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Document ii.
LAST WILL
of George Smith,
Father of Captain John
[Source: Edward Arber, ed., Captain John Smith ... Works, 1608–
1631, The English Scholar's Library Edition, No. 16 (Birmingham,
1884), I, xix–xx, printed from a copy of the original will furnished
by the district registrar of the Probate Division, High Court of
Justice, Lincoln.]
In the Name of God, Amen. In the thyrtyth day of Marche a
thowsande five hundreth ninety six I George Smith of Willougbie
juxta Alford on Marisco in the Countie of Lincolne beinge of good
and perfect memorie I thanke God for itt thoughe in bodie weake
and paynde doe ordeyne and make this my last Will and Testamentt
in maner and forme followinge Fyrst I bequeathe my Soule
into the mercifull hands of th[e]almightie God in the mediation
of Jesus Chryst myne alone and all sufficientt saviour, and my bodie
to be buried within Willoughbie Churche
Item I give to Lincoln Minster vjd.
Item to ye poore of ye foresaide Willoughbie iijs. iiijd.
Item I give to ye Right Honorable my Lord Willoughbie under whome
I have many yeares lived as his poore tennant as a token of my
dewtifull good will the best of my two yeares old colts
Item I geve and bequeathe unto Alice my Wyfe ye ferme which I now
dwell in which I houlde by coppie of Court rowle as ye grant of ye
Right Honorable my foresaide good Lorde duringe her widdow
hoode accordinge to ye custome of his Lordshippe manner of
Willoughbie; and if it shall please God that my saide Wyfe doe
marry agayne and take a second husband, then my Will is that
my saide ferme shall come to John Smyth my eldest sonne whome
I chardge and command to honoure and love my foresaide good
Lord Willoughbie duringe his lyfe
Item I geve to Alice Smyth my Wyfe tenne pounds of good and lawfull
currant mony of England to be paide unto her att ye quarter off a
yeares end next after my deathe.
Item I will and bequeathe unto ye saide Alice my Wyfe a bedsteade
lynne[n] sheets one blanckett a bowlster with pillow and pillowe
beare
Item I geve to Alice Smyth my doughter tenn pownds of good and lawfull
currant monie of England, with a bedstead in the parler and a
fetherbedd and coveringe and a blanckett a paire of lynne[n]
sheets and a paire of hempen sheets with boulster pillow and pillow
beares
Item I give to the saide Alice my doughter halfe of all my pewter and
brasse And if ye saide Alice my daughter doe dye before ye age of
eighteene yeares, I will that all her parte and porcion aswell of
money as of other things be equally devided betweene myne
executors
Item I geve and bequeathe to Robert Smyth my Kynsman fourty shillings
of good and lawfull currant monye of England to be given him
within one halfe yeare next after my death
Item I geve to John Smyth mine eldest sonne and to ye heires of his
body lawfully begotten Seaven acres of pasture lyenge within ye
territoare of Charleton Magne
Item I geve to Frauncis Smyth my younger sonne and to ye heires of his
bodie lawfully begotten my two tenements and one Little Close in
a certeyn Streete in Lowthe called Westgate And if ye saide
Frauncis dye without issue of his bodie lawfully begotten I will that
ye saide tenements and close remaine to my said sonne John Smyth
and his issue of his bodie lawfully begotten
All ye rest of my goods nott yett given nor bequeathed aswell moveable
as unmoveable; my debts paied and my bodie honestly
brought to ye grounde I will shall equally be devided betwixt my
saide two sonnes John Smyth and Frauncis Smyth whome I make the
Coexecutors of this my last Will and Testament: and I hartely and
earnestly entreate my goode Frende Master George Mettham, to be
ye supervisor of this my last Will and Testament to whome I give
in consideracon of his paynes xs
Wittnesses to this last Will and Testament
Thomas Scarboroughe and Bartholomew Lawrence
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