In the name of god Amen the Second day of Aprill Ano Dom 1635 I James Cowley of Mosborough in the prsh of Eckington in the County of Derby yeoman being whole in mynde and of good and pfect memory thanks be to god for the same do make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following first and principally I bequeath my soule into the hands of almighty god my maker and redeemer by whose precious blood I doubt not but to be made ptaker of his eternal and everlasting kingdome and my body to be buryed in the Church of Eckington at the discretion of my friends And concerning my wordly goods and substance wch god hath sent me I give and bequeath as followeth Imprimis I give and bequeath unto Mary Hardwicke wife of John Hardwicke iiis iiiid Item I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Hardwicke my god d ……. Item I give and bequeath unto Isabell Hardwicke ….. Item I give and bequeath unto James Hardwick…… Item I give and bequeath unto Susan Hardwick …. Item I give and bequeath unto John Cowley and to Anne his wife eyther of them iiis iiiid Item I give unto Robert Cowley sone of John Cowley iiis iiiid Item I give unto Margaret Cowley iiis iiiid Item I give and bequeath unto Anne Cowley daughter of John Cowley ….. Item I give unto Mary Cowley …. Item I give and bequeath unto John Cowley sone of John Cowley ….. Item I give unto Sara Cowley iiis iiiid My mynde and will ys that those legacies before given unto John Cowley his wife and children shall be a full satisfaction of all Demands performings arrears for and debtys hereafter Item I give and bequeath unto Richard Anderton son of Raph Anderton Tenne pounds Item I give unto Mary wife of Raph Anderton iiis iiiid Item I give and bequeath unto Mary Anderton younger iiis iiiid Item I give and bequeath unto Robte Cowley my brother and to his wife to eyther of them iiis iiiid Item I give unto Richard Cowley sonne of Robte Cowley iiis iiiid in full satisfaction of all my goods and other Accompts and demands hereafter Item I give and bequeath unto Arthur woodhouse and to his wife xs Item I give to Mary one of his children iiis iiiid Item I give and bequeath unto Humphrey Brailsford xs Item I give unto the wife of Edward Mower iiis iiiid Item I give to Anne Roger iiis iiiid Item I give and bequeath unto Isabell Redferne(?) my kinswoman three pounds Item I give and bequeath unto every one of my god children iiis iiiid Item I give and bequeath unto the poor people of mosbrough five pounds And the said five pounds to remaine in Raph Andertons hands …….. to be paid to the poor of mosbrough byrlowe every goodfriday for ever Item my mynd and will is that thirty shillings shall be given to present howshoulders within the byrelow of mosbrough uppon the day of my buryall. Item I give unto Richard ………… xs Item I give unto his wife iiis iiiid Item I give unto Richard …….. his sonne iiis iiiid Item I give unto Anne his daughter iiis iiiid Item I give and bequest to William Anderton and his wife to eyther of them iiis iiiid Item I give unto Willm and Marke Anderton to eyther of them iiis iiiid Item I give to Thomas Watsone iis Item I give to Thomas Bunting iis Item I give to henry Crooks iis Item I give to the ……. at my buryall Item I give unto the …….. of the …… if he will come and …… me to the …….. at my buryall Item I give unto the Clarke and scollars if they come and sing before me to the Church My debts paid and my expenses of my funeral discharged I make and appoint Raph Anderton my executor of this my last will and testament hoping he will pforme the same according to my true meaninge Item I appoint John Hardwicke Supervisor of this my last will and Testamt Item I give unto the said John Hardwick xs for his paines My mynde and will ys that John Levick Robte Rawson and John Crooks shall …… the …. of …… ……. Raph Anderton for the benefit and behoofe of Ann Cowley Mary Cowley and John Cowley daughters and sonne to John Cowley their father until they shall come to the full age of xxi yeres Item I give Richard Anderton my …… coffer with stands at my bedside .. …. ….. a featherbed a paire of falxon sheets and a paire of blankets and two coverlets and one bedsted that is in chamber over the house one table frame and forme in the house one …. chaire and ….. ….. with …… uppon yt Item I gyve him more one cubbord vi dishes of pewter uppon the cubbord …. vi pewter porringers and some saucers of pewter two candlesticks of pewter and ……. Salute one brass pott being the best one brass panne of ii gallons the best spitte and paire of iron……. the landiron in the house one …… and a …… with ….. in the house I gyve him my sword and my dagger and the …… hinges Item I give Richard Anderton one …… being …… and …. Uppon Item I give to John Levick iiis ivd Item I give to John Crookes iiis ivd And further my mynd and will is that Raphe Anderton shall have the keeping governing and ruling of all such legacies given by James Cowley until such tyme as may be for said Elizabeth Hardwick, Isabell Hardwick and James Hardwick and Susan Hardwick daughters and sonne of John Hardwick heare before named and expressed shall …… their full ages of twenty and one years Item I give to margret Levick iiis ivd In witness whereof I the said James Cowley to this my last will and testament have sett my hande and seale the day and year above written.
James Cowley (his marke)
Item I give unto William sheppard iiis iv to buy him a winding sheete
Item I give unto mary hardwick daughter of John Hardwick xxs
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In the presence of
Geo Kirkeby
John Levicke
John Crookes
Robert XX rawson
John Yates
The Mosborough One-Place Study 