K 44 English. 10 April 1522. ‘The Xth day of Aprell the yere of our Lord God a thousand fyve hundreth and XXII’ Will of John Trollop of Thorneley, esquyer. He makes various bequests: to altars and churches: Kellowe, Esyngton, Petyngton, Segefeld; to a priest, Sir Thomas Cotnay, to sing services for his soul for 2 years. Sums are left to the Friars of Hartilpole ‘to synge a trentall’ for his soul; to the Observants of Newe Castell, and to the other three houses of Friars of Newe-Castell. He bequeaths to every one of his servants, men and women, 12d.; to John Cowndon and Richard Fissheborne either of theym a colt stagge. Bequests are made to John Trollop of Newcastell and to Jane Robynson of Durham; to his daughter Eliz. 20s ‘to bye houshold stuffe with’; to his daughter An Spence 10s.; to his bedeman beadsman Roger Rede of Eden Chapell 6s.8d. who is also to hold that office for life and to have the ‘gate of two kye and a horse in somer and sufficient hey for theym in wynter with the garthynges and orchard perteyneng therto’ His sons Lawrence and Roger are to receive a yearly rent of £3 6s.8d. and, in the event of the death of either, his son Francis receives’ a share. He bequeaths to his wife ‘suche goodes within the house as she brought frome Petyngton for her parte of insighte. If soo bee that hir nappery or beddyng be decaied that then I will they be amended with as good. Also, I bequeath to my wife a cadron that I bought of John Blaxton with a fetherbed that she and I lieth upon, and the bolster therwith with a covering of a bed that I bought of John Blaxton with trees and bestis theruppon of tapstre warke with all the yarne and lyne that she hathe under hande with a spruse coffer with all thynges belonigeing to hir body with a copborde in my chambre with all such other stuffe as she bought with hir money’ His son John receives ‘two silver saltes with a bordcloth and two towels, a dozen napkyns of diaper warke with a stepelede, and an oche of golde with a chayne of gold and a signet of gold, and the seale of myne harmes arms with the evidence chest, the brewe house as it stondeth that is to say a brewelede with a masshefat and a tapstone with a bolteng arke, and two bras pottes called Thorneley pot and Herry pot atid all these to be ayrelomes to the place. Also I bequeth to my said son and heire my best gowne except my corsprisand, with a dublet of blak velvet’ His wife is to have her 3rd part of all his goods, one other part is to be divided amongst his children ‘not promoted’, the other 3rd part goes for the performance of this his will. ‘Also though by the auctorite of the law I may bequeath diverse thynges to be doone of my londes and profettis therof yet for the entier favor which I bere to my son John Trollop I will not by commandement soe charge hym’; yet the father requires his son John to give his, John’s, sisters not married 40 marks. Witnesses: Master Thomas Tenipest, squyer, Sir John Elleson, vicar of Kellowe, John Hull and Thomas Whymes. There are many other clauses in this deed. Seal missing.