Will of Abraham Newell, fisherman of Barking, Essex 1582

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This is a transcription of the filed will of Abraham Newell, fisherman of Barking, Essex. It was written on 7 December 1582 and proved at the Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex on 15 December 1582. ^[1]

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• Abbreviations and breviographs have been expanded in [square brackets].
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Persons mentioned:

• Abraham Newell Testator
• Mawdlyn Newell Daughter
• Sara Newell Daughter
• Elizabeth Newell Wife (second), Executrix
• John Preison Overseer, Witness
• Titus Bacon Overseer, Witness
• Thomas Newton Curate of Barking, Witness

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[In margin: Regratur]
In the name of God Amen the vij^th daie of December 1582
and in the xxvth yere of the Raigne of o[ur] sov[er]aign[e] Lady
quene Elizabeth &c / I Abrah[a]m Newell of the p[ar]ish of
Barking in the Countie of Essex Fisherman being sicke
in body, but of p[er]fecte mynde & remembrannce prayse be
therfore gyven to almightie god, Do make & ordeyne
this my p[re]sente Testament & laste will in mann[er] &
forme following that is to say, First & principally I
comende my soule into thand[es] of Almightie god my
creato[r] & redeemer trusting assuredly by the merrit[es]
death & passion of Jesus christ to have full & clier
remission pardon & forgyvenes of all my synnes &
comytt my body to thearth to be buried in the Church
yarde of Barking aforsaid[e] nere the place where my
first wife lieth buried Item I gyve & bequeth to my
Daughter Mawdlyn Newell my best Cupborde w[i]th
A presse therein standing in the hall to be to her
delyv[er]ed by my executors hereunder menconed at the
daie of her marriage provyded alwaies & my will &
mynde is that the said Mawdlyn upon receipte of the
for said Cupborde shall truly pay or cause to be paid to
her sister Sara Newell the som[m]e of Tenne shilling[es]
of lawfull money of England . The residue of all &
sing[u]ler my good[es] moveables to unmovables I holly gyve will
& bequeth the same to my loving Wife Elizabeth
Newell whome I make my soule & only Executrix of
this my p[rese]nte Testament & laste will & she to
receyve my Debts & to pay my Debts & to bring my body
honestly to the grounde / And fynally I do make ov[er]seers
of this my p[rese]nte Testament John Preison S[...]vaner &
Titus Bacon desiring them herein to se my will fully
p[er]formed & to be [...]ding to my Executrix aforsaid / & I
do gyve them for th[...]said paynes xxd a pece / In
witnes hereof I the said Abrah[a]m Newell have
hereto set my hande & seale the daie & yere first
Above written
Abrah[a]m Newell[es] m[ar]ke
Sealed & delyv[er]ed in the p[rese]nt[es] of
John Preison Titus Bacone with
others / and of mee Thomas
Newton Curate of Barking

[Page 2, Probate]
[Later handwritten additions:
Nevell
(Newell)
D/AEW
3/376
Abraham
fisherman]

Probat[um] fuit hui[usmod]i testam[entum] coram mag[ist]ro
will[ia]mo Bingham legu[m] doctore &c xv^th die
mensjs decembris Anno D[omi]ni 1582 p[er] execut[orem]
et exhibt[um] Inv[entariu]m &c

[Translation: This testament was proved before Master William Bingham, Doctor of Laws etc., on the 15th day of the month of December in the Year of Our Lord 1582, by the executor, and the inventory was presented etc.]

[Later handwritten additions:
Barking
Wp Dec 15. 1582
Brewer 275]

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Abraham Newell of Barking, fisherman Records of the Archdeaconry of Essex, Essex Record Office reference D/AEW 7/376 Essex Archives Online, subscription required Accessed 28 December 2023