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The Will of John Vickars  1613

Whitehaven Record Office – Frame 567 of film DA439 / MF.COP57

………………..day of August …………..
……………………by the visitation of------------------------------------
.. my … ----mbrance I prayse god ….. order and ………….. ……. --------------------
in maner and forme followinge, First I ob….d my soul into the hands of ………. ---….
that through the merits of his immaculate blo.. [.ffeeding] upon the …. …. Salvation that I …..
be one of his elect and chosen children at … day of resurrection .. my bodie to the earth from ..
whence it came, and to be buried in the church of Saint kathren at … as near to my [father]
as can be. And all dewties ther to be paid according to custom [Item] I will that xp.fer [vickars]
my eldest son have the Tenement called [Bi]rdhow according to custom and not to be trobled by ..
of my younger Sonnes for [ane] agreement out of the same, Item I will that [my] second sonne Hen..
vickars have the tenement called low whoesse as I covenanted it to hym at [….f gs .ld], and not be
trobled by ane other of my children for ane agre[ment] out of the s[ame] wh…Item I give the tenant
right of high whoesse to Thomas Vickars my third sonne, after the ….. of my brother Rob[art]
Vickars and Agnes now his wife according to covenant and not to be trobl…….. of my children
for ane agreement out of the same, Item I give the tenentright called Peelpla[ce] to Willm [vicars] my fourth
sonne after the death of Willm Hartley and my sister Margaret now his wife …. [covenanty] and he to
give to his two youngest bretheren John and Robart xxth nobles out of the sam….. I give to my three godsons
John Willson of Spothowe, John Vickars sonne of Willm Vickars and John Vi[ckars] … of [hour.e] to everie of
them one gemer [hog] at saveing tyme, Item I give to the making of the lo…….. when it is ma…….
vjs viijd Item I give to little Willm Vickars a lamb upon condition that I ……. am swered for his table
Item it is my full mynd and setting down that all my sonnes agree well together and everie one to help other
as they will gaine my blessing quick & dead, Item I will that my sonne Wi[..] shall not sell Peelplace
from hym self but onelie to the one of his two younger bretheren John and Robart, and to agree with hym
for it, at the sight of my supvisors if [heixt? heipt?] with it, Item all the rest of my godchildren I give
to everie one of them xijd apice, Item I give to certaine poore wydowes xijd apice, that is to [...] nicholas
mason wif xijd, to nicholas tyson wif xijd, to Robart Jac[kson] wif xijd, to [Wm] hartley wife xijd, to mathew
meddleton wif xijd, willm stephenson wife oweth me the ........ .......... ........ she ... at ... out to xijd
to John [Fi]sher wife xijd, to Robart Wilkinson wif xijd, ......... Dickson wif xijd, to Edward troughton
wif xijd, to John Beebie wif xijs, Item to Katherin Tyson xijd, Item to Roger [..........]
wif xijs, Item to litle marie hartley vjd ------------------------------------------------------------------
sheare Item I give to Elizabeth hartley and Willm Sharpp to --------------------------------------------
tyme, Item I give to my sister Robart Vickars wif one good weather at xp..mas, Item I give to my [sister]
Willm hartley wif one gemer lambe at spaming tyme, and to abraham hartley another gemer lambe
then, Item to litle Agnes willson one gemer lamb at Spothowe, Item I give to xpfer children one gemer lamb
Item to litle agnes vickars vjd Item I give to my dowghter Agnes to yewes at Spothow, and I give to her
husband Nicholas Willson xxs that he oweth me, Item I give to my dowghter Elizabeth two yewes upon [the]
own ground, Item I give to my wif and my [five] youngest sonnes iij£ Item all the rest of my goods I give
to John Vickars and Robart Vickars my two youngest Sones whom I mak my sole and whole executors
of all that remaynes from legaces and funerall expences Item I mak h.ad .wv........ supervisors Sir
Wilfred lawson [kni]ght and Edward Stanley Esquier desyringe them for christ his sak to help in
..ss and order my children if ane disagrement happen amongst them, or if ane would wrong them
and I give either of them xxs for their paynes, and I mak four other supervisors to assist them
my two good brothers Henry Nicholson and Robart Vickars and also my two good sones Nicholas [tr...]
and Willm Vickars. Witnesses & recordes hereof Willm Sharpp Nicholas Willson Willm Vickars
&Willm Singleton curate an[d] I give to these  foure last supervisors ten grote a pice 1613

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Noverint nos .... Johannes Viccars, et Robertus Viccars, filios et executoris, Johannis Viccars, Robertus Viccars et
Henricus Viccars, teneri et firmitur .....
.............. Sui recto affornat.

 

Sigillat ...........

Willim Antrobus
Willm Bord....

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The Inventorie of all the goods of John Vickars of Eskdaill deceased quick and dead
moveable and not moveable valued & prissed by the corporall [book] othes of Willm Vickars
elder, john hartley - Georg haile & John [Swenson] the xix^th day of august ano
dom Jesus Christ 1613

Imprimis corn and hay being the croppe	iij£ xiijs iiijd
Item xiijth head of beasts	xv£
Item one oxe appoynted for the harvest	xxxiijs iiijd
Item bees two hyves	xijs
Item half a mear and half a stag	xxxiijs iiijd
Item xvxth scoore sheepp elder and younger upon this ground	lviij£
Item five scoore third part shepp	xiij£
Item three scoore sheep at Spothowe	viij£ xiijs iiijd
Item brasse and pewder	xviijs iiijd
Item bedding	xvjs
Item his rayment	xvjs
Item chistes arkes & all other woodvessell	xvjs
Item Iron geare	xijs
Item two silver spones and a broken sponne	xjs
Item ixth stone & a half of wool	iij£ vis viijd
Item corn and hay at peelplace	xs
Some of the goodes of five scoore and	xj£ xvjs iiijd
Debte owen in to the deceased
Imprimis Willm Vickars	xs
Item Nicholas Willson	vijs ixs
Item George Hayle	xviijs
Edward Willson of botherilkeld
Item xpfer vickars
Item HenrieVickars	iiij£..s
Item nicholas willson wif	xxs
Item Edward Willson of Christlift	xxs
Item John hartley	lijs
Item xpfer Vickars of boradell	?s
Item ............... hunter          his son Robart [securite] for it	xxs
Item henrie morley	xxs
Item John Nicholson of lowplace	vs
Item John [Dickson]	vijs
Item John [Dickson] of Gosforth	iiij£ vjs viijd
Item Thomas Willson of gilbank ..... ......
Item Willm Fisher	vs
Item Richard [Dickson] of cookleybeck                for a stone of wool	viijs
Item Richard Tyson wif of blakh[a/u]ll for a stone of wool	viijs
Item xpfer Jenkinson for two stones	xvijs
Item Thomas Diconson gave his word for it
Item John Pickthon for two stones of wool	xvijs
Item James ........ for a stone of wool	xvijs vjd
Item Rowland Atkinson for two stones of wool	xviijs
Item Roger Atkinson his son for a stone	ixs
Item ........... ...........	viijs viijd
Item James Willson	vxs
Item Robart Atkinson for two stones of wool	xviijs
Item                          other three stones	xviijs
Item Thomas gunson	xxs
Item Willm Taylor for two stones	xvijs
Item Georg Skelling	xs
Item Nicholas hartley	xxxs
Item Nicholas Nicholson of Bowght younger	xxs
Some of the debt is	xxxj£ xiijs
Some of goodes & debt  together is seven scoore poundes two pounde xvijs vd

 

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Notes

1    The will was evidently (from the autograph Willm Singleton curate) written by William Singleton.

2    Relationships to John Vickars mentioned in will

3    Other names mentioned

4    I am aware of at least two Henry Nicholsons at this period. One married an Emma Jenkinson; the other Henry Nicholson could have been John Vickars' brother in law.

5    Sir William Lawson and Edward Stanley get £1 apiece as supervisors but the other four get only ten groates - 3/4d! (Note: this is the first time I had realised the value of a groat - 4d or 60 to a pound. Perhaps we should have named the 'new penny' a 'groat'. It would have been nearer to the truth and less confusing!)

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