In the name of god Amen the third day of May in the yeare of our Lord God 1624 And the yeare of the Raine of our Soveraign Lord king James of England the xxth and of Scotland the fifth I William Hobson of Westwell being hole of mind and in good memorie laud and praise be given unto Almighty god do make ordain and dispose this my present testament and last will in manner and forme following Imprimis I bequeath and recomend my soul unto almighty god And my body to be buried in the North Alley of Eckington Church my feet remaining nearest to the side of Mr Lynacres queare dore Item I give and bequeath to my sonne Thomas my best gowne and a silver spoone and half of a fifteene shllinge of gold Item I give and bequeath to my sonne William my ….. gowne and a paire of ….. and a silver spoone and the other halfe of the fifteene shillinge aforesaid Item I give to Margaret Rotheram the clock a ….. of gold and a silver spoone Item I give to Jennet Snoden a ….. of gold and a silver spoone Item I give to Ann Hobson my Granchild within one yeare of my decease ten pounds and a seele bed with a fether bed and boulster by my ….. and an Ambrey standing nearby Item I give and bequeath to Anne Rotherham ten pounds and a …. and a paire of sheetes and a paire of blankets and a paire of coverlettes and a …. hanging upon the bed as aforesaid and a chest standing by the said bed sides Provided and conditioned that the said Ann Hobson and Anne Rotheram be obedient to me during my life and to my sonne Thomas after my decease wee reasonably requiring or Commanding them Item I bequeath to William Hobson my Granchilde a ….. coate and my best dublate and my best paire of ….. and a paire of browne ….. forkes and a ….. furnished after the death of my sonne Thomas and a horse within one yeare after my decease Item I give and bequeath to Gilbert Rotheram a greene …. and a silver spoone Item I give and bequeath to my Brother William Rotheram a silver spoone Item I give to William Hobson wife and his daughter Elizabeth ten pounds Item I give to Dorothy Hobson my sonne James his wife a silver spoone Item I give to young James Hobson and his Sister Elizabeth Hobson my gran Children one Mare betwixt them Item I give and bequeath to Thomas Lee his wife and his three children five shillings a peece Item I give to Katherine Rotheram Dorothy Rotheram and Margery Rotheram the younger children of Thomas Rotheram ten pounds a peece Item I give and bequeath to Thomas Hayden and Laurence Hayden ten pound a peece Item I give and bequeath to John Snodens eldest daughters ten pounds a peece Item I give to Judith Pinder ten pounds Item I give to John Snoden 12 pence Item I give to Edmund Hayden 12 pence Item I give to Robert Pinder 12 pence Item I give to Thomas Rotheram 12 pence Item I give to William Hobson an Edward shilling Item I give to Thomas Hobson son of James Hobson an Edward shilling Item I give to Gilbert Rotheram an Elizabeth shilling Item I give to Thomas Snoden William Snoden and Christopher Snoden 12 pence a peece Item I give and bequeath for my bringing forth at my death 10 pounds 30s whereof is to be given to the poore of mosbrough Ridgeway and Ekington from the crosse downward 6d a house Item I give to George Lynacre gent 10 groats Item I give to William Hobson my grandchild 10 groats Item I give to Gilbert Rotheram 10 groats Item I give ….. ….. pence to be dealt upon the day of my burial to the poore in the parishe Item I give to William Hobson my Counter All my said legacies above named are not to be discharged to every and to ….. ….. and bequeathed until theie be at the full age of one and twentie years …… that that are appointed to be paid and discharged within one yeare after my decease Lastly I make and ordeyne by these presents my aforesaid Grandchildren Gilbert Rotheram and William Hobson Supervisors to see this my last will and Testament truly performed by Thomas Hobson the younger whom I make and ordeyne full executor of the same last Will and testam’t In witness whereof I have set my hand the day and year above written
Witnesses hereunto The marke of William Hobson the elder
Troth Lynacre
Geo. Lynacre
Robt Treeton
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The Mosborough One-Place Study 