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ROBERT CHAMBERS.1

Feb. 18, 1625. In the name of Gode, Amen, I, Robert Chambers, of the Towne and Countie of Newcastle upon Tyne, Master Mariner, being sick in bodye. My bodye I comit unto the earthe from whence it came, to be buried within the pish church of All Sts within the towne of Newcastle upon Tyne, so near unto my late wife, Anne Chambers, as possibly I cann or maie. And as for the worldlie goodes which the lord hath endoweth me withall, I give and bequeath as follows, First, I give and bequeath unto the poore of the pish of All Saints aforesaid the sume of tenn shillings, to be distributed unto them at the discretion of my executors hereafter named. I give and bequeath unto my two daughters, Elizabeth and Anery Chambers, All those roomes and howses now in the occupation of me, the said Robt. Chambers, and Robert Anderson, Mariner, situate within the Towne of Newcastleon-Tyne, in a layne or chaire there called Byker Chaire, To have and to hold all the said roomes and howses, with their appurtenances, untill the said Elizabeth and Anery and their heires, equally to be divided between them for ever. I give and bequeath unto my other three daughters, Anne Ily, wife of George Ily, Jane Houpe, widowe, and Margaret Wardhaughe, wife of William Wardhaughe, Merchant, All those three tenements now in the occupation of Margaret Ord, weadow, Ann Bee, weadow, Margaret Newton, Weadow, situate in Byker chaire aforesaide. To have and to hold All the said three last tenements, with their appurtenances and every pt thereof, unto Ann Ile, Jane Houpe and Margaret Woodhaugh and their heires, equally to be devided amongst them for ever. I give and bequeath unto Jane Mawe, tenn shillings, for a token. I give and bequeath unto Jane Allen, wife of Pheneis Allen, master Mariner, ten shillings, for a token. I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Elizabeth, one oversett bedd. six quishons, six dishes, one beare boule of silver, and two silver spoones. And as for all the rest of my goods and chattells, as well moveable as unmoveable, my debts, legacies and funerall expences being paid and discharged, I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth and Anery, my daughters, whom I make and ordeyne my full and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament. Witnesses, Phineis Allen, William Hayle, Anthony Norman. Proved, 1626.

The testator was bur. at All Saints', Newcastle, 5 Mch., 1625/6, where two of his daughters were bapt., Elizabeth, 23 Sept., 1601, and Averell, 13 April, 1604.

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WILLIAM HARLE.1

April 30, 1626. In the name of God, Amen, I, William Harle of Mouncton, in the County of Durham, Yeoman, being sick of bodie. My bodie to be buryed in Jarrowe Church. As for my temporall goods, I doe give unto my well beloved wife, Ann Harle, the full estate and interest and terme of yeares of my farme in Mouncton aforesaid, within the said County of Durham, during soe long as the said Ann Harle, my wife, contiynieth in my name and my absolute widdow, and after hir decease to come unto my sonn, George Harle, he paying forth unto the rest of my children, as namely, Richard Harle, Alice Harle, Elizabeth Harle and Jane Harle, to every one of them 20l. a peece, and failing ane one of them the said 20l. to be devided to the surviving as they shall dye without issue, and if it fortune the said George Harle's wyfe shall departe this naturall life, my will is the saide George Harle, my sone, shall then presently enter the half part of the said farme within three dayes next after his said wive's deathe, and faileing the issue of George Harle lawfully begotton of his bodie, then the said farmehold to come unto my successor. It is agreed between the said William Harle and George Harle, his said sonne, at the makeing of this his last Will, that whereas the said William Harle was behind with the said George for certaine reckinings and accompts, they are now agreed that the said William Harle and Ann, his wife, is to content and pay unto the said George Harle the some of 31. of lawful English money for and during the term of tenn yeares next ensueing after the date hereof at two terms in the yeare, that is to say, 30s. of lawful English money at, in or upon the feast of St. Martin the Bishop in Winter next ensewing after the date hereof, and the other 30s. of like lawful English money at, in and upon the feaste of Penticost, commonly called Whitsunday, next and immediatlie followinge, if the said George Harle doe live soe long. And also two beaste gaits in the oxe pasture for and dureing the terme of tenn yeares next ensewing after the date hereof, if he the said George Harle soe long shall live. And likewise it is agreed between the said William Harle and George Harle that he, the said William Harle, or Ann Harle, his wife, is to content

He was bur. at Jarrow, 4 May, 1626. He mar., firstly, Jane, Atkinson, 24 Nov., 1590, bur., 4 May, 1606; by her he had issue, William, bapt., 10 Sept., 1594; Ralph, bapt., 14 Nov., 1595, bur., 5 Nov., 1596; George, bapt., 12 Feb., 1597/8; Thomas, bapt., 14 June, bur., 25 Aug., 1601; Elinor, bapt., 15 Apl., 1593, bur., 2 June, same year; Elizabeth, bapt., 1 13 Apl., 1600; Dorothy, bapt., 13 Mch., 1602/3, bur., 22 Aug., 1612; Margery, bapt., mar., secondly, at Boldon, 25 Nov., 1606, Ann, or Agnes Welsh; by her he had James, bapt., 26 Nov., 1609; Richard, bapt., 28 Nov., 1613; Stephen, bur., 25 Sept., 1622; Alice, bapt., 16 Feb., 1607/8; Ellinor, bapt., 15 Mch., 1611/12, bur., 27 Dec., 1612; Elizabeth, bapt., 24 Nov., 1616; Jane, bapt., 22 Aug., 1619, bur., 1 July, 1634; all dates from Jarrow registers.

30 May, bur., 30 July, 1606. He

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and pay unto the said George Harle the sume of 67. 13s. 4d. of lawful English money for his filiall and child's part and porcon of all the said William Harle his goods, and to be paid at such time or times as the said Ann Harle convenientlie shallbe able. And further that the said William Harle is to give unto the said George Harle one browne whye. I doe give my goods that shall remaine of the said farmholde unto my well beloved wife, Ann Harle, and my said children, viz., James Harle, Richarde Harle, Alice Harle, Elizabeth Harle and Jane Harle, equally to be divided amongst them, my debts being paid forth of the said goods. I doe give unto my sonne, James Harle, my three salt panns next adjoining unto William Chapman, and he to pay forthe of the said panns unto my daughter, Alice Harle, 30l., and to Richard Harle, Elizabeth Harle and Jane Harle, my children above saide, to every one of them, 20l. a peace, and failing any one of them to come to the survivors to be equally divided amongst them. I doe make my well beloved wife, Ann Harle, and Elizabeth Harle, my daughter, my cheafe executors of all my goods and chattells of the said farme. I doe make Reginald Fawcett of Fullwell and John Welch of Bouldon my cheafe Supervisors of this my will, and doe give to either of them, one two and twenty shilling peaces. I give unto my sister, Margerie Harle, for a remembrance, one two and twenty shilling peaces. Witnesses, Anthonye Young, George Harle, Reginald Fawcett.

INVENTORY, 2621. 1s. Od. Proved, 1626.

NUNCUPATIVE WILL OF PETER FORSER.1

Memorandum, That Mr. Peter Forser, late of Kelloe, decd, who died about the fiftenth day of this instant May, 1626, being of pfect mind and memory, Did divers times during the time of his sickness say, in ye psence of John Trolop and others, that Robinson's debt did the most trooble his mind of any debt he ought, how to discharge the same, and that his desire was that of all others there shold be most special care taken for the due discharge thereof, and verily thinketh his desire was he shold have administration before the rest, knowing that his wife and the rest of his neerest kindred were not capable of it in respect of their recusancyes, Signed, John Trollopp. This appeareth unto me, by the oath of the said John Troulopp, to be the true will of the said Mr. Peter Forser, wch I do admit of, and have accordingly comitt the administration to the said Mr. Roberte Robinson above specified, whom I have sworne. Craddocke, 24 May, 1626. Proved, 1626.

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He was the son of Thomas Forcer, whose will is printed in this volume, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Francis Trollop of Eden; he mar. Catherine, dau. of Robert Hodshon of Hebburn. By her he had six sons and two daughters, John, bur. at St. Margaret's, Durham, 31 Aug., 1665, mar. Jane, dau. of Sir Thomas Riddell of Gateshead; Francis, Thomas, Peter and Robert, and Anne, and Mary who mar. William Eure of Elvet. His Inq. p.m. was taken at Durham, 1 Aug.,

1626.

NUNCUPATIVE WILL OF ROBERT POTT.1

June, 1626. Robert Pott of Hallystone, in the County of Northumberland, being about to take journey beyond the seas and to take his fortune in travell, and desiring before he departs to settle his estate by makeing of his last Will, Did upon or about the monthe of June, 1626, declare and express his last Will nuncupative, desireing the same to be set down, containeing these wordes, or the like in effect. He earnestlie requested his father-in-law, Michael Potts of the Parkhead, in the parish of Allanton, to take the care and oversight of his wife and childe, and to gather up and preserve for them untill his returne those debts and other things which he had left and trusted forth into other men's hands. And if it happened that he should never returne alive again, then he charged his said father-in-lawe very speciallie, as only he would answer him before the face of God, that if his wife did afterwards marry againe with another husbande, he, his said father-in-lawe, should take and bring up his child, Percivall Potts, during his minortie and receive and keepe, and for his benefitt putt forwarde the full part of the said testator's goods, which by lawe should fall due for his said childe. And lastly, he did appoint his said father-in-law to be sole Executor. All which words were spoken and declared at Gateshead about the time aforesaid in presence of Parcivall Pott, William Pott and Edward Hall.

INVENTORY, 331. 9s. Od. Probate, 1635.

HENRY WIDDRINGTON.

June 14, 1626. Henry Widdrington. Inventory of the goods and chattells of the said Henry Widdrington of Nether trewhitt, in the Countie of Northumberland, gentleman, died seized of the seventh day of December, 1625, viewed, valued and prized by six in defferent men for that purpose, viz., Thomas Orde of Thropton spitle, gentleman, John Ripley of Ritton, gentleman, Gawin Claveringe, Michael Hymers, John Thornton and Thomas Reiveley, taken the 14th day of June, 1626, as foloweth :-At Trewhitt: 300 ozen at forty shillings a piece, 60l. 8 stotts at forty shillings, 16l. Foure Kyne at five nobles, 5l. 6s. 8d. Three sturdy quies, 11. 10s. Two nagges and a mare, 6l. At Osway ford: Twenty five kyne and calfes, five nobles each, 411. 13s. 4d. Five yeeld kyne, 8l. 6s. 8d. Five kyne, 8l. 6s. 8d. Nineteen two yeare olds at 30s. 6d., 34l. 4s. Od. Twenty one yeare olds at twenty shillings, 211. Two bulls, 31. 6s. 8d. Seventy-two weathers at six shillings a piece, 211. 12s. Od. Six topes, 11. 4s. Od. Ninety lambes, 91. Ninety four gimmer and dinmonds, 181. 16s. Five score and fifteene ewes, 23l. Three mares

There is a pedigree of the family of Potts of Holystone printed in Arch. Ael., 3rd ser., iv., 124.

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and a folle, 7l. 10s. Od. Three young colts, 21. 10s. Sixteene
swine, 21. 13s. 4d. Att Trewhitt: Five Rye stackes in the yarde,
16l. Five oatt stackes, 51. Two peese stackes, 11. 12s. One bigge
stack, 21. 13s. 4d. Emplements of husbandry, 4l. Ten Kyne and
fortie ewes and lambs sold to pay the rent at Whitsontide,
391. 108. Four rye stacks taken in before the value hereof, 20l.
Five bigg stacks, 19l. 10s. Od. Seven oatt stacks, 211. Eleven
pees stacks, 10l. 6s. 8d. A note of household stuffe at Trewhitt:
One longe table, 11s. Three kubberts, 30s. Three little tables,
6s. Three bedsteades, 6s. 8d. Fower chists, 5s. 4d.
Three
chaires, 6s. A dozen buffet stooles, 12s. Two longe formes, 18d.
One litle table, 6d. Three featherbeds, 20s. Sixe paire of
blankets, 9s. Sixteene paire of sheets, 31. Tenn coverletts, 10s.
Three bowlsters and fower pillirs, 8s. One dozen of linen pillibers,
9s. Three linen table clothes, 8s. Two dozen of table napkins,
9s. Three carpen clothes, 4s. Four brasse potts, 13s. 4d.
Three pans, 3s. One brewinge cetle, 10s.
Three litle cetles, 10s.
Sixteene piece of pewder vessell, 13s. 4d.
Tow pewder pots, 4s.
Fower pewder candlesticks, 2s. 6d. Three salt sellers, 18d. A
bason and a ure, 5s. A dozen of pewder spoones, 12d. Three
chamber potts, 3s. 4d. Tow dozen of trenchers, 8d. Tow speates,
tow barrs and tow crookes, 3s. Tow pewder bowles, 12d. Fower
quishiones, 16d. One brewing tubb and a gyle fatt, with other
implements of wood vessels belonging to them, 6s. Debts oweing
to the deceased: Agnes Collingwood of Trewicke, 16s. From
Edward Spraggon of Bickerton, 3s. 9d. Thomas Davyson of
Newton, 40s. Young lairde Anderson of Ribsdaile, 21. 19s. 9d.
George Fletcher of Evystanes, 12s. To Matthew Hall of Davy-
sheel, 7s. David Henderson of Davysheel, 14s. 5d. John Brown
of Brighouses, 8s. George Pott of Tosson, 2s. Robert Coxson
of Whaton, 17s. Total, 160l. 6s. 3d.

Admon. granted 1st July, 1626.
Margaret Widdrington,
Widow, renounced Admon. Granted to Henry Widdrington,
Gentleman, for the use of Oswald Widdrington, Michael, Robert
and Roger Widdrington, children.

ROBERT WARCOP.1

Oct. 14, 1626. In the name of Gode, I, Robert Warcop, of Streatlam, within the Countie of Durham, Gent., sick in bodie. To be buried in Barnardcastle Church, if it please god I dye or be disolved att this tyme. Whereas I bought Unthank of one Christopher Sigswick and Henry Sigswick to me and myne for

The testator, son of Thomas Warcop of Tanfield, co. York, was bur. at Barnard Castle, 18 March, 1625/6; his sister, Anne, bur., 4 Feb., 1653/4, also at that place, mar. Thomas Bowes (matric. Fell. Com. at St. John's Coll., Cambs., c., 1591, admitted to Gray's Inn, 22 Oct., 1595, of Chelsea, 1607, bur., at Barnard Castle, 12 June, 1636), their son, Talbot Bowes, bapt. at Richmond, 29 May, 1603, was also bur. at Barnard Castle, 6 Dec., 1654.

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