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A18506	The Charterhouse with the last vvill and testament of Thomas Sutton Esquire. Taken out of the Prerogatiue Court, according to the true originall.	Sutton, Thomas, 1532-1611. aut	1614 (1614)	STC 5056; ESTC S107783	15,930	54

thought best and most conuenient And I will that all my great Chaine of gold and all my Iewelles of what kind soeuer they be shal be sould by myne Executors and superuisors hereafter named towards the better and speedier payment of my legacies and performance of this my last will and testament And my will and meaning is that all the legacies by me in this my testament and last will giuen and bequeathed and for the payment of much whereof there is no certaine time set down shal be paid within two yeares next after my decease at the furthest Also I giue for and towards the building of mine intended Hospitall Chappell and Schoolehouse the summe of fiue thousand pounds if I doe not liue to see it performed in my life time And I desire in the name of GOD my Feoffes and my executor or executors within two yeares after my decease or sooner if they may conueniently if it please not GOD I liue to see and cause the same my determination to be performed and accomplished to see and cause the same to be performed and accomplished Also I giue the residue of the yeares which I shall haue at the time of my decease in one close called the Withies lying within the towne and fields of Cottingham in the County of Yorke to the Maior and Aldermen of Beuerley or to the gouernor of the same towne and his assistants for the time being to this end and purpose that they shall distribute or cause to be distributed the yearly profit arising of the same ouer and aboue the yearely Rent payable to the Kings Maiestie amongst the poorest people dwelling within the said towne of Beuerley Also I giue to the Maior and Alder-men of the citty of Lincolne for the time being all such proffits and reuenewes as shal arise and growe of the parsonage of Glentham within the county of Lincolne and all the residue of the yeares that shall remaine after my decease to this intent that they shall distribute and bestowe or cause to be distributed and bestowed the same amongst twenty of the poorest people that shall then bee dwelling in the said citty with the consent and priuity of the Deane of the Cathederall Church of Lincolne or the Recorder of the same for the time being they the said Maior Aldermen Deane and Recorder foreseeing that the Parsonage be letten for their most benefit Item I giue into the Tresory or Store-house of mine entended Hospitall to begin their stocke with and to defend the rights of the house one thousand pounds of lawfull English mony And I giue to euery one of my Feoffees whome I haue put in trust about my entended Hospitall to whome I haue not giuen any thing in this my last will the summe of twenty sixe pounds thirty shillings and foure pence of lawfull mony of England Item I giue to Amy Popham if it please GOD she liue to keepe house three Fether-beds and so many paire of Holland sheetes with the boulsters to them and so many hangings of tapestry as furnish her a bed-chamber The rest of my houshouldstuffe I will shal be sold by myne executors for the speedier payment of my leagacies and performance formance of this my last will Item I giue to the widow Tassell of Balsham the summe of fiue pounds of Lawfull mony of England and to Thomas Lawrence the elder of the same towne fiue pounds of like lawfull mony of England Item I giue and bequeath vnto the brother of Perciuall Graung my late seruant deceased the summe of twenty pounds of lawfull mony of England And of this my last will and testament I make and ordaine Richard Sutton of London Esquire and Iohn Law one of the procurators of the Arches London my Executors charging them as they will answer at the last day of iudgement that they or one of them in the absence of the other endeuor them-selues with all earnestnesse and diligence to see this my will performed according to my true meaning and charitable intent And I make ouerseers of this my last will and testament the Reuerend Father in GOD George Abbot Archbishop of Canterbury vnto whome I giue and bequeath the summe of forty markes of lawfull mony of England or a peece of plate of that value at his election and choyse And also Launcelot Androes Almonizer to the Kings Maiesty my other superuisor and ouerseer of this my last will and testament vnto whome I giue and bequeath the summe of twenty pounds of like lawfull mony of England or a peece of place of that value at his election and choyse Item my will and full intent and meaning is that if any person or persons whosoeuer to whome I haue in and by this my last will and testament giuen and bequeathed any leagacy or summe or summes of mony shall any waies gainsay impugne contradict or impeach this my last will and testament that then all and euery one so impugning contradicting impeaching or gainesaying this my last will and testament and euery of their children and kinsfolkes to whome I haue in and by this my last will and testament giuen and bequeathed any leagacy or summe or summes of mony shall haue no part nor portion of any such guift leagacy or bequest but shall vtterly loose the same and bee vterly barred thereof as if no such Legacy gift or bequest had bin giuen vnto him her or them by this my last will and testament any thing before in these presents mentioned or contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Item I giue and bequeath to Richard Sutton one of my Executors before named the summe of one hundred poundes and to mistris Law ouer and besides the Legacy before to her giuen I giue the summe of forty poundes to make her a gowne withall Item I giue to Maister Hutton the Vicar of Littlebury twenty poundes To the Towne of Camps Castle where I dwel to be distributed amongst the poore of the same Parish tenne poundes Also to the poore of the towne of Elcombe to be equally distributed amongst them the summe of ten poundes Item I giue and bequeath those my mannors of Littlebury and Hadstock in the County of Essex to the right honorable the Lord Thomas Howard Earle of Suffolke and to his heires for euer vpon Condition that he do wel and truly pay or cause to bee paid to my Executors before named or to the suruiuor of them the summe of Tenne thousand poundes of law full money of England within one yeare next after my decease And if he shall refuse to pay the said summe of tenne thousand pounds for the said Mannors then I giue and bequeath the said Mannors of Littlebury and Hadstock to my said Executors and to their Heires for euer And then I will and deuise that the said Mannors of Littlebury and Hadstock shall bee sold by my said Executors or the suruiuor of them to the vttermost price and valew that they may be sold for and the money comming

giue vnto each of my seruingmen to whom I giue wages with my Cooke that shall be aliue at my decease thirteene pound sixe shillings and eight pence ouer and aboue their wages then due Item I giue to so many of my maidseruants as I haue in my house at the time of my decease fiue markes a apeece ouer and aboue their wages Item I giue vnto the Children of Reinold Tomps my late seruant if any of them bee aliue at my death ten pounds to bee distributed amongst them Item I giue to the Fyshermen of the Towne of Oastend in the Low Cuntries one hundred poundes of lawful English money to be giuen and distributed amongst the poorest fishermen of that Towne or for want of a competent number of them to call in some other of that Towne to haue a shre of the said one hundred poundes by the discretion of the gouernours of that Towne and his assistants and the Parson and Minister there for the time being the same to be paid within one yeare after my decease Item I giue towards the mending of the High-waies betweene Islington and Newington in the County of Middlesex Twenty sixe poundes thirteene shillings and fower pence of lawful mony of England to bee imployed and bestowed by the good ouersight of mine Executor or Executors the Cunstable of Newington and the Churchwardens there for the time being the same Highwayes to bee amended made and holpen within one yeare after my decease Item I giue towards the amending of the of highwaes betweene Ashden and Walden in the County of Essex called Walden Lane one hundreth poundes of Lawfull mony of England And towardes the amending of the highwaies between great Lynton in the Coūty of Cambridge and the said Towne of Walden three skore sixe pounds thirteen shillings and foure pence of lawfull mony of England And I also giue towards the amending of Horseth-Lane threeskore poundes of lawfull money of England All these workes next before recited I will shall be ouerseene and guided by the two head Constables therevnto next adioyning the Tresorer of Walden and the Parsonnes of Ashden Hadstock and Horsheath and the Constables of the same Parishes for the time being And the same seueral summes to be imployed and the said High-waies so to be amended so farre as the same summes will extend within one yeare after my decease Also I giue towards the amending of the Bridges and the ordinary high wayes between South minster and Malden in the said County Essex the summe of one hundred poundes of lawfull money of England and the same worke to be ouerseene and guided by the two head Constables therevnto next adioyning and the parsons or Vicars of South-minster and Malden for the time being and the same money to be so employed and the high waies so amended within one yeere next after my decease Item I giue to Maister Robert Dudley Alderman of Newcastle vpon Tyne or to his Children or to so many of his Children as shall bee liuing at the time of my decease Thirty pounds of lawfull money of England which hee oweth me And I will and doe earnestly charge mine Executor or Executors to deliuer into the Tresurie or Chamber of the Citie of London one Thousand pounds in currant mony of England with such care and foresight to be had that such bonds or assurances bee taken of the Lord Maior and Aldermen of the same Citie that for the time shall bee by learned Counsell in the Law as the same may bee safe and for euer goe and bee conuerted to these vses following That is to say that the said thousand pounds be yeerely lent and put foorth to ten yonge Marchant men not hauing any great stockes of their owne being yong men and of honest life and conuersation and towardly in their trades that is to euery one of them one hundreth pounds for a yeare without paying any thing for the same And these ten yong Marchants to bee chosen and appointed by the Lord Maior and Aldermen of the said Citie that for the time shall bee and the Deane of the Cathedrall Church of Saint Paul in London for the time beeing Prouided as before that none haue or continue the said hundred pounds so appointed aboue one yeare Item I will and giue to the Children of Iustinian Crome Draper sometimes dwelling in the Citie of Lincolne or to his childrens children if any of them shall be liuing at my decease Twenty pounds of lawfull money of England to bee equally diuided amongst them I giue also to the Wife and Children or Child of Martine VVathersine Dutchman sometime dwelling at the signe of the White Beare in Buttolph Lane London if any of them be liuing at the time of my death Ten pounds to bee equally diuided amongst them Item I giue to the next kinsman or kinswoman of Henry Vauering Dutchman Smith somtimes dwelling in Barwick three pounds six shillings eight pence Item I giue and bequeath vnto Sir Francis Popham Knight as well in respect and good will which I beare vnto his Wife beeing the Daughter of my late deceased deare Wife the summe of two thousand Markes of lawfull money of England vpon condition neuerthelesse and so that the said Sir Francis Popham and the said Ladie Anne his Wife giue a sufficient discharge and a generall release to mine Executor or Executors as well for that summe as also for the receipt of all the rest of her part of portion of the plate money and houshould stuffe already paide and deliuered to them or to their vse as appeareth by seuerall bills or notes subscribed with mine owne hand which I doe thinke to be the very true halfe and better halfe of the said plate money and houshould stuffe part whereof was deliuered by one Iohn Fishborne my late seruant to Sir Iohn Popham Knight late Lord Chiefe Iustice of England at his late house in Chauncerie Lane The rest of the houshould stuffe as Chaires Stooles Bedsteedes Kitchin-stuffe Tables such like was deliuered by the said Fishborne to the said Sir Iohn Pophams Seruants at Newington one Thousand pounds in mony paid in this sort viz. To Sir Iohn Popham by his seruant Straker vpon the said Sir Iohns bill before marriage three hundred pounds which bill after the marriage I returned to the said Sir Iohn Popham seauen hundred pounds were paid to the said Sir Iohn Popham vpon the marriage by one Mr. Anthony Law late dwelling in pater noster row London the better moyety of the plate due to Sir Francis Popham was by the appointment of the said Sir Iohn Popham receiued by one Maister Clarke somtimes towardes the said Sir Iohn and now a Councellor at the law of the middle Temple as I guesse Item I giue to my welbeloued friend Amy Popham two hundred poundes to bee paid to her at the day of her marriage or when she shall accomplish the age of eighteene yeares Item I giue to Francis Popham Mary Popham Elizabeth Popham Iane Popham