Will of John Streete, Gentleman of Saint Andrew Worcester, Worcestershire 1622

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Worcestershire, England
Surnames/tags: Street Streete Streate

This is a transcript of the register copy of the will of John Streete gentleman, of St Andrew's, Worcester, Worcestershire, England. John wrote his will on 28 September 1622 when he was unwell. The will was proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 14 November 1622. ^[1]

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ff has been rendered as F.
Abbreviations and breviographs have been expanded in [square brackets].
Additions and margin notes, where they occur, have been added where indicated in the text.
Crossings through, where they occur, have been included Struck out.
The image quality was dark with background staining. The handwriting was mostly readable.

Persons mentioned

• John Streete of the parishe of St Andrew in the County of the Cittye of Worcester gent Testator
• Bridgett Streete wife of testator
• George Streete son of testator, inherits lands in Clevelode
• Thomas Streete son of testator, inherits properties in Worcester
• Sir William Ligon, knight, deceased testator bought land from him in Cleavelode
• Joyce Brooke widdowe lives at the farm in Cleavelode
• Edward Lyes, gent testator bought land from him
• Nicholas Street brother of testator
• William Streete brother of testator
• Thomas Street brother of testator, lives in a house that testator owns in Exmester (Axminster, Devon)
• Margaret Streete daughter of testator
• Mary Streete daughter of testator
• Elizabeth Purser kinswoman of testator (relationship not stated in will, but her Adminstration 1622 shows she was his niece, daughter of Nicholas Streete)i
• Elizabeth daughter of my sonne George grandchild of testator
• Mr Edward Mitten son in law of testator
• Bridget Mitten grandchild of testator and daughter of Edward Mitten
• Sara Mitten grandchild of testator and daughter of Edward Mitten
• Mr Doctor Charlett overseer of will. May be the Richard Charlett, Doctor of Sacred Theology who Bridgett Streete swore her oath to administer the will to.
• Thomas Cooke overseer of will, witness to will
• Edmond Beecroft overseer of will, witness to will
• George Langforde overseer of will
• John Chaddicke lives in one of Testator's tenements by the quay
• John Barber witness to will
• Edward Cooke witness to will

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[folio 335 recto]
In the name of god Amen: The xxviij ^th day of September
1622 and in the yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord James by the grace of god of
England France and Ireland kinge defender of the faith the twentith, and of Scotland
the lvi^th I John Streete of the parishe of St Andrew in the County of the Cittye of
Worcester gent being weake in bodye but of good and perfect remembrance praysed be god
Doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge
First and principally I commend my soule into the hands of God my Creator hoping and
assuredly trusting through the death merritts and passion of Jesus Christ my onely saviour
and redeemer to be made partaker of everlasting life And my body to Christian buriall in
such place and manner as shall seeme best to the executrix and overseers of this my present
last will and testament

Item my will and meaninge is that Briget my beloved wife shall
have and hold to her, her executors administrators and assignes the use and occupation of all my
messuages lands and tenements lying within the said Cittie of Worcester and elsewhere in the County
of Worcester and shall receive the rents issues and profitts of the same and every part thereof
(the better to enable her to the performance of this my last will for and during the terme of
twelve years next ensuinge my decease; and for and during so many yeares after the end of the
said twelve yeares as my said wife shall happen to live And after the end of twelve years
and after the decease of my said wife in manner and forme aforesaid I do devise give and
bequeath unto George my sonne all those my twoo farmes whereof the one is called Cleeveload ^[2]
Farme w[hi]ch I lately purchased of S^ir William Ligon knight deceased The other called
Falkiners w[hi]ch I lately had and purchased of Edward Lyes gent and those houses and lands
nowe with tenure of Joyce Brooke widdowe lyeing in Cleeveload w[i]th all the lands tenements
meadowes & pastures with all and singular the appurtenances to the said Farmes and eithes of
them belonging or in any wise appertaining to have and to hold to him the said George and his
heires for ever All other my howses lands & Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever with
the appurtenances as well within the Cittie of Worcester or elsewhere within the County
of Worcester after the end of twelve yeares and the decease of my said wife in sort and manner
aforesaid I do give devise and bequeath unto Thomas my sonne to have and to hold to him the
said Thomas and the heires of his body lawfully begotten or to be begotten and for want
of such heires to the heires of my said sonne George lawfully begotten and to be begotten and
for want of such heires to the heires of me the said John Streete forever

Item I doe
further give and bequeath unto Tho. my sonne after the end of the said twelve yeares
and after the end of so many yeares as my wife shall happen to live after the said twelve
yeares the wainscot and table boards w[hi]ch are in my nowe dwelling house together w[i]th
halfe the bedsteads Cupboards presses the Andirons and ioynt stooles together also w[i]th
three fornaces, and all the fatts ^[3] and other implements in and belonging to the Brewery
in my said dwellinge house

Item my will and meaning is that if my twoo brothers Nicholas

[folio 335 verso]
Streete and William Streete or either of them their or other their executors administrators
or assignes shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid to unto my said wife her executors
administrators or assignes, the some of three score ^six pounds thirteene shillings and fower
pence of good English money within one yeare next after my decease that then and from
thence forth my said brothers shall have the house messuage and lands in Exmester
w[hi]ch I bought of my said brother Nicholas Streete wherein my brother Thomas nowe
dwelleth together with all my right and interest in the same

Item I give and bequeath
unto my daughter Margaret upon Condic[i]on that shee shall not marry without the Consent
of my said wife the some of fower hundred pounds to be paid unto her att such time as shee
shall accomplish the age of one and twenty yeares

Item I likewise give and bequeath
unto Mary my daughter uppon condic[i]on that shee shall not marry without the consent
of my said wife the some of fower hundred ^pounds to be paid unto her att such time as shee shall
accomplishe the age of one and twenty yeares

Item I give and bequeath to my kins
woman Eliz. Purser Tenn pounds to be paid unto her in two years next after my
decease

Item I give and bequeath to Elizabeth daughter of my sonne George the some
of twenty pounds to be paid unto her at the age of one and twenty yeares

Item ^[4] do
release and forgive unto my sonne in lawe Mr Edward Mitten of that debt w[hi]ch he oweth
mee uppon Accompt the some of Forty pounds upon condic[i]on notwithstanding that
the said Edward Mitten his executors or assignes shall pay or cause to be payd unto
his daughters Bridgett and Sara viz^t to either of them twenty pounds at their ac=
complishment of one and twenty yeares as a bequest and legacy by me their grandfather
given unto them

Item I give and bequeath unto every of my servants in household tenn shillings
six pence

Item I doe request my loving friends Mr Doctor Charlett, Thomas Cooke, Edmond Bee
croft & George Langforde to be my overseers to see as much as in them lyeth this my last will
and testament performed according to my true meaninge. And I give to every of them in
token of my love forty shillings. And it is my will and meaninge that they my said friends and
Overseers of my will shall take such security of my Executrix for the true payment of the
legacies herin by me ^before bequeathed according to the true meaning of this my last will as they
my said friends or the greater p[ar]te of them shall think fitt. And that the M[aste]r of the Orphants
of the Citty aforesaid for the time being shall not intermedle or take any security for the
legacies aforesaid

Item notwithstanding my houses and lands herein before bequeathed and given
to my wife and afterwards unto my sonne Thomas w[i]thin the Citty of Worcester I do give and
bequeathe to the poore of the parish of St Andrew sixteene shillings yearly to be paid
for ever unto them by the discretion of the Churchwardens and Overseers of that parish
for the time being by my said wife and my sonne Thomas and his heires forever, out of that
howse or tenement neere the key ^[5] wherein one John Chaddicke now dwelleth All the
rest of my goods Cattells and Chattells whatsoever my debts legacies and funerall
Charges first paid and discharged I doe freely give & bequeath unto Bridgett my
wellbeloved wife whom I doe make and ordaine my sole Executrix of this my last will
and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale the day and
date first above written / John Streete./ Sealed and acknowledged to be the last
will and testament of the said Mr John Streete in presence of us John Barber, Edward
Cooke ^{Thomas Cooke} and Edmond Beecroft

Probate [in Latin] The will written above was proved in London before the venerable Master William Bird, knight and Doctor of Laws at a Commission constituted by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on the fourteenth day of the month of November AD 1622. Judgement was given to Bridgette Streete widow of the deceased and executrix named in this will having been sworn on the holy saints to administer the goods and credits of the deceased before Master Richard Charlett Professor of Sacred Theology.

Sources

1. ↑ Will of John Streete. 1622: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 140
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5111 #936112 (accessed 14 May 2022)
2. ↑ Modern spelling is Clevelode, 5 miles south of Worcester
3. ↑ probably vats as this was a brewhouse
4. ↑ the word "I" omitted
5. ↑ key = quay