The Will of JOHN CARLETON of Bransburton, within Holderness, county of York,
weaver, dated 14 Dec. 1588. To my two eldest sons Edward Carleton and Robert
Carleton my workhouse with all necessary looms belonging to the occupation
of a weaver. To George Carleton, my son, a brown cow. I will my wife shall
bring up a calf of the said cow and give to Mathewe Carleton. If the said
George die, then the said Mathewe shall have both the cow and the calf. I
give my farmhold and the title thereof to my wife to bring up my said
children. All the residue of my goods, my debts paid and funeral expenses
discharged, I give to Agnes my wife, Robert Carleton, Edward Carleton,
Mathewe Carleton, and George Carleton, my sonns, and Jane Carleton and Suzan
Carleton, my daughters, whom I make my executors. I desire my brother,
William Carleton if he be so minded to take unto him my son Edward with the
half of the workhouse to learn the occupation belonging to a weaver.
Witnesses: William Smithe and others. Proved 9 Sept. 1589 by Agnes relict
and executrix, with power reserved to Robert, Edward, Mathew, George, Jane
and Suzan Carleton, children of the deceased and co-executors named in the
will. (York Probate Registry, vol. 24, fo 97.)
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