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Will of Walter Hawkins, 1582
Herts RO 23AW10
In the name off God amen the vijth day of October A(nn)o Do(mini) 1582 I Walter Hawkins [being] sycke in Bodye but whole in Sowle thanks be to god, do make this my last will & testament in man(er) and Forme Folowing. First I bequeath my Sowle into the hands of almighty god my
maker and my Bodye to be Buried in the Churchyard of Wynslow Item I gyve [unto the]
mother Church of St Albans iiij d It(e)m I gyve to the church of Wynslow iij s iiij d Item I gyve to the powre of Wynslow iij s iiij d Item I gyve unto Edward Cowp(er) my wifes sonne Fyve
pounds of Lawfull monye of England to be paid him after my deasease at the ende of the
Terme of Thre yeres It(e)m I gyve unto Dowrytye Cowp(er) my wifes Dawghter Fyve
pounds of Currant monye to be paid unto her at the ende and Terme of Thre yeres
after my Desease It(e)m I gyve unto Elizabeth Hawkins my Eldest daughter my
howse at Shypton that one Thomas Shepard did lately Dwell in with all the
Cu(m)odities and profits ther unto belonging, Excepting and reaseaving one acar
in a Fylde of the Best Land It(e)m I gyve unto Elizabeth my Dawghter the table
that standeth in my howse at Wynslowe It(e)m I gyve unto Ellyn my dawghter
my other howse (tha)t I have in Shypton that one Thom(a)s Graunt dothe dwell in and
the said thre Acars (tha)t is to say in ev(er)y Fyld an Acar befor excepted from my said
other Dawghter That is to say one halfe Acar upon ov(er) Clay Furlong next to
Robart Elliatt one halfe Acar in nether Clay Furlong, next to Robart Elliott
It(e)m one halfe acar upon Long Blackgrove It(e)m one other halfe acar upon Hogson Forde next to Robart Elliott It(e)m one halfe acar lying on Snowte hole, And one halfe
acar lying one nether knole w(i)th Comon For two Beasts Being in Shypton and Wynslow Felds It(e)m I gyve unto Ellyn my dawghter xij Acars of Land lying and
being in Shypton and Winslow Fylds which I purchased of Thom(a)s Cowper my
Sone in Lawe Condytionallye That is to saye That if my Sone Thomas Cowp(er)
do paye unto the said Ellyn my Dawghter the Sume of Twentye pounds of good
and Lawfull mony of Ingland at the end and Terme of Thre yeres after mye
deasease That then the said Thom(a)s Cowp(er) shall have the said xij Acars of Lande
againe to use as in his owne possession It(e)m I gyve unto Ellyn my dawghter the b[arn]
that Thomas Myller hath w(i)thin my howse at Shipton It(e)m I gyve unto Ellyn my
Daughter too kyne It(e)m I gyve unto Elyzabeth my Dawghter two kyne at the Descression
of my ov(er)seers It(e)m I gyve unto either of my Dawghters Elizabeth and Ellyn a bede
w(i)th all that there unto belongethe at the Descression of my wife It(e)m I gyve
to Thomas Overing one of the best shepe I have. It(e)m I gyve to ev(er)ye one of my
wyves Childers Children a shepe. It(e)m I gyve unto Anne my wife my howse at
Shipton that my Dawghter Elizabeth shall have for the Terme of Thre yeres with
all the Cu(m)odities their unto app(er)teyning and at the Ende and terme of Thre yeres
that then my Dawghter Elizabeth shall pay unto her mother xx s a yere During her
liffe. It(e)m I gyve unto Thom(a)s Myller alijs Graunt my Sone in Lawe my other howse (tha)t
my Dawghter Ellyn shuld have for the Terme of Thre yeres, paing to my Dawghter Ellyn
xij d yerelye and no more w(hi)ch said xij d the said Ellyn my Dawghter shall after the
said Terme of Thre yeres shall pay to my Dawghter Elizabeth the said xij d yerlye
for Ever It(e)m I make Anne my wife my Executrix, and I make my ov(er)seers
Thom(a)s Myller alijs Graunte my sone in Law And Thom(a)s Myller alijs Graunte ye Elder
my ov(er)seers and each to have for their payns v s a pece In wytness wherof I set my hand
the day and yere above said In the presence of
Willyam Glenister
Thom(a)s Myller the alijs Graunte
Thom(a)s Myller alijs Graunte
Thom(a)s Cowp(er)
Robart Daunce Vicar
[Probate granted at Cheping Barnet 5 Nov 1582 to Anne Hawkins, widow.]
Inventory of Walter Hawkins, 1582
Herts RO A25/1036
The true and perfitt
inventarye of all and singular the goods debts and cattells of Walter Hawkins late of
Wynslo in the Countie of Bucks deceased made and praysed by William Glenyster Rob(er)t
Michell John Shelton Thom(a)s Miller al(ia)s Graunte Junior & Thom(a)s Miller al(ia)s Graunte
Senior and Thom(a)s Cowp(er) - the xvj[?]th daye of October in the yeare of our lord god
1582 as follows
In the hall |
|
| In primis a long table w(i)th a frame vj Joyned stoles and an old cupbord | x s |
| Item a dozen and half of pewter a lattern Bason a Baking pane a chafingdishe iiij candlesticks of brasse and the paynted clothes | vj s viij d |
In the chamber |
|
| Item five flockbeds two mattresses one fetherbed bolsters v cov(er)letts v oth(er) Bedsteds of bords and two pillowes | xl s |
| Item x payre of sheets | xx s |
| Item iiij tablecloths and sixe napkins | viij s |
| Item iij towells | xx d |
| Item iij chestes and a Joyned fourme | viij s |
| Item an oth(er) table a fourme and a
Benche |
ij s |
In the kytchen |
|
| Item vj latten & brasse pottes two posnetts and a pane | x s |
| Item ij spitts ij pothangers a trevet a fireshovell and a frieing pane | v s |
| Item a payre of Andirons a dripping panne a powdring trough and a planck over it v tubbes w(i)th other lu(m)ber | vj s viij d |
| Item his apparrel | x s |
In the yard |
|
| Item the wood | xv s |
| Item two hovels of Pease | liij s iiij d |
| Item two cartes and a dunge carte | xxvj s viij d |
In the Stable |
|
| Item iiij horses and mares with their harnesse and a young colte | iij li |
| Item the haye ov(er) the stable | ij s vj d |
In the Barne |
|
| Item the wheate | xl s |
| Item the Barlye | l s |
| Item a Querne and a ladder | vj s |
In the Barne at Shipton |
|
| Item the wheate | iiij li |
| Item the Barlye | iiij li xiij s iiij d |
| Item the hovell and all the pease | xxvj s viij d |
| Item the haye | xxv s |
| Item the woode and a ladder | xij d |
| Item x beastes and a calfe | viij li |
| Item xx shepe | xl s |
Item the hogges about the yarde |
xxx s |
Summa totalis |
xlij li |
Debts owing by the said deceased at the tyme of his death |
|
| In Primis to William Glenister for rent after j d ob the yeare for xv years | xxij d |
| Item to Rob(er)t Ellyett for rent for three years after vj d a year | xviij d |
| Item to Richard Wright | x s |
| Item to Shipton for my fathers debt that he ought for a bull | xij s |
| Item to John Holland of Brickell | xl s |
| Item to William Saunders of Shenley | iij li iiij d |
| Item to Rob(er)t Higate of London | iij li vij s |
| Item to Christopher Helyman | x li |
[Presented by Thomas Cowp(er) proxy of Anne Hawkins the
executrix, 5 Nov 1582.]
Notes
Walter Hawkins was buried at Winslow on 2 Oct 1583. He married his second wife Ann Cooper at Winslow on 29 May 1564. She may have been the widow of John Cooper, d.1563. Elizabeth Haukins married John Glenister at Winslow on 30 April 1583 and Ellen Hawkins married William Tomlyn on 28 Nov 1587. Ellen was baptised on 21 Oct 1567; Elizabeth was probably the daughter of his first marriage.
Walter Hawkins was listed as an alehouse keeper in 1577, which perhaps explains the quantity of beds and bedding, although farming was clearly his main occupation.
Sone in Lawe: i.e. stepson. Thomas Graunte married Agnes Cooper on 14 May 1577, so he was actually Walter's stepson-in-law.
Condytionallye: this was a type of mortgage.
powdring trough (or tub) was used for salting meat (Buckinghamshire Probate Inventories 1661-1714).