In the
name of God Amen the xxth day ofe of June 1579 I Humfrey Swyndels of
Tyderington in the Countye of Chester being
of good and pfecte remembraince (thankes be to god) make this my Testament
conteyninge my last will in manr & forme folowynge
Fyrst I
geve and bequeathe my soule into the handes of almightye God my [
.] savyor
and redemr ([
] [
]pynge to [Te
]
[raved]
by the me.ythes of christes deathe passion & bloude shedynge) And my bodye
to be [buryed] in the chappell yarde of maxfeilde
Next unto
the place where my late wife was buryed Itm I geve and beque
..
..eldest
sonne of
My late
sonne Jasper Deceased one cupborde and one greate Arke/ And to the
.[Humfrey], Margarette, Agnies, [&?]
Katherin
Swyndels chyldren of the said Jasper sexteene shillings eighte pence to be
[equally] devided amongst them [
..]
I geve
and bequeath to John Blackshawe my sonne in lawe and my daughter his wife [s]enne
pounde of lawfull englysh mon
And to
humfrey Blackeshawe sonne of the said John fourtye shillyngs in moneye/ Itm I
geve and bequeathe to Willm , John
Elizabeth
Margarette and Ellen Blackeshawe five children of the said John sexteene
shillinge eight pence of moneye to be
Equallye
devided amongst them / Itm I geve and bequeathe to the three children of
Roberte pymlot[t]e ten shillings to be equallye
Devided
amongst them/ Itm I geve and bequeathe to Margearye Johnson iijs iiijd Itm to
Jane Scolfeilde iijs iiijd Itm
I geve
and bequeathe to Ellen Oldefeilde iiis iiijd Itm to Margery Margaret
Swyndels iijs iiijd/ Itm I geve and bequeathe
to suche
servannte woman as shall happe to be my servannte at the tyme of my deathe
iijs iiijd/ Itm I geve and
bequeathe
to Isabell now my wife one fetherbed with a bolster clothes and other things
thearto belongynge and accostomed]
to be
layed upon and occupyed wth the same/ And one my sylver spone wch hath of a
longe tyme bene in myn house/ Itm I
geve and
bequeathe to Willm Swyndles my sonne my dunne mare, [
..] the [best sheeps]
that I have and one fether
bed wth a
bolster clether and other thynges thearto belongynge and accustomed to be
layed and occupyed upon & [not ..]
same/ Itm
I geve and bequeathe to John Swyndelles my sonne one fether bed wth a bolster
clethes and other [
]
..
thearto
belongynge and accustomed to be layed and occupied upon and wth the same bed
Itm I geve and bequeathe to
.
Willm and
Philippe Swyndels my sonnes my three [lames] wth then use to weave in and all
thynges appertaynynge
unto them
to be equally devided amongst them/ And to every of them a sylver spone of
[these] three wch I h.de at the
.of my
syster Itm I geve and bequeathe towards the makynge of the Bache bridge so it
be made or in makynge wthin the
space of two yeares now nexte to come xxs of Lawful moneye [
..] in
Englande/ wth xxs if the brydge be nit
made nor
in makynge wthin the foresaid two yeares I will shalbe devided amongst the
poore by the dis[
]ecay of my
executrs Itm I give and bequeathe to [R..ffe] Loushe my vyolette jackette Itm
I geve to Christopher Clerke of Bollington
my reddde cote my best hose and my best shoes Itm I geve and bequeathe to
Willm Bradshawe of Macclesfeilde my
fledye cote Itm I geve and bequeathe to Thomas [Sutone] of Raynow two shyrt
and a Russette [
.] I geve and
bequeathe to Roberte [Saxsoy] my yellowe lether dublette and my blacke cote
Itm I geve and bequeathe to Nicholas Doncast[er]
xijd in moneye and my best hatte/ Itm I geve and bequeathe to my parysshe
churche of pstburye two shillinge foure [pence]
to bye ornamentes and other necessaries theare wth Itm I geve and bequeathe to
Roberte [S
lye] ijs [And] to everye
my godde chylde xijd in moneye All the rest of my goodes after my debte
funerall and legacyes aforesaid discharged and fullye payed I will shalbe devided into three equall partes
wheareof I will the saide Is[a/o]bell
my wife to have one third part and the other two pte to be equallye devided
amongst my foure sonnes
humfreye John Willm and Philippe Also I make and constitute the said John and
Willm my sonnes
my treue and lawfull executors and Edmunde Nowsey vicar of pstburye aforesaid
supvisr of the same unto
whom I geve and bequeathe xxs in moneye wch I will shalbe taken uppe wth the
other legacyes & before my
payed goodes be devyded into three equall pte [equall] as if it had bene
placed wth the other of my legacyes an
thynge before done to the contrarye not wth standynge These beyinge witnesses
John Barber of the poole
John
Barber of the Colde harbour Richd [Thewall] wth others
Debts
owynge to me
Thexecutores of my late lande lorde Jasper Worthe
[esquyer] deceased for money lente to the said Jasper vij£
The same executores for a legacye [
..] to me by xs
the said Jasper
[ ]
[ ] [ ] Humfrey Swyndles
[late] deceased the 22 of November [at
.eth]
|
Itm Jasper Willott |
|
xxs |
|
|
Itm Wm.
Swyndels upon |
vij£ |
xijs |
vjd |
|
more
the sayd Wm [pish] |
o |
vs |
vjd |
|
Itm R[ye] Jackson |
i£ |
vjs |
o |
|
Itm R[yer] S[kttes] |
o |
ijs |
o |
|
Itm John Bateman |
vj£ |
o |
o |
|
Itm Mgarett Mler |
o |
js |
xd |
|
Itm uxor lathom |
o |
ijs |
viijd |
|
Itm John Johnson |
o |
xiijs |
iiijd |
|
Itm Wyllyam Lowe |
o |
xiijs |
Iiijd |
|
Itm Wm Jackson |
o |
o |
xvjd |
|
Itm Humfrey Swyndell |
ij£ |
xjs |
iiijd |
|
Itm John Tayler |
o |
Xiijs |
iiijd |
|
Itm Richard [.nttler?] |
o |
o |
xvjd |
|
Itm uxor Brownebill |
o |
vs |
o |
|
Itm [ ] Clarke |
o |
Vs |
o |
|
Itm
John Brodhurste |
o |
xiij |
iijd |
|
Itm Rbert brundereth |
j£ |
o |
o |
|
Itm [Thoms] [ ] |
v£ |
vjs |
vjd |
|
Itm [Thoms] Pillobry & Thoms pott |
j£ |
js |
o |
|
Itm Renold Tayler |
o |
iiijs |
iiijd |
|
Itm [ ] in sundry place |
|
xvjs |
o |
|
Itm John Swyndell sonne |
|
xxjs |
o |
|
Itm humfry Blackshaw |
|
[.]xjs |
vjd |
|
Itm Philipp Swindell |
|
o |
xxd |
|
Itm Anne Brocke |
|
o |
xxd |
|
Itm Ja[n]e Clark |
|
o |
xd |
|
Itm Regynold Aeshe |
|
o |
xd |
|
Itm [brown] pott |
|
vs |
o |
|
Itm Toms Swyndell |
|
xxxjs |
o |
|
Itm pd for cow.. meadowe for one year [ .] |
|
xviijs |
|
|
Itm [b]ay low of bole..n |
|
vijs |
|
|
Itm Edward Pott |
|
iiijs |
|
Son
Jasper, deceased
- children
eldest son name lost due to damage to document
[Humfery]
Agnies
Margarette
Katherin Swyndels
Son -
Humfreye
Son William
Son - Philip
Son - John
Daughter unnamed married to John Blackeshawe
children
Humfrey
William
John
Elizabeth
Margarette
Ellen
Other legacies
Robert
Pymlot[t]e? And three children.
Margery Johnson
Jane Scolfeilde
Ellen Oldefeilde
Margaret Swyndels