{"id":1789,"date":"2014-03-15T22:41:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T22:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/?page_id=1789"},"modified":"2014-03-16T18:25:32","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T18:25:32","slug":"john-grigsby-d1600","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/grigsby\/john-grigsby-d1600\/","title":{"rendered":"The will of John Grigsby (d. 1600)"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Grigsby<\/a> is an 11 x gt grandfather of mine.<\/p>\n

The following is my transcription of the register copy of the will, ref. PRC17\/51\/432, which can be seen on microfilm at the or in the Canterbury Cathedral Archives<\/a>. The original will also survives, ref. PRC16\/266 G\/4; I have used this for a line which is obliterated in the register copy. It is as you would expect much harder to read than the register copy; I plan in time to try to read through it and to check in case any mistakes were introduced when the register copy was made – other then the sheet \/ sheep error noted below. (With thanks to Ann Ross for obtaining the copies which I have used).<\/p>\n

Square brackets [] indicate something I have added – whether letters in a word abbreviated in the document or a comment or link to a footnote. For other comments regarding my transcribing see below the will.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

In the name of God amen <\/b>the nineteenth of
\nAprill in anno dmi. one thousand sixe hundreth I John Grigsbie of maden <\/sup>[Marden]
\nin the Countie of Kent husbandman beinge sicke in bodie but of good & per-
\nfect remembrance thankes be geven unto allmightie God therefore doe make
\nthis, my last will & Testament in manner and forme following Firste <\/b>I
\nbequeathe my soule into the handes of almightie God trustinge through
\nthe pretious bloodshedinge of Jesus Christe all my sinnes are freelie pardo-
\nned and forgeven me and my bodie to be buried wheresoever it shall please
\nGod to appointe Item I geve to the poore people of Marden two shillings
\nof good Englishe money to be geven unto them at the time of my burial Ite[m].
\nI geve unto my foure sonnes Thomas<\/a> John<\/a> Guy<\/a> and Edwarde<\/a> Grigsbie
\nto either of them one milche Cowe in manner & forme followinge
\nviz to Thomas one red Cowe; to John one whte Cowe; to Guy one
\nblacke goare Cowe w[i]th a white starre in her forehead, to Edward a blacke
\ngoare Cowe to be pr[e]sentlie delivered unto either of them after my decease.
\nIte[m] I geve unto the Children of Richard<\/a> my sonne one branded heifer w[i]th
\na Calfe w[hi]ch I will shall remaine in the Custodie of Richarde any some
\ntowardes the bringinge up of his Children & the value of this cowe to
\nbe divided amongst them after the decease of the sayd Richard my sonne Item
\nI give unto Thomas my sonne one bord bedstedle one fetherbed one flocke bolster
\none blacke cov[e]rlit and one pillowe to be Deliv[e]red unto him incontinentlye after
\nmy decease Item I give unto John my sonne one borded bedstedle one flockbed
\none flocke bolster one blanket one cov[e]rlit and one pillowe to be delivered
\nincontinentlye after my decease Item I give unto Guye my sonne one bord
\nbedstedle one flockbed one flocke bolster one cov[e]rlit and one bad [bed?!] hanginge ov[e]r
\nyt and one blanket and one pillowe to be deliv[e]red unto him incontinentlye
\nafter my decease Item I give unto Richard my sonne one bord bedsteedle [end of p.1]
\none flockebed one flocke bolster one cov[e]ringe and one pillowe standinge in the p[ar]lor
\nnext the dore to be deliv[e]red unto him alsoe incontinentlye after my decease Item I
\ngive to Edward one bord bedstedle w[i]th a flockebed the best cov[e]rlit [coverlit possibly crossed out or some blot on the page?<\/a>*<\/a>] and one pillowe to
\nbe deliv[e]red unto him incontinentlye after my decease Item I give to my sonne Edw[a]rd
\nmy mare incontinentlye after my decease Item I give unto Edward [‘my’ assumed – obliterated] sonne one
\nacre and 2 quarter of wheate growinge neere my dwellinge house Item I give
\nunto my sonne John one acre and a quarter of wheate growinge on Lambes land
\n[<\/a>**<\/a> the following line obliterated in Register copy, transcribed from photocopy of original]
\nItem I give unto my Executors iii acres of Okx  [meaning oaks or oats?] to be devidid between them
\nI give unto Edward my sonne my carte and courbe and harrowe w[i]th all the wheles
\nw[i]th all the impleme[n]ts belonginge to carryage and courtinge Item I give and
\nbequeath unto my fyve sonnes aforesayd ii younge bullocks viii sheet [sic – clearly ‘sheet’ not ‘sheep’ in the Register copy, but the original that says ‘sheep’] and iii lambes
\nii hoggs all the brasse and pewter and the iron vessells tubb barrells and all other
\nwoodden vessells to be equallie divided betwene them presentlye after my
\ndecease Item I give unto my sonne Edwarde my great cheste and one cup-
\nbord in the hall to be deliv[e]red unto him after my decease imediatlye Item I give
\nunto Guye my sonne one cupbord standinge in the parlor and one chest in the
\nchamber where I lye to be deliv[e]red unto him imedeatlie after my decease
\nItem I give unto my sonne John two chests Item I give unto my sonne
\nRychard [3rd<\/sup> spelling of Richard!] one chest in the p[ar]lor standinge nowe at the syde of the bed Item
\nI give unto Thomas my sonne a chest in the p[ar]lor at the foote of the
\nbed Item I give unto my four[e] sonnes Thomas John Guye and Edw[a]rd
\nGrigsbye all my lynne[n] to be equallie divided betwene them Provided
\nalsoe that yf my sonne Guye shall happen to decease before he be mar=
\nried then my will and mind is that all such legacies as are bequeathed
\nunto him by this my last wyll shalbe equallie divided betwene my four[e]
\nsonnes above named All the residue of my moveables goods and chattells
\nunbequeathed I give and bequeathe unto my two sonnes John and Edw[a]rd
\nwhome I make executors of this my last will and testame[n]te In wit
\nnes whereof I the sayd John Grigsbye the testator have sette my Hand
\nthese beinge presente witnesses The marke of John Grigsbie the testator
\nWillm Turke John Harrys his marke witnesses<\/div>\n
Probatu<\/b> fuit … xxi May anno Dmi 1600<\/div>\n

Apart from a couple of instances where my comments make the line to long to fit the lines above correspond with those in the will.<\/p>\n

I have tried to keep spellings and capitals as in the will, but whether a letter is a capital is not always clear to me. Letters inserted in square brackets are where there is an indication that the word is abbreviated, often but not always by a letter being superscript. Some letters are superscript where nothing appears to be missing e.g. manner<\/sup> in line 5 – maybe due to a final ‘e’ or other letter that we wouldn’t expect to have been omitted.<\/p>\n

<\/a>*<\/a> I would have thought coverlit was deliberately crossed out – except that that doesn’t make sense with the words ‘best’ before and ‘and’ after left?<\/p>\n

<\/a>**<\/a> One line looks like it was completely crossed out, but a couple of smaller ‘crossings out’ are after the end of the line or in between so this may be some sort of accidental damage<\/p>\n

There is no obvious mention of draught animals. I’ve never known how oxen differed from other cattle; reading about it it seems they are ordinary cattle, known as oxen once trained as draught animals. Mostly male animals were used but milk cows could be trained; maybe this is what John used.<\/p>\n

(I don’t yet know what ‘goare’ cows were – maybe this implies a draught animal)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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