ABP/R13/109

Folio 89 - Register copy will of John Stringer of Howghton Regis made 7 Apr. pr. 17 May 1557.

7 April - 17 May 1557

From: 1557 To: 1557

Soul to Almighty God, our blessed lady St. Mary and all the holy company of heaven, and burial in churchyard of Alsanctes in Howghton. To high altar there for tithes forgotten 8d.; to mother church of Lincoln 1d.; to Sepulchre light 2d.. Wife Elizabeth to have all his lands and tenements both freehold and customary for nine years so that she can bring up his children and pay his debts, and at the end of the 9 years son Thomas is to have the properties except for the copyhold land, which Elizabeth shall have for her lifetime, and a surrender of the same to these uses has been given into the hands of William Hardinge and Thomas Hawkyns, and she is to keep up repairs. In the second year of the said 9 years son Thomas is to have 3 acres of barley to be chosen on Lammas day by two men, one chosen by wife and the other by Thomas. The following are to be kept as standards in his house: a table, a frame, a chair, a bench board, the bench cloth, 2 troughs, 2 pot hangers as they are in the chimney, all the ash timber, a long legged brass pot, a pair of pot hooks, 2 bedsteads in the loft and a long cart which wife Elizabeth can have the use of until the wheels are broken, and then she is to give the cart, the tire and the rails to Thomas. A plough with all the ironwork belonging to it (viewed by indifferent men) is to be given at the end of 9 years to son Thomas.. Sons John and William Stringer to be given 2 quarters of barley at the age of 10 years. To daughter Margeret his lesser coffer, a [?]cradle, an aumbry, a “breighte” pan, and 2 pewter platters which were testator’s own, also a bell candlestick, a black seamed sheet, a pillow bere, and at the age of 10 two quarters of barley. To Margaret Hawe a pair of sheets, a basin, a pewter platter. Residue to wife Elizabeth, and she to be executrix, with supervisors Michael Grey and John Smythe. Witnesses sir John Cowper curate, Robert Eme, Thomas Hawkyns and John Eme.

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Stringer, John,
Stringer, Elizabeth,
Hardinge, William,
Hawkyns, Thomas,
Stringer, William,
Stringer, Margeret,
Hawe, Margeret,
Grey, Michael,
Smythe, John,
Cowper, John,
Eme, Robert,
Eme, John

John will: Stringer, burial, churchyard, tithes, money, chantry lights, debt, barley, household furniture, household furnishings, carts, ploughs, pewter, curates, HOUGHTON REGIS, Lincoln