Will of Thomas Gratwick of Ham, 1635

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]
Surname/tag: Gratwick

This is an extract of the register copy of the will ofThomas Gratwick of Ham in the parish of Angmering.^[1]

Thomas wrote his will on 16 February 1634/35. The will was proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 7 November 1635, with administration being granted to Thomas's eldest son Thomas Gratwick.

Abstract of the Will of Thomas Gratwick 1635

I Thomas Gratwick of Ham in the Parish of Angmering sick in bodie but whole in mynd and of perfect memorie

give and bequeath

• unto the Cathedral Church of Chichyster the sum of twelve pence
• unto the Church of Angmering five shillings
• unto the poor of Angmering and Hamme tenne shillings
• unto Humphrey my younger sonne the some of foure hundred pounds whereof to bee disbursed for the purchase of a Tenement with seven acres of land in [?] unto John Sole of Fustington and the residue to bee paid unto him when hee shall accomplish the /age of one and Twentie yeares
• unto Anne myne onely daughter the some /of three hundred pounds to bee paid unto her when shee shall atteyne the age of sixteene / yeares or within one month after the daie of her marriage
• if my sonne Humphrey chance to dye before hee atteyne the / age of one and Twentie yeares That then my daughter Anne shall have his share and the /Land att Goring
• And if my daughter Anne chance to die before shee receive her share that /my mynd is that her share shall remayne with my sonne Humphrey
• But if both of them dye / before the daies of payment That then my will is that their shares shall remaine with my sonne Thomas
• unto Thomas Selden the youngest sonne of my sister Sibill / Selden the some of fortie shillings
• the other four children of my said sister the somme of twentie shillings
• unto William the son of my brother Henry Gratwick / the some of twentie shillings
• And to his brother Humphrey Gratwick the some of Fortie shillings
• unto [ blank space ] Finch my goddaughter the some of four shillings
• and all the rest of my Godchildren two shillings
• that one Third part of my Free Land unto Margarett my now wife to bee /enioyed by her during the terme of her life in the name of her Jointure
• one Third part of my said Freeland unto my Executor to bee enioyed of him until myne eldest Sonne / Thomas shall accomplish the age of one and twentie yeares towards the payment of my debts and legacies
• the third part / of my Prebend of Bargham and Hamme unto my said Executor towards the payment of my / debts and legacies hereby bequeathed until my sonne Thomas shall attain the age of one and / twentie yeares
• I make and ordeyne Thomas my eldest sonne the sole executor of this my last / Will and Testament Unto whome my funerall performed and my debts and legacies paid and / discharged I give and bequeather all the residue and remaynder of my goods unbequeathed
• my kinsman Roger Gratwick of Hasting shall have the education of / my daughter Anne untill she accomplysh the age of sixteene yeares and shall receive yearely / from my Executor for her meate drinke and clothes and teaching according as my Executor and / hee shall agree
• I constitute and appoynt my loving kinsman Roger Gratwicke and my / brother in law Henry Slater oversee and supervise thereof
• my will and meaning is that my son Thomas shall enjoy the lease of my Prebend wholly to himselfe / within one year after hee shall atteyne the age of one and Twentie yeares
• and my pleasure is that my Sonne Humphrey shall bee bound Prentice unto a Mercer with as convenient / speed as may bee and that the money that shall bee given with him / shall be paid out of the / Interest of his share Provided

I have putt my hand and seale the sixteenth daie of Februarie in the tenth yeare of the reigne of or / Sovereigne Lord Charles (16 February 1634/35)

the marke of Thomas Gratwick in the presence of

• the mark of Christopher Turky
• the mark of Cyprian Liliatt
• the mark of Hester Lihart

• I owe unto widow Pratt of Coates Fortie shillings and my will is that shee have that fortie shillings paid unto her and Twentie shillings more
• My Cosen Mr Roger Gratwicke shall deale for the Wardshipp of my sonne Thomas
• unto my menservants and maydservants to everie one two shillings
• unto Margarett my now wife the some of Twentie pounds

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Thomas Gratwick, 1635 England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11/571/411 The National Archives Kew, Surrey, England. Image downloaded from The National Archives (Accessed 20 January 2022).