Will of Thomas Overinge, 1560 (proved 1561)
Herts RO 6AR240
In dei nomine Amen. In the yeare of our lorde god 1560 & the xxvjth daye off Desember I Thomas Overinge of Wynslowe sicke in bodie & wholle of mynde do make this my Laste will & Testamente in maner & Furme folloynge. Firste I bequethe my sowle to allmyghtie god, my body To be buryde in the churche yearde of Saynte Laurence in Wynslow. Item I bequeth to the mother Churche of Saynt albones ij d. Item I bequethe to Edward Overynge my howse w(ith) all the purtenance belongyng to yt & the standards of the sayd howse ase tables fourms & a chare & cobyrons & spetts fryinge pan a hachatt a gredden Item I gyve unto his wyffe iij plattres & to the sayd Eddmound [sic] ij boushels of barly j payre of shetts a wynning clothe. Item I bequethe to Thomas Overing Frances Onyon & John Overinge thay thre shall have a fether bead w(ith) all that longes to it in ther chamber Cominge to it at all tymes & eche of them a coffer & eche of them to have ij bouchells of barly. Item I gyve to Franc(e)s Onyon a blacke Cowe & vj s viij d. Item I gyve to Edwarde a bryndyd Cowe & a calfe. Item I wyll that the Rede cowe to be Solde for to paye my leigesses w(ith) all. Item I gyve to Thomas Overi(n)g vj s viij d. Item I bequethe unto the povre people as followithe. Furste William Lane j peacke of barly & a penny. Thomas Tharpe a peck of barly & j d. Thomas Fuller a pecke of barly & j d. Harry Lockwoode j pecke of barly & j d. Maude Leige a pecke of barly & j d. Mother Bowsswell j peacke of barly & j d. Ban(n)ester j pecke of barly & j d. Pallinger j pecke of barly & j d. William Leige a pecke of barly & j d. Thomas Scott a pecke of barly & j d. Margatt Carpant(er) j pecke of barly & j d. Elling Overinge ij boushells of barly. Thomas Thorne j boushell of barly. Catheringe Myddellton ij boushells of barly. Richard Normanse wyffe iij boushells of barly & one payre of shetts a kettell the best save one. Jone Overinge the beste kettell & a payre of shetts. Item I geve to the prest of our parwyshe a pecke of barly & a good platter. Item I geve to Antony Wendelbrowe j boushell of barly. Item I geve to William Jackson ij boushells of barly. The Ressydwe of my goods not bequethed my detts payd my will fullfylled my body brought in yearth I geve & bequethe to Edward aforsayd whome I make my holle Exsecuton(er) to dysspose for the helthe of my Soulle Witnesses Antonye Wen<del>browe & Will(ia)m Jackson whom I have mayd my ov(er)seares
[Latin] Probatum viijo die Julii 1562 coram domino Archidiacono & c
Commissaque fuit Administratio & c Executori & c Primitus & c Salvo & c
Inventory of Thomas Overinge, 1561
Herts RO A25/503
Parochia de Wynslowe
The Invitary off the goodes of Thomas Overynge laitt departyd to ye marcy of god p(ra)sed by Thomas Jacson Anthony Wendelborowe William Jacson & Robart Hashall
Fyrste a fetherbeade a bolster & an old coverled |
viij s |
Item two payre of shetts |
iij s iiij d |
Item iij Coffers price |
xx d |
Item ij tables a forme and ij charis |
iij s |
Item a Frying panne a heiachell & an axe |
x d |
Item a spitte a payre of cobyrns a gridene and
a payre of potthoks |
ij s |
Item peowter as iiij platters & a podendige |
ij s vj d |
Item ij the beaste kettles |
iij <s> |
Item ij kyne the one w(ith) calfe & the oy(ther) baron |
xl s |
Item xx bowshells of barly price |
xxiij s iiij d |
Item his apparell a cloke a cott a gyrkyn and a doblett |
iij s |
In mony |
iij s iiij d |
Summa |
iiij li xiij s iiij d |
[Latin] Exhibitum viijo die Julii Anno Domini 1561 pro vero &c.
[signed] J. Easte
Notes
standards: permanent or necessary furniture or apparatus (of a household, etc.) (OED, s.v. standard 26a).
hachatt: This is written hachatt in the will and heiachell in the inventory. Presumably a hatchet.
podendige: i.e. poddinger, a dish or bowl for soup or stew (OED).
The detailed list of the poor is a rare insight into people who don't normally enter the written records, but very few of the names match those in the parish burial register, only:
- Thomas Scott [bur 22 May 1564]
- Thomas Thorne [bur 3 June 1578]
- Richard Normanse wyffe [?Alice Norman bur 13 July 1562]