for the raysinge of a stocke for the said Anne, And further my meaninge is that the said
Thomas Winchester the ffather shall allowe unto the said Anne his daughter out of the profitts
of the said twoe hundred Pounds from the age of xiiij yeares untill the daye of her
marriage or the accomplishment of Eighteene yeares Tenne Poundes by the yeare for
her p'nt mayntenannce, And that the said Thomas Winchester shall paye at the daye
of her marriage or at the age of xviij yeares unto the said Anne his daughter the said
som'e of twoe hundred Poundes togeather w'th the proffitts and increase then remayninge in
his handes, And my further will is if it should please God to take to his mercie the
said Anne Winchester then my will is that the said twoe hundred pounds shalbee distributed
equallie uppon the Children then living that shall bee borne of the bodie of my lovinge
kinswoman Anne Winchester, And alsoe I give unto my godsonne Tesdale Winchester
if it shall please God hee shall lyve unto the age of one and Twentie yeares the som'e of
ffiftie pounds w'ch I humblie entreate of Allmightie God hee maye live enioye, Item I
give unto Thomas Waller and Mathewe Waller the sonne and daughter of John Waller
of London habberdasher one hundred marks to bee devided to remayne in the hands of
my Executor untill the age of xxj yeares for Thomas, And Mathewe of the age of xviij
yeares or daye of marriage w'ch shall first happen, And in the meane tyme to allowe
unto them bothe equallie to bee devided betweene them 6 pounds yearelie untill Mathewe
Waller the daughter of the said John Waller come to the age of xviij yeares or shall
happen to bee married and after that three pounds a yeare untill Thomas the sonne come
to the full age of one and Twentie yeares, And the said Annuytie to come yearelie to the
hands of Maude Waller theire said mother in the meane tyme, And if it shall happen that
either or both of the said Children shall dye before the tyme formerlie lymitted then my
will is that the said hundred marks or moytie thereof shall come unto the proper use and
benifitte of Maude Waller theire nowe mother, Item I give unto my kinswoman Anne
Poulton livinge in Wostershire Threescore pounds and to Marye Powlten the daughter
of the said Anne Powlten fortie pounds to bee paid w'thin one yeare after my decease
yf they or eyther of them shall lyve for longe, And if the said Anne Poulton her
mother shall happen to dye beefore the receipte of the said three score pounds Then my
will is it shalbe bestowed uppon Marie her daughter at the tyme lymited, Item I gyve
unto my kinsman Deodatus White Twentie pounds and to Anne White his daughter
ffortie poundes, Item I give more to bee distributed amongst the rest of his Children
ffiftie poundes, The first payment of threescore and Tenne pounds to bee paid twelve moneths
next after my decease, And the ffortie poundes to bee paid unto Anne White the daughter
of Deodatus White at the daye of her marriage or the age of xviij yeares, and for her
p'nt mayntenannce to bee paid fortie shillings yearely the first paym't of Twentie shillings
to begynne w'thin 6 monethes next after my decease, Item I give unto W'm Coates and
Thomas Coates the sonnes of my sister Anne Coates one hundred poundes a peece to bee paid
by equall portions of ffiftie poundes a peece w'thin twoe yeares nexte after my decease
the first hundred poundes to be paid w'thin 12 monethes and the other hundred pounds to
bee paide w'thin twelve monethes next after, Item I doe further give unto Joane Coats the
daughter of my sister Anne Coates ffiftie poundes w'ch said some of ffiftie pounds my will
is shall remaine in the hands of myne Executor duringe the naturall life of the said
Joane my said Executor allowinge her yearlie by equall portions the som'e of ffive
Poundes at twoe severall payments the first payment to begynne sixe monethes after
my decease and soe forward, And further my will is that the said Joane at the tyme of
her decease shall dispose of the said ffiftie poundes as shall seeme best unto her, Item I
give unto Charles Younge the sonne of Marke Younge the sum'e of ffiftie poundes to
bee paid unto him at the age of xxj yeares, Item I give unto twentie of my poorest
kindred w'ch my Executor shall Conceive soe to bee one hundred pounds to be paid unto
them by equall portions w'thin twentie monethes after my decease Provided allwayes
that no one of my kindred to whome I have allreadie or shall by name bequeath anie
speciall legacie shalbee recounted or accounted w'thin the said number, And my will
also is that every one of the said twentie shall give unto my said Executor a sufficient release
for the said money yf any shall soe refuse to doe then it shall bee lawfull for my Executor
to settle it uppon anie other of my kindred, Item I give unto S^r John Benet a peece of
gilte plate w'th my name uppon it to the valewe of Twentie Poundes of what kynde
hee himself shalbee pleased to thinck best of w'thin twelve monethes next after my decease
Item I give unto everie one of his fower eldest sonnes a piece of gilt plate of Tenn Pounds
a peece w'th my name uppon them to bee paide w'thin twelve monethes next after my
decease, Item I give unto his daughter the nowe wife of M^r ffrancis Gregorye a peece
of gilte plate w'th my name uppon it of Tenn Pounds to bee paid w'thin 12 monethes next
after my decease, Item I give unto Elizabeth Hawes the wife of John Hawes and unto
the eldest sonne of the said John Hawes to each of them a silver Cuppe of the price of
ffiftie shillings a peece w'th my name uppon them to bee paid w'thin 6 monethes next after
my decease, Item I give and bequeath to Thomas Tesdale the sonne of Elias Tesdale
ffiftie pounds and likewise ffiftie poundes to Anthonie Tesdale his second sonne And the
like ffiftie poundes to Abraham Tesdale his third sonne to bee paid unto them at the age of
one and Twentie yeares, And for theire better breedinge and bringing upp in learning
the said legators or other waies to place them as an Apprentices of w'ch twoe they are
most fittest for my will is they shall have for theire present mayntenannce seaven poundes
by the yeare to bee equally devided amongst them by my lovinge kinswoman theire mother
at her pleasure to whome of them shall best deserve it to bee paid by my Executor the first
payment to begynne w'thin 6 monethes next after my decease that is to saye three pounds
Tenne shillings everie half yeare and soe forward untill they doe accomplish the age of
xxj yeares And as they growe to receive theire legacies soe the allowance to bee abated
out of theire yearelie mayntenannce and soe forward to bee abated as they growe to
receive theire stocke, And if it shall happen anie of the said legators to dye before
they accomplish the age of xxj yeares, Then my will is that the parte w'ch is due to him
soe dying shalbee equallie devided betweene the Survivors, And further my will is
that if it shall happen that two of the said legators shall dye beefore they come of
yeares, then my will is that one hundred pounds p'te of the hundred and ffiftie shall
remayne to the longest liver, And my will further is that the other ffiftie pounds remay=
ninge of the hundred and ffiftie poundes shalbee paid unto theire said mother if shee shalbee
then liveinge w'thin 6 monethes next after theire decease, And further my will is if it
shall soe please God that all three legators should dye, Then my will is that theire
said mother shall have ffiftie pounds more to make upp a full hundred poundes if the
said mother shall then bee lyvinge, Item I give and bequeath unto my trustie and welbe=
loved servants W'm Pallmer twentie pounds to bee paid w'thin twelve monethes next
after my decease, And the like Twentie pounds to Thomas Knotsford to bee paide
w'thin twelve monethes next after my decease, And to W'm Hennage five poundes
to be paid w'thin sixe monethes next after my decease, And to Thomas Haies five
poundes to bee paid w'thin 6 monethes next after my decease, To Robert Badnoll ffive
Poundes to bee paid w'thin sixe monethes next after my decease To Rob't Stansted ffive
Poundes to bee paid w'thin 6 monethes next after my decease, To William Haynes
ffive Poundes to bee paid w'thin 6 monethes next after my decease And to all other my
servants nowe remayninge in the house w'th mee Twentie shillings a peece to be paide
w'thin 6 monethes next after my decease, Item I give unto William Belcher sometymes
my servant Twentie shillings to bee payd w'thin 6 monethes next after my decease,
Item my will is to bestowe in St Maries Church in Ox'on two hundred Poundes in manner
and forme followinge that is for the erectinge and buildinge of verie stronge and sufficient
galleries in the said Church wheareby well disposed people maye stande the more conveniently
to heare the word of God to his glorie and theire owne Comforts at all tymes in the yeare
but especiallie at the tyme of the solemnitie of the Acte At w'ch tyme a multitude of
Strangers doe usuallie resorte thither, the Care of the erectinge and directinge wheareof
I Comend to the trust and discretion of my welbeloved freinds Rowland Searchfielde
Doctor of Devinitie W'm Bostocke of Abington gent my godsonne and Tesdale Coates
my kinsman and Executor of this my last will and Testament w'ch said galleries my will
and request is to bee builte and sett upp beefore the vijth daye of Julye w'ch shalbe in the
yeare of our Lord God 1617, Item I give unto the Towne of Henlye where I was borne
ffower hundred Poundes to bee bestowed and ymployed in manner and forme followinge,
ffirst my will is that the profitts of one hundred pounds shalbee thus ymployed that is to
saye that twoe learned and sufficient Preachers w'ch have taken the degree of M^r of Art
at the leaste to bee Chosen yearlie out of the universitie of Ox'on at the appointment of
the Vicechanncellour and the Provost of Queenes Colledge for the time beeinge to preach
either of them a severall sermon the one uppon Christmas Daye in the after none and the
other uppon Easter Daye in the after noone w'ch shall first happen after my decease in the
Church of Henlye wheareby as my hope and desire is the hearts of the Communicants
uppon both those dayes wilbee the better stirred upp to repaye w'th Care and Diligence
togeather w'th the rest of the Congregac'on to receive the spirituall foode of theire soules, And I
doe allowe for the better incouragement to the said preachers ffortie shillings a peece for ever
at such tyme and tymes the money to bee paid by the warden and Burgesses of the said Towne
for the tyme beeinge, And for the more Carefull orderinge of the twoe sermons at the
dayes appoynted I give unto the Clarke of the Churche vjs to the Sexton xijd yf any
such officer bee allowed in the same Church yf not to some other honest poore man to bee appoin=
ted by the Minister, and one other to Ringe the bell before the said sermon xijd the said Ringer to
bee appoynted by the Minister and Churchwardens for the tyme beinge, The payement of the
said iiijs at either tyme w'ch is viijs in the wholle to bee perfourmed uppon the said twoe
ffestivall dayes by the warden and Burgesses as aforesaid And farther my will is that
five pounds foure shillings the Remaynder of the proffitts of one hundred poundes shalbee
distributed and bestowed in manner and forme followinge, That is to saye uppon fourteene
of the ouldest and poorest men and xiiij of the most agest and poorest widdowes all dwellinge
in the towne of Henly one penny loafe a peece everie sabbath daye through out the
yeare for ever the said xxviij loaves to bee set from tyme to tyme uppon some Convenient
place in the Church duringe the wholle tyme of the divine service and then to bee distributed
after thanksgivinge unto God for the ffounder by the hands of the Saxton yf theare bee any if
not then to some honest poore fitt man to bee Chosen by the Minister whoe from tyme to tyme
shalbee accounted one of the foureteene men, And my will alsoe is that the aforesaid xiiij men
and xiiij weomen shalbe placed all togeather in the said Church and shall Contynewe
theare the wholle tyme of the divine service or els the said bread to bee bestowed uppon some
other better disposed person or persons then and theare present theise poore men and weomen to
bee Chosen from tyme to tyme by the Warden Minister and Burgesses of the same Towne for
the tyme beeinge, And my will is to have bestowed iijli vjs viijd uppon a picture placed
neere to the place wheare the bread shalbee sett and thearein a seeminge Table uppon w'ch shalbee
shadowed xxviij loaves and the xxviij poore Allmes men and weomen kneelinge aboute it givinge
God praise for their founder, As alsoe the shewe of a preacher in the pulpitt this to bee p'four=
med by my Executor by the direc'c'on and advise of Rowland Searchfield Doctor of Devinitie
and W'm Bostocke of Abington gent my welbeloved godsonne w'ch hundred poundes togeather
w'th the fortie shillings for the preacher and the fower shillings for the officers of the Churche
shalbee paide unto the Wardens and Burgesses betwixte the daye of my death and the
next ffeast of x'ptmas or Easter w'ch shall first happen, the hundred pounds being paid
as aforesaid the Warden and Burgesses shall put in securitie for the performance thereof
as followeth for the three hundred Pounds, And further my will is that the other CCCli
the residue of the said CCCCli thus by mee given shalbee setled in manner and forme
followinge, That is to saye uppon ffifteene of the youngest or poorest tradesmen dwelling
w'thin the towne of Henlye xxli a peece to everie one of them to enter and beginne
theire trading and to contynewe in theire hands and possession sixe wholle yeares togeather
payinge yearelie to the Warden and Burgesses of the said Towne of Henlye ijs a peece
for the said xxli duringe the 6 yeares and soe from 6 yeares to 6 yeares w'ch xxxs to bee
bestowed to xx poore woomen all or the most parte widowes by viijd a peece at the two
severall sermons where my will is they shalbee placed all togeather giving God praise for
theire ffounder and the other iijs iiijd to bee bestowed by the Warden and Burgesses to
make them selves drincke w'th the Preacher when and wheare they please at theire
pleasure, Provided allwayes that the foureteene poore widowes beefore specefied bee
none of them, They and everie one of the said fifteene whoe have the benifitte heareof to
putt in severallie at or before the receipte of the said money two sufficient men togeather
w'th them selves to stand bownde to the Warden and Burgesses of the said towne for the
salfe payment of the severall som'es aforesaid after the end and expiration of the said 6
yeares, And if it shall happen that anie of the said xv tradesmen or anie of theire
sureties shall dye beefore the full and Copleate end of sixe yeares, That then and soe
often as it shall soe happen newe securitie to bee given both for the principall and the suretie
w'thin one month next after the decease of anie of the said parties w'ch shall soe happen
to dye, And if the widowe of anie of the said xv shalbee willing to Contynewe the
trade of her late husband and shall put in like securitie for the Residewe of the tyme ^then
unexpired to the good likinge of the Warden and Burgesses, Then shee to Contynewe it
the full tyme unexpired at the death of her late husband, Provided allwaies from
tyme to tyme that the said CCCli bee delivered uppon the like Condic'ons unto xv
xv other tradesmen in manner and forme aforesaid, And soe to goe rounde theroughe
the Towne for ever untill everie man that is Capable theareof have received benifitts
by the same, And further my will is that theise xv younge begynners or trades=
men shalbe appointed and Chosen by the Warden and Burgesses of Henlye aforesaid
owte of the Inhabitants of the said towne, And if anie of the said tradesmen shall
remove his dwellinge out of the said Towne and betake himselfe to some other place
Then my will is for the Warden and Burgesses to Call in w'thin one moneth uppon
the pennaltie of their bond the said Twentie poundes, And soe set it uppon some other
that they shall thinke fitte to hould it for the Residewe of those sixe yeares then not
expired, And if it shall happen that the said three hundred poundes or Cli shall not
bee ymployed accordinge unto my love unto that towne and true intent and meaninge
of my will, Then it shalbee lawfull for the Chiefe Governors of the next markett
Towne whoe make the first demande or anie other markett Towne w'thin the County
of Ox'on that shall lawfullie finde this defecte to make Challendge to the said som'e
or som'es not ymployed according to my will, They puttinge in good securitie for
the due p'fourming of the premisses unto my welbeloved Nephewe my executor
Tesdale Coates soe longe as hee shall live And after his decease to make and renewe
the said assurement to the Provost and ffellowes of Queens Colledge in Ox'on for
the tyme being to the use and uses aforesaid And further my will is that uppon the
deliverie of the said Three hundred poundes the Warden and Burgesses of Henlye
aforesaid shall put in sufficient securitie for the true and iust pefourmannce heareof
unto my welbeloved Nephewe Tesdale Coates Executor and soe from tyme to tyme as
often as they or anie of them shall happen to dye the next Warden or Burgesses soe
to bee chosen shalbe be made as aforesaid to perfourme the like Condic'on w'ch CCCli
My will is shalbee paid w'thin Twelve monethes next after my decease, Item I give
and bequeath unto the poore of Abington Thirtie Poundes to remaine in the hospitall
for ever to bee distributed by the directions and goverment of the M^r and Governors
or the most p'te of them of w'ch the M^r for the tyme beinge allwaies to bee one in manner
and forme followinge, That is to saye twelve poore widowes twelve pennie loaves
everie sondaye thorough out the yeare and soe for ever to bee placed in some convenient
place in the parrish church of St Ellens in Abington theare to remayne everie
Sabbath daye duringe the tyme of the divine morning prayer and after prayers
the 12 widdowes or other poore weomen lefte to the discretion of the M^r and governors
soe to bee elected to repayer to the place wheare the said Bread is to bee distributed
there to give thanks to God for their ffounder and after thanksgivinge then the said bread
to bee delivered by the Clarcke of the said parrishe for the tyme beeinge, And my
Will is that the said Clarcke shall have for his care and diligence hearein soe to bee
p'fourmed two pennie loaves as aforesaid, And ffurther my will is that theare shall bee
bestowed over and above the xxxli above specified the som'e of iijli vjs viijd on a table theare
to bee set upp as a remembrannce of mee whearein my picture and other ornaments shalbee
placed neere to the place wheare the bread shall stand to bee p'fourmed by my Executor
accordinge to my will w'th the advise and direction of Rowland Searchfield Doctor of
Devinitie and my lovinge godsonne W'm Bostocke of Abington gent this to beginne uppon
one sabbath daye w'thin three monethes next after my decease uppon w'ch daye my
will is that theire shalbee appointed by the M^r and Governors of the hospitall out of the
universitie of Ox'on a sufficient preacher whoe hath taken degree of M^r of Arts
at the least to preach that daye in the morning to feede the soules of those poore people
soe to bee appointed firste before they receive theire Almes togeather w'th my welleloved
ffreinds the Inhabitants of the said Towne whome I beseeche the Allmightie God to blesse
and theire posteritie, And for the Preachers paines soe to bee taken hee shall have
Thirteene shillings and foure pence, Item I give unto the poore of Glympton Tenn
poundes to bee in stocke for ever yealdinge unto the said poore xxs a yeare to bee dystributed
at the discretion of the Parson and Churchwardens for the tyme beinge at Christmas
and to beginne the next Christmas after my decease, Item I give unto the Towne of
Charlberie Tenne Pounds to bee in stocke for ever yealdinge to the poore xxs a yeare
in manner and forme as aforesaid, Item I give unto the Towne of Ascott ffive Poundes
to lye in stocke for ever to the poore of Ascott yealdinge unto the said poore xs a yeare to
bee distributed at the discretion of the minister and Churchwardens at Christmas
and to beginne the next Christmas after my decease, Item I give to the poore of
Woodstocke ffortie shillings to bee distributed in bread uppon my ffunerall daye, and
Twentie shillings to the poore of Kiddenton, and Twentie shillings to the poore of Wootten
and Twentie shillings to the poore of Stouvnsfield All w'ch som'es of xxs to bee distribu=
ted in Bread uppon my ffunerall daye in the severall Townes by the hands of the
Churchwardens, Item I give unto my welbeloved and approved faithfull ffriend Rowland
Searchfield Doctor of Devinitie a peece of plate of the price of xli and the like peece of
plate to my welbeloved godsonne Will'm Bostocke of Abington gent w'thin 6 monethes
next after my decease, Item I doe likewise give to my kinsman Thomas Winchester five
pounds and to my kinsman Henry Payne five Poundes to bee paid w'thin sixe monethes
after my decease, Item I doe hearein expresse and set foorth my true intent and meaninge
to avoyde all unkindnesses or cause of unkindnesses suites or other Incombrancs whatsoever
that maye bee attempted against my Executor by reason of anie demannd w'ch may bee
expected by any of my kindred concerning twoe thousand Pounds left unto mee by my late
deceased and welbeloved husband by his will soe left unto mee to dispose at my owne
pleasure to my owne kindred of my bloud I doe heare set it foorth and make it knowne
unto whome my will maye bee seene that I have given the said twoe thousand Pounds to
my younger kindred as it maye and doe well appeare, hoping heareby that none of my
Bloud wilbe soe unnaturall as to make anie further question of the foresaid som'e considering
wheareas I might (if it had pleased mee) to have bestowed it uppon one or twoe and soe have
lefte all the rest unprovided for w'ch I have in my good memorie for the w'ch I humblie
prayse the Allmightie God soe to direct mee accordinge to the pleasure of my lovinge
husband, Item I doe will and require all my said legators as they will annsweare it at
the dreadfull daye of Judgement that they doe civillie orderlie and in the feare of
Gods love one another and not to cause anie discord or strife one against the other, yf any
of them soe shall doe then my will and full purpose is that such legacies or portions
w'ch I have allreadie formerlie bestowed shalbee deteyned from them and remayne in
my Executors hands untill the cause of difference bee well understood w'th care and
diligence perfourmed by my trustie and welbeloved ffriends Rowland Searchfield
Doctor of Devinitie and W'm Bostocke of Abington gent, And if they finde iust cause
of offence soe given by anie one whosoever, Then my will is for to frustrate them cleane
out of this my will and the som’e or som'es soe formerlie bestowed shalbee bestowed amongst
All other the aforesaid legators by the discretion of myne Executor and my welbeloved
friends Rowland Searchfield Doctor of Devinitie and W'm Bostocke of Abington gent
w'ch my truste in the Allmightie God is unto whome I make my humble prayer that
hee wilbe pleased soe to guide the hearts of my legators that they shall never give
cause to have this my love bestowed uppon them by mee in my tender affection towards
them, Item I doe ordaine my welbeloved friends Rowland Searchfield Doctor of
Devinitie W'm Bostocke gent Thomas Winchester gent and Henry Payne gent
myne Overseers of this my last will and Testament And doe by these presents
Revoke and disannull all wills in writing to bee shewed foorth whatsoever or otherwise
supposed by woords, Onely this my laste will and Testament w'ch I pronounce to bee
my voluntarie and last will praying to God to blesse mee and all other heare included
And thus in good and perfect memorie I rest, Item my further will is over and above
the hundred pounds beefore given and expressed in this my will unto Maudlyn
Hawkins the wife of Rob't Hawkins, I doe further give unto Maudlyn Hawkins
the daughter of Rob't Hawkins one hundred pounds to bee paid unto her at the age of
xviij yeares or daye of marriage w'ch shall first happen, And further my will is
that my Executor shall paye unto Maudlyn Hawkyns the mother towards the bringing
upp of her said daughter in the feare of God in learninge eighte pounds yearelie
equallie to bee devided the first iiijli to beginne the next sixe monethes after my decease
and soe to contynewe untill the said Maudlyn bee of the age of xv yeares if her said
mother shall soe longe live, And if her said mother die then presentlie to beginne on in
manner and forme aforesaide unto her p'nt mayntenannce, And further my will is
That from thencefoorth untill her daye of marriage or the age of xviij yeares which
shall first happen my said Executor shall paye unto the said Maudlyn the daughter for
her p'nt mayntenannce the sum'e of viijli in manner and forme as aforesaid w'ch I
trust in the Allmightie God shalbee to his glorie and her Comfort, Item my further will
is notw'thstanding lxxli formerlie given to my kinsman Deodatus White and his
Children excepting his daughter Anne unto whome I have given xlli I doe further
give unto him and his Children xxxli more to bee paid w'thin sixe monethes next after my
decease, Alsoe my will is that the xiiij of my Allmesmen and the xiiij of my
Allmeswomen at Henlye shall have everie one of them a gowne of blacke clouthe
to weare uppon the daye of my ffunerall and soe after to remayne theire owne w'ch
daye my will and heartie desire is that theare maye bee appointed by my welbeloved
friends Rowlande Searchfield D^r of Devinitie and W'm Bostocke gent and Tesdale
Coates my Executor some worthie sufficient preacher for to solemnize my ffunerall in the
Churche of Henlye that daye of my ffunerall in the after noone wheare my desire is
theise xxviij Allmesmen and woemen should be p'nt theare togeather with the Inhabitants
of the said Towne to receave the spirituall foode of theire soules, And alsoe at Abbington
the like allowing to everie of the said Preachers xiijs iiijd for theire paynes, And
ffurther my will is that myne Executor shall perfourme all such dueties and ornam'ts
as is fitte to be p'fourmed by the allowance and good likinge of my trustie and well
approved good friends Rowland Searchfield Doctor of Devinitie and William
Bostocke gent at my ffunerall when it shall please my blessed Saviour and Redeemer
Jhesus Christe to take my soule to his mercie, And my bodie to be buried neare
unto my welbeloved husband on his left side as neere as I can bee convenientlie laide
in the Church at Glympton, And all the rest of my goods lands chattells mooveables
whearesoever and of what kinde soever yet not disposed of I give whollie to my
deere esteemed welbeloved Nephewe Tesdale Coates whome I make my sole Executor
prayinge to God from the bottome of my heart and w'th all my heart and spiritt to
blesse him in all his waies and woorcks, And that he maye doe all things to the glorie
of God to the comfort of his owne soule and to be a comfort to all the rest of his
bloud and all other well disposed people, This my will beeing written in sixe sheetes
and twelve lynes and a halfe. The marke and seale and Maude Tesdale Sealed and
published in the p'nts of us whoose names are heare under written the xvij^th daye
of Maye 1616 Josephe Harris W'm Woodward Thomas Johnes Edmond Hiorne
Nicholas Jones Ambrose Maynwaring
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To all x'pian people unto whome theise p'sents shall come I Maude Tesdale of
Glympton in the Countie of Oxford widowe beeing sicke and weake in bodie but p'fect
and sounde of memorie for the w'ch I humblie praise Allmightie God my maker and
Redeemer did latelie make my last will and Testament wheare in I did set downe divers
legacies to my welbeloved kindred and friends As alsoe CCCCli bestowed in the towne
of Henlye wheare I was borne as in my said will doe more lardgelie and plainlie
appeare and CCli to bee bestowed in St Maries Churche in Oxford xxxiijli vjs viijd
To bee bestowed in Abingdon a place wheare sometimes I lived, xli to Glympton a place
of my habitac'on, vli to Ascott, xli to Charlberie, xls to Woodstocke xxs to Wotten xxs
to Kiddenton, and xxs to Stovensfield the disposinge and ordering of all w'ch legacies
are sett downe in my said will as in the same will it dothe plainlie appear, And
whereas I gave unto Thomas Waller and Mathewe Waller the sonne and daughter of
John Waller of London Habberdasher one hundred marcks onlie for allowance of mayntenannce
to bee disposed for the benifitte of the said Children by theire mother by waye of Codicill and
addition to my will give unto Maudlyn Waller the mother of the said Children the som'e of
fortie marcks to make upp the former som'e one hundred Poundes w'ch said Cli my will is
shalbee paid unto the said Maudlyn in manner and forme and at such tyme and tymes as in
my will is set downe, And whereas I gave unto my anncient and trustie welbeloved
servants William Pallmer and Thomas Knotsford xxli a peece, and to my anncient and
trustie welbeloved servannt Robert Stansted but vli onlie, my will nowe is to adde
unto Thomas Knotsford Twentie Poundes more to make it upp ffortie Poundes, as alsoe to adde xvli
more unto the vli given unto Rob't Stansted to make the said som'e full xxli w'ch said xxli my
will is that the said Robert Stansteed shall have paid unto him w'thin sixe monethes next after
my decease, And wheareas in my said will I did give and bequeath unto my welbeloved
Nephewe Tesdale Coates all other my goods and substance whatsoever not given and bequeathed
formerlie in my will whome I did then make and ordaine my sole and wholle Executor of that
my said last will and Testament as in the same will it doth and maye more plainlie appeare,
Nowe for that it hath pleased Allmightie God since the makinge of my said will to take unto
his mercie my said Executor Tesdale Coates I doe by these presents Revoke and Cut of the
xli a peece formerlie given and bequeathed by mee to my welbeloved friends Rowland Searchfield
Doctor of Devinitie and W'm Bostock of Abington gent whome for the better Dischardge and
p'fourmannce of my said will and Testament accordinge to my true meaninge and Intent I doe
by theise p'sents ordaine Constitute and appoint full and ioynt Executors of that my said will
and Testament Chardging them and everie of them as they will answeare at the dreadfull
daye of Judgem't that they doe fullie and faithfullie perfourme and fullfill all and everie
Clause Article and other Contents whatsoever thearein Contayned as alsoe theis additions by
waye of Codicill w'ch my will is shalbee ioyned and annexed unto my will and to be inrouled
and recorded in the same Courte wheare the lawe requireth my said will to be prooved in
manner and forme followinge. ffirst my will is that wheareas I did in a great desire that
I had to raise my aforesaid Nephewe Tesdale Coates to a good estate give and bequeath unto
him all my lands goods and Chattells moveables and Immoveables w'ch was not formerlie
given and bequeathed, My will nowe is that the residewe of all my goods and substance
formerlie bequeathed unto him shalbee praysed indifferentlie and bestowed uppon the rest
of my kindred survivinge named and specified in my will and Testament whoose severall
legacies I doe by this my Codicill double, And further my will is to augment and
adde unto the somme of xxxiijli vjs viijd formerlie given and bequeathed unto the Towne of
Abington xxli more to bee setledd in manner and forme as in my said will is expressed
at the discretion and by the directions of my Executors Rowland Searchfield Doctor
of Devinitie and Will'm Bostocke of Abington gent, And further I doe give unto
ffrancis Dringe of Abington and to his wife five poundes a peece onlie and to theire
twoe eldest sonnes vli a peece only w'ch some of xxli my will is shalbee paid unto them by
equall portions w'thin one wholle yeare next after my decease. And further I doe by theise
p'sents give and bequeath unto my brother in lawe W'm Coates of Abingdon the full som'e of
Cli to discharge and sett him free from the danger of the lawe whearein he nowe standeth
by a debt due unto Richard Bedford of Bircott in the Countie of Oxford the ymploym't of w'ch
hundred poundes for the full dischardge of the said debt my will and desire is that my
Executors Rowland Searchfield Doctor of Devinitie and William Bostocke of Abington gent
shall take uppon them and have Care of and by theire handes paid and see it dischardged for and
in the behalfe of W'm Coates aforesaid and the said W'm for this his legacie after payment by
them made to give them his acquittance or discharge, ffurther I doe by thease p'nts give and
bequeath unto Jackaman Hawkins the wife of James Hawkins my Coroach and three
horses and all the furniture thearunto belonging As alsoe the bedd and bedsted w'ch I nowe
lye in boulster blanketts pillowes w'th the tester and Curtens and Coverlett theareunto
belonginge w'th vj Coshine stooles ymbrodered Comonly remayninge and used in the same
Chamber, Item I give and bequeath unto Anne Winchester the nowe Wife of Thomas
Winchester the other bedd and bedsted standinge by the Chymney in the said Chamber togeather
w'th the furniture theareunto belonginge, And my will is that the Chaires Coshins and
litle stooles sutable to those bedds nowe used Comonlie in that Chamber shalbee equallie
devided betweene the said Anne Winchester and her sister Jackaman Hawkins, And I
further give unto Maudlyn Waller the wife of John ^Waller moreover and besides the somes to her
given before in my will and likewise before in this Codicill the som’e of one hundred pounds
And I doe further give unto the said Maudlyn Waller the standinge bedsted in the p'lour
Chamber togeather w'th the bedd boulsters blanketts the Vallence and Curtens of saye w'th
the greene silke quilte As alsoe one of the longe greene velvett Cushins two little greene
velvet Cushions and twoe greene velvet stooles, Item I give unto ffrancis Little of
Abingdon the som'e of ffortie Pounds, Item I give unto Maudlyn Elston fortie
shillings, And to the wife of George Renes xxs, And to goodwife Elliman fortie
shillings, Theise three small som'es to bee paid w'thin 6 moneths after my decease And
further my my [sic] will is that if uppon the true valewation and praysing of my lands
goods Chattells moveables and Immooveables that it will raise halfe as muche more
as by this p'nt Codicill I have added unto the severall legacies of my kindred bequeathed
in my said will. Then my will is it shalbee soe distributed and devided otherwise to
bee devided as farre as it will in p'porc'on of theire legacies amounte unto the said
lands goods Chattells moveables or unmoveables beeing reasonablie and Conscionablie
praysed All w'ch severall legacies nowe given and bequeathed by this my Codicill unto
my sister and other of my kindred w'ch are or shalbee of full age at the tyme of my decease
my will is shall bee paide unto them w'thin three yeares next after my decease according
to the discretion of my Executors and all other legacies given and bequeathed by mee in this
Codicill unto anie of my kindred that are under age my will and meaninge is that such
as are of the male sexe shall have severall portions and legacies when they come to
the age of xxj yeares and all and everie one of the female sexe when they doe attaine
to the age of xviij yeares or shalbe married w'ch tyme shall first happen w'thout anie
further or yearlie allowance for anie addition in the Codicill mentioned for them or anie
of them for theire mayntenannce otherwise then in my said will and first legacies in the
said will specified is expressed, Provided that if anie of the female sexe of my kindred
shalbee married at or after the age of Eighteen yeares and before xxj yeares of theire age
then such theire husband shall give p'nte dischardge for the tyme untill his wife shall come
to xxj yeares of age puttinge in securitie to my Executors that both hee and shee at the age
of one and twentie yeares shall give theire acquittances to my Executors for the said legacie
And I doe chardge you Rowland Searchfield D^r of devinitie and William Bostocke gent
my Executors faithfullie to p'forme all the premisses and everie parte theareof as you
desire Allmightie God to blesse you and yours in all yo' waies and woorcks, And in
Considerac'on heareof and in hope that you will faithfullie perfourme my will and alsoe this
my Codicill I give to either of you one hundred poundes a peece, Provided allwaies that
if anie of my legators mentioned either in my said will or in this Codicill shall dislike
or finde themselves agreeved and theareby attempte anie suite or raise anie Controversies or
debate against anie of my legators or executors then I doe give full aucthoritie and power
unto Rowland Searchfield Doctor of Devinitie and W'm Bostocke gent my said Executors to
devide and distribute all such legacies to anie person or p'sons given as I have formerlie
expressed in my will or mentioned in this Codicill unto such other of my kindred or lega=
tors whoe they in theire Judgem'ts and discretions shall thincke more worthie of the
same, And this I doe Chardge them once againe in that love and truste w'ch I have
reposed in them to see dulie and Carefullie to bee p'formed and soe I leave my selfe
and them and my last will and this Codicill to the blessinge of Allmightie God In
whoome I putt my wholle trust and Confidence, ffinallie I doe give unto Prisilla
Tesdale of Abingdon widowe the some of twoe hundred poundes To bee paid w'thin 6
monethes after my decease, Moreover I doe give unto Tesdale Winchester the sonne
of Thomas Winchester the som'e of Tenne Poundes yearelie untill suche tyme as
my lease of Ascott shalbee expired, Allsoe I give unto Ellis Daye my servaunt
fortie shillings more then before I have given unto him Read acknowledged signed and
published in the p'nts of us whoose names are heareunder written this fourth daye
of June 1616 and in the xiiijth yeare of the kings ma'ties Raigne that nowe is In the
presence of mee Thomas ffrenche Notarie publique W'm Woodward Phillipp Parsons
Nicholas Jones. Memorandum that theise three words (in my will) interlynede
betwixte the 19th and 20th lyne of the Codicill in the first page and theise three other woords
(the rest of) interlyned betwixt the 33th and 34th lyne of the saide page and this woorde
(silke) interlyned betwixte the vijth and viijth lyne of the second page of this Codicill weare
interlyned and inserted beefore the readinge acknowledging and publishing of this Codicill
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A Nuncupative Codicill to bee added and annexed to the last will and Testament of
Maude Tesdale of Glympton in the Countie of Ox'on widowe by her made and declared
in the time of her sicknes wheareof she dyed the ffifte daye of June Anno d'ni one
thousand sixe hundred and sixteene shee beeinge then in good and sounde memorie in the woords
followinge or by the like woords in effecte and substance, viz't, In primis shee the said Maude
Tesdale willed and gave unto her sister Anne Coates twoe silver Bolles, Item shee gave
unto her Cousin W'm Hopper her ffieldbedsted in the greene Chamber togeather w'th the
vallence Curtens and Tester of greene saye w'th a feather bedd boulster pillowe blanketts and
Coverlet, Item shee the said Maude Tesdale the Testatrice aforesaid decea'd did further give
and bequeath unto her Cousin the wife of the said W'm Hopper the said Testatrice her deepe
silver bolle and halfe a douzen of silver spoones, Item shee gave and bequeathed unto her
Cousin Elizabeth Payne the wyfe of Henry Payne her bedsted featherbedd boulster pillowe
blankets and Coverlett in the Chamber over the kitchin of her the said Testrice her dwellinge
house and alsoe the greene saye Curtens and Vallence in the greene Chamber and one silver
Bolle, Item shee did further will and give unto her Cosin Anne Winchester the wife of
Thomas Winchester one silver Bolle, and to her Cosin Jacoman Hawkins shee did likewise
give one sylver Bolle, Item shee allsoe gave and bequeathed unto her Cosin Waller the wife of
John Waller one sylver bolle, And to her Cosin Prisilla Tesdale shee alsoe bequeathed one
silver Bolle, Item to her Cosin Hawkins the wife of Robert Hawkins shee willed and
gave one silver Bolle, Item shee did alsoe will give and bequeath to her Goshipp Anne
Searchfield the wife of D^r Searchfield her the said Maude Tesdale her suger boxe of silver
and a Ringe of xls w'th a deathes head, Item shee further alsoe gave and bequeathed to M^ris
Bostocke the wife of M^r W'm Bostocke her godsonne A Ringe of the valewe of xls w'th A
deaths head engraven on it, Item to M^ris Katherine Willis of Ruley neere Ox'on shee gave
and bequeathed a mourninge gowne and a Ringe of the valewe of fortie shillings w'th A
deaths head theareon engraven, Item shee gave and bequeathed to her godsonne W'm Searchfield
five poundes to bee bestowed uppon a peece of plate for him Item shee alsoe did further give
and bequeath to her Goddaughter M^ris Stephenson of Abbington A Ringe of Twentie
shillings price w'th a deaths head theareon engraven, Item shee further bequeathed unto her
Goddaughter M^ris Smith of Ox'on a Ringe of xxs w'th a deaths head, Item to the wife of
one Langley of Whitby hir kinswoman shee the said testatrice willed and bequeathed
Tenn Poundes, Item to her the said testatrice her servaunt Walter Woodward shee did will
and bequeath the sum'e of ffive Poundes of lawfull English money, item shee alsoe gave and
bequeathed to Goodwife Woodward Ellaman and Goodwife Harte to eache of them a mour=
ninge gowne of blacke Cloathe of xiijs iiijd the yard In the presence and hearinge of
M^r Rowland Searchfield D^r of Devinitie M^r W'm Bostocke gent W'm Hopper M^ris
Anne Coates the testatrice sister Elizabeth Payne w'th others, And shee the said Maude
Tesdale alsoe in the presence and hearinge of divers wittnesses willed that one hundred
poundes of lawfull money of England at the least should be bestowed in and uppon A
monument or Toombe for her late husband Thomas Tesdale and her selfe to bee erected
and sett upp in the Channcell of the parishe Church of Glympton aforesaid

Probatum fuit suprascriptum una cum Codicillis apud
London coram .....................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................ constituto Vicesimo
octavo die mensis Junij Anno domini millesimo sexcentesimo decimo sexto Juramento
Rowlandi Searchfield .................................................... et Will'm Bostocke Executorum in
eodem Testamentum nominat' ...................................................................................................
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[The following text was inserted in the margin]
vicesimo primo die mensis
Novembris Anno D'ni 1629
emanavit com'issio Will'mo
Coates? nepoti ex sorore et
Roberto Hawkins ~~
Consangineo d'c'e defuncte
Hen'tis? &c ad administrand'
bona iura et credita eiusde'
defuncte iuxta tenore et
effectum test'i et codicill'
ipsius? defunctes p[er] Rowlandu'
Searchfeild sacre Theologie
Professore' et Willi'm
Bostocke ex'res no'i'ates
in test'o sive ultima
voluntate antedicte
defuncte non plene
administrat' De bene
&c iurat

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