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WILL OF ROBERT
TINKER of New Windsor, Berkshire
Dated 23 Jan 1622/23, Codicil 26 May 1624, Died ca 31 May 1624
In the name of god, amen. I Robert
Tyncker of New Windsor in the County of Berk Mercer, beinge
at this psent [present] tyme in resonable health of body, but
thanks thanks [sic] be given to to [sic] Almighty
god of sound and pfect [perfect] minde & remembrance, Doe
devise, ordayne & make this my last will & testament in manner &
forme followinge (that is to say) And first and principally I
commend & committ my soule into the hands of Almightie god, my
Maker, hopinge & assuredly beleevinge, that by & beinge the
onely meritte death, and passion of Jesus Christ his sonne my
onely Redeemer & Saviour to have pdon [pardon] and
forgiveness of all my sinnes, and to be saved. My body I remitt
to the earth from whence it came to be buried in Xian
[Christian] buriall, where it shall please god to appoint for
mee, at the discretion of my executrix hereafter in this my Will
named. And as touchinge such lands tenemts
[tenements], hereditaments goods chattells & substances as it
hath pleased god to endue mee wthall I doe give will
devise & bequeath the same in manner & forme followinge (that is
to saye) And first for the more better assureinge of all that my
ffree hould new-built messuage, or tenemt sett &
beinge in Burneham in the county of Burk, wth the
grounds, orchards, and apptenances [appurtenances] thereto
belonginge as the same is ymployed & in the tenure of one Sara
Phipp unto my sonne Thomas Tinker & Anne his now wife
according to the true, meaning of a deede, heretofore by me made
to that purpose I doe hereby give will devise & bequeath the
same new built messuage or tenemt with the
appurtenances unto the said Thomas & Anne To have and to houlde
the same unto the said Thomas and Anne, for & duringe their
naturall lives & the longer lives of either of them And after
their decease, then unto the heires of the said Thomas, on the
body of the said Anne begotten And for defaulte of suche yssue,
then to the right heires of me the said Robert, for
ever. Item I doe give & bequeath unto my welbeloved wiffe
Mary Tincker, all the rents yssues and profite hereby
arisinge & growinge out of my ffreehould messuage, or tenemt
and out of the Closes Tanyards, grounds, edifices, buildings or
appurtenances scituate lyinge & beinge in Sipnam? in the pish
[parish] of Burneham aforesaid nowe beinge in the tenure use or
occupation of one Richard Stratforde Tanner, or his assignes To
have and to houlde the said rents yssues, and profitts unto the
said Mary my nowe wife for & duringe her naturall life yf shee
shall soe longe continue a widowe. The inheritannce of all wch
said messuage or tenemt, closes Tanne yards, grounds
edifices & buildings with the appurtenances after my said wives
decease or widdowes estate I doe give will, devise & bequeath
the same unto my welbeloved sonne Robte Tincker his
heires & assignes for ever. Item I doe give will, devise &
bequeath unto my said lovinge wife, all the rents yssues, &
profitts yearely arisinge yssueingne & growinge forth & out out
[sic] of all yt [that] messuage or tenemt wch
adioyneth [adjoineth] unto the newe built tenemt,
before in this my Will mentioned to be bequeathed unto my said
sonne Thomas Tyncker, and forth & out of all & singular the
grounds & appurtenance thereunto belonginge & appteyninge
[appertaining], being nowe in the tenure or occupation of one
Mathewe Bartlet-Baker, or his assignes lyinge & beinge in
Burnham aforesaid To have & to holde the said rents yssues, &
profits of all & singular the said last recited pmisses
[premises] unto the said Mary my Wife for & duringe her
naturall life yf she shall continue a widdowe the inheritance of
all & singular the said last recited tenemt wth
th’appurtenance ymediatly after my said wives decease, or
widdowes estate I doe give will devise & bequeath the same unto
my welbeloved sonne John Tyncker his heires and assignes
for ever. Item I give will devise & bequeath unto the said said
[sic] Mary my said lovinge wife, all the rente
yssues & profits yearelie arisinge yssueinge and growinge out of
that my ffreehold messuage or tenemt with
the Orchards, two closes meadowes Lands & appurtenances lyinge &
beinge in Wingfeild in the county of Berk aforesaid nowe beinge
in the tenure or occupation of one [sic]
Mattheson, or his assignes, To have and to hould the said last
mentioned rents, yssues, & profitts unto the said Marye my wife
likewise for duringe her naturall life if she shall so continue
a widdowe, The inheritance of wch said last mentioned
messuage, or tenemt, orchardes, two closes meadowes
lands & apptenances after my said wives decease, or widdowes
estate I doe give will & devise the same unto my welbeloved
daughters Ellen Tincker & Marie Tincker equallie
betweene them, & to their heires or assignes forever. Item I
doe give will devise & bequeath more unto the said Mary
my nowe wife, all the Rents yssues & profitts arisinge yssueinge
& yerely growinge out of all my ffreehold Lands tenements
orchardes edifices, buildings & hereditamts wth
their & every of their apptenances, set lyinge & beinge in
Barkhamstead wth in the county of Herts [Hartfordshire]
nowe beinge in the tenure use or occupation of Stephen Stanley
or his assignes, To have & to hold the said last recited rents
yssues & profitts of the said last recited pmisses [premises]
unto the said Mary my wife & her assignes, for & duringe
likewise her naturall life, yf she shall continue a widdowe, the
inheritance of all wth said last mentioned land,
tenemts , orchards, edifices, buildings & hereditamts
wth their apptenances, after my said wives
decease, or widdowes state, I doe give, will & bequeath unto my
Welbeloved daughter Rody [Rhoda] Tincker, her
heires or assignes for ever. Item I doe further will give &
bequeath unto the said Mary my nowe welbeloved wife, all
the rents yssues and profitts arisinge yssueinge & growinge
foorth & out of all that tenemt of myne, beinge
freehould, wth all the Orchards edifices hereditamts
or appurtenances whatsoever nowe at? hand, lyinge & beinge
in Heyworth greens, wth in the pishe [parish] of
Heyworth wth in the sayde County of Berk nowe beinge
the tenure use, or occupation of one [sic]
Sorings Dollermaker, or his assignes, To have & to houlde the
said last mentioned rents yssues & profits unto the said Marie
my wife for & duringe her naturall life, if she shall continue &
remaine a widdowe. The inheritance of wch saide last
mentioned freehoulde tenement, wth the orchards
edifices, hereditamts & apptenances whatsoever, I
doe give, will & bequeath, after my saide wives decease, or
widdowes estate, unto my welbeloved daughter Anne Tyncker
her heires & assignes for ever. Item I doe give will devise &
bequeath unto my welbeloved daughter Sara Tyncker the
full some [sum] of Twenty pounds of good & lawfull money of
England To be paid unto her the said Sara by my said wife at
such tyme & wheras she the said Sara shall accomplish her full
age of twenty & one yeares, or day of her marriage, wch
of the sd two daies or tymes shall first or nexte happen
to come, & be after my decease. Item I doe further give will &
bequeath unto the said Mary my wife, all that my messuage &
tenemt wth the apptenances wherein I doe
nowe dwell, scituate & beinge in newe Winsor aforesaide To have,
and to hold the same unto her, for, and duringe all the terms of
yeares wch I have therein to come by vertue of my
Lease wch I gave of the same, yf she the said
Mary my wife shall soelonge live & keepe herself a widdowe.
But if she the said Mary my wife shall happen to dye or
departe this mortall life or be married before the end &
expiration of the terme of yearse wch I gave in the
lease of my said nowe dwellinge house, That then I doe give will
& bequeath the said lease, dwellinge howse & terms of yeares wch
shalbe to come and [?] unexpired after my said wives
decease, or widdowes estate, unto my welbeloved sonne Randall
Tyncker his executors administrators &
assignes upon condition that he the said Randall Tincker, his
executors administrators & assignes shall
well and trulie paie or cause to be paide unto the said Sara my
daughter the full some of Twenty pounds of good & lawfull money
of England (over & above the some of twenty pounds before
mentioned to be paide unto her by the said Mary my wife) wthin
one yeare next after the decease of the said Mary my Wife yf the
said Sara my daughter shall then accomplish her said age of
twentie & one yeares, or day of marriage, or els such tyme as
she the said Sara shall accomplish the said age of twentie & one
yeares, or said marriage otherwise if the said Randall my sonne
shall refuse to paye the said Sara my daughter the said some of
twenty pounds contrary to the true meaninge of this my will Then
the guifte [gift] & legacie to him mentioned to be given of the
said lease & house shall be utterly voyde & of none effect, And
then my will & mynde is, that my said daughter Sara shall have &
enioy [enjoy] the said lease & dwellinge house in leiue [lieu]
of the said some of twenty pounds for & duringe all such tyme &
terme of yeares as shalbe to come next after my wives decease or
widowes estate Any things herein before mentioned to the
contrary thereof in anywise not wthstandinge.
Provided alwais, & my will & mynde is, that if it shall fortune
or happen, that any of my said children (to whome I gave, by
this my will devise the inheritance of my of my [sic]
said Lands or other legacies, after my said wives’ decease, or
widdowes estate) shall happen to dye, or depte [depart] this
mortal life before they shall have accomplished their full age
of twenty & one yeares, That then the Inheritance of such lands
& such estates as are mentioned to be given to such children as
shall for? happen to dye or depte this mortall life before the
accomplishment of the said age of twentye & one yeares shall &
after my said wives decease or widdowed estate, divided parted &
shared equally betweene & amongst my children wch are
before in this my will mentioned that shalbe survivinge & to
their heires pte & parte’like? [share & share alike] Any thinge
herein before mentioned to the contrary thereof in any wise notwthstandinge
Item I doe give will, devise & bequeath unto my daughter
Margaret Murren nowe the wife of walter Murren, and to Thomas
Murren sonne of the said walter & Margaret all that my lease,
estate, or terme of yeares right title or interest wch
I have, or ought to have of in & to all that messuage or tenemt
wth the appurtenances scituate lyinge & beinge in ??
?? for aforesaid wthin the pishe [parish] of Heyworth
aforesaid now beinge in the tenure use or occupation of the said
Walter Murron. Item I doe give will & bequeath unto & amongst
the poore people of the pishe of newe Windsor aforesaid, the
some of tenne shillings of good & lawfull money of England, to
be bestowed in bread? and to be distributed unto them at the
tyme of my buriall at the discretion of the said Marye my wife
All the rest & residue of all & singular my goods chattells,
chattells [sic] estate substance whatsoever (my debts
beinge paid and legacies & funerall expences beinge discharged)
I doe will give & bequeath unto the said Mary my nowe wife
lovinge wife, whome I doe ordaine make constitute & appoint to
bee my full & sole executrix of this my last will & testamt.
And I doe ordaine my said sonne in lawe Walter Murren, & William
Whills? overseers, to see this my Will pformed [performed]
accordinge to my true meaninge And I doe give as a token to
either of them a paire of gloves, to the value of two shillings
sixe pence a paire, And I doe hereby utterly revoke all former
Willes guifts, legacies & escutcheons? be me at any tyme
heretofore had, made, named willed, or bequeathed And this my
Will to stand & be as my last will & testamt, & nowe
other, nor or otherwise. In witnes whereof I the said Robert
Tyncker hand to this my psent [present] Will (contayninge
fourteene sheets of pay) set my hande & seale Dated the Three
and twentieth daye of January, in the yeare of our Lord god, one
thousand sixe hundred twenty & two. And in the yeares of the
raigne of our Sovraigne Lord James, by the grace of
god Kinge of England, Scotland ffrance & Ireland, defender of
the faithe etc (that is to say) of England, ffrance & Ireland
the Twentieth and of Scotland the sixe & fiftieth.
Robert Tyncker
Sealed & delivered by the said Robert
Tyncker the testator, [hereby] published & declared to bee for &
as his last will & testamt in the pnce [presence] of
us whose names are heareunderwritten.
William Phillipps Tho: Helme Senr.
Memorandum that whereas I Robert Tyncker
in & by my last will & testamt, have given &
bequeathed unto Mary my Wife the messuage or tenemt
wherein I nowe dwell in Newe Windsor aforesaid, To have & to
hold unto her for & duringe all the terme of yeares wch
I have therein to come by vertue of my lease wch I
have of the same, yf she the said Mary my wife shall happen to
dye, or depte this life or be married before the said expiration
of the terme of yeares wch I have in the lease of my
now said dwellinge house, That then in & by my said will I have
given & bequeathed the said lease dwellinge house & terme of
yeres wch shalbe to come or unexpired after my said
wives decease, or widdowes estate unto my Welbeloved sonne
Randall Tincker his executors adminstrators or assignes, upon
condition that he the said Randall Tincker his executors
administrators or assignes shoulde? well & trulie paie, or cause
to be paid unto Sara my daughter the some of Twenty pounds of
lawfull money of England w wthin one yere next after
the decease of the said Mary my wife yf the said Sara my
daughter shall then accomplish her full age of twentie & one
yeares, or day of marriage, or els at such tyme as she the saide
Sara shall accomplish her said age of twenty & one yeares, or
day of marriage Otherwise if the said Randall my sonne shall
refuse to pay to the said Sara my daughter the said some of
twenty pounds contrary to the true meaninge of my said will,
Then the guifte & legacie to him mentioned to be given of the
said lease & house, shalbe utterly voyde, and of none effecte
And then my mynde & Will is that my saide daughter shall have &
enioy [enjoy] the said lease & dwellinge house in leiue of the
said twenty pounds for & duringe all such tyme & terme of yeares
as shalbe to come next after my said wives decease, or widdows
estate Any thinge in the said will mentioned to the contrary as
in or by the same my last will & testamt in whereunto
theis pntes [presents] are annexed more plainly appeareth Nowe
I the said Robert Tyncker, doe hereby revoke renounce &
alter the said guift & bequest of the said Lease, lease or terme
of yeares therein to come, as it is in my said will given &
bequeathed, And doe hereby give devise & bequeath the same in
mann [manner] & forme followinge, (that is to say) I doe give,
devise will & bequeathe my said nowe dwellinge house & the
Lease, terme of yeares or interest wch I nowe gave
of, in, or to the same house wth th’apptenances unto
my said wife Mary, yf she the said Mary soe longe shall live and
keepe herself a widdowe But if she the said Mary my Wife shall
happen to dye or depte this life, or be married before the end &
expiration of the terme of yeares of & in the said lease, Then I
doe give will & bequeath the same lease or remainder of yeares
therein then to come unto the said Randall Tinker my sonne his
executors administrators or assignes upon
this condition that there shalbe tenne yeares at the lease to
come of or in the said lease of my said dwellinge house at the
tyme of such decease, or els marriage of the said Mary my Wife
as aforesaid That then the said Randall his executors
administrators or assignes shall well & truly pay,
oor cause to be paid unto my said daughter Sara, the some of
twenty pounds of lawfull money of England wthin one
yeare next after the decease or marriage of the said Mary my
wife yf the said Sara shall then be of the age of twenty & one
yeares, or be married or els at such tyme as she the said Sara
shall accomplish the age of one & twenty yeares, or day of
marriage. And if there shalbe tenne yeares at the least to come
of, or in the said Lease, at the tyme of the decease or marriage
of the said Marye my wife And the said Randall his executors
administrators or assignes, shall refuse to paie to
the said Sara my daughter the said some of twenty pounds in
manner & forme aforesaid Then I doe give will & bequeath the
said Lease or remainder of yeares therein then to come unto the
said Sara my daughter in leiue of the same twenty pounds for &
duringe all the terme of yeares wch shalbe therein to
come at the tyme of the decease or marriage of the saide Mary my
wife as aforesaid Anythinge in my said will before mentioned, or
in these pntes [presents] contayned to the contrary thereof in
any Wise notwthstandinge In witnes whereof I have
published this putes as pte of my last will & testamt
& have fixed it to the same, and alsoe thereunto put my hand &
seale the sixe & twentieth day of May in the two & twentieth
yeare of the raigne of our soveraigne Lorde Kinge
James of England etc. 1624. Robert Tinker. / In the pnce
[presence] of us. Richard Foxe Walter
Merwen. Thomas Tinker.
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