FROM PROBATE RECORDS
The Will of WALTER CARLTON of Hornsea Burton, 1622
"In the name of God Amen I Walter Carleton of Hornsey Burton in the Countie
of Yorke gent. sicke of bodie but of perfect & sounde memory God be praysed
therfore doe make my last will & testament in manner & forme following
Imprimis I give & bequeath my selfe body & soule unto the Almighty god my
maker hoping he will accept of me through the death and passion of his sonne
Christ Jesus my lord & savior
Item I give & bequeth vnto the poore of the parishe of Hornsey ffortye
shillings.
Item I give vnto Jane my wife the house in Hornsey Burton wherin I dwell &
two oxgans of land & the two closes thervnto belonging all wch are parcell
or belonging to the manner of Ryse for & during so many yeares as she shall
remayne widowe & then I do give the said howse oxgans of land & closes to my
executors for the residew of the terme of yeares wch I have in them.
Item I give vnto Thomas Carleton my sonne five pounds of yearely rent to be
issuing out of all my lands in Hatfeyld to be payd vnto hym during his
natural life & to begin presently after the end of Adams lease and also
other five pounds of yearely rent out of all my lands in Hatefeyld to be
issuing & paid vnto him my sd sonne Thomas Carleton to begin after his
mothers death & att the time that he shalbe of the age of xxi yeares & to
continew during his life wch rents of vl and my will is shalbe payd vnto hym
by even & equal portions att the feast of St. Martin the bishopp in winter &
of pentecoste and that yt the same be not duely payd vnto him according to
my true meaning that then the sd Thomas may distreyne in the sd lands that
wch shalbe arreare & the dystres so taken lead drive or carry away & the
same keepe till he be thereof satisfyod.
Item I do give all my estate, title, right, interest & demand in halfe of a
howse and in five oxgans of land in Hornesey Burton wch was purchased of
John & Elizabeth Ombler, my brother & sister in lawe, the assurance whereof
is made to me & my brother George Carleton, vnto Willm Carleton my sonne &
his heyres for ever.
Item I give vnto my sonne Willm all my copyhold land in Hornesey and do
desire my wife to surrender vnto hym and his heires all the interest she
hath in any land there. Item I give vnto my sonne Edward all my right title
interest estate & terme of yeares & demnd wch I have in Hatefeyd or any part
thereof yielding and paying vnto his brother Thomas the rents of five
poundes & five poundes as aforesaid & allso I give vnto my sonne Edward one
silver boule or goblitt.
Item I give vnto my daughter Anne Carleton all my estate right title
interest & demand wch I have in a part of Hornsey Burton Marre lately
enclosed & called the newe close & in one other close called the shirewater
& my meaning is that whereas shirewater lease is about to be renewed, that
the charge thereof shalbe borne and payd out of my goods by my executors.
Item I do hereby declare that I give this vnto them the sd Thomas Willm &
Anne Carleton in consideration of such portion or childs part or parts as
they may have of my goods & in consideration that they shall not clame
demand nor have any part thereof & that yt they or any of them shall demande
& gett by suitt any portion or childs part thereof that then he or they
shall not have the legacye or legacies given vnto them by this my will but
the same shall go to my executors who shall have them as my sd child or
children should have had them.
Item I give to my mother Carleton one piece of gould of xi s.
Item I give to every of my brothers vid Thomas Carleton George Carleton &
John Carleton one piece of gould of xi s.
Item I give vnto my cosin Phillipp Carleton, my brother Thomas Carletons
son, x l to be payd to him when he comes att age or tobe disbursed for
binding him prentyse as my executors shall thinke fitt & att ther election.
Item I do nominate appoynt & make Robert more of Hornsey, gen, & George
Carleton, my brother, my executors of this my last will & testament and I
give vnto them all the rest of my goods vnbequeathed, my debts payd and
funerall expences satisfyed and I appoint my brother John to be tutor to my
son Thomas and my other children to my wife's tuition.
In witnes whereof I have set to my hand & seale this fiftenth of March
1622."
Witnesses Jane Carleton
Robte T Middleton
his marke
Willm I Newsames
marke
Robert Harlands
marke
Whereas I have in this my will nominated my brother George Carleton one of
my executors I do nowe (fearing he will not long live) nominate Willm North
of Roston to be executor in his rome wth Mr. Robert More & will not have my
sd Brother to he one & also I do declare this aforsd will duely alterd in
that point to be my will & testament this 30th of September 1623 & that day
in witnes therof I sette my owne hand in the presence of
Robert Middleton
Walter Carlton (The signature here very bad)
Robert More
Ron Carlton
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Carrollton, Texas 75007
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