Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, Derbyshire, High Peak, Chinley [Map]
Chinley is in Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside.
Godfrey SLACKE Glossop (Brownsyde [Map]): 17 May 1592.
In the name of god Amen the xixth daye of Aprill in the yeare of o[ur] Lorde god 1591 I Godfrey SLACKE of the preshe of Glossopp and countie derbe Weke in bodie but sounde in myned & of good and pfecte Remembrance prayse be to god almeightie make Herin my last will and testamt in man and fforme followinge:
ffirst I bequeth my soule to god almeigthie my maker savior and Redemr and my bodie to be buried in the church yarde of chapell le fryth,
Itm I do geve and bequeth unto my brother Thomas SLACKE xx sheepe in whethers sheepe so many as I have and to ffell & make ffourth the score in other sheepe at the dyscretion of my syster Elizabeth SLACKE. Itm I do bequeth to lytell Henry SLACKE an ewe lambe. Itm my will ys that after my ffunerall expenses, my dower and legacies beinge payed and dyscharged of my whole goods, my syster Elizabeth shall have the Restidew of my goods !Itm my will ys that my said syster shall have all my Houses lands & grounds wth my Reights tythe terme and interest in the Harbage [Map] of Chynley wth all and syngle ther apprtence to have and to holde occupie and [quyetley] to injoye ffor and duringe her naturall lyfe In as large beneficall and ample in an as I have now the same.
And after the decease of my said syster Eliz: my will ys that all my said Houses lands & grounds wth all my Reight tytle terme and Interest of the said Harbage of Chynley wth all and everie comoditie or [ fytt] belonging or in any wyse appertaninge unto the premysses or to any pte ther of I do geve and bequeth them and eberie pte and pcell therof to my said brother Thomas SLACKE his heires & assignes for ever in as large benificall and ample in an as I now injoye & occupie the same. Itm I do apointe my welbeloved syster Elizabeth SLACKE to be myne executor to execute pforme and ffulfill this my last will and testamt accordinge to the true meaning ther of as my ffull trust ys in her. And to be supervisor hereof I desyre my welbeloved cosen Richard BLYTHE
Sealed Read and published before these wytnesses Richard SLACK; Charles ASHETON; Robert SLACK and John BOLLER
Detts wch the said Godfre SLACK owethe.
Impri John WILDE viiid
Itm to Jannes FFRITH iiid
Itm to Peter SHORE gz
Itm to George YEVELEY ffor bes[ ] [ ]esses abouv vis viiid
Itm to Robert SLACK [ ]
Itm to CHESWELL ixd
Itm to Richard [ ] xii£
Itm to Thomas MELLOR of Cloughe head
On 17 Apr 1625 Nicholas Slack of Brownside (age 64) died at Chinley [Map].
On 09 Apr 1671 John Waterhouse was born to Thomas Waterhouse (age 41) at Chinley [Map].
07 Oct 1714. Robert Slack of Little Hayfield (age 90). Chesterfield [Map]. Will Proved:
In the Name of God Amen This twenty ffourth day of December 1713. I Robert SLACKE the Eldest of Little Heafield [Map] in the Parrish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeom. Being Aged and infirme in Body but of sound and perfect Memory Praised be God for the same, and knowing the Certainty of Death and the uncertainty of the time when In obedience to the command of God and the example of the good King Hezechiah am minded to set my house in order and to settle my affairs in this world and to that end do Constitute make and ordaine this my last Will and Testamt in manner and form following ffirst, and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator, and to Jesus Christ to receive full pardon of all my Sins and to be made heire of Everlasting Life and an Inheritor of his Heavenly Kingdom, and my Body to the Earth from whence it was taken to be decently interred att, or in the Parochial Chappel at Heyfield [Map] as near unto the place where my late loveing wife Ann SLACKE was interred as will Conveniency may be, And for that Worldly Estate which the Lord in mercy far above my deserts hath bestowed upon my I dispose of the same as ffolloweth.
First my will and mind is that all my Lawfull debts wch of right I owe unto any man, with all my ffuneral Charges and expences shall be ffirst paid and discharged forth of my whole Estate. And whereas by Certaine Articles of Agreemt Indented bearing date on or about the twenty ffifth day of October Anno Domny 1684. made or mentioned to be made By and Between me the said Robert SLACK on the one part and Robert SLACK my late Son now dcd of the other part I the said Robert SLACK for divers Consideracons therein mentioned, Did grant all my Lands at Little Heafield [Map], and Chinley als Mainstonefield [Map], or els where in the said County of Derby unto my said Son his heires and Assignes for ever, part of the Consideracons of which said Grant were and are particularly menconed and expresses in and by the said Articles to be That I the said Robert SLACK should not only have and receive twelve pounds per Annu. during my life, Charged upon Certaine parcels of Land of the said granted premissess, But likewise had power to Charge my said Sonn his heires Executors and Administrators, with the payment of the Sume of ffifty pounds of lawfull Money after my decease to such person or persons, as by my last will and Testament or any other writeing to be by my executed under my hand and Seal I should direct [ ]att and appoint, As by relacon had to the said Articles may more fully and at large appear And whereas the said sume of twelve pounds p Annu. has for severall years Since my said Sons decease been unpaid and is now in Arrear for the space of Seven years or upwards which in the whole amounts to the Sume of ffifty six pound, It is my will and mind and I do therefore by this my last will and Testamt in pursuance of my power and as far as in me lyes give and devise all my right & interest of in & unto such arrearages of the said twelve pounds p Annu. as abovesaid as shall happen at my decease to be in Arrear & unpaid together with the said Sume of ffifty pounds Chargable as aforesaid unto Robert SLACK my Nephew upon Condicon Nevertheless that Hee the said Robert SLACK do and shall well and faithfully pay and discharge forth of the same such Legacys & Sumes of Money as are herein and hereafter mencond (viz) unto Elizabeth MORTON my Daughter the sume of Tenn shillings within the space of one year next after my decease, unto Ann HADFIELD my Daughter the Sume of Tenn pounds, within within (sic) the space of one year next after my decease, And unto Mary CARRINGTON (age 14) my Daughter the like Sume of Tenn pounds to be paid likewise within the Space of One year next after my decease unto Dorathy SLACK my Daughter in law at Chunall [Map] the Sume of ffive shillings unto Dorathy SLACK my daughter in lw. at little Heafield the Sume of ffive shillings, unto William SLACK my Grandson the Sume of ffive shillings unto John SLACK his Brother the Sume of ffive shillings unto Ann FFOX my Grand daughter the Sume of ffive pounds when she shall have attained the Age of One and twenty years and shall be living at the time of my decease. Likewise unto Mary SLACK my Grand daughter the like Sume of ffive pounds in case she be living at the time of my decease, and shall attain to the like Age of one and twenty years and likewise unto Elizabeth SLACK my Grand daughter the like Sume of ffive pounds, if she shall attaine to the like Age of One and twenty years, and shall be living at the time of my decease Item I do bequeath unto every one of my Grandchildn excepting such as are already menconed the Sume of tenn shillings a piece to be paid within the space of one year next after my decease. Item all the rest residue and remainder of my whole Estate, Goods and Chattels whatsoever, ready Money Money at Interest and Creditts whatsoever after the aforesaid Sumes & Legacies are discharged I give and Bequeath the same unto my said Nephew Robert SLACK (excepting only one Guiney of Lawfull Money which I give unto my Sonn in law William CARRINGTON (age 14) whom I desire to be aiding & assisting, to my said Nephew Robert SLACK in the promises) hereby Constituteing Ordaineing & appointing him my said Nephew Robert SLACK my full and Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament, hopeing he will faithfully performe and discharge the trust I have hereby reposed in him revoaking all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made, and do declare this to by my last Will and Testamt In witness whereof I the said Robert SLACK the Testator my hand & seal have hereunto putt the day and year ffirst above written.
On or before 07 Mar 1765 John Waterhouse (age 93) died. He was buried on 07 Mar 1765 at Chinley [Map].
In 1853 Charles Waterhouse was born to Charles Waterhouse (age 34) at Chinley [Map].
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, Derbyshire, High Peak, Chinley, Ashen Cloughead
On 04 Oct 1663 Robert Beard of Cloughouses made his will:
In the name of god Amen: October the fourth 1663: I Robert BEARD off Cloughouses in the parish of Glossop & Countie of Derby yeoma: beinge Sicke in body butt of Sound & pfect memory praysed be god for the same: doe ordaine & make this my Last will & testamt: in maner & forme followinge first & principally I Comitt & Comend my soule into the hands of Allmightye god my maker hopinge and faithfully trustinge Through the mercie & merritts of Jesus Chryst my redeemer to be made one of the number of his elect & hopeing to live with him in Eternall glorie And for my body I Comitt unto the Earth ffrom whence it Came to be buried in the Chapell Church of Hefeld
And as touchinge my worldly estate wherein god hath blessed mee with I Give & bequeath as followeth Imprms I give & bequeath unto Robert BEARD my son one Close or pcell of ground lyinge in Chinley Called the Red myres:
Ite I give unto Elizabeth BEARD & Mary BEARD my daughters either of them Threescore & fyve pounds to be pd within two years next after my decease !Ite I give unto Elizabeth & Mary either of them furniture for a bedd & unto Elizabeth one of the best Cow I have & unto Mary a litle Cofer that weare her mother
Ite I give & bequeath unto An HEWARD my daughter twenty pounds to be payd within two years next after my decease
Ite I give unto Robert BEARD son of James BEARD Ten pounds t be payd unto him when he shall Accomplish the age of twenty & one yeares & to be taught the trade of a woolen webster by the executor or his Assignes
Ite I give unto Thomas BEARD James BEARD Mary BEARD & Elizabeth BEARD Children of James BEARD to every one ten shillings to be payd unto them within three yeares next after my decease
Ite I give unto Samuell HEWARD John HEWARD & Robert HEWARD Children of John HEWARD my son in law every one of them ten shillings to be payd unto them within foure yeares next after my decease
Ite I give & bequeath unto Thomas BEARD my son one Close Called the Ashen Cloughead being one debidion Lyinge in Chinley holding the same in lease ffrom Mr BRADSHAW
Ite I give unto my son Thomas BEARD two Children either Ten shillings
Ite I give unto Thomas BEARD my son two Closes Called the Whyte rakes & the barne standinge under Chinley Bower
Ite I give unto Elizabeth HALLOM weife of Antonie HALLOM ten shillings
Ite I give unto An HOLLINGWORTH wife of Robert HOLLINGWORTH ten shillings these to be payd within two yeares next after my decease:
Ite I give unto Mary ROWBOTHAM fyve shillings
Ite I give unto Raph KINDER son of An KINDER six shillings eight pence
Lastly I give & bequeath unto Thomas BEARD my son all the rest of my estate I have in the world as goods Chattells Chattells
And I doe hearby make & ordayne Thomas Beard my sole executor hee discharginge & payinge as is hearin mentioned & discharginge my funerall expences
And I doo hearby make & ordayne Robert BEARD my son & John HEWARD my son in Law supervisors of this my Last will & testamt: Revokeing all former wills hopinge they will see it performed to the health of my soule:
In withness hearoff I have hear unto sett my hand and seale the day & yeare first above written:
Robert BEARD
Witnesses hearoff: William BEARD his marke; Thomas BEARD his marke
October 21th 1663
A true & pfect Inventorie of all the goods Cattells & Chattels of Robert BEARD of Clough houses Late deceased Praysed the day & yeare abovesayd by us whose names are hear[ ] subscribed as followeth
Not transcribed, valued @ £146-10-8 by Tho BEARD Thomas HADFEILLD Thomas ROLLINSON John HEIWARD
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On 04 Oct 1663 Robert Beard of Cloughouses made his will:
In the name of god Amen: October the fourth 1663: I Robert BEARD off Cloughouses in the parish of Glossop & Countie of Derby yeoma: beinge Sicke in body butt of Sound & pfect memory praysed be god for the same: doe ordaine & make this my Last will & testamt: in maner & forme followinge first & principally I Comitt & Comend my soule into the hands of Allmightye god my maker hopinge and faithfully trustinge Through the mercie & merritts of Jesus Chryst my redeemer to be made one of the number of his elect & hopeing to live with him in Eternall glorie And for my body I Comitt unto the Earth ffrom whence it Came to be buried in the Chapell Church of Hefeld
And as touchinge my worldly estate wherein god hath blessed mee with I Give & bequeath as followeth Imprms I give & bequeath unto Robert BEARD my son one Close or pcell of ground lyinge in Chinley Called the Red myres:
Ite I give unto Elizabeth BEARD & Mary BEARD my daughters either of them Threescore & fyve pounds to be pd within two years next after my decease !Ite I give unto Elizabeth & Mary either of them furniture for a bedd & unto Elizabeth one of the best Cow I have & unto Mary a litle Cofer that weare her mother
Ite I give & bequeath unto An HEWARD my daughter twenty pounds to be payd within two years next after my decease
Ite I give unto Robert BEARD son of James BEARD Ten pounds t be payd unto him when he shall Accomplish the age of twenty & one yeares & to be taught the trade of a woolen webster by the executor or his Assignes
Ite I give unto Thomas BEARD James BEARD Mary BEARD & Elizabeth BEARD Children of James BEARD to every one ten shillings to be payd unto them within three yeares next after my decease
Ite I give unto Samuell HEWARD John HEWARD & Robert HEWARD Children of John HEWARD my son in law every one of them ten shillings to be payd unto them within foure yeares next after my decease
Ite I give & bequeath unto Thomas BEARD my son one Close Called the Ashen Cloughead being one debidion Lyinge in Chinley holding the same in lease ffrom Mr BRADSHAW
Ite I give unto my son Thomas BEARD two Children either Ten shillings
Ite I give unto Thomas BEARD my son two Closes Called the Whyte rakes & the barne standinge under Chinley Bower
Ite I give unto Elizabeth HALLOM weife of Antonie HALLOM ten shillings
Ite I give unto An HOLLINGWORTH wife of Robert HOLLINGWORTH ten shillings these to be payd within two yeares next after my decease:
Ite I give unto Mary ROWBOTHAM fyve shillings
Ite I give unto Raph KINDER son of An KINDER six shillings eight pence
Lastly I give & bequeath unto Thomas BEARD my son all the rest of my estate I have in the world as goods Chattells Chattells
And I doe hearby make & ordayne Thomas Beard my sole executor hee discharginge & payinge as is hearin mentioned & discharginge my funerall expences
And I doo hearby make & ordayne Robert BEARD my son & John HEWARD my son in Law supervisors of this my Last will & testamt: Revokeing all former wills hopinge they will see it performed to the health of my soule:
In withness hearoff I have hear unto sett my hand and seale the day & yeare first above written:
Robert BEARD
Witnesses hearoff: William BEARD his marke; Thomas BEARD his marke
October 21th 1663
A true & pfect Inventorie of all the goods Cattells & Chattels of Robert BEARD of Clough houses Late deceased Praysed the day & yeare abovesayd by us whose names are hear[ ] subscribed as followeth
Not transcribed, valued @ £146-10-8 by Tho BEARD Thomas HADFEILLD Thomas ROLLINSON John HEIWARD
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, Derbyshire, High Peak, Chinley Bower, Whyte Rakes
On 04 Oct 1663 Robert Beard of Cloughouses made his will:
In the name of god Amen: October the fourth 1663: I Robert BEARD off Cloughouses in the parish of Glossop & Countie of Derby yeoma: beinge Sicke in body butt of Sound & pfect memory praysed be god for the same: doe ordaine & make this my Last will & testamt: in maner & forme followinge first & principally I Comitt & Comend my soule into the hands of Allmightye god my maker hopinge and faithfully trustinge Through the mercie & merritts of Jesus Chryst my redeemer to be made one of the number of his elect & hopeing to live with him in Eternall glorie And for my body I Comitt unto the Earth ffrom whence it Came to be buried in the Chapell Church of Hefeld
And as touchinge my worldly estate wherein god hath blessed mee with I Give & bequeath as followeth Imprms I give & bequeath unto Robert BEARD my son one Close or pcell of ground lyinge in Chinley Called the Red myres:
Ite I give unto Elizabeth BEARD & Mary BEARD my daughters either of them Threescore & fyve pounds to be pd within two years next after my decease !Ite I give unto Elizabeth & Mary either of them furniture for a bedd & unto Elizabeth one of the best Cow I have & unto Mary a litle Cofer that weare her mother
Ite I give & bequeath unto An HEWARD my daughter twenty pounds to be payd within two years next after my decease
Ite I give unto Robert BEARD son of James BEARD Ten pounds t be payd unto him when he shall Accomplish the age of twenty & one yeares & to be taught the trade of a woolen webster by the executor or his Assignes
Ite I give unto Thomas BEARD James BEARD Mary BEARD & Elizabeth BEARD Children of James BEARD to every one ten shillings to be payd unto them within three yeares next after my decease
Ite I give unto Samuell HEWARD John HEWARD & Robert HEWARD Children of John HEWARD my son in law every one of them ten shillings to be payd unto them within foure yeares next after my decease
Ite I give & bequeath unto Thomas BEARD my son one Close Called the Ashen Cloughead being one debidion Lyinge in Chinley holding the same in lease ffrom Mr BRADSHAW
Ite I give unto my son Thomas BEARD two Children either Ten shillings
Ite I give unto Thomas BEARD my son two Closes Called the Whyte rakes & the barne standinge under Chinley Bower
Ite I give unto Elizabeth HALLOM weife of Antonie HALLOM ten shillings
Ite I give unto An HOLLINGWORTH wife of Robert HOLLINGWORTH ten shillings these to be payd within two yeares next after my decease:
Ite I give unto Mary ROWBOTHAM fyve shillings
Ite I give unto Raph KINDER son of An KINDER six shillings eight pence
Lastly I give & bequeath unto Thomas BEARD my son all the rest of my estate I have in the world as goods Chattells Chattells
And I doe hearby make & ordayne Thomas Beard my sole executor hee discharginge & payinge as is hearin mentioned & discharginge my funerall expences
And I doo hearby make & ordayne Robert BEARD my son & John HEWARD my son in Law supervisors of this my Last will & testamt: Revokeing all former wills hopinge they will see it performed to the health of my soule:
In withness hearoff I have hear unto sett my hand and seale the day & yeare first above written:
Robert BEARD
Witnesses hearoff: William BEARD his marke; Thomas BEARD his marke
October 21th 1663
A true & pfect Inventorie of all the goods Cattells & Chattels of Robert BEARD of Clough houses Late deceased Praysed the day & yeare abovesayd by us whose names are hear[ ] subscribed as followeth
Not transcribed, valued @ £146-10-8 by Tho BEARD Thomas HADFEILLD Thomas ROLLINSON John HEIWARD
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On 20 Oct 1703 John Bennett of Chinleyend made his will:
In the name of God Amen I John BENNETT the elder of Chinleyend in the parish of Glossopp and County of derby yeoman beinge indeferent in health of body and of sound and perfect mind and memory (praised be god for the same) yet knowing that death is certaine and the time when most uncertaine doe ordaine and make this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following and principally I comend my soul into the mersifull hands of allmighty god my Creator humbly hopeing through the meritorious death of Jesus Christ my only Saviour to receive full and free pardon of all my sins and my body I comitt to the earth to be decently interred att the discreation of my executors herein after nominated and for the disposition of all such Temporall estate as it hath pleased god of his goodness (far above my desearts) to be bestowe upon me I give and devise the same in manor and forme following and first my Will and mind is that all my debts and funeral Charges and expences shall be payed and defrayed by mine executors forth of my personall estate
Itm I give and bequeath all my lands and Tenements situate lyeing and being within the parish of Glossopp above said unto John BENNETT my son and to his heires for ever and asignes Item I give and bequeath all my leases farmes Tenements with all my tytle and Tennant right there of unto my said son John BENNETT and also I give and bequeath unto my said son John BENNETT all my quick goods (excepting a third part of the Sheep) and all my husbandry wares and too of the best beds with beding belonging to them too of the best brass pans and the fire iron and all aboute the fire with in the mantell bree and also the Tabell in the house and the Cupboard and the meale arkes
Itm I give and bequeath unto my said son John BENNETT the sum of fifty pounds to be payed him within one whole yeare after my decease and also my will and mind is that my executors heare after nominated shall within one Whole yeare after my decease pay unto my son in law William BENNETT and John BENNETT my kinsman of Whitehoughed the sum of too hundred pounds for the onely use and on the behalfe of my said son John BENNETT and I do desire them to ware the said sum of too hundred pounds on land that hee may have the rent of the lands or hire it forth upon interest that he may have the interest of the aforesaid sum of too hundred pounds yearely and every yeare for the time and tearme of his naturall life exept they soo meet to pay it him into his owne hands at any time dureing his naturally life which I leave to theire discretion and if they do not pay him the Whole sum of too hundred pounds in his lifetime my will is that he dispose of it att his death to whom hee pleaseth
Itm I give unto my daughter Ann BENNETT the sum of one hundred and seaventy pounds to be payed her within one Whole yeare after my decease
Itm I give unto my daughter Sarah BENNETT the sum of too hundred and twenty pounds Shee to receive the same within one Whole yeare after my decease
Itm I give unto my daughter Elizabeth GARNETT of one hundred pounds to be payed her att the end of one Whole yeare after my decease if either the said Elizabeth GARNETT or Childe of hers be then living but if neither her nor Childe of hers be then living at the end of one whole yeare nor the said hundred pound be not payde then I give to my soninlaw Edmund GARNETT the one halfe of the hundred pound be not payde and the other halfe of the hundred pound to be equally devided amongst my executors heare after named provided the said Edward GARNETT be then living at the end of one whole yeare after my decease
Itm I give to my kinsman John OLLIVER and his Children the sum of eight pounds and too pounds that hee oweth mee
Itm I give to my Brother Edwards Children Robert Ralph Elizabeth Hannah and Alice BENNETT every one five shillings
Itm I give to my Brother Thomas BENNETT Children every one five shillings and to John BENNETT of Silkehill Children five shillings a peece
to Ann BENNETT of Whitehoughead five shillings
to my grand daughter Katherine BENNETT five shillings
to Mary the Wife of Thomas BOWER five shillings
to Elizabeth the daughter of Ralph BENNETT five shillings
Itm all the rest and residue of my goods Cattell and Chattells moveable and imoveable and not hearein before bequeathed I give unto my son John BENNETT my daughter Ann BENNETT and my daughter Sarah BENNETT equally to be devided Amongst them share and share like and I desire my soninlaw William BENNETT and my kinsman John BENNETT of Whitehoughed to be aideing and assisting to my Children in the execution of this my last Will and Testament
and lastly I doe nominate Constitute and ordaine my son John BENNETT my daughter Ann BENNETT and my daughter Sarah BENNETT Joynt executors of this my last Will and Testament and doe heareby disanull and make voyde all former Wills be mee at any time heare to fore made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in Witness where of I the above said John BENNETT the Testator have here unto put my hand and seale the Twenteeth day of october anoqe dom 1702.
John BENNETT Marke & Seale
Sealed Signed published and declared by John BENNETT the Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the presense of
William CARRINGTON; Thomas BOWDON; George GEE
A True & pfect Inventory singular of the goods Cattel & Chattels moveable & Imoveable of John BENNETT ye Elder of Chinleyend in the Parrish of Glossope & County of Derby Yeom late deceased Praised & valued the Tenth day of ffebruary Ano Domni 1702/3 by John OLLIVER senior George KYRKE John BENNETT & Christopher BENNETT
as followeth. (not transcribed, valued @ £865-16-03)
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On 12 Mar 1584 Robert Yeaveley of Brookhouses made his will:
In the name of God Amen the xij daye of March in the yeare of our lord god 1584. I Robert YEAVLEY of the Brookhouse [Map] & in the Countie of Darbie yeoman, sick in bodie, sound of mynd and of pfect memorie [ ] and praysed be to almightie god During the certayne tyme of Death [naturall] Doe make and ordayne my Last will and Testament in maner and form followinge, ffirst & principally I doe geeve and bequeath my soule to almightie god my maker savior redeemer trustinge assur[ity] by his merits and passion to be one of his elect Children in the kingdom of Heaven,
And my bodie to be buried in the Churche of Glossop where I am pishnor in [ ] [co tment] [ ] as shalle thought meet by my executors,
Also I doe bequeth and freely geeve to George YEAVLEY my [eldr] sonn one messuage or Tenement called Brookhouse in the countie afr said wch I doe now Dwell upon to have and to hould to him his heares [ ] [ ] And to enter upon in when he comethe to the Lawfull age of xxi yeares And unto that tyme my my beloved wyff and Children shall occupye and have it she beinge [her] sole and unmarried
And when my said sonn George hathe accomplished and come to the age afr said that then my will mind is that Ellyn my wyff shall have the thirde part of the said messuage called [ ]house & during her Lyff kepinge my name
Also I geeve and bequeath to my said sonne George one messuage called [Bowden]head in Chappel beinge situate Lyinge and beinge in Kinder in the Countie aforsaid to have and to hould to him and his heeres for ever now in the occupation of John FERNE or his assygnes
Also I Bequeath and [ ] geeve to my said sonn George one close called T[ ]feild within [Thy ] situate Lyinge and beinge in the parishe of Glossopp and in the countie afr said in the occupation of John ARMFEILD in consideration of the [pmisses] my full mynd and will is that George my sonn shall [ nelye] pay unto my two daughters Ann and Marie ether of them x£ when the doe accomplish and come to the age of xxi yeares,
Also I doe geeve and assygne the moitie of one half of one messuage or tenement in Brownsyde and in the countie afr said wch I bought of John LEIGHE of A[rdise] in the countie of Chester & Thomas YEAVELEY my Brother & is to his heeres for ever
Also I bequeath and do freely geeve to my Sonn Thomas YEAVELEY one Messuage or Tenement within Chapple[ ] called Clough house [ ] Lyinge and beinge in the parishe of Glossop in the countie afr said and now in the occupation of Nicholas BEARD or his assyges to have and hould the said messuage within Chappel[ ] to the same Thomas to him and his heares for ever
Also I doe ordayne constitute and appoynt my wellbeloved in xx Ellen my wyff and George my sonn my true and Lawfull executors trustinge that the will execute and accomplish this my Last will and Testament for my soules [healthe]
And I doe make the S[upvyser] here of my [right] [worshipfull] [Mr] ffr[ancis] LEEKE esquyre trustinge that he will sie this my will [executed]
And I doe re[quest] and desyre him to [stand] [good] [Master] to my wyff and Children Theis beinge witness & George YEAVELEY [sen] Willm [RIDGE] Thomas YEAVELEY, Raphe OLLEREN[SHAWE], Nicholas ASSHE[ ],
And if any thing be omitted in this my Last will and Testament my will and Mynd is that it shalbe amended and ordered at the [sight] of my [worshipfull] [Master] [Mr] [LEEKE] and the witness here of accordinge as afr said [ ] heare of [ ] more I geave and Bequeath to my sonn George my oft B[ead] wth all [furniture] [their] to Belonginge and my [order] meat B[ord] wth the [ ] & my coffer & my [ ] pott [ ] be [delivered] to him when he cometh to xxi yeares of age
Also my Debts beinge pd & funerll expenses discharged my will is that Ellyn my wyff Thomas my sonn Ann and Marie my daughters shall have the rest of any goods.
Robert YEAVELEY
On 04 Oct 1663 Robert Beard of Cloughouses made his will:
In the name of god Amen: October the fourth 1663: I Robert BEARD off Cloughouses in the parish of Glossop & Countie of Derby yeoma: beinge Sicke in body butt of Sound & pfect memory praysed be god for the same: doe ordaine & make this my Last will & testamt: in maner & forme followinge first & principally I Comitt & Comend my soule into the hands of Allmightye god my maker hopinge and faithfully trustinge Through the mercie & merritts of Jesus Chryst my redeemer to be made one of the number of his elect & hopeing to live with him in Eternall glorie And for my body I Comitt unto the Earth ffrom whence it Came to be buried in the Chapell Church of Hefeld
And as touchinge my worldly estate wherein god hath blessed mee with I Give & bequeath as followeth Imprms I give & bequeath unto Robert BEARD my son one Close or pcell of ground lyinge in Chinley Called the Red myres:
Ite I give unto Elizabeth BEARD & Mary BEARD my daughters either of them Threescore & fyve pounds to be pd within two years next after my decease !Ite I give unto Elizabeth & Mary either of them furniture for a bedd & unto Elizabeth one of the best Cow I have & unto Mary a litle Cofer that weare her mother
Ite I give & bequeath unto An HEWARD my daughter twenty pounds to be payd within two years next after my decease
Ite I give unto Robert BEARD son of James BEARD Ten pounds t be payd unto him when he shall Accomplish the age of twenty & one yeares & to be taught the trade of a woolen webster by the executor or his Assignes
Ite I give unto Thomas BEARD James BEARD Mary BEARD & Elizabeth BEARD Children of James BEARD to every one ten shillings to be payd unto them within three yeares next after my decease
Ite I give unto Samuell HEWARD John HEWARD & Robert HEWARD Children of John HEWARD my son in law every one of them ten shillings to be payd unto them within foure yeares next after my decease
Ite I give & bequeath unto Thomas BEARD my son one Close Called the Ashen Cloughead being one debidion Lyinge in Chinley holding the same in lease ffrom Mr BRADSHAW
Ite I give unto my son Thomas BEARD two Children either Ten shillings
Ite I give unto Thomas BEARD my son two Closes Called the Whyte rakes & the barne standinge under Chinley Bower
Ite I give unto Elizabeth HALLOM weife of Antonie HALLOM ten shillings
Ite I give unto An HOLLINGWORTH wife of Robert HOLLINGWORTH ten shillings these to be payd within two yeares next after my decease:
Ite I give unto Mary ROWBOTHAM fyve shillings
Ite I give unto Raph KINDER son of An KINDER six shillings eight pence
Lastly I give & bequeath unto Thomas BEARD my son all the rest of my estate I have in the world as goods Chattells Chattells
And I doe hearby make & ordayne Thomas Beard my sole executor hee discharginge & payinge as is hearin mentioned & discharginge my funerall expences
And I doo hearby make & ordayne Robert BEARD my son & John HEWARD my son in Law supervisors of this my Last will & testamt: Revokeing all former wills hopinge they will see it performed to the health of my soule:
In withness hearoff I have hear unto sett my hand and seale the day & yeare first above written:
Robert BEARD
Witnesses hearoff: William BEARD his marke; Thomas BEARD his marke
October 21th 1663
A true & pfect Inventorie of all the goods Cattells & Chattels of Robert BEARD of Clough houses Late deceased Praysed the day & yeare abovesayd by us whose names are hear[ ] subscribed as followeth
Not transcribed, valued @ £146-10-8 by Tho BEARD Thomas HADFEILLD Thomas ROLLINSON John HEIWARD
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, Derbyshire, High Peak, Chinley, Red Myres
On 04 Oct 1663 Robert Beard of Cloughouses made his will:
In the name of god Amen: October the fourth 1663: I Robert BEARD off Cloughouses in the parish of Glossop & Countie of Derby yeoma: beinge Sicke in body butt of Sound & pfect memory praysed be god for the same: doe ordaine & make this my Last will & testamt: in maner & forme followinge first & principally I Comitt & Comend my soule into the hands of Allmightye god my maker hopinge and faithfully trustinge Through the mercie & merritts of Jesus Chryst my redeemer to be made one of the number of his elect & hopeing to live with him in Eternall glorie And for my body I Comitt unto the Earth ffrom whence it Came to be buried in the Chapell Church of Hefeld
And as touchinge my worldly estate wherein god hath blessed mee with I Give & bequeath as followeth Imprms I give & bequeath unto Robert BEARD my son one Close or pcell of ground lyinge in Chinley Called the Red myres:
Ite I give unto Elizabeth BEARD & Mary BEARD my daughters either of them Threescore & fyve pounds to be pd within two years next after my decease !Ite I give unto Elizabeth & Mary either of them furniture for a bedd & unto Elizabeth one of the best Cow I have & unto Mary a litle Cofer that weare her mother
Ite I give & bequeath unto An HEWARD my daughter twenty pounds to be payd within two years next after my decease
Ite I give unto Robert BEARD son of James BEARD Ten pounds t be payd unto him when he shall Accomplish the age of twenty & one yeares & to be taught the trade of a woolen webster by the executor or his Assignes
Ite I give unto Thomas BEARD James BEARD Mary BEARD & Elizabeth BEARD Children of James BEARD to every one ten shillings to be payd unto them within three yeares next after my decease
Ite I give unto Samuell HEWARD John HEWARD & Robert HEWARD Children of John HEWARD my son in law every one of them ten shillings to be payd unto them within foure yeares next after my decease
Ite I give & bequeath unto Thomas BEARD my son one Close Called the Ashen Cloughead being one debidion Lyinge in Chinley holding the same in lease ffrom Mr BRADSHAW
Ite I give unto my son Thomas BEARD two Children either Ten shillings
Ite I give unto Thomas BEARD my son two Closes Called the Whyte rakes & the barne standinge under Chinley Bower
Ite I give unto Elizabeth HALLOM weife of Antonie HALLOM ten shillings
Ite I give unto An HOLLINGWORTH wife of Robert HOLLINGWORTH ten shillings these to be payd within two yeares next after my decease:
Ite I give unto Mary ROWBOTHAM fyve shillings
Ite I give unto Raph KINDER son of An KINDER six shillings eight pence
Lastly I give & bequeath unto Thomas BEARD my son all the rest of my estate I have in the world as goods Chattells Chattells
And I doe hearby make & ordayne Thomas Beard my sole executor hee discharginge & payinge as is hearin mentioned & discharginge my funerall expences
And I doo hearby make & ordayne Robert BEARD my son & John HEWARD my son in Law supervisors of this my Last will & testamt: Revokeing all former wills hopinge they will see it performed to the health of my soule:
In withness hearoff I have hear unto sett my hand and seale the day & yeare first above written:
Robert BEARD
Witnesses hearoff: William BEARD his marke; Thomas BEARD his marke
October 21th 1663
A true & pfect Inventorie of all the goods Cattells & Chattels of Robert BEARD of Clough houses Late deceased Praysed the day & yeare abovesayd by us whose names are hear[ ] subscribed as followeth
Not transcribed, valued @ £146-10-8 by Tho BEARD Thomas HADFEILLD Thomas ROLLINSON John HEIWARD