Individual Details

Will

Codicil - June 18, 1633.
His will refers to his house on Borne end.

The following will is on file at Birmingham, England. Words and phrases printed in italics have been crossed out in the original.

"In the name of God amen the seaventh day of december in the yeare of our lord god one thousand Sixe hundred twenty and seaven I Thomas Wheler sen of Cranfield in the County of Bedfordshire yeoman weake in bodie but of good and pfecte remembrance Gods holie name be praised doe make and ordayne this my las will and testament in manner and forme followinge that is to say ffirst I give and bequeath my soule unto allmightie god my Creator hoping assuredly through the merittes of Jesus Christ to be made ptaker of life everlastinge And my bodie to the Earth whereof it is made Item I give and bequeath unto Rebecca my wife (for and during the terme of her life if she keepe herself a widow) all that Capitall messuage or tenement with the apptenances lying and being in the Towne end of Cranfield aforesaid which I lately purchased of John Vause Esquire And after the decease of the said Rebecca my wife or day of her marriage with any pson whatsoever I give and bequeath the said Capital messuage or tenemente with all houses edifices buildings yards and gardens groundes commns pfits and apptenances thereto belonging to Joseph Wheler my sonne and his heirs for ever uppon theese condicons followinge vizt that he the said Joseph my sonne shall well and truly pay or cause to be payd out of my said messuage and pmisses the full sume of Thirtye pouns of lawfull money of England to my executor or executrix hereafter named or to such other pson or psons as my said executor or executrix shall nominate and appoynte of of debts where I owe And also pay or cause to be payd out of my said Messuage with the apputenances unto Thomas Wheler my youngest son the full sume of Twenty pundes of lawfull money of England which sumes of Thirty poundes and twenty poundes are to be payd by the said Joseph when he cometh to the full age of one and twenty years within one yeare after my decease And for the better payment of the said sumes by him the said Joesph I have surrendered to his use Twelve acres of Coppie hold land Provided allwaies and my will and minde absolutly is that if the said Joseph my sonne or his assigns doe not pay the said sumes of Thirty and twenty poundes in such maner and forme at such dayes and to sun pson or psons as afore is expressed then the gift and bequest of the said Messuage or tenement with the apptenances shalbe voyd and of noe effect to all intents and purposes whatsoever And I give and bequeath the said Messuage with the apptenances commons and pfitts whatsoever to the said Thomas Wheler my yongest sonne and his heires for ever and for default of such issue the remaynder thereof to Efraim Wheler my sonne and his heirs for ever aniething herein to the contrarie hereof in anie wise notwithstanding Item I give and bequeath to Thomas Wheler of [colorly?] my eldest sonne the sume of Twelve pence Item I give to Prisila Cockes my daughter twelve pence Item I give to John Wheler my sonne twelve pence Item I give to Elizabeth Broad [probably the name should be as Bread] my daughter twelve pence Item I give to Susana Wheler my daughter one ewe lame a table and fframe standinge in the plor at Borne end house Item I give to Abiah Wheler my daughter one whyte weaninge calfe and two table clootes Item I give to Marie Wheler my daughter one standinge bedsted and two table clootes Item I give to the said Joseph my sonne one ffrme scovell standing in the yard at my messuage at the towne end the old carte and ould wheeles and a dung carte Item I give to the said Efraim Wheler my sonne one frame scovell at the ould Barne end ffower principall postes for a house And all the longe timber under the little scovelles in the close yard at Borne end and one weaning calfe And my will is that Thomas Tomkins shall lawfully convey and assure That ffrehold I bought of his to the said Efraim my sonne and his heires for ever Item I give to the said Thomas Wheler my youngest son one pott one Tegg and ffive punds of lawful money of England to be payd to him by my executor and executrix at the age of 24 years Item Igive to Allin Broad my sonne in law one carte Bodie lying behind the stoles in the ould barne and 2 broad ristes Item I give and bequeath to the said Rebecka my wife all my movable goodes within my two dwelling houses at Borne end and the towne end (unbequeathed) and two heffers the one a red the other a little browne one ewe sheepe And also my will is that Timothie Wheler my sonne shall have halfe of my messuage closes lands and medowes at Borne end aforesaid and half the benefitt and pfitt thereof for Thre yeares next after my decease (for an ease or helpe towards the payment of my debts) All the rest of my goods and cattelles as well reales as psonales unbequeathed I give and bequeath to the said Timothie my sonne whome I make my full and sole executor of this my last will and testament And if he the said Timothie refuse to be executor of this my will the I make Rebecka my wife executrix of this my last will and I doe hereby utterly revoke and annull in deed and in law all former willes testamentes legaces bequests and executors by me formely made And lastly my will is that the legacy of xxli shallbe payd by the said Joseph to the said Thomas my youngest sonne out of my said messuage with the appurtenances when he cometh to the age of xxi years In witness whereof I the said Thomas Wheler the elder have to this my last will and testament stt my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written.

signed
Thomas Wheler the elder

Postscrip the 18 daie of June 1633. Itm I give and bequeath unto Efraim Wheeler my sonne one little pshtle late Thomas Tomkins containing one rood and halfe with the apurtenances to the heires and assignes of the said Efraim for ever.

signed
Thomas Wheler the elder

Signed and delivered in the psence of Tho: Arnald, Richard Arnald, Thomas Baker. No inventory. Probate 24 February 1634 granted to the executors named at the Archdeaconry Court of Bedford.