Will
of John Barell of FFoxherd Essex (Foxearth Essex) 1523
In The Name Of God Amen In The XXXth day of the moneth of
August
In the year of our lord God Xt Vt XXy and in the XIVth
year of the reigne of king Henry the eigth.
I John Barell of Ffoxherd in the countie of Essex and
in the day of Londay?. Hole being in mynde
and of good and parfite remembrannce thanks be thu my
savyour. Make and ordeyn testament not
this my last wille maid and fo?e folowing revoking and
adnulling all other testaments and willys
before this tyme by me made. And i will that noo xpone
or xpones take any advantage by theyme.
Ffirst i bequeth and comende my soule to almighty God,
our Lady saint Mary, and to all the holy
company in hevyn, and my body to be buried in the parishe
church yarde of Ffoxherde the which
doay i will and on gods behalve require myn executours
that they hooly content and paye all my
detts the which caime or mayt be proved that i owe to
any person or persons of right. Also
i will and bequeth unto the high awter of the parish
church of Ffoxherd aforsaid for tithes and
oblacions necligentlye forgotten XXs.(20 shillings).
Also i will and bequeth to Alice my wife
the ffarme that i dwell in not all the lands medowes
pastures and all the appurtensros therto
belonging for the terme of the yeres that is promyses
and granted betwene willm Mayer and me.
Also i bequeth unto the said Alice my wife all the whete
and barley that groweth upon the said
farme thys year. Ovte take my said whete and a Combe
/ that i will that my moder and Nichas
chapleyn shalhave to sowe vx acres of land in Brallfilds.
Also i will that myn executours
do bye my seme and a combe of joesyn for my moder and
the said Nichas to sowe other xv
acres of lande in the said Bradfelds. Also i bequeth
to the said Alice my wife that sowe, shepe,
and vy nylcht bests and y of the best bullocks of y yeres
of age. Also i will and bequeth Unto the said Alice my wife VVYTI in money.Also
i will and bequeth unto the said Alice my wife VY horses and unto my moder
and to Nichas chaplain other VY horses / My wife to those the first and
my moder and the said Nichas the next till the said XVY horses be evenly
between them devided. Also i will and bequeth to my moder and the said
Nichas XVY whenells and VY bulloks of Y years of age. Then i bequeth unto
my moder and the said Nicholas asmoch barley as shall sowe the somer tythes
lande of Bradfelds. Also i bequeth unto my moder and to said Nichas VVYTI
in money. Also i will that if soo be that my moder and the said Nichas
cannot agree dwelling togider in Bradfelds than i will that my moder shalhave
half thise bequeth and the said Nichas the other half evenly devided betwene
them at the advise of myn executours and enptunsour and to have her dwelling
in Ballards and the profits of the lands VM(Small T above) the favour of
Ffoxherd therto belonging for terme of her lyfe, and after her liffe i
will that if remayn for ay obite to be doon VM (Small T above) the said
towur of Ffoxherd for the soules of my fader, moder, and of myn and if
so be my moder and the said Nichas agree togider. I will that the said
Ballards not all the profits of the lands meadowes pastures fedinge and
all the appurteuncs therto belonging nowt the said towur of Ffoxherd shall
goo for myn obite, and if they agreenot, i will that myn exerntos take
ovote of my lands in boxley XYs MYs yearly to be doon for myn obite terme
of six lyfe, And after six decesse, than i will that the said Ballards
shall goo for the abite for the soule of me and the soules of my fader
and moder to contynue forever. Also i will that my moder at the deliveramce
of this my bequest shall make unto myn executours a genall argmitance for
all the bequethood of my fader willm (tiny ia above) saving only that she
shall have half her houshold stuffe and her beddyng. And that doon, i will
that she shalhave this that i have bequethed unto her orclly nat. Also
i will and bequeth unto Johan Barell ve beside the bequest of my fader.
Also i will and bequeth unto John Chapleyn of Lyfron, my grey coate. Also
i bequeth unto Chapleyn of Boxley my best burnet coate. Also i bequeth
unto maister willm(mark above, Short for William) Floptons Thelder foure
my chamber jaket and my best goblet. Also i will and bequeth for a treutall
to be songe for my soule in Ffoxherd church XTe. Also i will and bequeth
to be doon for me at my buriall XXe and at my moneth other XXe. Also i
will and bequeth unto the childe that my wife is withall, whether it be
sonne or daughter all my lands and tente medowes fedurge and pastures not
all there appurtenences aswell those holden by fire charter as other holden
by papir counte hall, set and lying in Bosley and Lyston to have and to
holde all the said lands and tents with other the premisses and them appurtenences
unto the said childe wheryit cometh to thaye of XXI years / And also i
will that in all the nonage of my childe that my wife shallave the profits
of all the said landes fents not other the premisses and them appurtenences
within the said townes of Borley and Lyston to the keping of my childe.
Exept that yf soo be my moder and the said Nichas cannot agree togider
/ than i will that my moder shalhave her dwelling in Ballards with all
the profits therto belonginge within the towne of Ffoxherde aforsaid at
my willys afore, and than i will that myn executours shall onote of the
said lands and tents in Borley and Lyfton XIYe MYS yearly durying my mothers
lyff to fulfill myn obite of my willys before and the residue to my wife
for keping of the childe till it cometh to the forsaid age XXI years keping
the rexamount / and yf to be my wife dye before my childe cometh to the
age of XXI yere / than i will myn executours and my buynifours have the
profits of the said landa in Borley and Lyston to the keping of my childe
till he cometh the full age. And yf to be the childe dye before it cometh
the full age of XXIte than i will all my landes tents medowes felurge and
pastures aswell fret as copye lying in Bosley, Lyfton and Ffoxherd shall
goo yearly to the pour people of the towne of Ffoxherd aforsaid pastures
or to my obite wherto i will and straitly comannde and charge all my fofeoffees
of and in my forsaid lands and tentes not other the premisses that they
and either of them shallmake and deliver astare to X or XY of the honestmen
within Ffoxherd, Borley, and Lyston surhe as myn executours and superinsour
shall affigue to the perfomanure of thys testament and my last wille. And
also i will whan soever it happen that all the feoffees dede ovte take
Y OX IY than i will that they remove and make a newe astate to other X
or XY. Soo that the lands may ever contynue in feoffement to the performance
of this my last will. Also i will all the residue of my goods of my goods
not afore expressed to be doon for the most welth of my soule as myn excentos
thynke best and that they agrue accounyte yearly unto my enpernisour howe
they be bestowed and after his distrecion i will they be revlyd. Also i
will that Alice my wyfe shallave the houshold stuffe that she brought unto
me: And the half houshold / not my moder. My moder to chose the best and
my wyf the next. Also i will yf so be my wife make or clayme any of my
said lands or any parcell therof otherwise than i have bequethed / than
i will that i have bequethed to her shall stand voide and noo affect. Whom
i make myn executos Edward Stxachy of Sudbury and John Clerk of Ffoxherd
my suyvisour William Clopton of Lyston. Esames to whom i bequeth eche of
theym uye uiys witnesse herof the joson, of Ffoxherd, Roger Horket, Peers
Upchard, Henry Barell, and other F
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