Alice _____ Rolfe's Will, 1604
The Will of Alis Rolfe of Hamptworthe in the parish of Downtone
in the county of Wilts, widow, 8 December 1604. My body to be
buried in the parish churchyard of Downtone. I give to the parish
church of Downtone 6d. To our lady church of Sarum 4d. To
my
son Thomas Rolfe a coverlet and other household goods. To my son
John Rolfe my best heifer, three bushels of grain, and I forgive him
9s.
which he oweth me. To his daughter Alis Rolfe a bullock, and to
his
son John Rolfe a sheep, and to his wife a gown. To my daughter Agnes
Rice two ewes and a heifer, and to her daughter Honore
Rolfe a heifer and a coffer, and to them both all my wearing
apparel.
To her daughter Agnes Rolfe a ewe, to her daughter Alis Rice a bullock,
and to her daughter Marie Rice a ewe. To my maid servant Margaret
Dyer a sheep. The residue of my goods and chattels I give to my
sons
Henry Rolfe and Thomas Rolfe equally divided, and make them my
executors.
My well beloved friends Thomas Cousins and Robert Emmerie to be
assistants
to my executors, and to them 5s. each. Debts I owe: to my
son
Henrie Rolfe 40s. and to my son Thomas Rolfe 6 pounds 7s. Proved
26 January 1604/5, by the executors named. Inventory taken 8
December
1604, by two "nabours indifferent dealers herein Roger Webbe and John
Raafe,"
45 pounds 6s. 8d., exhibited 26 January 1604/5, by the executors.
(Archdeaconry of Sarum, 1604, Original Will and Inventory.)