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In the name of god Amen the xijth daye of July in the xxxij yere of the renjne of our sovarjne Laydye Elyzabthe by the grant of god of
England Ffrance (and) irelande queen defender of the faythe (etc) I John Leeche of Charlseworthe w(i)thin the p(ari)she of Glossope (and) in the countye
of Darbye husbandmen beinge syke in bodye (and) yet whole in mynde and of good (and) p(er)fect remembrance thanks be unto almyghtye god I doe
ordayne constitute and make this my last wyll (and) testament in suche maner order and forme as hereafter followethe ffirst I comytt
my soul into the hands of almyghtye god my maker savyour (and) redeemer trusting in his grace and marcye and by the meriete off christes  passion
and resurrecton in whole faythe I doe believe and soe by his grace wyll dye to be one of the number of those that shalbe saved and my
bodye to be buryde in the p(ari)she churche of Glossope in the northe syde by the dyscreaton of my executors It(e)m yt ys my wyll that 
Elyzabethe my wyff shall have hold occupye (and) inioye the one half of my tenyment w(i)th the licence of the lord thereof the kepinge of her sole
and unmaryde and lykewyse I wyll that my sonne Nycholas shall have occupye and inioye the other half of my said tenyment It(e)m yt ys my mynd
and wyll that my said wyff and my said sonne Nycholas  shall devyde the corne equally between them w(hi)ch is nowe growing upon the grounde
the said Nycholas helping my said wyff to reape (and) get into the house the same It(e)m yt ys my wyll that my said wyff and my said sonne Nycholas
shall devyde the stuble foyge (and) the medowe foyge equally between them It(e)m yt ys my will that my said sonne Nycholas shall have my gawndr
It(e)m yt ys my wyll that my said wyff shall gyve unto my sonne Henry one of the arks over and beside his childe pte if he thynke well of yt
if not then she to gyve yt to nosome she please It(e)m yt ys my wyll that two children of John Warhurst w(hi)ch) I stand grandfather unto ether
one potte or one panne or some lytle beast to be allowe to goe forwards w(i)th them It(e)m if my said sonne Henrye came over (and) entyse my said
wyff to take some pece of money for her good wyll of here farme (and) to goe with him (and) then she cannot lyke his wyff nether have meat (and) drynke as she
haithe had at home then she is undone therefore yt ys my mynde (and) wyll that she remayne (and) be at home at her owne house and she
she maye sett one pece of grounde to bordie  for w(hi)ch all and another pece to fynde a apperrell for her and so marke her owne worke and if the same but
the bayre woyes the grounde wilbe here a lyvinge It(e)m yt ys my wyll that if my said ferme or tenyment must be take for a terme of any lorde
of the same my said wyff shall then gyve unto my said sonne Nycholas fyve marke of current money of England and so my said sonne Nycholas
to discharge (and) defende her from all other fynes painge during her natural lyff and also yt ys my will that my said sonne
Nycholas shall paye (and) dyschardge this whole yeres rent It(e)m yt was derenanted at the daye of marryage of my said sonne Nycholas that after my
decease all husbandrye gayer as plowed yowk w(i)th suche lyke thinge as belonge to husbandrye to be equally devyded between my said wyffe
and my said sonne Nycholas and after the decease of my said wyff and Nycholas my said sonne my executors and for the execution of the same
I make and ordayne Roger Dernelly and Rauff Bowre the overseers (and) supervisors of the same will (and) testament and all other wylles and testa
mente mayde by me or any legaces by me given in any other will I utterly revoke the same by theis p(re)sente excepting this p(re)sent will w(hic)h
ys now my last testament belyvinge this my last will may be executed as aforesaid according to the tenor (and) effect thereoft wytnes hereoft
Robert Boothe Thomas Warhurst John Warhurst and Willm Boothe

Debtes w(hi)ch the testator doethe owe (note: most of the quantities owed are omitted as they are difficult to read)
my sonne Henry                  Edwarde Boothe
Thomas Wylslaye                 Will(ia)m Boothe
more to the same Thomas         John Warhurst
Nicholas my sonne               Charles Garlicke
Robert Dewsenape                Will(ia)m Walklaw
Charles Garlyke                  for beasts grass at
John Baccale                     huddey
John Hollande                   Nicholas Dernelly    ijs
                                 owinge iij hopes of
                                 maylep one haest
                                 hope of barley

A true inventorye of all the goodes chattels moveable (and) immoveable of John Leeche layte of
Charlesworthe in the countye of Darbye husbandman decessed prysed the xiiijth daye of July
by Henry Warhurst John Holland John Boothe (and) John Dernelly within the p(ari)she of Glossop
pe in the Countye of Darby aforesaid husbandmen in suche order maner (and) fortune as
hereafter followethe anno regni Elizab(e)the regine tricest uno primo

(list of items not yet transcribed) 

Summa totalis xxiij ti x s (and) iiij d



Named in the will of John Leeche 1589

Elyzabethe            His wife
Nycholas              His eldest son
Henry                 His son
John Warhurst         His son-in-law, with 2 children (unnamed).
Roger Dernelly        Overseer (Roger D. VIII)
Rauff Bowre           Overseer (known to be married to Elizabeth Newton)

Amongst his list of debts
Nicholas Dernelly     Assumed to be the brother of John D below.

Named as one of the compilers of the inventory
         Assumed to be ‘John of the Blackshaw’


Transcribed JAD 2018, with edits 2020.