fryinge pann, 40s. 6d. 2 cupbords, one presser, and a cawell, 20s. 24 milke boules, 2 chirnes, 4 skeles, 4 stands and 3 tubbes, price 10s. One table, 2 formes, one laver, one leavinge trowghe, one chaire, one greater, one temps, 8 theft fatts and 2 quissions, 5s. 6d. 4 secks, 4 pockes, one load saddell, one ridinge sade [sic] and a bridell, 2s. 10d. 2 spets, 2 rackinge crooks, 2 axes, 2 p'sers and one wumble, price 3s. Butter, chese and flesh, 26s. 8d. One spade, 3 mold. racks, one hay spaid, 6 raiks and a paire of tonges, 10d. Bowe, one shafe of arrowes, one sword, one daggar, one stele capp and a lance staffe, 2s. 6d. One carte with wheles, 5s. 2 swine-hogges, one goose, one gander, ducks, mallerts, hennes and cocks, 12s.

Debts owing to him: William Bilton, 20s. Thomas Deanhame, 20s. John Smythson, 16s. James Sigswicke, 20s. Simpson wiffe of Cockerton, 18d. John Richardson of Bolame, 16d. Summa total. 631. 6s. 3d.

WILL OF JOHN PARKIN.

[1587.] John Parkinn of Barnardcastle. My corpse to be buryed in the churchyeard of Barn[ard]-castle. I geve unto my 2 doughters all my houshold stuffe, that is to say, puder and brasse vessell, bedds, bedclothes and all other wood vessell. I geve to my said doughters my 2 old meares and 4 kye and 5 whyes, and all the apperell that was there mother's and there sister's. I geve unto my sonne John my bay stagg. I geve unto my 2 sonns, Myles and John, all my land and leases in Barnardcastle and my fermehold in Lertinton, jointlye and equallye to be devided betwixt them. I geve unto my sonne Peter ten shillings in the yere to be payd to him by the foresayd Myles and John yearlye induringe his lyffe if he doe not sell it nor turne it over to som other. My debts payd and my funeralls discharged, I doe make my 2 said sonns, Myles and John, my hole and full executors. Witnesses, Thomas Cocke, curate, Lionell Jackson, Bartill Kiplin, Henrye Abram. [Pr. Feb. 3, 1587/8.]

INVENTORY praysed by Bryan Hutchinson, Christofer Bowswell,. Henry Brunskell and Thomas Parkin. First Potts, kettells and other brasse vessel, 31. All his puder vessell, 22s. An ambrye, a cawell, bedstocks, tubbes, bourdes, chaires, with all other woode implements within the house, 40s. Tonges, spete, with other iron implements, 6s. 8d. Coverletts, sheets, blankets with all other furniture belonging the bed, 20s. All his apperell, 13s. 4d. Sacks and poakes, 3s. 4d. Lynnen clothe, yarne and towe, 33s. 4d. 77. 10s. 5 younge newte, 57. 10s. 2 meares and a stagg, 53s. 4d..

A lease of a shopp and a fermhold, 36s. 8d.
Debts oweing to him: 37s. 1d.

4 kye,

Debts which he owes: 51. 10s. So remaineth: 231. 6s. 91d.

WILL OF THOMAS WILKINSON.1

Jan. 24, 1587/8. Thomas Wilkeson of Nether Buston, in the parish of Warkworth, yeoman. My body to be buried in the parish church of Warkworth. I give to my wife, Agnes Wilkeson, the third part of my goods. I give to my eldest son, William Wilkeson, one cow and a boule of malt. To my second son, Robert Wilkeson, and his heirs lawfully begotten, the interest and tenant right of my farmhold. My third son George and my fourth son Thomas. To my daughter, Dorothy Wilkeson, 5 shepe. Robert Hall of Ambell and George Gibson, supervisors.

INVENTORY 247.

WILL OF HENRY DAWSON.

April 14, 1588. Henry Dawson, of the parishe of Sct. Oswoldes, next unto the city of Durham. My bodye to be buryed within the church or church yearde Seynt Oswolde beforesaid.2 I geve unto my wyfe, Margaret Dawson, all my goodes, moveable, etc., duringe hyr naturall lyfe, and when it shall please God to viset hir she to have the distribusion of my said goods amongst my children at her pleasure and as she shall thinke good. I give unto my two sonnes Thomas and Hughe, to ether of theme, 2 silver spones with knoppes. I give to my daughter Margaret, toward hyr mariage, 107. in housewold stofe. I geve unto 4 children of Thomas Bowes, that is, to Herrye, George, Marget and Beale, 2 silver spones. I geve unto my wyff the house in St. Nycholas parish where Isabell Willson now dwelleth duringe hir lyffe, and after hir deseace I give the same house unto my daughter Marget, duringe the lease of the same house. And of this my present testamentt, I make and ordaine the said Margret Dawson, Thomas Dawson, Hughe Dawson, and Marget Dawson, my children, myne executors, and I utterly revolt and annull all and other wills, etc. This witnesses, William Wright, Anthoney Barton, Charles Moberley, vicar of St. Oswolds. I give unto Margaret, my wyfe, the house wherein I doe dwell during hir lyffe, and after her decease shee to give and dispose the same accordinge to hir will and pleasure. Witnesses hereof, Anthoney Barton, Charles Moberley.

INVENTORY 367. 12s. 2d.

A pedigree of the family of Wilkinson of High and Low Buston is given in the new History of Northumberland, vol. v. p. 217.

2 1588, April 12 (sic). Herre Dawson buried. Durham.

Register of St. Oswald's,

WILL OF THOMAS HONDLEY.

July 15, 1588. Thomas Hondley, clerk, vicar of Woodhorne.1 My bodie to be buried in Woodhorne churche, under the table, where have often celebrat the holie communion, to my great comfort; and yf it shall please God, that I die not at Woodhorne, then I will that my bodie shall be buried wher I die, at the discretion of my wife and my supervisors, in such convenient place, as shall please them, being assured through the ryghteousnes, deathe and passion of our Sauviour Christ, and shedding of his most precious blood, that I shall have full remission and forgiveness of all my sinnes and eternall life. To Thomas, Jacob, Edward, Samuell and Moyses Hondley, my sonnes, all my bookes, as well those which I have at Woodhorne, as also those which I have in Hallifax vicaridge, in the custodie and keping of Richard Midgeley. To my said sonnes all my whole apparrell, with all my horse furniture, that is to saie, a jacke, plaite sleves, gautlett, steele capp, foure dagges, one curriet and three swordes. To Dyna, my wife, the third of all my goodes, etc., and my children to be under hir tuicion until they come to age. To everie one of my said sonnes, 201. To my doughters, Katheren and Grace Hondley, to either of them, 207. To my other doughters, Susana and Rebecca Hondley, to either of them, 101. For my purchase that I made in Newcastele, beinge goodes and chattels, I will it be praised among the rest of my goodes, and my wife to have all the houses duringe her life, and then to go to the next heire male of my bodie. The rest of my goodes, etc., to my daughters Katheren and Grace, whom I make executors. And I desior the worshippfull and my deare frendes, Mr. Doctor Pilkington and Mr. Doctor Colmor,2 to be supervisors.

INVENTORY. Oct. 24, 1588. His apparele, 107. Sixe chistes and 2 coffers, 33s. 4d. 8 bedsteddes, 30s. 2 tables, 1 long board and 6 formes, 13s. 4d. In butter and honye, 31. 6s. 8d. In oyle and sope, 10s. Foure stone of hempe, 10s. One stone and a half of wooll, 6s. 8d. 1 almebrie and 1 cupborde, 16s. 40 cheeses, 20s. Tubbes, barrels, with other implements, 30s. 1 cawell, 2 lint brakes and a payre of muster stones, 3s. 4d. Thre ranges and 2 spites with other implementes of iron, 15s. 3 fether bedes with 3 boulsters, 50s. 5 payre of blanketes, 13s. 8d. 10 happinges, 16s. 8d. 6 fether coddes, 10s. 3 matrices, 10s. 1 greene coveringe for a bedd, 6s. 8d. 1 carpett clothe, 12d. Hanginges about the chamber, 6s. 8d. 4 cuishinges, 2s. 3 chamber pottes, 2s. 6d. 4 cheires, 2s. Pewder vessell, 11s. 2 bult clothes and 2 heclles, 3s. 8d. 3 lance staves with a bill staffe, 4s. 1 halbert and 1 speere, 3s. Pannes, pottes and kettels, 24s. 1 twoe-handed sword, and 2 short swordes, 20s.

Thomas Henley, Handley or Hondley was vicar of Woodhorn from 1569 until his death in 1588.

2 Clement Colmore, D. C.L., rector of Brancepeth, 1584; rector of Gateshead, 1588; canon of Durham, 1590; died June 18, 1619.

1 gunne, 4 dagges and 2 steele cappes, 40s. 10 saches, and 1 window clothe, 138. 6d. Bed hanginges, 28. One plowe, 6 yokes, 3 iron teames, 2 culters and 2 sockes, 13s. 4d. Waynes and 1 oxe harrowe, 288. 8d. Fyve turtle cockes and 2 henes, 10s. 7 swyne and 12 geese, 36s. 8d. 6 hyves of bees, 18s. 1 whyte geldinge, 87. 1 horse and 1 mare, 47. Corne in the stacke-yard, 407. the stacke-yard, 407. 38 shepe, 57. 10 kyne, 157. 7 stirkes, 37. 10s. 4 oxen, 87. 8 stone of lynt, 32s. 10 goates, 20s. 6 poundes of waxe, 10s. Certayne goodes at Newcastell: Three oversee bedes, 67. 1 mantill, 208. I payre of blanketes, 8s. 18 yards of woollen clothe, 18s. 8 quishinges, 16s. 1 greene carpett clothe, 6s. 4 yards of vylett carsey, 16s. A dressen clothe, 16d. 37 peece of pewter vessels, 28s. 3 pewter candellstickes and a lattin salt, 6s. 8d. One dosen of sylver spounes, 37. Two sylver goblettes, percele gylt, 20 ounces in weight, 57. In napperie, 407. Houses in Newcastell, 607. Debtes owing to the testator, 927. 5s. 8d. Summa totalis, 341l. 13s. 6d.

WILL OF ROBERT ELRINGTON.

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Sept. 9, 1588. Robert Elringeton of Elringeton, of the parishe of Hayden.1 To be buried in the quere within my parishe churche of Hayden. To John Smithe of Anecke, my browne meare, with one branded stott going at Hayden with John Tadcastell, and also one oxe in the handes of Raynold Carnabye of Nobbock, one branded riged cowe, which is at my owne howse, with one white flecked cowe and calfe, in the handes of Rowland Nobell. To Janet Cowson, a branded whye, in the tenor of Alexander Cragges. To John Cowson of Elrington, a branded whie, in George Tadcastell handes, of the Deyns. To Thomas Cowson, a branded cowe, with hir calfe. Jane, the wife of Robert Forest, a branded cowe and a calfe. my syster, Elizabeth Elrington, a black cowe and a calf, in the handes of William Rydley of Baggery, and a riged stott. To Roger Armstrong, a cowe in his owne custodye. To my servant, Cristye Clerk, a branded cowe and calfe and a branded whie. To Ellen Clerk, a black cowe. To Cristye Clerk, a cubbord, in the handes of Thomas Jackson of Hexham. All the rest of my goodes, etc., I geve and legate to my syster's sonne, William Robsone, whom I make executor. I appoynt Allexander Cragge of Elrington to be tutor to the said William Robsone.

INVENTORY OF JAMES DODDS.

Oct. 25, 1588. INVENTORIE Of James Dodds of Newcastell, tanner. At Elswicke, a hirdle of baffines in the yard and on other in the burne, 10s. 4 olde quisions and on vallewer, 16d. On pair of curtings of yallowe and blew sarsenett with a paire of flyers, 10s.

2 dosen of silver spones, weainge 26 ounces and on half at 4s. per ounce, 57. 68. 2 saltes of silver, parcell gilte, the lesser hath a cover, they way 14 ounces and a quarter, at 4s. per ounce, 57s. On lyttell copp or pece of silver, weinge 3 ounces and a half, at 4s. the ounce, 14s. On masser sett with silver; which silver waithe 4 ounces, 16s. 3 silver spones, 10s. 13 bowles of hardcorne called massilinne corne sowen upon the grounde.

WILL OF ANTHONY ELLIS.

Jan. 7, 1588/9. Anthonie Eles of Whorleton. My body to be buryed in the chappell yeard of Barnard-castle with all maner of service and dueties to be done for me as is nowe dailie accustomed. I give to my sister, Allisone Bell, one sheepe hogge. I give to my sister's daughter, Esabell Menvell, one sheep hogge. All the rest of my goods and chattalls, moveable and unmoveable, my debts and funerall expences beinge deducted, I give and bequeth them to my wiffe, Margarett Eles, and to my two sonnes, Robert Eles and John Eles, whom I make joyntely together executors of this my presente last will and testament. In witnesse hereof, Anthonie Menvell and Thomas Heighlie, with others.

WILL OF MATTHEW FORSTER.

May 6, 1589. At Bamburgh. Mathew Forster. To be bureed in the quear of Bamburgh, with my mortuary dew to the Quene's Majestie. My howse, which I do now dwell in to my sonne Mathew Forster and to his heares male lawfully begotten, and failling such, to my sonne Silvester Forster and to his heares, and failing such, to John Forster of Newham and his heares, and failling such, to Richard Forster's four men children of Tuggale Hall, to be equallie devyded amangst them. My burgage lying in th'east end of the towne, to my dowghter Annas Forster and to hir heares for ever.

Debtes which this testator dothe owe: To Oswold Younghusband, for 1 bole of wheat, and a bole of malt, 16s. To Robert Swan of Burton, for a bole of malt, 8s. To Mathew Stanton of Shoston, for a bole of malt, 8s. To James Cowdone of Edinburghe, for one hogshead of wyne, to be payed at Lambas, 47. 10s.

Goodes belonging to this testator: Thre kyne and 1 calf, 37. Four yowes and 4 lambes, pryse of everie yow, 4s. I geve by legasie to my doughter Elizabethe, 1 hog and 1 lamb. And these thre kyne, with the four yowes and four lambes, to be equallie devyded betwixt my wyfe and her children. And I doe make my wyfe, Mabell Forster, my sole executrix. Before these witnesses, Thomas Browne, John Watson, James Bowden and Patrick Broock, clark.

'The testator seems to have been a member of the family of Forster of Newham, whose pedigree is printed in the new History of Northumberland, vol. i. p. 276.