Abstract of the Will of John Redmayne of Ireby, 1669
In the name of God Amen. The Twentieth day of October in the one and twentieth yeare of the reigne of our Soveraigne lord King Charles the second &c. And in the yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand sixhundred sixty & nyne I John Redmayne of Ireby in the parish of Thornton & Countye of Lancaster yeoman Doe make constitute and ordaine thes my last Will & Testament in maner & Forme followinge.
First I doe committe & commende my soul into the merciefull handes of Almightie God &c. and my body to the Earth from whence it came to be buried in the Parish Church of Thornton at the discretion of my executors hereafter mentioned: and as for the temporall estate wherewith it hath pleased God to blesse me I will & dispose of as Followeth.
First it is my will & minde & I doe give and beoueath unto Willyam Redmayne my natural sonne All my parte or moyetye of one close called the Barne-Close with one close called Heyber &c. all wch was purchased by me & William Tyson.
Alsoe I doe give unto my said sonne Willyam Redmane & Mary Redmane my Louinge wife all the rest of my land both in Ireby and Lecke equalye betweene them duringe the naturall life of Mary Redmane my Louinge wife and then to remayne to my sonne Willyam aforsaid: & I doe give all my ouicke goodes eouallye between Mayrje my wife and Willyam my Naturall sonne aforesaid.
I give unto Elizabeth Redmane my goo-daughter tenne shillinges: Alsoe unto my grand-child John Redmayne one payre of bedstocks &c.: Alsoe unto Mary Redmane & Rebeckah Redmayne my grand-children five shillinges a piece: Alsoe it is my will & minde & I doe give unto John Crowfoote my nephew two shillinges & to my nephew Robert Tatham two shillinges & to my neece Allice Sharpe two shillinges. And to my neece Allice Prockter two shillinges and unto John Broune my godsonne two shillinges & sixpence.
I doe make Mary my wife & Wihlyam Redmayne my naturahl
sonne Executrix & Executor.
Witnesses hereof.
JOHN REDMAYNE.
Willyam Tatham. Thomas Tatham. John Aykrigg.
A true Coppie.
Inventory dated 4 August 1670.
Bond of Mary Readmaine relict of John Readman late of Ireby deceased and William Readman of Ireby in the County of Lanc. yeoman and Edward Foxcroft of Thornton gent. dated 2 November 1670.