Transcript of Thomas Goodynow's noncupative will; That upon the twentieth day of December in the years of our lord god 1617 according to the computacon of the Church of England Thomas Goodynow of Donhead St. Andrew in the County of Wilts., and Diocese of Sarum being sick in body but of sound and perfect memory did by word of mouth declare his last will noncupative as followeth, vizt, Imprimis he did give and bequeath unto his three youngest children to witt Dorothy Edmund and Ursula to each of them x Lb a peece to bee paid unto them at the age of twenty years Item he gave and bequeathed unto his sonne Simon two sheep Item hee gave unto his sonne Nathaniell and Thomas to each of them one heifer bullock a peece to be delivered unto them Item he gave and bequeathed unto his sons Ralph and John to each of them one heifer bullock and tow sheep a peece to bee delivered unto them at thepurification of or blessed lady the Virgin Mary next come two years, The residue of his goods not given nor bequeathed hee gave unto Ursula his wife whom hee made his whole and sole executrix and appointed Joseph Bower and Robert Button his overseers to see this his will perfourmed witnesses to the March 1617/18.
Inventory of the Estate of Thomas
Goodynow 1617 (1618)
Imprimus 20 kinder (young) beasts
at
Item five horse beasts at
Itm the cart and plow tacking
Itm the sheep at
Itm the piggs at
Itm the corne in the barn
Itm the hay and (the fodder)
Itm the xede (seed)
Itm the corne growing upon the
ground
Itm the wood Itm
goods at Evestsborne
Itm butter and cheese
Itm the bacon
Itm the pewter and brass
Itm the tinker vessel
Itm the iron stuffe (stove)
Itm the bedding and implements
that belong
Itm two table bords and two
there unto ______ one chest one cubbard(cupboard) and three stools
Itm his wearing apparel
Itm all the tools of husbandry
Itm knives forks and spoons
Itm the poultry
Total 125-10-4
Will of Ursula Haynes/Fayme
Will of Ussilah (Ursula) Goodenowe of Donhead St. Andrew, 1634; In the Name of God Amen I Ussilah Goodenowe of Dunheade St. Andrews in the County of Wilts widow being sick in body, yet well in mind, of sound and perfect memory thank be given to Almighty God for the same, do make constitute and ordain this my last Will and Testament in good manner as followeth: First and principally I commend my soul into the hands of God and my body to the ground in sure and certain hope of resurrection to Eternal Life through the satisfaction, merits and mediation of Jesus Christ the son of God, the Second Person in the Eternaland most glorious Trinity, who taking upon him the nature of man then suffered death on the cross for my sins and rose again from the dead for my Justification into life eternal. And for those temporal goods the blessings that God in mercy hath bestowed on me in this life, I give and bestow them in His glory in manner as followeth. First I give and bequeath to Ralph Goodenowe my eldest son one great chest and nine pounds of Current English money. Item: I give and bequeath to John Goodenow my second son one cupboard and one coffer and nine pounds of Current English money. Item: I give and bequeath to Simon my Third son on bushel of wheat, one bushel of rye, my second best barrel and twenty pounds of like current English money. Item: I give and bequeath to Nathaniel Goodenowe my fourth son my great pan and nine pounds of current English money. Item: I give and bequeath to Thomas Goodenowe my fifth son a little brewing kettle and eighteen pounds of like current English money. I give and bequeath to Ussilah (Ursula) Goodenowe my eldest dau twenty and eight pounds of like current English money. Item; I give and bequeath to Dorothy Goodenow my youngest dau my best coverlet (bedspread), and one pair of blankets, one bolster, one pillow, one coffer, and eighteen pounds of like current English money. Item; I give and bequeath to my said daus Ussilah and Dorothy equally to be divided between them all my wearing aparel, two pewter platters and all my linen except three pair of the coarser sheets, which sheets I give and bequeath to my son Edmund Goodenowe. Item; I give and bequeath to the parish church of Donhead St. Andrew aforesaid five shillings. Item; I give and bequeath to the poor of the said parish five shillings. Item; I give and bequeath all the rest of my goods cattel and chattels whatsoever to my son Edmund whom I also make executor of this my last Will and Testament to pay the Legacies aforementioned within two years after my death; Lastly I do make my cousin Walter Fayme of Semley and Thomas Fayme of Donhead St. Mary both in the county of Wilts aforesaid the overseers of this my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 18th day of February in the year of our Saviour 1633/34, according to the computation of the Church of England. Signed and sealed in the presence of Ussilah Goodenowe her mark X Jon Farewicke, clerk, Richard Clapcott Probate granted 22 May 1634." (Goodenows who Originated in Sudbury, Massachusetts 1638 A.D.- Theodore James Fleming Banvard)
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