Will of Gregory Tarrant 1629 - need a hand completing transcription - COMPLETED

[hatofthecat]

Am stuck on a few words in this 1629 will    ...aid and suggestions much appreciated.  What I have so far is:

"In the name of God amen
I Gregori Tarrant of Clanfield in the parish of Wayhill in the counti
of Hants husbandman being sick of bodi but in good and perfect rememberence
Thanks be unto God hereforth do make this my last will & testament
first I bequeath my soul to almighty god and my bodi to be buried in the
church yard of Wayhill also I give and bequeath unto my [life ?]
church and to ye mother church of of Winchester 4d
Item I give unto my sonne Thomas eight pound also I give unto
my sonne Richard eight pound & unto my sonne David eight pound
I also give unto my sonne Peter eight pound & unto my sonne
John I give four bushell of barley I unto my brother Richard give
[??] of barley.  I unto [??] Tarrant my grandchild I give
ye [Estate ?] tabl borde & frame: and unto my grandchild Richard
I give [??] coffer: and unto all my sonne's children I give [??]
[??] [??] [??] [??] [??] [??] also I give unto Robert [??]
& unto al ye poore of ye aforesaid parish [??] [??] [collection ?]
[??] [??] a yeare: and unto my sonne's Richard & Peter David and Thomas
I give al my [??]  after their mother's decease to be equalli divided
& also I would have my to sonnes Richard & David to [till ?] [??]
ye [??] during their mother's natural life: & to take half of ye [??]
of ye [crop ?] yearly for their labor ------
-------------------------: my debts [??] &
[??] [??] discharged: al other things movable & unmovable
I give unto my wife Jane and also I make my executor
written ye 12 day of september anno domin 1629"

[goldie61]

Hi hatofthecat


Gregori Tarrant of "Clanfeeld” in the parish of “Wayhell” (not convinced that says ‘Hants’ either!)

…bequeath unto my PARISH church on shilling ….


……..unto my brother Richard I give on bushel of Barley & unto Archi (possibly Archibald?) Tarrant my Grandchild I give the GREAT Tabl borde …..
…I give on litl coffer……..   sonnes chilren I give everi on severalli on sheepe which ar now borne also I give unto Robert Kitu(?)id & unto all the poore of the aforesayd parish two which ar under colliction two penc a yeere…..

 I give al my fair stuf …….
….my to sonnes Richard & David To till & manneur the lyving during their mothers naturaul life: & to take half the profets of the Crop yearly for their laber.

my debts legasies & funuraules discharged:.

I give unto Jane my wife which also I make my Executor…..


Hope this helps 
Love the 'on' for 'one'!

[Bookbox]

... Clanfeeld in the p(ar)ish of wayhell in the Counti
of south husbandman ...

(presumably intended to be 'in the county of south hampton husbandman', but 'hampton' omitted in error?)

... I give unto Robert Kit vi^d (= 6 pence)

... Archibales Tarrant my Granchild

[hatofthecat]

Thanks goldie61 & Bookbox, sometimes the words just seem to turn to mush the more you stare at them 

"south" perhaps as an abbreviated form of Southampton makes sense.  The place is actually CLANVILLE just north of Weyhill in Hampshire so shows how place names change/evolve.

Archibald/Archibales -    that one is a total mystery, there's no Archibald in the family (bit too Scottish for this part of the world)... its got me scratching my head as nothing even vaguely the right shape to fit the squiggle in baptism names for the family in early 1600s 

"Robert Kit"- this one I think then is Robert Kyte/Kight/Kite/Kyght who features in the parish registers in this period (actually there are I think two of them alive in 1629 who it could be).

[Bookbox]

'The county of south hampton' is a fairly standard phrase, but probably the omission of 'hampton' would be an error rather than an abbreviation.

Archibales (or whatever) has been underlined, suggesting that someone else may have thought it wrong, or at least failed to recognise it.

Finally, I believe the testator's name is written Grigori, not Gregori.

[hatofthecat]

"Archibales (or whatever) has been underlined, suggesting that someone else may have thought it wrong, or at least failed to recognise it." - if they had no idea who he was that's me out of luck then    Its not a death bed will, he died two years later, you would have thought they'd have asked in meantime... 

GRIGORI, yes, I've just looked again at the "original" photocopy with my big dome magnifier and its a dotted "i" not an "e".

thanks again Bookbox for sharp eyes.

[hatofthecat]

Solved the mystery name.  Looks like its "Archilaious" or Archelaeus an old English form of the name Hercules.  Hercules was the brother of the other grandchild mentioned.

[Bookbox]

Well done