1550 Richard Lyntoft

Date: 26 Jun 1550 to 26 Jun 1550
Location: Horsham, Sussex, England
Surname/tag: Lintott

Lintott Wills

Testamentum Richardi Lyntoft de Horsham

[Will of Richard Lyntoft of Horsham]

In the name of God Amen, The 26th daye of June in the 4 year of the Reign of our most dread Sovereign Lord King Edward the 6th, of England, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, and in Earth the supreme head of the Church of England and Ireland, the same year, being the year of our Lord God 1550, I, Richard Lyntoft, of the parish of Horsham, in the diocese of Chichester, sick in body, but whole of mind, God be thanked, ordain, make and declare this my Testament and last Will as foloweth.

First I bequeath my soul to the great mercy of God, to be partaker with him in glory with all the heavenly company, and my body to be buried in the Church yard of Horsham before said.

Item I bequeath to Elizabeth my wife one featherbed, one bolster, 2 blankets, one coverlet, 2 pairs of sheets, one pot, one pan, 2 pewter platters, 2 pewter dishes, 2 Saucers, one candelstick and 2 keyn [kine, cows], and every of these things I will to be of the best.

Item I Will to the same Elizabeth 2 silver spoons, all which goods and cattle I will to the said Elizabeth, to her own use during the whole term of her life, and after her decease I will the said goods and cattles to remain whole to Nicholas my son for ever. And if the said Nicholas die before Elizabeth my wife, then I will all the said goods and cattles, immediately after the death of the said Elizabeth my wife, to remain indifferently to be shared between Robert, William and James my Sons. Item I Will to Robert Borne my cousin one bullock at the discretion of my overseers.

Item I Will to Alys my daughter one Cow, one bullock of a year old, and one silver spoon. Item I Will to Elizabeth my daughter one Cow, one silver spoon.

Item I Will to Margaret my daughter 2 keyn, 20s of money and one silver spoon,

All the which goods and cattles Willed and Bequeathed to the said Margaret my daughter I Will to remain in the custody of John Lyntoft and Richard Lyntoft my Sons, and to be delivered to the said Margaret when she cometh to the full age of 18 years, And if the said Margaret die before she come to the full age of 18 years, then I Will all the goods and cattles to her bequeathed to be indifferently shared between all my other daughters then living.

Item I Will to Joan my daughter 3 kene, 20s of money and one silver spoon.

Item I Will to John and Richard my sons all my wains, ploughs, chains, and all other things perteyning to a teme [plough team].

Item I Will to Robert my son 20s.

Item I Will to Thomas my son my fureyd goune [furred gown], my little gray curtall [horse with docked tail], and my goods which late were Sir John Roberts, priest, and all other my goods which are now in the house of the same Thomas in Horsham, saving my raiment, [apparel].

Item I commit full authority by these presents to my welbeloved in Christ Thomas Broadbridge, gentleman, Thomas Patching and John Allen, to see this my present Testament and last Will fully, perfectly and truly to be executed and performed according to the true tenor and effect of the same.

Item I Will to every of them for their pains 3s 4d. (1/6 of £1)

The rest of all my goods not bequeathed, and the debts that be owing to me, I will and bequeath to John Lyntoft and Richard Lyntoft my sons, whom I ordain and make my Executors, they therewith to cause my body to be honestly buried, and all my debts to be paid, and the rest to use after this manner, that is to say, I Will one Inventory to be made of all the said rest of the goods, and appraised by the discretion of my overseers, and by their discretion to be equally shared between all my sons John, Richard, Thomas, William, Robert and Nicholas.

Item I Will all the goods or portions of goods before Willed to the said William, Robert and Nicholas to remain in the custody of John Lyntoft and Richard Lyntoft my sons, and to be delivered to the said William, Robert and Nicholas, and to every of them, there portion, when and as they come each of them to their full age of 18 years, And if any one or more of the said William, Robert and Nicholas die before they come to ther full age of 18 years, then I Will all the goods to him or them so Willed to be indifferently shared between all the other of the said William, Robert and Nicholas then living, and to remain in the custody of the said John and Richard my sons, and to be delivered to the said William, Robert and Nicholas, or to the longest livers of them, when they come to their full age of 18 years.

As for the disposing of all my lands and tenements, rents and Reversions, with all and every their appurtenances,

First I Will to Richard my son and to his heirs all that my lands and tenements, with all and every ther appurtenances, set, lying and being in the borough of Horsham and in the tything of Wassington, now in the occupation of one Nicholas Weller called Butleres, Butleres Hill and Smallwelles Crofte, except owt of the premises 2 tenements some time Henry Boothers Brothers whereof in the one of them, one Thomas Somersall taylor doth now inhabit, and in the other one Julian Foster widow doth inhabit.

Item I Will to Thomas my son and to his heirs all that my lands and tenements lying and being in Rowghethe (Rogate ?) called Caplyns, with all their appurtenances, and also 6d of yearly rent thereto belonging, the which I purchased of Sir William Goreing Knight.

Item I Will to Robert my son and to his heirs all that my tenement, with a garden thereto belonging, set, lying and being in the borough of Horsham, now in the tenure of Thomas Somersall tayler paying yearly to the bailiff of Horsham 4d. And if the said Robert die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten, then I Will the said tenement and garden to Remain to Thomas my son and to his heirs for ever paying yearly to the said bailiff 4d.

Item I Will to Nicholas my son and to his heirs all that my tenemente and garden thereto belonging, set, lying and being in the borough of Horsham, now in the tenure of Julian Foster, widow, paying yearly to the bailiff of Horsham 2d. And if the said Nicholas die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten, then I Will the said tenement and garden to Remain wholly to Thomas my son and to his heirs for ever more. Item I Will to William my son during the whole term of his Natural life 2 crofts, with the appurtenances in Horsham called Brokes.

Item I Will that John my son during the space of Six the next years after my death shall pay yearly, out of the profits of his lands called Terrys, 20s, to be payed to my said overseers, or to 2 or one of them, to the use and profit of Alis, Nicholas and Margaret my children, and the same to be repaid by my said overseers to the said Alys, Nicholas and Margaret, and to every of them, at the full age of 18 years, the which 20s yearly I Will to be paid half yearly, 10s at every time, And if the said money happen to be unpaid the space of 20 days after any half year, then I Will it shall be lawfull for my said overseers, 2 or one of them, to enter in and upon the said lands, and every parcel thereof, and there to distrain, and the distresses so taken to have away and to hold till it be truly contented and paid.

Item I Will that Richard my son, during the space of 6 the next years after my death, shall pay out of the profits of his lands called Butlers and Smalwelles Croft 20s every year, to be paid to my overseers or to 2 or one of them, to the use of Alys, Nicholas and Margaret my childern, and the same to be Repaid again by my overseers to the said Alys, Nicholas and Margaret, and to every of them, at their full age of 18 years, the which 20s by year I Will to be paid half yearly, 10s at every tyme, And if it happen the said money to be unpaid the space of 20 days after any half year, then I Will it shall be lawfull for my said overseers, 2 or one of them, to enter in and upon the said lands and every parcell therof, and there to distrain, and the distresses so taken to have away and to withhold till it be fully contented and paid,

And if it happen any one or more of the said Nicholas and Margaret die before they come to ther full age of 18 years, then I Will my said overseers shall repay again to the said John and Richard my sons, for every one of my said children so being dead one 3de [third] part of all the money by them before Received, and from that time forth it shall be lawfull for my said sons John and Richard to restrain in there own hands, not paid, for every one so being dead one 3de part of each of their 20s by the year, Provided always that if it shall happen my overseers by their discretion to bestow any sum or Sums of money upon the Necessary finding of my the said Nicholas and Margaret it shall be lawfull for them in their repayment to Restrain, not Repaid, their said Expenses.

Also I commit the custody of Nicholas my son, if the Lord of the Lordship of Sela, with the homage of the same, do consent thereto, to the custody of Thomas my son during the age of his minority, and I desire the said Lord and homage, if it shall please the same, to grant licence to the said Thomas my son to Receive the Rent of the landes holden of the Lordship of Sela till the same Nicholas come to his full age, desiring the said Lord to take a Sufficent bond of the said Thomas for a true account of the said Rents to be made unto the said Lord to the use of the said Nicholas my son at his full age.

Wyttnesse Thomas Broadbridge, gentleman, and Henry Patching, priest, with others.

NOTES:

1. Richard was the brother of Thomas Lintott who died in 1542 and whose Will we have on file.

2. His wife Elizabeth survives him as do ten of his children, whom he names, four daughters and six sons. He also named a seventh son James, but there is a burial entry for James son of Richard & his wife Elizabeth for April 1550 some two months before this Will was written, my own view is that Richard when this Will was drafted and who was within a week of death, was perhaps a little delirious and had forgotten that James had died just a short time before.

3. Three of his children at the time of writing the Will were under the age of 18, these were Alys (Alice), Margaret and Nicholas in that order. We already know of the birth date of Nicholas as April 1541, which is when the register starts, but are unlikely to find the births of the rest of his children.

4. We have the Will of Richard’s son Richard who died in 1584 and who leaves all his real estate to his two brothers William & Nicholas and 3s - 4d to his sister Joan Whitehede.

We have not found a marriage for Joan Whitehede, but her burial was 25th August 1598, nor have we found the burial of her husband, but there is a record of a burial of a Whitehede a prisoner in the gaol, but no forename is given.

5. This Will absolutely confirms the relationships of all this generation of Lintotts one to another