Copy. Will of Richard Sherburne of Stonihurst, co. Lancs. To be buried in 'my new quire at Mitton'

Reference No:
U DDEV/69/1
Dates:
1627
Description:
Bequests to son Richard; grandson Richard; nephew Richard (son of dec'd. brother Thomas S.); daughter-in-law Elizabeth (wife of son Richard); wife Anne; reputed daughter Margaret Sherburne alias Gregson (daughter of Ellin Cromblholme); poor of Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley, of Mitton and Crooke, of Laythgrime (Leagram) and Chipping, and of Dutton and Ribchester; Robert Sherburne (second son of dec'd. brother Thomas) and his brother Thomas; nieces Maud and Elizabeth Sherburne; son-in-law William Pennington, esq. and wife Catherine; wife's servant, Margaret Foster; servants Hugh and Alexander Sherburne, gents., Lawrence Bannishter, Adam Houghton, Thomas Sherburne, John Houlden, James Sudell, Richard Mollinex and Richard Crosse; Edmund Hayhurst; godson, the son of Henrie Norcrosse, late vicar of Ribchester; wife's maid Katherine Watson; servants John Houlden and Thomas Oddie; John Gregson son of Robert G. and Grace 'his now wife'; William Swinglehurst grandson of John S. dec'd.; sisters Jane, wife of Rouland Houghton, and Grace, wife of William Houghton; godson Richard Houlden of Chaigley; brother Richard; wife of son Henry; servants John Houlden, John Townley and Richard Sherburne of Hisham; grandson Richard Pennington: - mentions lands in Eshoulte, Guiesly, Bailden, Hauksworth, Menston, Bowland, Graystone-Gill, Houlden, Bradforth, Aukley, Finningley and Misson, cos. York and Nottingham; Wiswell; manors of Steed and Haworth; parsonage of Mitton; rectory of Ribchester with demesne lands called Windie Arbor; messuage called Whitledale; Lathgryme Hall alias Laund Hall; Burneslacke; lands in Clidrow, Standon and Greengore, co. Lancs.; rector of Guysley; rectory of Warton, co. Lancs.; capital messuage in Wiswell (in tenure of Francis Paslew). Also sheep, cattle, gear, money; armour, weapons, flag and tent; and furniture (including a pair of organs in the hall at Stonihurst, and 'windie insturments'): Body of his first wife Katherine, daughter of Lord Sturton, to be brought from Isle of Man and buried with him. Exors. wife Anne, and friends Robert Swinglehurste of Farwick House, Thomas Sherburne of Hisham and Francis Paslew of Wiswall, gents. Witn. Hugh Sherburne, John Houlden
Format:
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Extent:
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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of the Constable Maxwell Family of Everingham, Caerlaverock and Terregles (including the Haggerston and Sherburne Families)