ABP/R13/85

Folio 65 - Joan Emonson widow of Elvestowe, widow, made 12 Dec. 1556, pr. 18 Mar. 1556/7. Soul to almighty God her maker and redeemer, and her body to be buried in churchyard of Elnestowe by her husband. To mother church of Lincoln 2d.. To daughter Elizabeth and the heirs of her body the house where testator now dwells with the close and 3 roods lying together at [?]Colling Lane End , but if Elizabeth should die before she is married, then the properties to be sold for the most amount possible, and the money to be divided between testator’s children save for 20s. which is to be done for the souls of testator, her husband, and all Christians. To the same daughter a featherbed, bedstead and hangings that belong to it, a mattress, 2 pair of sheets one flaxen and one harden, a covering or carpet and a bolster, a platter, a pewter dish and a latten basin, a latten ewer, a bell candlestick, a latten chafing dish, a new brass pan, a brass pot, a spit, a pair of andirons, a gridiron, the hangings in the hall, an ambry, an iron in the chimney to hang pots on with 2 long hooks, a pair of pot hooks, a folding table and a form, a close chair, an ark, a woollen wheel and a linen wheel and 2 cushions. To Elizabeth also her cow and all her raiment and linen save her “workaday gere” which is to be given to the poor where most need is. To Robert and his heirs one acre in Brampton and the crop from it, and the crop of the half acre for one year, and her son John to have the crop of the other half acre. To son Robert a bedstead, a mattress, 2 pillows, 3 sheets (one flaxen), a covering, a brass pan, a platter, a pewter dish, a bell candlestick, a pewter basin, and the pot that his Grandam gave him, a table that stands on the bench in the hall with a table cloth, a form and one ewe sheep. To her son John and his heirs testator’s house or cottage on the south side of her gate with so much ground in the yard to lay his wood, that is to say “even with the house to the cow hous end” and one half acre in Partrewell Forlonge next the Ridde saving one land. Testator’s calf to be weaned and John to have it, and also a bedstead, a mattress, a bolster, 3 sheets, a covering, a kettle the biggest that is best that will mash a peck of malt, a platter, a pewter dish, a bell candlestick, the best latten basin, a folding table, and the form that goes with it, a towel, a long legged brass pot that his grandmother gave him, and one wether sheep. To her son William and his heirs one broad land in Blacpites being one acre . All her timber that lies abroad is to be sold and the money divided equally amongst her children, but the timber that lies in the house is to go to her daughter Elizabeth. The brushwood in her close is to be given to the poor people. Residue to be divided amongst her children. Executors to be George Wawton gentleman and Henry Ballard. Witnesses William Dove/Done, Elizabeth Ballard, John Emerson.

12 December 1556 - 18 March 1556/7

From: 1556 To: 1557

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Emonson, Joan,
Emonson, Elizabeth,
Emonson, John,
Emonson, Robert,
Emonson, William,
Dove, William,
Done, William Stafford,
Wawton, George,
Ballard, Henry,
Ballard, Elizabeth,
Emerson, John

Joan will: Emonson, widow, burial, churchyard, money, HOUSING, DEATH, MARRIAGE, masses for the dead, cattle, CHILDREN, household furniture, household decoration, household furnishings, pewter, wool, linen, POVERTY, charity, wood, timber, gentleman, ELSTOW, Lincoln, Brampton [Huntingdonshire]