Will of John Collet of Naunton, 1604/05

Date: 4 Mar 1605
Location: Naunton, Gloucestershire, England
Surname/tag: Collett

Will of John Collett 4 March 1604/05

In the name of god Amen I JOHN COLLET of naunton in the county of Glos. being in bodie sicke but of good and perfect remenbrance I thancke my god do make this my last will and testament in forme and maner folowing

first I bequeath my soule into the hands of almighty god my maker by whose mercy throughe the merits of Jesus christ I beleeve to be saved

my bodie I bequeath to be buried in the <blank>

my worldly goods I dispose & bequeath in maner folowing

First I bequeath unto SARAH my daughter the sume of an hundred pounds to be paid this spring next folowinge

Item I bequeath to HENRY my sonne an hundred pounds to be paid him at the spring come twelvemoneth

Item I bequeath another hundred pounds to ANTHONY my sonne to be paid him this time three yeares

Item I bequeath unto EDMUND my sonne a hundred pounds to be paid him {crossed out:when he shall be one and twenty yeares of age} this time six yeares

Also I bequeath unto ALICE my daughter an hundred pounds to be paid {crossed out: when she shall be twenty yeares of age} this time six yeares and yf it shall happen that any of my said children shall depart this life before they are possessed of this my bequest my will is that it shall be bestowed amongst the rest of my children aforenamed by even portions

Item I geve to henry my sonne a yoke of oxen to be delivered unto him at such time as mine overseers shall thincke good

Item I bequeath to every one of my other sonnes a yoke of oxen to be delivered unto them also at the discretion of mine overseers

The rest of my goodes unbequeathed I geve and bequeath to ELIZABETH my wife and JOHN my sonne

Also I geve & bequeath unto JULIAN A DEENE a yearling heyfer

Also I bequeath to every one of my kinsmen who are my godchild {godsonnes crossed out} a sheepe to all the rest of my godchildren I geve twelve pence a peece

Item I geve unto MARGARET my servant a sheepe

Also I geve unto Elizabeth my wife my house & yard land at nether slaughter the term of her life & after her <ink blot> ys that henry my sonn shall * it

Item to the poore of over slaughter iiis iiid Also I bequeath unto the parish church of naunton xs Also I bequeath to the poore of naunton ten shillings Item to the poore of nether slaughter ten shillings The rest of my goods unbequeathed I bequeath to Elizabeth my wife and John my sonne whom I make executors of this my will and testament

Thomas Cullimore oweth me threescore and ten pounds to be paid me at St Marys day in lent next

Item Bubbe of Teuxbury oweth me forty pounds

Item henry Roberts of Buckland oweth me fowre and twenty pounds to be paid on St marks day next

Item Starson[?] men ow me for three wey & four quarter of baley at two shillings three pence a strike

Item William Collet of stanly my coosen oweth me nine pounds thirteene shillings fovre pence

Item Andrew Cooke & Thomas Hicks of grethen ow me fifteene pounds ten shillings

Item Mr Rowles of nether slaughter oweth me fifteene pounds

Item my brother Anthony oweth me ten pounds

Item John March of barton oweth me st seven pounds six shillings viiid

Item William a leygh and appleby of churchlench ow me x pounds to be paid at may day next

Item wight of greete and Thomas James of the same parishe ow me for a wey of barley at two shillings two pence a strike to be paid on shrove tuesday next

Item Mr Charles Hurst oweth me fower pounds

Item henry Humfrees oweth me for a score of ewes[?] to be paid at michaelmas next

Item John Toplin oweth me for my rent & for my corn on the ground the last yeare

Item Leonard mase of westcote oweth me xxs to be paid on may day next

Item Walter Lapwoorth of Turkedeane oweth me fourteene nobles to be paid at St Mary day in lent next

Item Robert Jonsons oweth me xxs

Item Edward A deane oweth me three pounds to be paid at allhalowtide next

Item Thomas gine of nether guiting oweth me xxxs to be paid at holiroode day next

Item I lent Ethelbert Gulwell iii£ xs for which I am to have an hundred sheepe summered this next summer in henry roberts flock besides which he is also to somner me xx sheepe this next summer

Item harries of brookrup oweth me xxxs

Item my brother Thomas Collet oweth me xls

Item James marshall oweth me vs

Item robert smith of the grange oweth me vs

Item giles roch oweth me viis

I ow John Humfries for iii tod & five pounds of wooll at thirty shillings a tod

I ow robert davies for a tod & three pounds of wooll at the same price

I ow to bridgid wickins for seven pound & a quarter at the same price

I ow henry my son for xxiii pounds of wooll Item to Sara for three pounds Item to John for half a tod at the same price

Item I ow Edmund my sonne five shillings for wooll

my will and desire is that my brothers Thomas and Anthony and my brother in law John Venfield shall be overseers of this my will and testament in witnes of the promisses I have put to my hand the fourth day of march 1604 and in the second yeare of the reigne of our sovereigne Lord James by the grace of god king of england scotland France and Ireland Defender of the faith etc.

Delivered in the presence of

Joseph hencks_a*[?] Thomas meisis[?] mark Anthony taylar John noson[?]

Probate 2 Sept 1605

[The witnesses are hard to make out. The surnames Hencksman, Mayo, Maisie and Nason all occur in the Naunton register.]

Transcribed by David Hartley.

Source

Original at Gloucestershire Archives. Original data: Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR/R8/1605/95
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 4294 #152473 (accessed 10 November 2023)