1621 WILL OF JOHN UGLOW OF MARHAMCHURCH

[transcribed by Charlou Dolan; still needs to be proofread]

1)  In the Name of god amen the xvij [= 17] daye of January in the yeare of the Raigne [= reign] of o'r Sou'raigne [= souvreign]

2)  lorde James by the grace of god king of England France & Irelande Defender of the faith

3)  the ninteeth And of Scotland the ___v, Anno Dom' 1621 I John vglow of the parish of

4)  Marhamchurch w'thin the Countye of Cornewall yeoman beinge sicke in bodye but perfect

5)  in memorye, thankes be to almightie god do make & Ordayne [= ordain] this my laste will & testament

6)  in maner & forme Followinge ___ firste I give & Com'ende my soule to almighty god my

7)  maker & Redeemer in whome I believe faithefully to be saved, And my bodye I Com'ende to the

8)  earth  Itm [= Item] I give & bequeath vnto [= unto] John vglow sonne of Thomas vglow thelder [= the elder] <a> three Sillver 

9)  sponnes [= spoons], one Cowe, halfen Dealle of all my hovsholde [= household] goodes nowe Remaining w'thin my house

10)  But my will is Thomas vglow my eldest sonne shall have the vse theirof Duringe

11)  his life <b>, Itm I give vnto my sonne Thomas vglows other five Children <c> to eu'rye [= every] of them

12)  one sheepe, Itm i give vnto my sonne william vglowe Twentye pounds of Lawfull Englishe

13)  monye to be payd him by my executor w'thin one yeare of my Decease, & one heaffer [= heifer] of

14)  two yeares aige [= age], Itm I give vnto Johann vglow my sonne williams wife one shepe [= sheep] Itm I give

15)  vnto my sonne William vglows five Children to eu'rye of them one sheepe, Itm I give vnto my Daughter 

16)  Alice Dennis one cowe, Itm I give vnto her five Children to ech [= each] of them one Sheepe

17)  Itm I give vnto John vglowe my sonne if he in his owne person <d> after my Deceasse make Demande of my executor

18)  to be payd him w'thin halfe a yeare nexte after such Demande The som'e [= sum] of Tenn pounds

19)  of laweful Englishe monye [= money]  Itm I give vnto Marye vglow my Daughter in lawe one

20)  sheepe, Itm I give to the poore of the parishe of Marhamchurch iijs iiijd [= 3 shillings 4 pence]  Itm I give

21)  vnto my goddaughter Marye Kinge xijs  Itm I give vnto my goddaughter Catherine Crabb

22)  xijs, And to the Restes of all my godd Children I give to eu'rye of them vis  Itm I give

23)  vnto my three servants nowe Remaining in my house if theye so Contynuie [= continue] vntille [= until] the tyme of

24)  my Decease to every of them iijs [blot]d  Itm I give to Marye Jule Daughter of John Jule

25)  iijs iiijd  Itm I give to El[blot] Gest wife of Nathainell Gest iijs iiijd And all

26)  the Reste of my goodes & Chatteles [blot] given nor bequethed I give & bequeath vnto my sonne

27)  Thomes vglow whome I make my whole & sole executor; And to see this my laste will

28)  & Testament performed I Doe Ordaine & appointe in truste my true & w[blot]beloued [= well-beloved]

29)  Freindes [=friends] John vglow & John Jule In witness whereof I have here vnto put my hand

30)  & seale; 

signe ofe John vglow

Signed sealed & Deliued [= delivered] in the presence of vs [= us]
John [his mark] vglow Jun'r
Nath: Gest
John Juell

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Comments:

(1)   I believe that "Thomas Uglow the elder" <a> was the son of John the testator because first of all, <b> Thomas (son of John the testator) gets the use of the items bequeathed to "John son of Thomas thelder" during his (Thomas the son's) lifetime, and <c> because John the testator also refers to the "other five children" of his son Thomas.  If this is the case, then Thomas, son of John the testator, should have six children, the eldest son being John.  And that is indeed the case -- Thomas had six living children:  John [eldest son], George, William, James, [Richard, deceased], Benjamin, & Thomas.  Also, the fact that half of the household goods went to Thomas (eldest son) and half went to John (s/o Thomas the elder) with Thomas (eldest son) to have the use of those goods during his lifetime fits in with the common practice of wanting things to go to the eldest son of the eldest son.  Also Thomas would have been called "the elder" because he had a son Thomas, who would have been called Thomas the younger or Thomas junior.  And there could easily have been some other Thomas Uglows around who also had sons named John.

(2)  <d> "if he come" to claim it, etc., usually means that the person has gone off to somewhere unknown and that the family doesn't know if the person is living or dead.