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A94132 Suttons hospitall: with the names of sixteen mannors, many thousand acres of land, meadow, pasture, and woods; with the rents and hereditaments thereunto belonging: the governours therof, and number of schollers and others that are maintained therewith. As also, the last will and testament of Thomas Sutton Esquire, founder of the said hospitall: with the perticular summes by him bequeathed, for repairing the high-wayes of severall parts of this kingdom for ever, and what he gave to the poor of severall parishes, and other charitable uses amounting to above 20000. pounds. Wherein, many thousands at this day are intressed; and the knowledge and example hereof very usefull for all sorts of people. The copie hereof was taken out of the Prerogative Court; and is printed by the originall, according to order. Sutton, Thomas, 1532-1611. 1646 (1646) Wing S6214; Thomason E344_7; ESTC R200955 15,845 22

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marriage or when she shall accomplish the age of 18. years Item I give to Francis Popham Mary Popham Elizabeth Popham Jane Popham and Anne Popham all daughters of the said Lady Anne Popham 100. l. a piece which severall sums I will shall be paid them at the dayes of their marriage or when they shall accomplish the age of 18. years And my will and meaning is that unlesse the said Sir Francis Popham and the said Lady Anne his wife doe or shall give to mine Executor or Executors a generall acquittance or release to the effect above mentioned that then as well the said Legacy of 2000. Marks so wiled to be given to the said Sir Francis Popham and the Lady Anne his wife as also the other severall Legacies given and bequeathed to every of the said children of Sir Francis Popham and the Lady his wife shall remain and be to the use of mine Executor or Executors to be wholy dispo●ed and given by them within one year after my decease partly to the amending of High wayes and partly to poore Maidens marriages and partly to the releasing of poor men that lye in prison for debt and partly to the poor people of mine intended Hospital when it shall please God that it shall be established and erected And where perhaps it is or may be supposed that the said Sir Io. Popham hath paid 300. l. to Sir Rowland Hayward of the City of London Alderman as a due debt unto him upon the Bonds of Iohn Dudley and Thomas Dudley I protest before God that I paid the whole 300. l. to the said Sir John Popham in this sort to be paid over to the said Sir Rowland Heyward viz. 200. l. by my Servant John Fishborn and 100 l. by one Henry Best Scrivener neer Temple-Bar There was a demand made by Alderman Duckets Executor for 400. l. owing to the said Alderman upon the Bonds of John Dudley and Tho Dudley for Copper for the use of the Earl of Leicester which the said Earl transpor●ed into Spain which debt was paid to the said Alderman For I my self was a Messenger from the said Earl to the said Alderman to let him understand that Mr. Bainham my Lords speciall Officer and Receiver should discharge them presently and after it was discharged the said Alderman demanded interest for the forbearing of the 400. l. which as I remember Thomas Dudley discharged Mr. Juctice Owin as I remember who had the doing in the Testament of Alderman Ducket promised to deliver in the said Bond to Sir J. Popham then being Attorney which I do believe he did And where Mr. John Gardiner brother to my late wife by his last Will and Testament did give unto Anne Dudley now wife to Sir Francis Popham 200. l. to be paid to her at the day of her marriage the same 100 l. was and is paid by me at or before the day of her marriage viz. In a Chain of Gold being fourscore seventeen pounds ten shillings in Gold and for the fashion paid to Mr. Padmore Goldsmith in London 50. s. which compleats the 100. l. for the which amongst other things which I delivered in trust have no acquittance Item I give to Mr. Jeffery Nightingale Esq the Sum of 40. l. of lawfull money of England Also I give to my Cosen Will. Stapleton Son of Sir Richard Stapleton Knight 100. Marks Item I give unto the children of Sir Francis Willoughby Knight 100 l. of lawfull money of England to bee equally distributed amongst them Item I give unto Iohn Law one of the Procurators of the Arches London 200. pounds And to Mr. Thomas Brown 10. l. to make a Ring Item I give to the wife and children of Iohn Gardiner my late wifes Nephew if they be living after my decease being the Mother and two Sons 200. Marks to be equally divided amongst them Item I give to the poor people of Hadstocke to be distributed amongst them by the Church-wardens and Constables there for the time being 20. pounds Item I give to the poor people of Littlebury and to the poor people of Balsham to be distributed as afore to either Towne twenty pounds Item I give to the Person and Church-wardens of Balsham aforesaid for the time being to buy a Bell withall to bee hanged up in the Steeple to amend the Ring there 20. pounds Item To the poor of Sout●minster 20. pounds Item To the poor of little Hallenbury 20. pounds Item To the poor of Dunsby in the County of Lincoln 20 pounds Item I give to Robert Wright Poulterer of little Hallenbury Five pound Item I give to Widow Aske late wife of Robert Aske of London Goldsmith 20. l. which she oweth me Item my will and meaning is that there shall no interest or increase for money be taken after my decease so as he or they by whom any Sums of money are or shall be owing doe pay the principall debt within one half year next after my decease Item I give and bequeath to the poor prisoners within the Prisons of Ludgate Newgate the two Compters in London the Kings Bench and the Marshalsea the sum of 200. l. to be paid and divided among the same Prisoners by even and equall portions Item I give to Susan Price at the day of her marriage 40. l. Item I give to one Collins of the Towne of Cursall in Essex Five pounds Item I give to my good Friends Mistris Heyward and Mistris Low either of them 10. l. Item I give to Margaret Woodhall my God-daughter the Sum of 20. pounds Item I give to all other my God-children five pounds a piece Item I give and bequeath to the Masters and Fellowes as the Corporation of Jesus Colledge in Cambridge the Sum of 500. Markes of lawfull money of England to be employed used and bestowed for or in some perpetuity for and to the use benefit and behalf of the said Colledge Master Fellowes and Schollers in such sort manner and forme as by the discretion of the Bishop of Ely for the time being the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge for the time being the Master and Fellowes of the said Colledge for the time being and my Executors hereafter named or the Survivor or Survivors of them if they be living when the bestowing of the said Sum shall come in question shall be thought best and most convenient Item I give and bequeath to the Master and Fellowes as the Corporation of Magdalen Colledge in Cambridge the Sum of five hundred pounds to be employed used or bestowed for or in some perpetuity for and to the use benefit and behalf of the said Colledge Master Fellowes and Schollers there in such sort manner and forme as by the discretion privity and consent of the Vice-Chancellor in Cambridge for the time being the Master of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge for the time being and the Master and Fellowes of the said Magdalene Colledge for the time being shall be thought best and most convenient And I will that all my great
extending in the Counties of Cambridge and Essex or in either of them or else-where within the Realme of England And also all that his Mannor of Balsham in the County of Cambridge with all and singular the rights members and appurtenances thereof whatsoever And also all those his Messuages and Lands scituate lying and being in the Parishes of Hackney and Tottenham in the County of Middlesex or in either of them with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances whatsoever which said Messuage was lately purchased of Sir William Bowyer Knight and the said Lands in Tottenham now or ●ately were in the tenure or occupation of William Be●ning Yeoman And also all and singular the Mannors Lordships Messuages Lands Tenements Reversions Services Meadowes Pastures Woods Advousons Patronages of Churches and Hereditaments of the said Thomas Sutton whatsoever scituate lying or being within the said Counties of Essex Lincoln Wilts Cambridge and Middlesex or in any of them with all and every their rights members and appurtenances whatsoever except all his Mannors or Lordships of Littlebury and Hadd-stocke with their appurtenances in the said County of Essex But alas what perpetuity can be looked for in this world where there is no certainty but of change In this great expectation of all men whilest our eyes and mindes are occupied with admiration of the work Death steals away the Master workman but not unprovided as having his Viaticum sealed up unto him in the peace of a good conscience Many prayers of the Saints went up before him to prepare a place for him against the day of his dissolution and the corruptible Mammon which he had here imployed to the reliefe of Gods Servants on Earth begot him friends to entertain him in Heaven So he fell asleep in the Lord leaving the rest of his pious intendments to be performed by his trusty Executors Mr. Richard Sutton and Mr. Iohn Law Behold here a perfect Israelite This is a good work but he hath not not set his rest on this onely He hath grown up from Faith to Faith to the accomplishment of many other singular works of Charity whereof his last Will and Testament gives such ab●ndant testimony that it needs no other splendour than it se●fe Upon this respect I will make no other Proeme to it then a gentle invitation to the Reader to peruse it lest otherwise I might seeme to shew the Sun at Noon Day or perswade credit to apparent demonstration Thus it followeth The last Will and Testament of Thomas Sutton Esquire IN the Name of God Amen The 2. day of Novemb. in the yeare of our Lord God 1611. I Thomas Sutton of Campes Castell in the County of Cambridge Esquire being weak in body and of good perfec● mind and memory thankes be given to Almighty God for the same Do make and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following that is to say First and principally I commend my Soule into the hands of Almighty God trusting through his mercy and by the precious death and passion of my Saviour and Redeemer Iesus Christ to be saved and to inherit the Kingdome of Heaven for ever And my body I will to be buried where and in what sort it shall seeme meet and convenient to mine Executor or Executors and Supervisor or Supervisors of this my last Will and Testament with the least pomp and charge that may be Item I give to every one of the Children of Richard Coxe late Bishop of Ely who shall be living at the time of my death ten pounds a piece of lawfull money of England Item I give to the children of Ellenor Aske late wife of Rob. Aske of Aughton in the county of York Esquire the summe of one hundered pounds of good and lawfull mony of England to be equally distributed amongst them Item I give the poore towne of Berwick upon Tweed one hundered marks of lawfull mony of England to be distributed amongst the poore there by the discretion of the cheife governour and preacher there for the time being to be paid within one yeare after my decease Also I give to Andrew Westwoods wife of Newcastle upon tyne or to her children or to so many of them as shall be living at my death ten pounds to be bestowed equally amongst them And I give to the poore people of Stoke-Newinton in the County of Middlesex Ten pounds to be distributed by the Constables Church-Wardens and Person of the same Towne for the time being to their most needy people there Also I give to Mr. Gray dwelling in Yorkshire sometimes servant to Ambrose Earl of Warwick or to his children if any of them be living at my decease 40 l. of good and lawfull money of England to be distributed equally amongst them within 6 months after my decease Also I give to the children of my Aunt White or to so many of them as shall be living at my decease 100 marks to be equally distributed amongst them within 6 moneths next after my decease Also I give to William Cocket Son to Will. Cocket late Alderman of the City of Lincoln 100. l. of lawfull money of England Also I give to the children of Iohn Copeland late of Skillingthorpe in the county of Lincoln or to so many of them as shall be living at the time of my decease 100. l. of lawfull money of England to be equally distributed amongst them sa●ing unto Eliz. Copeland for my meaning is that she shall not have any part of the said Legacy of 100. pounds And unto the said Eliz. Copeland I give the sum of 100. l. of lawfull money of England to be paid unto her at the day of her marriage or within one year after my decease Item I give unto lane Upton one of the Daughters of Eliz. Upton late wife of Hamond Upton of Wamfleet in the county of Lincoln Esq the sum of 50. l. of lawfull money of England And to every other of the children of the said Elizabeth who shall be living at the time of my decease 20. l. a piece of lawfull money of England to be paid within 6 months next after my decease Also I give to the c●ildren of one Skelton late of Low●h in the county of Lincoln and sometimes towards the Henneages of Heniton in the said county 10. l. to be equally divided amongst them Item I give to the children of Tho. Pinner late of Mi●cham in the county of Surrey Esq or to so many of them as shall be living at my decease 20. l. to be equally distributed amongst them Item I give to the children of Henry Tutty late Gunner in Berwick or to so many of them as shall be living at my decease 10. l. of lawfull money of England to be equally distributed amongst them Also I give to my Neece Elizabeth Allen 200 l. of lawfull mony of England And to every of her children which shall be living at my decease 100 marks a peece Item I give to Symon