This Will has been most difficult to transcribe, there are many ommissions and probably wrong conclusions in the transcription.
[WILL:]
[BACK:]
Kendall
John Rawes Testamt[?]
of Appelwhat pish [parish]
Kendall -- & --o
of ----- Ao 1597
in ------- -o-
& A----- --
[on side:]
Jno Rawes wiil )
& Inventory ) iijl vjd
of M--indes )
[FRONT:]
01/ In the name of God amen the xxviith daye of maye in the yeare of our Lord God 1597 I John Rawes of
02/ Appelwhat [modern spelling is applethwaite] in the countye of Westmrland sore vexed wyth secknes and fearyng the payne of death and
03/ as yet god be praysed in good and pfytt [perfect] remeberance make this to be my testament & last wyll
04/ in maner and fourme folowyng ffirst I geve and bequeayth my soull in to the mercifull hands of All
05/ mygythe [almighty] god trysteyng in hym that my soulle shalbe saved // And I wyll that my bodye to be buried[?] in
06/ my p[ar]ish churchyard of Wynander [Windermere] my payeing my debts for the same; // Itm I wyll that Annes[?] my wyf have
07/ hir wedowryght [widowright] of all my tenement & hereditmt[?] wyth all other the appertenances their unto beloungyng
08/ that I am in possision of at the makeying hereof / and after hir movable estat I wyll that Robert rawes my
09/ eldest sonne give my said tenement and frehold[?] wyth all the appertynances their unto pertaynyng or in
10/ anye wyse belongyng // And for the --- said tenement I the said John Rawse do by this my last wyll & testament apoynt
11/ and assynge my said sonne Robert Rawys for to paye or cause to be payed cometh[?] of my said tenement
12/ ten pounds in lawfull monye of england to my chyldren as hereafter is specifyed // that is to wett [wit]
13/ I wyll that my said sonne Roberte rawes shall paye / to my thre chyldren Wyllm Rawes myles rawes
14/ and James rawes or to their assignes ixl ijs in lawfull monye of England on[?] thee canelinge [Candlemass?] dayes next after my said
15/ sonne Robertte or his yssue have paid the proffytt also all occupants of my said tenement one parte
16/ yeare next after my wyf wedowryght [widowright] be givene possesion other[?] yeares dayes in the said thre yeare iiil but that
17/ under one of them be --yrb- cometh at ---e daye of payment aforesd the said sume according to the the
18/ ten Intent[?] & making thereof / And xxs to be payed to James Rawes my sone and Elizabeth
19/ my daughter that is to eyther of them x- if that they doe come in to this &
20/ dem-and[?] the same No's[?] said xx- ----- next of the said xl // Also yt is my mynd & wyll
21/ that yf anye of my aforsaid thre children wyllm Rawes Myles Rawes or James Rawes
22/ dye soneth of this world before this pos---- of monye affore named shall fall unto their
23/ Heir I wyll that I give posesion ---- ---th shall Remayn to the other ------yth / Yf
24/ they at that tyme be not come to marry age but yf theyr be come to marry age
25/ before ye full dow to be payed unto them / I give them so ever ht is dew to them
26/ I wyll they be -- chryst[?] to doo wysh yt what thaye then I best // Item I give
27/ To Robertte my sonne & my dear wife my plowe[?] & ---- lease / pa--es and preying ----
28/ Itm I geve to Mylles my sonne my sisew[?] colt / my ----- chyst // And I give to Myles
29/ my sonne my tenter or part of the -man -ekae & theresoned / -------- ------ / And
30/ I wyll Roberts daughter Jane or Same[?] / and rest[?] of all my goods for once my debt be dyscharged
31/ gave[?] and they-[?] and my -- chyldren Roberte Wyllm Myles & James / or --ther
32/ theyr equallis emunge the them // And so------- is even shall leave & Remayne of
33/ my[?] they & my s[e]v[er]all expence dyscharged // I wyll that my thre Chyldren Willm
34/ Myles and James have yt equeallid emoburse theme // And I make Agnes my wyfe
35/ and Robert Rawes my sonne to be my executure of my testament and last wyll // declaryng
36/ henr birkhead & Robert birkhead to be the supervyssors of this my testament & last wyll
37/ to heilp[?] E to that yt maye be fulfyllid & kept[?] according to the true intent & meanyng
38/ hereof / And I gyve to some or either of them only for this purpose[?] lasting[?] I herein
39/ Recorde and wytnesse of this testament and wyll above wrytten
40/ John Rawes[?]
41/ Lanaclot Ratman[?]
[INVENTORY:]
This is the True Inventorie of
all the goods & chatles movable
& unmovable of John Rawes
of Aplethat in the p[a]r[i]sh of
Windermer & lat of Kendal
compyled by vs foure troue
men vis Robert Phillipson
Robert birkhead Stephen Rawes
& Adame birkhead the xxjth day
of June in Anno Domi 1597
Imprimis in fuume xxxijs
Itm one foal[?] xxxiijs iiid
Itm in sheepe ixs
Itm in wooll & yarne iijs
Itm in bouse & pewter xvjs
Itm in Arkes & one fish--[?] vs
Itm in June --yre xvis
Itm in wollen vesstes vs jd
Itm in wheells & caul[?] ijs
Itm in bedinge & bedclockes xijd
Itm in clothes othere mertere[?] xijd
Itm tow spades one payre ox[?]
Expences & thereboud- vs
Itm syves & ridles vjd
Itm tow hernes[?] viijd
Itm one ploughe p----- potty xijd
Itm one nodle[?] vid
Itm one tenter ijs
Itm in Roppes[?] Robing[?] satn--e--es xvjd
Itm his expence vijs
& --- totalis [entire] xiijl xiiijs ijd
Debts owinge by me be paid
John Rawes
Imprimus to Willm Richardson xvijs iiijd
To James Idle[?] ijs
To his sonne Robert Rawes xxxiiis iiijd
To Adam birkhead xs
To Hughe birkhead ijs xiijd
To his sonne Willm vs
expences at his buriale iijs iiijd
& --- totalis [entire] iiil viijs xiiijd
Debte owinge unto me the
said John Rawes
of John Robinson xxs of Robt Rawes xiijl xiiid
NOTES:
1560 Wynnandermyer (Windermere) W. son of Will.
Rawe, Robert Raw, Richard Rawes, Robert Rawes.
1574 Appelwheit (Applethwaite) No free tenants, Tenants are by Tenantright rendered yearly.
Robert & William Rawes, 3 acres; George Rawes, 3 acres; John Rawes, 2 acres; Richard Rawes, 3 acres.
Applethwaite is a Constablewick in the parish of Windermere.
Pedigree and information deduced from the Will.
[JOHN]
RAWES = Annes/Agnes
of Applethwaite |
died 1597 |
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ROBERT ELIZABETH WILLIAM MYLES JAMES
=
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JANE
Other people mentioned in the Will and Inventory.
- Adam Birkhead.
- Hughe Birkhead.
- Robert Birkhead.
- John Robinson.
- Stephen Rawes.
- William Richardson.
- Robert Phillipson
Transcribed from the original by Julian Rawes, 2015