Will of John Lincolne of Hingham, 1618

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The is a transcription of the original will of John Lincolne of Hingham, Norfolk, England, a husbandman. John wrote his will on 10 March 1617/8 (fifteenth year of the reign of James I) and it was proved at the Archdeaconry Court of Norfolk sitting at Wymondham, Norfolk on 25 June 1618. ^[1]

Spelling, punctuation and line breaks are as per the original document.
Crossings through have been included Struck out Most of page 2 has been crossed through and rewritten on page 3
Paragraph breaks at change of bequest, and bold text are my own for ease of reading.
ff has been rendered as F
Abbreviations and breviographs have been expanded in [square brackets]
The image quality was good, and the handwriting readable. Many non-standard spellings and arcane words used.
Lost text: where the page has been damaged and the words cannot be predicted, the lost text is indicated thus [....]. Where the words can be predicted, they are indicated in italics in [square brackets].

Persons mentioned:

• Edithe Lincolne my wife co-executor of the will
• Sir Frances Lovell Lord of the manor at Hingham
• my sonn John Lincoln co-executor of the will
• John Lincone my grandchilde not clear who the parents are
• my sonn Robert Lincolne
• my child Thomas Lincolne
• my child Elizabeth Lincolne
• my child Siseley Lincolne
• my daughter Agnes Lincolne
• Alice Lincolne my daughter in law a wife of one of John's sons
• Henry Lincolne my grandchild her sonn son of Alice Lincolne above
• Robert Lincolne my grandchilde sonne of Thomas Lincolne my sonn
• Thomas Greenwood witness
• John Shephard witness

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In the name of god Amen I John Lincolne of Hingham
in the county of Norff husbandman being sick in body
but of good Remembrance, blessed be god, do ordeyen &
make this my last will & testament in man[n]er & forme
following Impr[i]mis I bequeath my sowle into the
mercifull hands of my heavenly father trusting
to be saved onely for & by the merits of Jesus
christ his sonn & my blessed Savio[u]r and my body
to be buryed where it shall please god to call me

Item I give & bequeath unto Edithe Lincolne my wife
all my lease grounds & house wherin I now dwell with
all the p[ro]fits & com[m]odities therunto belonging therunto
w[hi]ch I hold be lease of S[i]r Frances Lovell Lord of the
manor of Hingham to have & to hold to her & her
assignes during the terme of my said Lease if it
please god she live for so long & after her decease
I do give the same unto my sonn John Lincolne & to
his assignes during the wholle terme of the saide
lease if she shall depart this life before the end therof
towards the bringing up of John Lincone my grandchilde

Item I give unto my sonn Rob[er]t Lincolne one heckfer ^[2] of
two yeares old & red and to be delivered to him pr[e]sently after
my decease

Item I give to my said sonn Rob[er]t
the some of twenty nobles of lawfull mony of Ingland
to be paid to him his executors or assignes within
six monthes after the decease of Edithe my wife

Item I give to my three children Thomas Lincolne
Elizabeth Lincolne & Siseley Lincolne to every one
of them the some of three pounds six shillings
and eight pence a peece, the same to be paid
to them severally, or their severall executors or assigns
w[i]thin six monthes after the decease of Edithe my
wife

Item I give to my daughter Agnes
Lincolne the some of twenty shillings to be
paid to her her executors or assignes w[i]thin six
monthes after the decease of Edith my wife

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Item I give to Alice Lincolne my daughter in law, and to
Henry Lincolne my grandchild her sonn, one bushell of meslin ^[3]
& half a bushell of mault, to be deliv[e]red to her at the Feast of
the Nativity of our Lord next following after my decease

Item I give to Henry Lincolne my grandchild her sonn the
some of six shillings & viij^d to be paid into his said mothers
hands to his use within six monthes after my decease

Item I give to Rob[er]t Lincolne my grandchilde sonne of
Thomas Lincolne my sonn one weaned calf this yeer
to be brought up & kept at the cost of my executors till
it be with calf, and then to be delivered to Thomas
Lincolne father of the said Rob[er]t to the use of the saide
Rob[er]t

Item I give to Elizabeth Lincolne my daughter
one fetherbed & the bedstead whershe now lyeth with all
the furniture theunto belonging Item I give her my biggest
brasse pott & my biggest ketle after her mothers decease
All. Item I give
bequeath all the rest of my moveable goods & chattells
whatsoever --- w[i]th all my bonds bills debts ----
& --- w[i]th my howshold stuff & implements of howshold
I give them all to Edithe my wellbeloved wife & to
my sonn John Lincoln towards the payment of my debts & legacies & p[er]form=
mance of this my will & burial of my body in
Item I make the said edithe my wife executrix of this my will
christian buryall In witness whereof I have
sett to my hand to these pr[e]sents dated the tenth
day of March in the Fifteenth yere of the reign
of our Sov[e]raigne Lord James by the grace
of god of Ingland France & Ireland king
Defend[e]r of the faith &c And of Scotland
the one & fiftye

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Item, all other my moveable goods & chattells, household
stuff & implements of houshold, debts duties bonds
bills & demande whatsoev[e]r ungiven & unbequeathed
I Do give & bequeath them to my executors towards
the payment of my debts & legacies p[er]formance of this
my will & bringing of my body to christian buryall

And I do ordeyne & make the said Edithe my
wellbeloved wife & the aforesaid John Lincolne
my sonne executors of this my last will &
testament In witnesse wherof I have here=
unto sett my hand the tenth day of March
in the Fifteenth yere of the Reign of our
Sov[e]raigne Lord James by the grace of
god of Ingland France & Ireland king
defend[e]r of the faith &c & of Scotland
the one & fiftyeth
John Lincolnes mark

Redd Signed & deliv[e]red in the pr[e]sence of us
Thomas Greenwood
Robt Lincolnes mark
Tho: Lincolnes mark
John Shephard

[reverse of page 3]
Probate [abstracted from the Latin] granted at Wymondham on the twenty fifth day of June AD 1618

Sources

1. ↑ Will of John Lincolne of Hingham 1618 Archdeaconry Court of Norfolk original will. ANF original will 1618 no. 9 Norfolk Record Office, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Family Search film DGS007904828 Images viewable at an LDS Family History Centre. Images transcribed 28 February 2022
2. ↑ Heckfer = heifer
3. ↑ meslin, a type of grain