Will of William Tooke of Popes 1588

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Popes
Surname/tag: Tooke

In the name of god amen the fiftenthe daye of November in the yeare of our Lord god a thousand and five hundred eightie eight and in the thirtithe yeare of the raigne of our soveraigne Ladye Elizabethe by the grace of god of England France and Ireland queene defendor of the faiethe &c

I William Tooke of Popes in the parishe of kingeshatfeilde otherwise Bishoppshatfeilde in the Countie of Hertford esquire beinge wholl of bodye and mynde thanckes be given to god doe make ordeyne and constitute this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge

First I bequeath my sowle unto almightie god my maker and creator and doe stedfastly beleeve that by the deathe and passion of his only begotten sonne Jhesus christ I shall be one of the children of salvation And doe here openly by this my last will and testament utterly renounce and forsake the devill and all his workes trustinge only in him that suffred deathe for me and all mankynde that I shall be saved quia credo quod redemptor meus vinit et [gap in text] et in novissimo die de terra surreturns sum, et in carne mea videbo deum salvatorum meum quem visurns sum ego ipso et occuli mei inspecturi sunt reposita hec sipes est in sum meo.

And for that I knowe my selfe to be dust and ashes I will that my bodye be buried in the chancell of the parishe churche of Esinden whereof I am patron and in the place wheare the sepulchre in the oulde times was want to be sett

And as towchinge suche goodes and chattells as I have in any place within this realme of England, and all suche Leases as I likewise have in any place within the same realme whearsoever they be my funeralls payde and discharged I will and doe give the moitie and one halfe thereof to my welbeloved wife Alice Tooke, to have to her use and bestowe at her owne will and pleasure.

And thother moitie or one halfe I will shall goe towardes the payment of my debtes and for and towardes the writinge ingrossinge and fynishinge of my bookes whiche at the time of my deathe shall be by me lefte unwritten and not ingrossed.

And for that I know that at this time I am indebted to the queenes Maiestie in a greate sume of money as by the recordes it maye appeare, therfore I will that the saide moitie of my goodes chattells and leases before limitted towardes the paymentes of my debtes be sowlde by myne executors towardes the payment of my saide debtes if in case I shall nott discharge the same in my life time as god knowethe my very will and mynde is to owe nothinge but it shall be paide to the uttermost penny.

And further for that I woulde have all my debtes whiche I owe to her highnes be shortly paide and my bookes written ingrossed and finished I give unto my executors all my free landes within the Counties of Hertford and Cambridge, and my rent of threscore six shillinges eighte pence whiche I have to me and my heiers out of certeyne Landes parcell of the mannor of Beere within the Countie of Kent, of whiche saide Mannor my coosen George Tooke is now owner

And whearof my welbeloved wife Alice Tooke is not ioynt purchaser withe me her dower therof only excepted To have to them and the executors or executor of him or them longest livinge untill suche time that withe thissues and profittes therof togeather withe thone moitie of all my goodes and chattells my funeralls discharged they have fully satisfied contented and payde my debtes whiche I owe to the queenes maiestie and untill suche time as my bookes be fully written ingrossed and fynished

And for that those freeholde landes whiche I have appoynted to my executor or executors towardes the payment of my debtes and writinge ingrosinge and fynishinge of my bookes be nott of any great yearly rent Therfore I further will that after it shall please god to call to his mercye my saide welbeloved wife Alice Tooke, that then from and after her decease my executor or executors and thexecutors of every of them shall have perceyve and take for and towardes the payment of my saide debtes writinge Ingrossinge and fynishinge of my saide bookes twoe partes of all thessies and profittes of my freeholde landes within the Countie of Hertford whiche my saide wife Alice Tooke now holdethe as Joynt purchaser withe me

And also the thirde part of all my freeholde Landes within the Counties of Kent and Cambridge whearof my saide wife is nott ioynt purchaser and whearof she maye clayme her dower duringe her life over and above the saide twoe partes to my saide executors before given and bequeathed that withe thissues and profittes therof they may paye all my debtes wrighte ingrosse and fynishe all myne other freehowld landes within the Countie of Hertf, wherof my saide wife had an estate for terme of her life as ioynt purchaser withe me, to have and to hawld to them and to the longer liver of them, for terme of their lives and to the longer liver of them they keepinge the howses and pales about Popes parke well and sufficiently from time to time repayred

And after my debtes well and truly satisfied contented and payde and my bookes written ingrossed and fynished then I will that my wholl mannor of Popes withe all the Landes tenementes rentes and services withe their appurtenannces belonginge to the same mannor lyinge and beinge within the parishes of Kingeshatfeilde otherwise Bishoppes Hatfielde and Esinden within the Countie of Herts shall wholly remayne unto my saide sonne Walter Tooke and Angelett his wife for terme of their lives and the longer liver of them so that they or either of them doe make no waste in an uppon the premisses or any parte or parcell therof

And that he or they shall have take sufficient timber at all times uppon the premisses at his will and pleasure for reparations at any time duringe their lives or the longer of them

And further that after the deathe of my saide wife Alice Tooke and my debtes payde my bookes written ingrossed and fynished, then I will that all my other freeholde landes as well within the parishes of Hatfeilde aforesaide and Esynden and Lytle Barkhamsted within the saide Countie of Herts and likewise my rent of thre poundes six shillinges and eight pence whiche I have to me and my heiers out of percell of the mannor or Beere within the Countie of Kent

And also that small portion of freeholde land as I have withein the parishe of Dodington w^thin the Isle of Elie in the Countie of Cambridge shall wholly remayne unto my sonne Walter for terme of his life and after his decease and the decease of my daughter Angelett his wife, then my will and mynde is and by this present will I give that my mannor of Popes and all other my Landes rentes and tenthes withe their appurtenannces beinge freehowld land whearsoever they be within this realme of ENgland to Ralph Tooke sonne and heier of my saide sonne Walter Tooke for terme of his life and to suche woman and women as the saide Ralphe Tooke shall hereafter happen to take to wife for their preferment or prefermentes in ioynter for terme of their life and after his decease to remayne to theiers males of his bodye lawfully begotten

And for default of such issue heiers males of his bodye lawfully begotten then I will the saide mannor and other the premisses ^{with their appurtenannces} to William Tooke brother of the saide Ralfe Tooke for terme of his life and after his decease to theiers males of his bodye lawfully begotten and for default of suche heier male of his bodye lawfully begotten, then I will all the premisses to remaine to John Tooke brother of the saide William Tooke for terme of his life and after his decease to theiers males of the bodye of the saide John Tooke Lawfully begotten

And for defaulte of suche heiers males of the bodye of the saide John Tooke lawfully begotten, then I will that all my saide mannor Landes tenementes rentes and services whatsoever they be shall wholly remayne to George Tooke brother to the saide John Tooke for terme of his life and after his decease then all the premisses to theiers males of the bodye of the saide George Lawfully begotten, and for defaulte of suche issue male then I will all the premisses wholly to remaine to Frannces Tooke brother of the saide George for terme of his life, and after the decease of the saide Frances Tooke then I will that all the premisses shall remaine to theirs males of the bodye of the saide Frances Tooke lawfully begotten

And for default of suche issue male of the body of the saide Frannces Tooke lawfully begotten then I will all the premisses wholly remayne to Thomas Tooke brother of the saide Frannces Tooke for terme of his life and after his decease to the heiers male of his bodye lawfully begotten and for defaulte of suche heier male of his bodye lawfully begotten, then I will all the saide Mannor Landes tenementes and other the premisses withe their appurtenannces shall wholly remaine to my saide sonne Walter Tooke and to theiers males of his bodye lawfully begotten

And for defaulte of suche issue males of his bodye Lawfully begotten then I will all the premisses to remayne to my sonne William Tooke and to theiers males of his bodye lawfully begotten

And for defaulte of suche issue males of his bodye Lawfully begotten, then I will all the premisses to remayne to my sonne Frances Tooke and to theiers males of his bodye lawfully begotten

And for defaulte of suche issue males of his bodye lawfully begotten, then I will all the premisses to remayne to my sonne Jesper Tooke and to theiers males of his bodye lawfully begotten, and for defaulte of suche issue, then I will all the premisses wholly remayne to my brother Martin Tooke and theiers males of his bodye lawfully begotten

And for defaulte of suche issue then I will all the premisses remaine to theiers males of my brother Richard Tooke deceased

And for defaulte of suche issue then I will all the premisses to remaine to the right heiers of me the saide WIlliam Tooke for ever provided alwayes and my very will and mynde is that if any of my sonne Walter Tooke his sonnes or any of their sonnes or any of my other sonnes or brethren or the sonne or sonnes of either of them or any of them to whom I have conveyed any estate intale by this my last will and testament to them and to theirs males of their bodye lawfully begotten shall at any time hereafter go about or doe indeede any acte or actes thinge or thinges whearby to discontinue or breake the state intale whiche I have lymitted and appoynted by this my last will and testament then I will that he that is next in remainder in the taile to him or them shall go about practise or devise or otherwise doe any acte or thinge whearby this my last will and testament shall nott take effect shall enter into all my said mannor Landes tenementes and rentes whearsoever they or any parte of them lye within the Realme of England and the same to have to them in manner and forme above rehearsed withe like condition

And whereas before this time I have given to my saide sonne Jasper Tooke and Anne his wife one annuitie or yearly rent of tenne poundes goinge out of my monnor of Popes aforesaide to have to them and to the longer liver of them for the terme of their lives after the decease of me the saide William Tooke and Alice my wife as by a deede therof by me to them made it maye appeare My will and mynde is that the same annuitie of tenne poundes yearly be payde to them accordinge to my saide grannte notwithstandinge my bequestes before made unlesse I shall redeeme the same in my life time

Item I doe give unto my sonne Frances Tooke one annuitie or yearly rent of fiftie thre shillinges and fower pence to be payde unto him duringe his naturall life goine our of my mannor of Popes and the Landes in the parishe of Esenden after the decease of me and my wife withe a clause of distresse for non payment of the same and the same annuitie or yearly rent to begyn at the next feaste of St Michaell tharchanngell or the feast of the annunciation of our Ladye whiche shall next happen after our deceases

Also I give unto my sonne Walter Tooke my golden ringe withe my armes graven in the same And to my sonne William Tooke fortie shillinges to buy him one ringe withe the same

Also I give unto William Tooke second sonne of my sonne Walter Tooke fortie shillinges to make him a ringe, and a younge bullock

And further I doe give to the pore of Hatfeilde and Esynden thre poundes to be delivered and distributed whiche shall come to my buriall

And further I make the same my sonne Walter Tooke and my sonne William Tooke his brother myne executors desyringe them to take uppon them the performammce of the same my last will and testament as myne especiall trust is in them and as they will have my blessinges.

And further as towchinge my funerall I referr it to the discreation of my saide sonnes Walter Tooke and William Tooke In witnes whearof I have sett to my seale and published my name the daye and yeare first above written Sealed published and delivered in the presence of theis persons hereunder written. Thomas Newce John Grayve Launcelot Lovelace Robert Carter