Item I give to Nicholas Hurlestone my eldest sonne the house that he dwelleth in wth the chamber and backside and the halfe boat that
Craine goeth in & tenn pounds of currant money of England
Item I give to Richard Hourelestone the house that Valentine Baker mowe dwelleth in wth kitchinge and paivement
Item I give to George my sonne the house that Willm Dallymore? dwelleth wth the backside
Item I give to Androwe my sonne and John my sonne my house that I nowe dwell in at the age of xxj yeres And yf either of them dye before
the age of xxjte yeres then I will the other to hime the house
Item I give to my wife the sayd house untill my said children doe come to their severall ages, yf my
wyfe doe dye before the children to come to there age of xxjti yeres then I will that they shall quietlye possess there p[ar]tes accordinge to my
will and testamente
Item I give to my daughter Susan tenn pounds to be payde in thre(e) monethes after my decease
Item I give to Sara my daughter the somme of ten pounds to be payd her at the day of her mariage or in thre(e) monethes after my decease
Item I give to Marye my daughter the somme of tenn pounds to be payd her at the age of xviij [18] yeres or the day of her mariage
Item I give to my wife Ellen Hourelston the thyrd of my barke [barque] called The Mayflower
Item I give to my sonne Thomas Howrlestone the other thred [third] of my barcke called the Mayflower and the store house at Fisher's Gate
Item I give to Thomas my sonne one silver cupp the other silver cupp to my wyfe
To Thomas Hurelstone my Godsonne the sonne of Nycholas one silvr spone
The silver salt and the rest of my silver sponnes I give to my wyfe the third of them and the other two
ptes to my sonnes Richard and George and Andrewe and John
The third of them the moveables I give to my wyfe and the other two ptes I give to Rychard my sonne & George & Andrew & John
I will Sara my daughter to have a bed furnished and a table and two platters and two pewter dishes
and I will that my wife shall have the use of the money of my sones George, Andrew, John & Marye
And (if) my wife doe marrye I will that she shall putt in sufficient bond to my brother Richard Hourlestone for the sure payment thereof for the behalfe of my children And (if) my wyfe dye before my children doe come to there severall ages then I will my sonnes Thomas & Richard Hourlestone shall have the use of the childrens moneye to bringe them up
And yf my sonnes Nicholas Hourlestone, Thomas, Richarde, George, Andrewe or John will trouble
ther(e) brethren and not stand to this my shift of the howeses accordinge to the true meaninge
of this my will Then I will he that soe troubleth his brethren shall possess none of my moveable goods nor shippinge nor money
Item I will that Nicholas my sonne shall have his tenn pound at the feast of Saint Michaell next cominge and shall enter in bond to stand to this
my last will
Item I make my executors my wyfe and Thomas Hourelestone my sonne
Dated the sixe and twentye daye of Maye one thousand five hundreth nyntye and three
Witnes: Richard Houreleston; German Binges marke; Thomas Hurelestone the elders marke
Probatum fuit: 11th July 1593
The Inventary of the goods of Thomas Hurelstone deceased prissed the ix [9th] day of Jully A.D. 1593
£. s. d.
Item Inmprimis his purse gewell 0 3 4
In the Hall
Item a table folded, iij Joyne stouels 0 13 0
Item a litell cubbard, on(e) presse, tow [2] cubbart clothes, tow small kosstiens, a folding table,
a Litell chist, a custens stoule [stool] 1 0 0
Item a pouyre, a cobyrons, a hangell, paynted clothes, and tow picter bords 0 5 0
Item a corten redde, tow small cortenes [curtains] 0 1 0
In the plor [Parlour]
Item a Joyne bedsted, a fether bede, Bolster, a pyllowe, a blannkit, a tapsery coverlet, iijth cortens,
a Vallance, a folte bancke 3 10 0
Item a table, tow small formes, a courte cobbert, a cobbere cloth, towe small sowles, a small coshene,
iij small chistes paynted clothyens, a glasse bage, a wicker chayre 1 6 6
Item a payre of cobbirons, a payre of tongs, a fyre shovell 0 10 0
Item a xj olde coshens, tow small carpetes 0 6 8
Lennen
Item xiij payre of shetts good & bade, fowre table clothes, a cubbert clothe, xxiijtinapkins,
tow drinkynge clothes, xiijth pyllowe cotts 6 3 4
In the Butchery
Item fyve olde kettells, Syxe candellsticks, a chaffer, ij small brasse potts, a chaffyng dishe,
a warmynge panne, a morter & a pesill, tow sbelleth? 1 10 6
Item a Irone potte wt other trompeanye 0 2 0
Som xl 6 3
In the bunntynge house
Item a knedying troughe, one bunntyinge thuche?, a chafyinge dyshe & 2 basketts & ijshelves 0 ? ?
Wythout Dores
Item in hempe and woods 1 10 0
All the resydue unsight & unseene 0 1 0
Summ Inventarye 12 -- --
Debts owyinge to the said Robart Allard at the tyme of his deathe, viz. (off edge of page)
By Henry Allard of Byddenden, Clothier 15 ? ?
By Thomas Mastall, gent 3 ? ?
Summa totalie £30 ? ?
Notes:
Thomas Horlestone married Anne Vyrrowll 1 Sep 1551 at St. Mary, Sandwich, Kent.
Anne Horlestone was buried 25 Nov 1564 at St. Clement, Sandwich, Kent.
Thomas Horlestone married Ellen 16 Jul 1565 at St. Clement (her surname not given in register).
Son Thomas was baptised at St. Clement, Sandwich in 1565 (exact date is obscured in register)
Daughter Susan was baptised on 19 Jun 1569; Son Richard 28 Oct 1571; Sara 2 Jun 1574; George 25 Apr 1577; Andrew 1 Jul 1582; John 18 Jul 1585
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 10th May 2023
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