Thomas Stable of Calverley (d. 1588)
The Will of Thomas Stable of Calverley - Dated 1588
In the name
of God Amen the twentiethe day of Auguste in the yeare of our lord
God 1588. I Thomas Stable of Calverley pishe in the countie of yorke
beinge
sicke in bodie but of whole mynd and remembrance do ordayne and make
this my
last will and testament in maner and forme as Followethe. First I gyve
and bequiethe
my soule to almyghtie god my maker and creator. Trustinge to be saved
by the
deathe and passion of Jesus Christ my redemer, And my bodie to be
buried in the
churche yeard of Calverley. And as trustinge my worldlie goodes I
disperse &
give them as hereunto Followethe, First I give and bequiethe to my
wyfe by
legacie Read Whye also I will that my dettes be paid of my whole
goodes
and the Residue of my whole goodes to be devided into thre pts which I
gyve
one pte to my selfe to bringe me for the, And the Residue wch Remains
of this
my pte I gyve and bequiethe to my sonne James, The seconnd pte I give
to my wife, And the third pte I give to my two sonnes Thomas Stable
and John
Stable And if the said Remainder of goodes will not extend to eyther
of my
said yungest sonnes the sume of sixe pounds thirtene shillinges foure
pence, Then
I will that said two yungest sonnes shall have one Crofte called
Halfhead Hill
until the sume of poundes thirtene shillinges foure pence be paid as
is aforesaid
or els that my wyfe and my sonne James shall paye unto my two sonnes
Thomas
Stable and James this sume abovesaid, And they to receive the said
croft to their use
Aforesad allwayes provided that the said sume of sixe poundes thirtene
shillinges
Foure pence to eyther of them my youngest sonnes to be paid in
cunsidiracon of their ____
______ and not any pte of legacie, Also I will that my wyfe have the
third pte of
my tenement And that she have the third pte of that wch is to paye
bothe of the
________ and ____. The Residue of my goodes unbequiethed I give them
to
Elizabeth my wyfe and to James Stable my sonne whom I make executors
of this my last will. These beinge witnesses John Gremeall John Wails
the elder And
John Wailes yunger