LL17/80

Probate of will of John Collop of Whitechapel, yeoman.

1 Nov 1634, proved 29 Jan 1635/6

From: 1634 To: 1636

To be buried at Flitwick 'as nigh by father Henry Collop as may be'. Freehold and copyhold lands in Flitwick 'which my selfe with the rest of the tenants there have compounded for with the Maior, Cominalty and Citizens of London,' who have contracted with King for purchase' yet the assurance staid by reason of some defects in passinge thereof, and to be again surrendered and repassed by or to the said contractors, as by a composition in the said tenants custody appeareth, whereof my parts to be paid both for my copyhold and leasehold in fee-farms did amount unto £40 by a rate made by the said tenants, although I had but lately renewed a lease for 31 yeares, wherof I payd as parte by their consents to Mr Iremonger for pleading their cause 10 shillings, to Mr Blofield my kinsman, John Farey and William Jackson about that time when they had payd in parte of their money forty shillinges and to the dorekeeper at Guildhall 12d. In all 51 shillinges and remaineth to be paid £37.9s. By vertue of which composition grant or contract I doe give and bequeath as followeth' (Sic). To wife Ann, Conygreefield close, all conies in manor of Flitwick (except property surrendered to Hugh Reeve by order of Barons of Exchequer) till son Henry attains 24 years; is not to cut above 3,000 turf per annum; remainder to 3rd son George on death of Henry. If Henry is married at 24 and comes to live at Flitwick, wife Ann, with 6 months notice, to move into the old houses, Henry first making fit 2 rooms adjoining the rest of the houses for her, regarding the rest for her cattle, fencing in the garden plots on South and North with the fruit trees 'as it was when my father dwelt therein', paying her £8 per annum and allowing her to keep 2 cows, 2 hogs, 6 sheep 'as he keepeth his own', and 2 loads of fern and 3,000 turfs. Proviso that if wife is unwilling to accept bequest, may have 20 marks per annum in lieu,' and she to live with her friends as shee pleaseth'. If wife Ann re-marries she shall quit Conygree field and Henry to give her £13,6s.8d. per annum for life. If she shall 'stubbornly refuse' to do this, bequest to her void, 'shee to take the thirds of my landes as shee cann gett it'. To youngest son George, messuage in East End, late occupied John Bevin and purchased by testor of Reginald Goldsmith. To 2nd son John 'being nominated a scholler in the Charterhouse', £10. To daughter Katherine, £20, 3 silver bear-bowls, 1 silver bowl going with a screw, 1 inlaid bedstead with curtains and vallance, of green say, best featherbed, 2 bolsters, flockbed, pair of blankets, green rug, 2 best pillow-beers and pillows, 6 pairs of sheets, cupboard which was my brother Edmund Collop's, great brass pot, 'next lesse'. To daughter Elizabeth £10. Residue of lands to son Henry. Residue of goods to wife Ann and son Henry. Encloses lists of debts, appoints kinsman John Farey of Flitwick and Thomas Arnold of Ampthill to sell 1 acre wood and farmhouse and buildings occupied John Cranwell, without the land, with other land sufficient to pay debts, unless sister Buswell, on behalf of her sister Ann and children, will undertake to satisfy debts, lest some of the mortgaged lands should be forfeited. To John Farey and Thomas Arnold, 40s each. (Sic) Witnesses: Edmund Kynnesman, Robert Horne. Schedule of debts appended.

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Collop, John,
Collop, Henry,
Iremonger,
Blofield,
Farey, John,
Jackson, William,
Collop, Ann,
Reeve, Hugh,
Collop, George,
Bevin, John,
Goldsmith, Reginald,
Collop, Katherine,
Collop, Edmund,
Collop, Elizabeth,
Arnold, Thomas,
Cranwell, John,
Buswell,
Kynnesman, Edmund,
Horne, Robert

wills, PROBATE, Whitechapel, yeoman, FLITWICK