[Sheet one - reverse of Will:]
Kendall 10 Feb 1637
Testm Mylouis Rawes
nup de Orrestyeat
parh de Windermer
def pbat
Vt Intus[?]
W Inv Bd [Will Inventory Obligation]
[Sheet one - Will:]
In the name of God Amen The sixth day of November in Anno Dm 1637 I Miles Rawes of Orrestyeat in the Parrish
of Windermer and County of Westmorland Sheerman sicke in my mortall bodye but of good and perfect rememberance praised be God to the same doe make
and ordaine this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following. ffirst I give and bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty
God my Creator fully trusting and steadfastlye believing throughe meritte Death and passion of Jesus Christ myni[?] alone Saviour and onely
Redeemer to have remission of all my sinnis and my souli to inheritt everlasting life And my bodye to be buryed in Windermer
churchyard with all accustomed duetye thereunto belonging. Itm it is my will and mynd and I doe give my Tenemt att Croftes of the yearly rent
of vid with all Appurtenances thereunto belonging to be sold (after the widow estate of Allice my wife) by my Supervisos hereafter mentioned but att
their discretion unto whom by vertue hereof. I give full power and Authority so grant and convey the same and every part thereof. And I doe
give so my sonne Myles Rawes xl out of the price of the same. And the remayninge of the price thereof I give to be equallie divided amongst
my six children vizt Myles John Agnes Elizabeth Jane and El-- [Allice] And if any of my said six children happen to dye before there part[?] due
portion of the price of the foresaid Tenemt fall due unto them that then it thall equallie be divided amongst the survivors. Item it is my Will
and mynd That all my Debts shalbe discharged out of my whole goodes. And the remaynder to be equallie divided amongst my foresaid six
children: Excepting some foresaid ligacies hereafter expressed vizt I give to my said sonne Myles One tenter One pair of sheereing theeres and
one sheerboard w[hi]ch he liketh best Itm I give to my basebegotten sonne James Rawes xxs to be paid out of my goodes wthin a yeare and a halfe
next after the sayle of the same The rest of all my Goods moveable and unmoveable not bequeathed my Debts legacyes and funerall expences
discharged I give and bequeath to my foresaid sonne Myles and my daughter Jane whom I make joint Executors of this my last will and
Testament Supervisos to see this my last will and Testamt trust fairlie performed I appoint George Dixon my neigbor Thomas Collinson Robert
Byrkett Penrith[?] and John Dixon desyreing them as my full trust is in them for Gode sake to see this my last will and Testamt to the uttmost
of there power faithfully executed. And for their paines to be taken herein I give to every one of them iis recorde hereof George Dixon
Robert Byrkett John Dixon and Willm Robinson.
[Sheet two - Obligation:]
[The first part is in Latin and has not been transcribed. There is very little additional material to that of the Obligation below.]
The Condition of this Obligation is such that I the above bounden
Myles Rawes & Jane Rawes
doe well & truly peruse & forme & fullfill the last Will & Testament of Myles
Rawes late of Applethw. aforesaid their father Deceased
so farr as by law they are bound & as the said deceased goods will extend And
of all the said deceased goods rights credits & cattells exhibit into this Court A
true & pfect Inventorie And also of their execution of the said will & administration
of the said goods & presents from time to time & at all times hereafter make declare
a true & just accompt when thereunto they shalbe lawfully razed as required. And
lastly for ever save & keep harmeles the abovenamed Revd and father in God the
Bishop of Chester his heires & successors & all other this officers & Ministers against
all psons & from all suits casses & said empuities[?] whatsoever by reason of the pr--ss-s
That thou this prsent Obligation to be voyd & of no force or use to remaine & be
in full power & ber---.
Sigillat Signat of deliberat
in prsentia -----.
Willm Robinson
Thomas Harrison
Myles Rawes x his mark
Jane Rawes R her mark
[Sheet three - Inventory:]
Decemb. 7te 1637
The true and p[er]fect Inventorie of
all the goods and Chattells Moveable
and unmoveable of Miles Rawes
of Appeltheat in the Parish of Win
dermere lately deceased aprised by the fo
4 sworne men George Dickson John Phi
lipson Thomas Collinson and Robert
Beckett
Imp[rimis] his apparrell 01 10 0
It. 4 packs & 3 pouks 00 06 0
It. beddinge 02 02 0
It. wooden vessell 00 12 0
It. brass & pewter 01 15 0
It. bedstocke 00 04 0
It. Chests and Arks 00 13 4
It. Axes and hacks 00 02 0
It. plow yeare and other implements 00 12 0
It. brandiron grid=
iron treshea[?]and )
other implements ) 00 07 0
It. wheels cards stud= )
sled[?] and other implemts ) 00 06 0
It. theerboard sheers
stooles and Cushions ) 00 11 0
It. racks and hats[?] 00 00 6
It. plows, holts, shar= )
rowes & other implemts ) 00 04 0
It. saddles, girths )
wantoes & halters ) 00 04 0
It. ropes & other implements 00 06 0
It. 3 kine angheir[?] calues[?] )
and other 6 beasts ) 17 06 8
It. an old horse 00 13 4
It. corne and hay 17 00 0
It. a ladder and timber at Crosses 00 16 0
It. five tenters and )
other implements ) 00 13 0
It. 68 sheepe 17 00 0
It. sirtinge[?] 00 10 0
It. Manure 00 06 0
It. 4 wels 02 04 0
It. 11 stone and 3 )
sertlets and a ) 04 19 0
half of woole )
It. meale and sleth[?] 00 03 4
It. a forke & 3 pens 00 01 4
It. a chest and salt 00 01 4
£
Suma bonorum 71 09 2d
debts owne to the partie )
deceased )
Imp by George Dickson de Brow 19 10 0
It. upon a morgage at Brow 06 00 0
debts owne by the partie
deceased
Imp to John Rawes and Miles Rawes 19 10 0
It. to Wm Longmire 10 00 0
It. to John Philipson 13 00 0
It. to Marke Harrison 02 00 0
It. to Jane Rawes 01 00 0
It. to William Rawes 01 00 0
It. to George Dickson 02 17 4
It. to John Dickson 02 00 0
It. to Robert Williamson 04 00 0
It. to George Ellerie 01 15 0
It. to Miles Makareth 01 00 0
It. to Miles Rawes 04 00 0
It. to Miles Dickson 03 00 0
It. to Thomas Robinson 02 07 4
It. to Jane Rawes 05 00 0
It. to John Rawes 02 00 0
It. to ye wife of Tho: Becket 00 10 0
It. to George Harrison 01 04 0
It. to Tho: Collinsson 00 05 6
It. to Mr Tho: Harringson 03 06 8
It. to Steven Roberts 02 14 0
It. to Thomas Becket 02 16 0
It. to Miles Borwick 01 18 0
It. to Christopher Gravison 00 13 4
It. to Robert Crag 00 02 6
It. to Robert Wollingson 00 09 6
It. to Xtofer Godman 01 00 0
It. to Thomas Brigs 00 02 8
It. to Thomas Bourge 00 01 8
It. to Jane Willimson 02 00 0
It. George Braithwait 01 09 4
£ s d
Summa Vebitorum 8 10 8
NOTES:
- Ark is a chest of coffer.
- Hack is a pickaxe, mattock or large hoe.
- Wantoe (wantow) is a rope for tying things on to a horse.
- Sheerboard in related to shearing of sheep.
- Miles Rawes lived at Orrestyeat in Applethwaite near Windermere. Yeat is an old northern name for a gate.
- Miles mentions his land at Crosses.
- A Robert Rawes was a tenant at the Crosses in 1560 & 1574.
- A William Rawes was a tenant at Crosses in 1570.
- A John Rawes' wife was of the Crosses when she was buried at Bowness 28 July 1622.
- Alice, the wife of Miles Rawes was buried at Bowness on 11 Mar 1657.
- Elizabeth, bap Bowness 2 July 1613, dau of Miles of the Crosses.
- James, bap Bowness 22 Dec 1613, son of Miles Rawes of the Crosses.
- Alice, bap Bowness 25 Mar 1620, dau of Miles Rawes. She married at Bowness 1 May 1644 to George Parke of Calgarth.
- A John Rawes of the Crosses had John, bap Bowness 26 Feb 1660, buried the following year, and Anne bap Bowness 25 Jan 1662.
The Crosses and nearby Hole Head in Applethwaite were occupied by branches of the Rawes Family in the 16th and 17th Centuries.
[Deduced pedigree from the Will.]
Miles = Alice William Rawes
= Raw/Rawes | [bur Bowness]
| A Sheerman of | [11 Mar 1657]
| Orrestyeat in |
----------- Applethwaite in |
| Windermere |
| died 1637 |
| |
natural ------------------------------------------------
| | | | | | |
James Myles John Agnes Elizabeth Jane El--
[bap Bowness] Spinster [Allice]
[2 Jul 1613] in 1637 [bap Bowness]
[25 Mar 1620]
Other people mentioned in the Inventory.
- Robert Beckett.
- Thomas Beckett.
- Thomas Bourge.
- Miles Borwick.
- George Braithwait.
- Thomas Brigs.
- Robert Byrkett.
- John Collinson.
- Thomas Collinson.
- Robert Crag.
- John Dixon.
- Miles Dixon.
- George Dixon of Brow.
- Christopher Gravison.
- George Ellerie.
- Christopher Godman.
- George Harrison.
- Mark Harrison.
- Thomas Harrison.
- William Longmire.
- Miles Makareth.
- John Phillipson.
- Steven Roberts.
- Thomas Robinson.
- William Robinson.
- Jane Williamson.
- Robert Williamson.
- Robert Wollingson.
Transcribed from the original by Julian Rawes, 2016