Will of Richard Wright, Husbandman of Hingham, 1616

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Hingham, Norfolk, England
Surnames/tags: Wright Wrighte

This is a transcription of the Original Will of Richard Wright, Husbandman of Hingham, 1616. Richard wrote his will on 5 April 1612 and it was proved on 1616^[1]

The image quality was fair and the handwriting very legible.
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]

Persons Mentioned:

• Richard Wright, husbandman, testator
• John Wright, my sonne
• Thomas Wright, my sonne
• Robert Wright, my sonne
• Christopher Sharpe
• Richard Locke, my belchild
• Robert Locke
• Amye Locke, his wife
• Richard Wright, godson
• Robert Woode
• Anne Woode, wife of Robert Woode
• Thomas Reede, my sonne-in-law
• Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Reede, daughter
• Margarett, my daughter
• John Cowper the Eldar, Supervisor, Witness
• John Cowper the younger, witness
• John Longe
• Mr Robert Longe

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In the name of god Amen The fifthe daye of April in the yeare of o[ur] Lord One Thousand Sixe Hundred &
Twelve & in the yeare of the raigne of o[ur] Soveraigne Lord James by the grace of god of England France &
Ireland Kinge defender of the faythe etc. the tenth etc of Scotland the xlv th I Richard Wright of Hingham
in the countye of Norff[olk] husbandman being in good minde & [per]fect rememberance thankes be to god make &
ordayne this my last Will & Testament in mann[e]r & forme followinge, vizt: First I bequeath my soule
into Almighty god my creator & into his deare sonne & my Saviour Jesus Christ, & my boyde to be buryed in
the churchyarde of Hingham aforesayde;

Item I give & bequeath unto John Wright my sone fifteene
pounds to be paid in mann[e]r & forme followinge, vizt, tene pounds thereof within one whole yeare after my decease
& five pounds residewe of the fifteene within halfe A yeare after & if it shall happen, my said sonne John to de[par]te
this life before that then it shalbe paide & distributed to & amongest the children in even porcions

Item I give unto Margarett my daughter five pound to be paide within halfe a yeare after the aforesayde payment & if
yt shall happen the said Margaret to dye before, then I will that it shall remayne unto the children of the
said Margarett, equally to be devided amongst them

Item I give unto Thomas Reede my sonne in law & Elizabeth
his wife five pounds to be paide halfe a yeare after & my will & minde is that they shall use & imploye the
same to their owne uses duringe their natureall lives & after their decease it to remayne equally to the
children of their aun bodyes lawfully begotten

Item I give unto the chidren of Robert Woode & Anne his wife xx^s

Item I give to Richard Wright my godsonne x^s & to the rest of the children of Thomas Wright my sonne
xx^s to be equally devided amongst them

Item I give to Richard Locke my belchild x^s to the rest of
the children of Robert Locke & Amye his wife xx^s to be equally devided amongst them & to the children
of Robert Wright my sonne fortye shillinges to be devided equally amongst them & my will & my mind is
that these legacyes unto wh[i]ch no time is limitted, shallbe paide within halfe a yeare after the past recaled daye
of payment

Item I give unto the children of [Christ]ofer Sharpe xx^s & unto the children of John Wright my
sonne xx^s to be equally devided amongst them to be paide within halfe a yeare after & if it shall happen
any of the aforesayde children to de[par]te this life before the said dayes of payment then I will that their porcion
or partes shall remayne & be devided equally to & amongst those wh[i]ch rema[y]ne

Item I give & bequeath
unto John Wright my sonne all my ymplementes & householde stuffe (except one inbberd wh[i]ch I give unto
Thomas my sonne) & xxxiij^s x^d to be payde within halfe a yeare after all the aforesayde dayes of
payment and further my will & mind is, that whereas Thomas Wright my sonne shareth bonde unto
me in one writinge obliatory under penalty of fower skoure pounds for the payment of fower & fortye
pounds of lawfull English money, that these my legacyes & giftes being well & faythefully paide & [per]formed
accordinge to the true intent & meaninge of this my last will & testament and the residewe & surplusage of
the paid debt, I do give & bequeath unto my said sonne Thomas to defene in his handes, (except xx^s wh[i]ch I
give unto John Cow[per] for his paines beinge Sup^avisor of this my will and I doe make & ordaine
said sonne Thomas my executo[ur] of this my last will & testament. In witness hereof unto this my
last will & testament I have sette my hande & seale the daye & yeare first above written. These
beinge witnesses

John Cow[per] Eldar
John Longe
John Cow[per[ younger
Mr Robert Longe