Will of Raph Frary of Felmingham 1619

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The Will of Raph Frary, yeoman of Felmingham was written on 6 September 1618, and administration was granted on 30 April 1619, to Thomas Gelsthorp the executor.^[1]

Spelling, punctuation and line breaks are as per the register copy. Capital F is rendered as F rather than ff. Abbreviations are expanded in [square brackets]. Paragraph breaks (where added) and bold text for names are my own for ease of reading.

• Raphe Frary (testator)
• Henrie Frarie (son)
  • Raphe Frarie, Thomas Frarie, John Frarie and Henrie Frarie (sons of Henrie)
• Robert Frarie (son)
  • William Frayrie, Elizabeth Frayrie, Elizabeth Barberie Frayrie (children of Robert. It's not clear if Barberie has the first name Elizabeth or if it has been deleted)
• Thomas Gelsthorpe/Gelsthrop gentleman (executor)
• John Woolsey
• Witnesses: William Starkey, Thomas Spratt, John Woolsy, Henrie Nicholson

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In the name of God Amen:
The Sixt daie of September Anno domini
1618: I Raphe Frary of Felmingham
in th^e countie of Norffolke yeoman beinge somewhat
[...] and feeble in boddie but yet of good and p[er]fecte
memorie and remembrance praised be god for it doe
hereby ordaine and make this my last will and testament
in manner and fourme followeinge First and principally
revokeinge and renounceinge all fourmer will[es] I doe
commend my soule into th^e handes of allmightie God th^e
maker and framer thereof steadfastelie assureinge my
selfe to be made p[ar]taker of his heavenlie kingdome
And my boddie I commend to xpian [christian] buriall Item
I give and bequeath unto th^e poore people of Felmingha[m]
Tenne shillinges to be distributed among them at my
buriall Item I give and bequeath unto Henrie
Frarie my sonne Tenne pound[es] to be paid unto him
within one yeare next after my death Item I give &
bequeath unto Raphe Frarie Thomas Frarie John
Frarie and Henrie Frarie th^e sonnes of th^e said
Henrie Frarie my sonne to everie of them Five pound[es]
a peece To be paid to such of them as shalbe of th^e age
of xxjtie yeares at th^e time of my death within one
yeare next after my death And to such of them as
shalbe under th^e age of xxjtie yeares at th^e time of my
death within one moneth next after they shall accom
plish th^e full age of xxjtie yeares Item I give and
bequeathe unto William Frayrie Elizabeth Frayrie
and Elizabeth Barberie Frayrie th^e children of Rob[er]t

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Frarie my sonne to everie of them Five poundes a peece
To be paid to such of them as shalbe of th^e age of xxjtie
yeares at th^e Time of my Death within one yeare ^^next after
my death And to such of them as shalbe under th^e age of
xxj^tie yeares at th^e time of my death within one moneth
next after They shall accomplishe the full age of
xxj^tie yeares Item I give and bequeath unto the said
Raphe [deleted] Frairie my grandchilde my little brassepott
To be delivered unto him within one moneth after
he shall accomplishe the age of xxj^tie yeares Item I
give unto Thomas Gelsthorpe gentleman
whom I doe hereby ordaine and make sole executo[r] of
this my last will and testament All my howseholdstuff
and other implements and thinges whatsoev[er] And
th^e best of my beeskepps w[hi]^ch be nowe all or moste of
them in or about th^e howse of John Woolsey wherein
I have nowe my dwellinge Provided nevertheles
and it is my will and meaneinge that whereas
th^e greate parte of my goodes and estate is nowe
in th^e handes of other men That if it shall hereaft[er]
happen my said executo[r] shall not have received or
cannot gett into his landes by faier meanes suffi=
=cient of my said good[es] and estate to paid and satisfiey[e]
severall legacies abovementioned withall at such
times as is before expressed [...] as my said
Executo[r] shalbe compelled to sue for the same or aney
p[ar]te thereof That then all and everie of my legates
above mentioned shall forbeare to call for and be
satisfied their legacies or somuch as shalbe then
wanteinge, untill th^e Remainderof my debtes
so to be sued as^^is a foresaid shalbe recovered and
received And lastelie my Will and mynde [deleted] is

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That if it shall happen ^^uppon anie such sute so to be comenced
By my Executo[r] for anie of my debtes as is aforesaid
That neither th^e debt nor charges of sute cann be
had or obtained by course of lawe That then all and
everie of th^e Legators above mentioned shall p[ro]portiona=
bly amongst them allowe and satisfie unto my said
Executo[r] or his assignes out of Their said severall
legacies above mentioned all and everie such some and
somes of monie as shalbe necessarilie disbursed and
otherwise growe due for th^e [e]xecution of anie such suite
for anie such debt soe [...] insolvant as is aforesaid
In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand
and seale th^e daie and yeare first above written These
beinge Witnesses William Starkey Thomas
Spratt John Woolsy Henrie Nicholson
[...] Rade Frarie
Testatoris./
Probate in Latin 30 April 1619, granted to Thompas Gelsthrop [sic]

Sources

1. ↑ Probate records for the Episcopal Consistory Court, Archdeaconry of Norwich: "Probate records for the Episcopal Consistory Court, Archdeaconry of Norwich"
   Catalog: Probate records for the Episcopal Consistory Court, Archdeaconry of Norwich Regd. copy wills vol. 114-115 1619-1620
   Film number: 008076510 > image 157 of 558
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSN8-T94N-T (accessed 21 September 2023)