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The Will of
Eleanor Tompson, died 1637
Wroxall
| In the name of God Amen. I Ellianor
Tompson of Wroxal in the County of Warwick widdow being perfect
memory doe ordaine this my last will and Testamt. Imprimis I bequeath my
soule to god my savior in whose mercy & merit only I hope to bee saved, and
my body to Xstian burial in Wroxal Church-yard. And as for the goods
the Lord hath lent mee, I thus dispose them, Tenne pounds to the Minister
of Wroxal being a preacher, to be lent him at his entrance; and a bond taken
from himselfe by the churchwarden, for the repayment of the same at his
death, or departure, for the like use of his Successor in the
preaching of word. Alsoe to my kinswoman Christian Wright tenne pounds and
one of my kine. And to her sonnes Clement, Thomas, Joseph, Nicholas and
Throgmorton and her daugher Anne ffive pounds a peice. And to her sonne
Job three pounds, to be put forth for their use by my Executr
within one whole yeare after my decease until each of ym
shall attain one and twenty yeares apiece. But to her son Robert, my boy,
I give twenty pounds to bee put forth in like manner. And my best bedstead
ffeatherbed and Coverlett, and boulster, two b;ancketts, two peire of
sheets and curtaines & curtaine rodds to bee chosen for him by my
overseers, & pserved by my executr
for him until he come forth of his Apprentishippe. Item I give unto John
Guy twenty shillings, And to my cozen his wife, ffoure pounds, and to his
children twenty shillings apeice. Item to Katherine Brockhurst of Tanworth
twenty shillings. And to Mary Bree forty shillings. Item I give to Mr
Ephraim Huitt forty shillings & to his wife my two downe-pillowes, and to
each of his children twenty shillings apeice. Item to Samuel Greswold
three pounds, & to his olde Mother twenty shillings, And to his daughter
Margery twenty shillings. Allso to Susannah Dandy twenty shillings. And to
her mother my mayde one fflockbed, one course paire of sheets, one
blanckett. Likewise to Alice Winmill twenty shillings and to Joane Pheasy
twenty shillings. And to my sister Scott & my sister Tompson five
shillings apeice, to buy each of them a paire of gloves. Also to Thomas
Guirdler and Mary Saunders my God-children 6s
8d a
peice. Also to Samuel Annely 20s.
To John Cookes 20s
tp Mordecai Shakespeare 20s.
And to Abraham Curtis fforgive the debt hee oweth me, and give him 20s
more. And to Luke Rogers I give 20s
and one fflockbed, one couse paire of sheetes one blanckett. Allsoe I give
twenty shillings for the preaching of a sermon at my buryal, wth
last office I request my Minister Mr
Huitt to performe. All wch
legacies I will should bee paid within one halfe yeare after my decease.
The sole executor of this my last will, I ordaine Jonathan Weale of
Tanworth my Kinsman, unto whom I give twenty pounds, and the rest of my
Goods and chattles I give (my legacies & funerla disharged) unto Joane
Guy, Elizabeth Weale, & my said Executr
to bee indifferently devided among them. And to overseers of this my last
will I name Mr
Ephraim Huitt & William Smyth my cozen, and to each of them I bequeath
twenty shillings apeice. Blessed be God Feb. 10, 1637. Ellianr Tompson's marke. Published and sealed before us Ephraim Huitt, William Smyth. Postscript. I bequeath to William Smyth 10li to bee disposed at his discretion. To Christian Wright my best gowne, & best green apron. To Joane Guy five pounds and my best red petticoate, my best holland apron & my second best brasse kettle. To Nicholas Weale fourty shillings; and to his wife my flannell petticoate. To Elizabeth Weale tenne pounds and my best stuffe petticoate, and a flaxen apron. To Katherine Brockhurst my ould flannel petticoate, and a new green wastecoate, and my second hatt. To John Onely an ewe and a lamb at his choyse, and to John Hooke another ewe and lamb, to bee chosen and kept for him by his ffather; and to little John Guy the ffeatherbed, boulster and bedstead I use to sitt on by the fire. Againe published as my last will, before us aforemenconed. Thos Fetherston William Southerne Vicar of Rowington This is a true copie of the Transcript issued out of the Court of Arches (with probat annexed) of the last will of Ellinore Tompson.
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