Will of Henry Tuthill of Tharston 1619

Date: 1618 to 1619
Location: Tharston, Norfolk, England
Surnames/tags: Tuthill PGM

This is a transcription of the register office copy of the will of Henry Tuthill of Tharston written on the 23 March 1618 1618^[1]

Transcription conventions:
Spelling, punctuation and line breaks are as per the original document.
Crossings through have been included struck out
Spelling, punctuation and line breaks are as per the original document.
Crossings through have been included struck out
Paragraph breaks at change of bequest, and bold text are my own for ease of reading.
Where present, the obsolete letter Thorn has been rendered as th, and ff has been rendered as F
Abbreviations and breviographs have been expanded in [square brackets]
The image quality was good and the writing very legible.
Non standard spelling as per usual for this time period, which has been transcribed verbatim.

Persons mentioned

• Henry Tuthill testator
• Alice my daughter daughter of testator
• Elizabeth my daughter daughter of testator
• Henry Tuthill my soone son of testator
• Peter Glean nowe Alderman of Norwich sold testator some land
• John Gooch my father does not necessarily mean father although Henry's mother may have remarried after becoming a widow
• John Bucke owns land adjoining testator's land
• Nicholas Westgate owns land adjoining testator's
• John Tuthill mt eldest swonne eldest son of testator
• William my sonne son of testator
• Alice my wife wife of testator
• Margaret Race my mother in lawe mother of testator's wife, mother in law
• Anne Woodyard my kinswoman related to the testator possibly through marriage
• Andrew Lambourd witness to will
• Richard Sad witness to will

In the name of god amen
ye xxij^th daie of Marche in ye yeare of o[ur] lord god One
THousand SIxe hundred and eighteene I
Henry Tuthill of Tharston in ye
Countie of Norfolke beinge weake in boddie yet of
good and p[er]fect memorie god be thanked doe ordaine
and make this my last will and testament in mann[er]
and forurme followeinge

First I commend my
sowle unto ye handes of Allmightie god my maker and
Jesus Christe my Redeem[er] by whose merritts I
trust assuredlie to be saved and my boddie to be buried

Item I bequeath unto Alice my daughter ye some of
One hundred poundes of lawfull money of England
when she shall accomplishe ye full age of xxi^tie yeares
To be paid by my Execut[or]s

Item i give to Eliza
beth my daughter ye life some of One hundred
poundes when she shall accomplishe ye age of
xxi^tie yeares To be paid by my Execut[or]s

Item
I give unto Henry Tuthill my sonne ye tenement
wherein I nowe dwell with ye howses outyardes
garden and homestaed containinge by estimation
eleaven ackers purchased of Peter Gleane
nowe Alderman of Norwich and xij ackers
adioyneinge To the same purchaswed of John
Gooch my father and also my closse called ye
Woodclosse containeinge by estimatiom seven ackers
be it more or lesse one other closse called horsing forth
Closse containeinge seven ackers and a pightle next
adoiyneinge to the same at ye eastnd thereof
Contaneinge one acker Also one acker lyinge in ye

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ye fields of THarston aforesaid betwixt ye landes of John
Buck of ye Sowth and Nowth parte and abbutteth
uppon ye landes of ye said John east and uppon ye finges
highwaie west also our pightle called ye longes pightle
lyinge betwixt ye landes of John Bucke Sowth
and ye landes of ye said John in p[ar]te and John Browne'
in p[ar]te North abbuttinge uppon ye common pasture of
THarston called Nayland Marshe west and ye lands
of Nicholas Westgate Easte ..... ye said tenem[en]t
and ground when he shall accomplishe ye full age of
xxij^tie yeares

Item I give unto John Tutthill
my eldest sonne sll ye rest of my landes Tenements
and heriditaments whatsoever when he shall accom
plishe the full age of xxij^tie yeraes uppon ondition
that he shall paie unto William my sonneye some
of one hundreth poundes of lawfull money of England
when the said William shall accomplishe ye full
age of xxij^tie yeares in ye ...... of THarston
aforesaid And if ye said John shall faile in paiem[en]t
thereof Then I will ye said landes ad tenements
to him fourmerlie given shall remaine To
William my sonne and his heires forever

Item
I give unto Alice my wife all my foresaid lands
tenements and hereditaments whatsoever untill my
my said sonnes John and Henry shall accomplishe their
severall ages of xxijtie yeares is she shall keepe
her selfe unmarried. And if she shall marrie Then>br/> I give all my Landes formerlie given to my sonne
John ye rent to be equally devided towards ye bringe
ingw upp of my said sonnes John and Henrie untill my

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said sonne John shall accomplishe the age of xxij yeares
Then ye whole belongeinge to ye Tenement to him &
his heires uppon condition fourmerly expressed
And ye landes given to my sonne Henrie I give to
my said wife untill my sonne Henrie shall accom=
plishe his full age of xxijtie yeares

Item I give
unto Margaret Race my mother in lawe ye use of ye
p[ar]lour chamber where I nowe dwell with free ingresse
and egresse into ye same and convenient fierwood
during her life to be laid at ye charge of Alice
my wife or her assignes

Item I give unto
Anne Woodyard my kinswoman Tenne pounds
of lawfull money of England to be paid by my
Execut[or]s when she come to ye age of xxi tie yeares

Item I give to the poore people ogf THarston aforesaid
fortie shillinges \To be paid within one month
after my decease

All the rest of my goodes and
cgattells whatsoever I give unto my Execut[or]s whom
I make Alice my wife and my brother John
Tuthill Towards paiement of one hundreth
poundes w[hi]ch I give to my sonne William when he
shall accomplishe ye age of xxij tie yeares And
Towards ye paiementt of ye residewe of my debtes
and legacies willinge them to perfourme this my
will in .... p[ar]te w[hi]ch concerne them

Sealed
Subscribedee and p[ro]nounced to be ye last will and
testament of ye said Henrie Tuthill in ye p[re]sence
of us Andrew Lambourd ye marke of Richard
Sad

Henry Tuthill

(No probate statement)

Sources

1. ↑ https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/tuttell-tuthill-henry-of tharston