Research Notes:

Will of Mathew Waite of Tetford [paragraphed for easy reading]

In the name of god amen in the year of our lord god 1557 the xxvi daie of aprill I mathew waite make my last will in the manner followinge

first I bequeathe my soule to almightie god and to our ladie St Marie and to all the hollie companie of Heaven and my bodie to bee buriede in the churche yarde of St Marie in Tetforthe

Item: I bequeathe for forgotten tythes viiid.

Item: to our ladies' worke of lincoln vid.

Item: I bequeathe to Johnne Waite my sonne half a seame Barlie one yewe and a lambe and one yerninge steare

Item: I bequeathe to Thomas Waite my sonne half a seame Barlie and one oxe calf and one hogge and a lambe

Item: I bequeathe to Robert Waite my sonne half a seame barlie one oxe calf and one hogge and one lambe

Item: I bequeathe to Elizabethe [crossed out] Isabell Waite my daughter one cowe one Bedd and one Bras potte two pewter dublers

Item: I bequeathe to Leuce Waite my daughter one qyne? and one lambe and one bed and iii pewter dublers

Item: I bequeathe to Jennette Waite my daughter one white Ba--ffe qyne? and one lambe and one bed and iii pewter dublers

Item: I bequeathe to Margarett Waite my daughter one bed two pewter dublers and one lambe

Item: if oughte? come at [crossed out] to Isabell Luce Jennett and Margarette my daughters before iiixv? yeares of age everie one of them to bee others heire

Item: Johnne Waite Thomas Waite and Roberte Waite to everie one of them an acre of Barlie and if oughte come at Johnne and Thomas and Robert Waite my sonnes before in xviii yeres of age everie one of them to bee other heires

The residue of my goodes I geve them to Elizabethe my wief whome I make my executrixe

These bee the witness of my last will Robert Waite senior Thomas Stubbes? Johnne Waite before other --?--

Will proved 11 Jan 1557/8 ¹

   Marriage Information:

Matthew married Elizabeth. (Elizabeth died in Jan 1572 in Tetford, Lincolnshire, England.)