Eskdaill 1612 the xjth day of Julie,
In dei nomine Amen I Willm. Nicholson of hollinghow in Eskdaill sick in my
bodie by
the visitation of allmightie god, yet whole and perfect of mynde & remembrance I
prayse my good and
gracious god, do constitut or [
] and make this my present will & testament in
manner and forme following
first I commend my soule into the handes of Jesus Christ my saviour trusting in
the merite of god
bitter passion to be one of his elect and chosen children at the day of
resurrection, and my bodie to
the ground from whence it came, and to be buried in the Sanctuarie of Saint
katherine at Eskdaill
and all dewties there to be paid according to custom. Item I give all the whole
[tyt.] and [
.]
which I have booth at hollinghow and yeathouse to henrie nicholson my sonne [da..g]
his dewtie for the
sonne . Item I will that Agnes my wife occupie of my tenemente as the custome
of the manor is [rex.]
Item I give to my first son henrie all forge thinge as my father gave me after
my father deathe and
give hym my great chist in the barne; and I will that he have all his own sheep.
Item I
give all that I can give by law to my three daughters Agnes nicholsonne, Jenet
nicholson
& Isabell nicholson whom I mak my lawful executrices, of all that remaynes And
as [god all]
me at this time, I will that my sonne henrie give to his three sisters x£
equalle amongst
them from one to another in consideration of yeathouse Allso I make the
[executors] of this my will to help my wife and
children in there rights for godfather that is to say my father henrie nicholson
nicholas hartley
henrie jackson and nicholas nicholson my good brothers, and I desire my father
and ----------
my mynd that he would take my daughter Agnes and her goodes into his hande
..
[hande] of henrie nicholson my father nicholas hartley mathew meddleton & Willm
Singleton---
debte owe me Imprimis Anthonie fisher1
Item Edward hudson
.Item Willm hartley
Item John nicholson of low place
. Item Willm fisher
.. Item nicholas
nicholson of
bowght vij s. Item Willm Whynwray
. Dew now and also the same Willm Whynwray
that
.
Twelvemonth
.. Item Thomas Tyson of woodend
Item [John] Carter of Baskell
.
Item
Geffrey Carter
. Item Georg Whynwray
Item Robart Pennington
. Item
The wife of Willm brockbanck
..Item Stephen Hartley
Item the same Stephen
..
Item John wilkinson
. Item John Besbrown of [Bigartmyer] as appointeth by
---------------------------------------------Item Nicholas nicholson of browyeat2
. Item
Rowland Watson
Item John dickson
Item Willm [
.] of [
.] as appears
by a bill Item Nicholas hartley
.. as appears by appears by a bill
..
and dated the xjth day of Julie 1612 ano Regis
[Juvoli] anglie
.
In consideration of yeathouse interlyned and spoken by [
..] upon his dead bed
1 The amounts owed have been
omitted in this transcription. They are difficult to read and can be more
clearly seen in the inventory.
2 Margaret Russell reads this as Broadyeat (which is in
Thwaite). I read it here and in the inventory as Browyeat, which was (according
to 'Past Presented') in Mytredale on the other side of the river to Bakerstead,
and occupied by Nicholas Nicholson .
Inventory
Eskdaill
The Inventorie of all the goodes quick and
dead moveable and not moveable of William Nicholson
of hollinghowe in Eskdaill deceased valuit and prysed
by the corporall [.]ook othe[r]s, of mathew meddletone
John Nicholsonne of [H]owes Willm Fisher and
John Hartley of church howse the vijth day of
August Ano [Rigis] Jacobi anglia [
]
Scotie xlvjo, ano. dom. xpi. 1612.
Imprimis x mear thrt cowtes thrt quyes four strikes
prissed to .. x£ xs
Item sheep upon this ground & yeathowse [onw]
sheepe & lambes vjth scoore & one prissed to iijs vj d
apice comes to
xxj£ iijs vj d
Item third xt sheep [ould] sheep and lambes [four] score
and ewes rames to
..xv£ iijs eve..
sheep iij s apice
Item two [cdees] prissed for
Item all Irongeare a gaveloock a sworde & dager
.
Item wood vessel whcele and cardes
Item corne meale gr
a stork awyndd my sheep a
of a s.eet loos
Item a sweer and henes
. vjs
Item
sheep
& sythes
Item gold & sylver
iij£ xiijs
Item the cropp corne & hay
.. iij£ iijs
Item halfe a stoole of
iijs iiij d
Some of goodes is lxxij £ xviij s
Debt own is
Imprimis Anthonie Fisher
xxs
Item Edward [..]ndsone
xiijs
Item Willm. Hartley
.
. xxvjs viijd
Item John Nicholson of lowplace
vijs
Item Willm Fisher
xxvjs
Item Nicholas Nicholson of bought
vijs
Item Willm Whynwray
viijs vjd
now dew, and also the said Willm at this tym twelvemonth
viijs
Item Thomas Tyson of woodend
vjs
Item John Carter of baskell
vs
Item Geffray Carter
viijs iiijd
Item George Whynwray
iijs
Item Robart Pennington
vijs
Item the wife of Willm Brockbancke
xvijs vjd
Item Stephen Hartley
xvijs
Item the said Stephen
viijs
Item John Wilkinson
xs
Item John Besbrowen of Begartmyer ....................... viijs vijd
as appears by a bill which my father hath in keeppinge
Item Nicholas Nicholson of browyeat
xvijs
Item Rowlannd Watson & John Dickson
vjs
Item Willm Atkinson of the low
xxijs
as appears by a bill
Item Nicholas Hartley
xls
as appears upon a bill
Some of debt is xv£ vs vijd
Debte own forth
Item to henrie Nicholson his father upon a bill
.. iiij£ xs
Item upon a nother bill to the same henrie
Nicholson
..xlvs
Item to [thrt fall]
xxvijs vjd
So ther remaynes lxxx£ xiijs vijd
Admonition
Noverint per praesentes nos Agnetas Nickolson relictis Guluilimi Nickolson defunctis Nicholas Harteley et Christoferis [leritsat] in com[itatia] Cumbria yeo[mei] ....ri et fr...... obligari Lanceloto Fletcher in [artibis] magist[ro], in et per [Dicani]tis de Copeland Comissatis [legitionis] Surrogatis in certes et f[e]aginta libris bona et legalis moneta Anglia .......... eidem Lanceloto [aht] suo atturnatis.
Notes
1 Relationships to William Nicholson mentioned in will
| Father | Henry |
| Wife | Agnes |
| Son | Henry |
| Daughters | Agnes |
| Jenet | |
| Isabell | |
| Goodbrothers | Nicholas Hartley |
| (Father's Godchildren? | Henry Jackson |
| Nicholas Nicholson |
2 Other individuals named in will or inventory
John Nicholson of Low Place
John Nicholson of Howes
Nicholas Nicholson of Bought
Nicholas Nicholson of Browyeat
Thomas Tyson of Woodend
John Carter of Baskell
John Besbrown of Bigartmyer
Mathew Medleton
William Singleton (the curate)
Anthony Fisher, William Fisher, William Hartley, John Hartley, Stephen
Hartley, William Whynwray, George Whynwray, Geoffrey Carter, Robert Pennington,
William Brockbank, John Wilkinson, Rowland Watson, John Dickson, William
Atkinson.