1665 Draft Will of William Goss
In the name of God Amen the ninth day of November in the year of o[u]r L[or]d one thousand
Sixe hundred sixty and five. I WIlliam Goss sen: of Waldringfield in the County of Suffolk yeom[an]
Being of sound & p[er]fect memory & understanding revoking all other former wills & testaments made
I o— this my last will & testament in man[or] & forme following First I bequeath my soul
To God & my body to be interred in the churchyard att Waldringfield for my worldly estate I give
and bequeath as followeth. I give unto Ann my deare wife all the moviables linnen wollen & all other
household stuff which was hers before we marryed Item I give unto my s[ai]d wife fiffteene pounds of good
and lawfull English currant money to be paide by my Executor hereafter named att these two terms
tenn pounds to be payde to her within sixe months and five pounds to be p[ai]d to her on t[ha]t day twelve
months aft[er] my decease Item I give unto her my s[ai]d wife the best cowe I have at my decease or such
a cow as shee shall make choice of Item I give also unto her three combs of Ry[e] to be p[ai]d in the manner
viz one combe on the first day of January next aft[er] my decease & another one ye same day the first
of January the year following & the third combe to be p[ai]d on the year after. Item I give her halfe a
Remble of hempe halfe fembel & halfe carle to be p[ai]d her by my executo[rs] the next Michaelmass aft[er]
my decease Item Igive unto her halfe my bees to take of my Executo[rs] aft[er] my decease All these
forenamed I doe freely bequeath her shee invoking cancelling or giving in a bond or contact or
covenant made by me to her upon o[u]r marriage
Item I give unto my Grandchildren Edward Waller, (inserted)& William Waller five pounds three shillings to be p[ai]d them att
the age of twenty one years lawfully demanded if Jephtha Waller doe return then I give unto Samuel Waller my grandchild
one glass kepe which hang in the parlour where I now dwell Item I doe give unto the poore
In Waldringfield the sum of tenn shillings Item I bequeath unto my son William Goss
all my lands leases houses wods household stuffe corne hay cattil chattals & all my moveables what
soever not bequeathed before, He the afores[ai]d William my son dischargeing all those legacies I have
bequeathed or is expressed Item I do constitute make him the afores[ai]d William my son
my only executor of this my last will and testament for Wittness whereof
I have set my hand and seale the day & yeare abovewritten
Reade sealed & delivered
In the p[re]sence of us Willm (mk) Gosse
Richard (mk) ——- Gentleman
Ann (mk) King
Probate (bits I can read easily) John Burroughs Robti King 2nd September 1665 Guililmi Gosse executrs
This is William Goss senior, a yeoman, wishing to bew interred at Waldringfield Churchyard. Married to Anne. He leaves to her the linen etc which she brought into the marriage, his best cow or a cow of her chosing, his bees, money, three combs of rye to be provided at the rate of one a year,m a remble of hemp .What is a comb of rye and a remble of hemp, a femble and a carle of hemp? Edward, William, (both under 21) Samuel and Jephtha are his grandchildren. Jephtha has obviouslyt disappeared. What is the glass kepe he has… Read more »