Reference
ABP/R6/14
Title
Folio 14 - Robert Drabull of Melcheburne.
Date free text
made 26 Nov. 1539, proved 4 Feb. 1539/40
Production date
From: 1539 To: 1540
Scope and Content
Burial in the churchyard aforesaid. To church of Lincoln 4d.; to the high altar 12d.; to the church of Melcheburn' 2s.; for a trental 10s.; to his burial 26s. 8d..
To wife Jane 11 quarters of barley, 3 milch beasts, 3 bullocks, a mare, 20 sheep, and all the household stuff that was her own.
To son George all horses and the gear belonging to both plough and cart, 2 shod carts, and all his crops, which are charged with the payment to his wife of the 11 quarters of barley.
To son George also all the tilth throughout the fields, 6 milch beasts, 3 bullocks, four score sheep, a great pot, a great pan, a posnet, 2 little pans, a chafing dish, a brass mortar and all the implements and household stuff, both in the house and in the yard.
To John Drabull a brass pot and 20 sheep.
To the three children of Thomas Barnes, to each 2 sheep and a bullock of the last year's weaning.
To the children of William Drabull a ewe and a lamb.
To Thomas Borne and his wife 10 sheep.
To William Bowthwey 3 sheep and a 2 year old bullock.
To Robert Stambulden 2 ewes and 2 lambs and a year old bullock.
Residue to son George who is to be an executor together with Richard Nele and John Marshall, who are each to have 2s.. Overseer Thomas Barne, to have 2s.
Witnesses: Henry Plummer, John Wroo, John Adam.
Language
English
Level of description
item