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- 98/9 Christopher Ward Braithwaite 1569 889/43In dei noime amen decemodie mensis July Anno Dmi 1569 I Christofer Ward of Braythwet wthin the countye of Yorke [beinge] seike in body but of good and perfyt remembrance mayke this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge, Fyrst of all th[eirfor] I commit my soul into the hands of all mightye god my maker and redemer and my body to be buryed in the churchyeard of Mydlam with all the dewties thereunto belonging to be payd Item I gyve and bequeath to my [son] Richard Ward my hole tytle and intrest of Braythwet, and my [leasse] of Coverham uppon this condition that he shall suffer [ ] my wyff to occupie and injoye the foresaid fermhold and lease so longe as she dooth kepe hir widowItem I will that my wyff Elisabeth shall pay or cause to be payd unto my sone Henrie Ward for his preferment of [learn]yng for the space and tyme of [sex] yeres next and immediatlye following after my death eight pounds of lawfull money of England yerely [during] the said [tearme] [and] for the space of [three] yers then next and immediately following sex pounds xiijs iiijd yerely during the tearm of the sayd three yeres yf she [leve] and remayne widow so long And allso to bringe up the residew of my children upon the same fermhold.Item I will that yf god shall call uppon my sone Richard to his [mercy] before he come to the age of xxjth yeres, then I gyve my holl tytle [and right] of Braythwet and Coverham to my son John Ward prvydyd always that he shall suffer his mother Elisabeth to occupye and injoye the [sayd] fermhold and lease to hir proffet as is afore [reservyd] to my sone Richard and wth [such] conditions. Item I will that when my son Richard or John whether soever god shall appoint to come to the age of xxjth yeres, then the said Richard or John shall enter uppon half my fermhold of Braythwet, duringe the wedowhed of Elisabeth my wiff and after the wedowhead, the afforsaid Richard or John whether god shall appoint to enter uppon my holl tytle and intrest of Braythwet accordinge to the trew intent and meaning of this my last will and testament. Item I will that yf god shall call to his mercye my sones Richard and John, before that they coom to the age of xxith yeres then I will that my sone Henry shall have my holl tytle and interest of Braythwet provydyd always that he shall suffer my wyff Elisabeth to occupie and injoye the hole tytle and intrest of my fermhold at Braythwet peaceably and quietlye duringe hir wedowhead. Item I will that yf Elsabeth my wyff do marry, or yf god do call hir to his mercy before my sone Richard or John coom to the age of xxjth yeres then I put the ordre of my fermhold at Braythwet wth all my Intrest to the use of my brother Richard Ward and to my brother in law Christofer Doddisworth and they to occupye the ferme tothe use and proffyt of my children, unto such tyme as my sone Richard or John come to the age of xxjth yeres. And the said Richard and Christofer to pay unto my sone Henry such some of money as is unpaid as affor is expressyd Item I will that the childes portion wch belongeth unto my sone Henry Immediatly after my death shal be deliveryd into the hands of my brother Richard that the profit therof may come to my sone Henry to the mayntnace of his learning, And yf my brother refus yt my brother Doddisworth to occupye yt to my sone Henries use. Item I bequeth to my sone in law Thomas Dickinson all my houshold stuff, now [lying] at Gay[t]hill.Item I bequeth to my brother Richard Ward my best gown, and to my brother in law Christofer Dodisworth one fillie fole wch was under my grisseld mare. Item I bequeth to my syster Doddisworth one why of thre yeres old. Item I bequeth to James Ward my brother sone one ewe and a lamb. Item I bequeth to John Doddisworth and his thre systers every one of them one ewe and a lamb. Item I bequeth to Magdalene Croft a calf of a yere old. Item I will that Allison Trotter the wyff of Thomas Trotter both winter and somer shall have a cow going at Braythwet at the cost and charge of myne [assignes] as longe as the said Allison shall leve. Item I bequeth to every of my servants now being at Braythwet, one ewe and a lamb. Item I geve to Francis Smyth one ewe and a lamb. Item I gyve to the reparation of the parishe church of Wytton xijd, and to the table of the same [vijd] Item I gyve to Sir xpofer Maysterman ijs. Item I gyve to Sir Richard Fawcet iijs. Item I will that a dymond be provydyd the [day of my .........] at the disscression of my friends. Item I mayke my wyff Elisabeth and John my sone and Margaret my dowghter my hole executors of all my part not bequeathed and yt to be equally divydyd imongst them, and they to pay my debts, legacs and funerall expences to be taykin furth of the holl goods, Wytnesses hereof Christofer Doddisworth, Anthony Metcalf [ ]nes Buckill, Anthony Buckill and William Buckill wth other mo. And the same will red and well [lyveryd] uppon by the said testator the last day of Januarye [which in] the [presence] of Christofer Doddisworth, Richard Ward, Robt Beckwith and Thomas [Dawes] wth other mo-------------The inventorye of all the goods moveable and unmoveable [ ] xpofer Wards at the day of his death prayssed the sext day of Februarye in the xiiijth yere of the reigne of our sovereign ladye Elisabeth by thes men followinge Robt Beckwith, Charles Atkinson, Rauff Lofthowss and Thomas HornerImprimis xviijth kyen and fyve calfes xxixliItem xviijth calves viijliItem xlviijth ewe sixli xijsItem sex oxen wth teames and sled xiiijli xiijs iiijdItem thre mares ij coults, and a gray courtall xliItem fyve stacks and sex pecs of hay vijli xiijs viijdItem a feild of hard corn of ix acres viijli xsItem wheat and ots to thresshe iiijliItem xxxxiij th wedders and tupes xxliItem sex old swine and viij [p..s]lsItem winter [beyff] xxxiijs iiijdIn one chamberItem a standing bed, atrynels bed one press, a [coverd] table, thre short [so..ills]wth furniture iiijli vjs viijdItem purse and girdle and his apparell iijliItem iij payr of sheits xxvjs viijdItem a bed and a counter in an other chamber xxxiijs iiijdItem corn in the garners xxsItem in an other chamber a fedder bed and two mattresses xlsItem in the parlor a [lo...dill] bed, a cooboord a table & a saddle, ij lyttill chystsand a chayr xxxiijs iiijdItem xij [sil] [spaynes] liijs iiijdItem pots pans pueder vessel wth other kytchin stuff of wood vjli xiijs iiijdItem a [bayhorse] ijli [vij]s viijdSum [lij]li jli vjsviijdThe debitorie of the testator at the day of his deathItem [owen unto] [ ] Thomas Atkinson for his childs protion [lli]Item into the same[..........] vli vjs viijdItem unto the same for a horse iijliItem unto Mr [Been] of York vliItem unto Rauff Scott xviijliItem unto Elsabeth Shaw vijliItem the rest of Braythwet for one half yere vli viijs [iiij]dItem that [way] xxijsSum iiijxxxiiijli xvijsSumma remaineth xlviijliixs viijd
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