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Will of Thomas Tomlyn, 1558
Herts RO 1AW114
anno domini mdlviijo xjo die mensis octobris
In dei nomine amen I Thomas Tomlyn sicke in body & whole in mynde do make yis my last wyll & testament in man(ner) and forme foloyng fyrst I bequeth my soule to almyghty god & my body to be buryed in ye church porche of Saynt Laurence in Wynslow It(em) to ye mother church of saynt albans iiij d It(em) to [deletion] \her[?] dawter {of}/ church iiij d It(em) to ye Reparacyons of my p(ar)ryshe churche ij boshells wheat & ij boshells malt It(em) a quart(er) wheat to be gyven amongst ye pov(er)tye of ye same p(ar)ryshe It(em) I wyll that Alys my wyfe shal have my hows callyd Davys[?] w(ith) ye land & purtenance durying her naturall lyfe & aft(er) her decesse to Rob(er)t my son \and/ his eyres It(em) I gyve to Alys \my wyfe/ iiij oxen ye beste & iij hors and marys & one colte ye beste It(em) to Wylli(a)m my son ij oxen & ye redde bullocke w(ith) yokys & chaynes ij hors or marys and ij colts next ye beste a potte & a pan next ye best iij paire of shets a shod carte & a plow w(ith) all thyngs necessessary thereto belongyng next ye best It(em) iij kyen ij bullocks xx shepe next ye best a yong sowe & ij shotys a bed & all belongyng therto iij quart(er)s whete & rye iij quart(er)s barley iij quart(er)s beanys a heycocke in ye home close ye byggyst iiij pecys of pewt(er) next ye best ij potengers & a candelstycke It(em) I gyve to ye sayd Wyll(ia)m my son my copye holde at Shypton It(em) to Rob(er)t my son ij oxen & xx shepe It(em) to Jone my dowghter x li & ij kyen It(em) to ev(er)y of my god chyldren iiij d It(em) to John Dawys xl d & ij copples It(em) to John Tod a shepe \& a h[illegible] calfe/ It(em) to Will(ia)m Lane a bosshell of whete It(em) to Agnes Shelton a ewe & a la(m)be to Alys Shelton a lambe The resydue of my goods moveable & on moveable I gyve & bequeth to Alys my wyffe whome I make my sole executrix It(em) I make Thom(a)s Tomlyn Rob(er)t Elyot John Cowper & Anthony Wendylboro ov(er)seers of thys my last wyll to see ytt truly p(er)formed and they to have for theyr paynes ev(er)y of them v s wyttnes to thys p(re)sent wyll Rob(er)t Webbe Wyll(ia)m Lane & Nycholas Geffes w(ith) other
[Latin] probatum xixo die mensis Decembris Anno Domini 1558 coram magistro Jacobo Dugdall archidiaconum &c commissaque fuit administratio &c [illegible] primitus in persona Robarti Eliot procuratoris sui Jurat’ &c
m(emoran)d(um) that he is assigned to make an obligacion &c before the xxth[?] day of Christmas
Inventory of Thomas Tomlyn 1558
Herts RO A25/368
The inventory of all the goods w(hic)h Thomas Tomlyn had at ye tyme of his death wh(o) deceassed ye xxviith of Novembre Octobre a(nn)o D(omi)ni 1558
| In primis viij oxen p(ri)sed att | xij li |
| Ite(m) x kyne | viij li |
| Ite(m) vij calves | xxviij s |
| Ite(m) Cxxxij shepe | ix li |
| Ite(m) iij coltes | iij li |
| Ite(m) v horse & mares | v li |
| Ite(m) ij sucking colts | x s |
| Ite(m) xvij hoggs and pyggs | xxxiij s iiij d |
| Ite(m) yn wheate & barley | xiij li |
| Ite(m yn beans & otes | vij li xij s |
| Ite(m) yn haye | iiij li |
| Ite(m) ij carts, ij ploughes & other things therto belonginge | v li |
| Ite(m) yn wood | xx s |
| Ite(m ij Dungcarts ij payer of harrowse, hurdles & a rake | xxxiij s |
| In ye chamber |
|
| In primis one featherbed, iij bolstars ij mattress v coverlets xxij payer of shetes iiij blanketts iij pyllowes iiij bedsteades | iiij li x s |
| Ite(m) iij Cofers, pay(n)ted clothes and a Presse & his apparrell | xlij s |
| Ite(m) x yeards of woollen clothes | xiij s iiij d |
| Ite(m) iiij table clothes, iij towells and a napkin | vj s viij d |
In ye haule & kitchen |
|
| In primis yn brasse & pewter | lj s |
| Ite(m) old cubbords, ij tables, ij forms, vi stowles, ij cheares, ij pay(n)ted clothes, viii cusshyins | xx s |
| Ite(m) a spytt, a payre of cobyrons a gospan a frying pan a payre of pothangyngs | iiij s iij d |
| Ite(m) a quearne a payre of bellowes and a fyer forke | viij s |
| Ite(m) yn barrells, tubs dysshes and trenchars | xiij s iiij d |
| Ite(m) xij hennes and a cocke, vii ducks and a drake | vi s |
| Ite(m) x capons | iij s |
S(um)ma total(is) lxxxv li xiiij s iiij d |
|
[Latin] Exhibitum et approbatum xixo Die Decembris Anno Domini 1558
[signed] J[?] Easte[?]
Notes
Alice Tomlyn the widow died in 1560; her will shows that she was not the mother of Thomas' elder son William. Robert and Joan the younger children were still under age in 1560.
shotys, i.e. shoots = litters of pigs
copple, i.e. couple, a ewe with a lamb (OED)
gospan = goose-pan, a large stew-pan (OED)