In the brew-hoose lofte: 1 table, 1 olde bedstead and 1 olde coopbord, 6s. 8d., two morters, 3s. 4d., 8 stone of lymite [sic], 40s. In the kytchinge: A payre of irone racks, a porre, 2 payre of tonges, two fryinge pannes, 4 speatts, 4 crooks, 4 brasse potts, 2 caldrens, 2 kettels, 4 pannes, 4 candlesteaks, 16 peases of pewther vessell and 4 washinge toobbes, 38s. 8d.

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A longe swoord, a shorte swoord, a gylted dagre, 11 staves, 4 goones, 2 pystalls, 2 steall capps, 2 jackes, 2 preavye coates, 2 payre of plate brytches, 2 payre of plate sleaves, 2 payre of plate stokens, 67. 13s. 4d. 3 feather bedds, 2 matresses, 2 roogs, 12 coverletts, 8 happings, 6 payre of blanketts, 2 carpetts, 10 payre of coarse sheattes, 6 quisshens, 2 chamber potts, 77. 10s. 12 yards of howswyfe cloathes, 30s. Narowe cloathes for courtings to bedde, 7s. In ewes 3 penns, 1 toope with saide ewes, 217. In hogges, 97. 9s. kyne with 11 calves, 327. 4 stottes, 47. 14 younge stirkes and whyes, 97. 6s. 8d. 24 oxene, 487. 1 lytle nagge, 30s. 13 yokes for oxen, 9 irone sommes, 3 bolts and 3 sheakles, 20s. 6 plowes, 9s. 3 coultrs and 3 soks, 7s. 6d. 3 longe wannes, 2 shorte wannes, 2 irone harrowes and a stead, 31. 6s. 8d. Hard corne in the howse and in the stackeyard, 46 booles, 167. 2s. Hard corne sowen in the ground, 40 booles, 487. Otts sowen, 427. 2 sewes, 2 hoggs, 1 boare and 4 lyttle shotts, 298.

Summ totall: 2697. 14s. 2d.

WILL OF JOHN WILSON.

April 20, 1602. John Wilson. To be buried in Midleton churchyard. To my eldest son, John Wilson, my right, etc., in my tenement, etc., at the Loneinge-head, and my gavelocke, my beste swoorde and dagger and my gray meare. To Peter, my son, my house and garth at the head of hoode. The rest to Peter, Alice and Elizabeth, my children. Whereas my brother in lawe, Edmonde Bainebrigge, did give me all his goods and tenement for the longer liver of him and his wife, after whose deceases the foresayd tenement to returne to his next heir, and I promised to give them meate, drinke and clotheing for their lives payinge yearely to them 10s. yearly. I will that 4 men indifferently chosen shall order the matter. Supervisors, Thomas Bainebrigge and John Neweby, to each of them, 7s. 6d. Το the children of my sonne in lawe, William Lynd, viz., Thomas and Rebecca Lynd, a gymber lambe each. [Pr. Oct. 3, 1603.]

WILL OF THOMAS BECKHAM.

Sept. 27, 1602. Thomas Beckham of Barwike, burges, to be buryed in Barwicke church yard. To my wife, Jane, all my lands in Barwicke and elsewhere for 18 yeares, and if she be with childe with a sonne, I give him the hall howse and the kychine, with the

haye loft and the great stable and the great garden. To my daughter, Margaret Beckham, after the 18 years, the chamber over the hall in the foreside of the strete and the litell garden, the courte yard. To my wife, the shope with both the chambers joyninge to it, at, above and benethe, and the lytel stable and the seller both joyninge together, and a garden which is at the upper end of the great garden. To Margaret, my daughter, tow lytell copes. Overseers, Thomas Walker, and George Ferginson. Witnesses, Thomas Walker, Fowlke Mason, William Cooper, George Higginson, John. Shotton. [Pr. Sept. 29, 1603.]

INVENTORY 107. 16s. 10d.

WILL OF MARMADUKE CHAPMAN.

Dec. 12, 1602. Marmaduke Chapman of Billingham, yeoman.1 To be buried in Billingham church. To the poore, 10s. To my sonne in lawe, Raiphe Trotter and Yssabell, my daughter, his wiffe, 301. To my sonne in lawe, John Lawe, and Jane, my daughter, his wife, 107. To each of my foresaid sonns in law, 10s. To each of Raiphe Trotter's children, 6s. 8d. To Robert Lawe, my daughter Jayne's sonne, 10s. To my godson, Marmaduke Chapman, 40s. and all my landes, tenements, etc., in Ryhopp and Sunderland-nigh-the-sea. To my daughter in lawe, Anne Chapman, widow, 20s., and to her children, Thomas, John and Annesse Chapman, 10s. each. To Dorothy Hall, daughter of my son in lawe, Francis Hall, 10s. To my brother in lawe, Robert Jackson and to my sister, Frances, now his wife, 40s. and to each of their children an ewe and a lambe. To John Nevelson's 4 children an ewe and a lamb each. To George Fewler, one whie. To Richard Johnson of Durham, 5s. I give and bequith towards the repayring of Billingham church, 3s. 4d., and towards the repairing of Billingham bridge, 6s. 8d. To Edward Lackenbye, 2s. 6d. To each of my servants, 12d. To Thomas Chapman, son of my nephew, Thomas Chapman, 5s. To George Moore, 3s. 4d. To William Smith, clarke, vicar of Billingham, 3s. 4d. The rest to Robert Chapman, my son, whom I make my sole executor. Supervisors, Charles Redclyfe of Tunstall, gentleman, and my cosen, Robert Farrowe th'elder, of Fishborne, 10s. to each.

Monye disburst by Robert Chapman at his buriall and since.Imprimis: To the vicair and clerke and ringers, 2s. 8d. To the poore, 37s. 4d. To wedow Meynell for 14 meise of peope [sic], 26s. 4d. To Raiph Conyers for 12 meise, 22s. 6d. For the dinners of the

1 In 1577 Marmaduke Chapman of Billingham, yeoman, took a conveyance of property in the Low Street, Sunderland, from his cousins, Elizabeth and Margaret, daughters and co-heirs of John Richardson of Durham, dyer. This property was conveyed in 1616 by Marmaduke Chapman of Norton, son and heir of John Chapman, son and heir of Marmaduke Chapman, to William Potts of Sunderland and Mary, his wife. Ex inf. Mr. Reginald Peacock.

praisers of the goods upon Tuesdaie at Raiph Conyers his house, 2s 8d.. For their dinners at Peart's house, 3s. Law expences, etc. Suma, 107. 8s. 6d.

INVENTORY. Jan. 17, 1603/4. Imprimis: 12 oxen, 337. 28 ewes, 30 hogges, 4 tuppes, 177. 4 steires, 77. 6s. 8d. 9 horses,. maires and 5 fooles, 207. 6s. 8d. 6 kyne, 127. 14s. All the corne in the staggarth and barne, etc., 307. All the haye, 137. 13s. 4d. Corne in George Fewler's staggarthe, 217. 10s. Haye there, 37. 13s. 4d. A stand bed in the parler with 1 coverlett, blacke and yellowe, with courtins of vallence, 48s. 3 bacon fletches, 18s. One corslett, 1 hedpece, 1 jacke, 30s. All his apparrell, 2 swords, 2 daggers, 51. 2 steile cottes and steile cap, 1 bowe, 1 shaffe of arrowes, 11s. owne chest, 3 sylver spones, 2 sylver ringes, 1 gold ringe; 2s. 6d. in gold; 4s. 11d. in money; his baggs, 38s. Paynted clothes about the halhouse, 12d. His owne horse and his saddell, 47. All the yeres. to come on George Fewler's farmhold, 50%. Whett and rye sowen. on bothe fermholds, 381. The wydowe's bedde, 40s.

Sum, 4057. 9s. 8d.

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