Elwes Jeramye Elwes and Henry Elwes to every of them the som'e of one thowsand markes a peece of lawfull money of England And I also give and bequeath vnto Elizabeth my daughter the some of fyve hundred poundes of like lawfull money of England Item I give and bequeathe vnto the Maister and Wardens of the Worshippfull Company of the Merchaunt taylors of London whereof I am a brother the som'e of fower hundred poundes of lawfull money of England to be disposed and distributed for and towards the releife of the poore accordinge as the wardeins of the said Companye for the tyme beinge and my good freinds S William Craven Knighte and Mr John Vernon or the survivors of them in their wisdomes and discreations shall thincke fitt to devise and determyne of the disposeinge thereof for a perpetuall releife of the poore Item I give and bequeath towards the releife of the poore in Christs Hospitall the som'e of one hundreth poundes Item I give to St Bartholomewes Hospitall and to St Thomas Hospitall to each of them fortie poundes a peece for and towards the releife of the poore of the said hospitalls Item I give to the releife of the poore prisoners in the two Compters to each of the said prisons fifteene poundes a peece And I also give to the poore prisoners of Ludgate and to the poore in Bridewell to either place tenne poundes a peece And I give and bequeath to every one of my Grandchildren that shalbe liveinge at the tyme of my decease fiftie poundes a peece Item I give to eache of my men servants tenne poundes a peace and to cache of my maide servants fyve poundes a peece Item I give to Johane Elwes widdowe lat wife of Thomas Elwes deceased tenne poundes Item I bequeath threescore and sixteen gownes to be bestowed vpon so manye poore men at my funeral Item I bequeath to my good freinds S William Craven S John Swynarten M' Alderman Bolles Mr John Vernon and to Doctor Mountford to eache of them moureinge gownes And I also give to my good freinds Mr William Stone Mr Robert Hewitt William Ball and Charles Bostocke to cache of them moureinge gownes And I bequeath to my late servants Richard Potter John Pullham and William Reynolds moureinge Clokes And I bequeath to my brother M' Nicholas Hamerton and to my freind Edward Ashton to eache of them a mourneinge Cloake Item I bequeath a mourneinge Cloke to my nephewe Thomas Elwes Item I bequeath to the poore of the parish of Woodford seaven poundes to be disposed at the discreation of the Parson and Churchwardens for the tyme beinge And if in case the parishioners of Woodford shall inlarge their Church within two yeares after my deccase Then I bequeath to the Parson and Churchwardens of the said parishe towards the performance of the saide worcke the som'e of twentie poundes Item I give and bequeath towards the releife of the poore Inhabitants within the ward of Walbrooke the some of one hundred poundes to be distributed and disposed of accordeinge as the Com'on Councell of the said Warde for the tyme beinge and St William Craven Knighte shall in theire wisedomes and discreations thincke fitt to devise of the disposinge thereof for A continuall and perpetuall releife of the same poore inhabitants within the said ward And my will and desire is and I doe soe ordeyne and appointe that S William Craven be as an Umpire vnto the said Com'on Councell for the disposeinge of such parte of the said hundred poundes to every severall parishe or precinct accordinge as in their discreations shall seeme fitt And I doe also will and require that the Parsons and Churchwardens of every severall parishe in the said ward shall and may dispose and distribute such som'es of money or other contribution as shalbe allowed or appointed to every severall parishe or precinct by the Com'on Councell and S William Craven as aforesaid to and amongest the poore inhabitants of every of their severall parishes or precincts accordinge as to the discreations of the said Parsons and Churchwardens it shall seeme fitt Item I give and bequeath vnto Christopher Topham Roberte Baldocke and Nicholas Hurdys to each of them mourneinge gownes and to Francis Southwell a Cloake And I give to the said Roberte Baldocke fower poundes and to Nicholas Hurdis three poundes And I give to Androwes a cloake and six poundes Also I give to Elizabeth Wrighte my late servante fyve poundes And I give to my daughter in lawe Susan Elwes Twenty poundes in considerae'on of her paines taken with me in my sicknes And I doe make my loveing wife and my sonne Ed

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ward Elwes Executors of this my last Will and Testament beseecheinge them to see the same faithfully performed accordinge to the truste I repose in them And I doe nominate and appointe my good freinds S William Craven and Alderman Bolles to be Overseers of this my last Will desireinge them to be aideinge and assistinge vnto my Executors with their advise and Councell In witnes whereof to this my present Testament and last Will I haue sett my hand and seale the day and yeare aboue written-Geffrey Elwes-Sealled delivered and published by the within named Jeffrey Elwes as his last Will and Testament in the presence of vs p me Charolum Bostocke Scr.-Edmund Plum'er-Robert Hewett-Robert Hudson-Richard Chapman Ser. And of me Charles Bragge servante vnto the said Charles Bostocke Ser.

To all people to whome this present writinge shall come I Jeffrey Elwes Citizen and Alderman of London send greetinge Whereas I the said Jeffrey Elwes haue made and declared my last Will and Testament in writinge vnder my hand and seale bearinge date the Eight day of this present moneth of Aprill as by the same doth appeare Nowe I the said Jeffrey Elwes doe ratifie and confirme the same Will And further I doe make and appointe this present writeinge to be a Codicill and to be annexed to the same my last Will And I doe declare that my mynde is that this present Codicill shalbe adiudged and taken to be as parte and parcell of my said last Will And I doe hereby give and bequeath vnto the Lord Maior and Aldermen of the Cittie of London and to their successors the som'e of two hundred poundes of lawfull money of England to the intente and vpon confidence and truste that the same shalbe laide out for the purchaseinge of a howse or landes or of an Annuytie or rent charge or shalbe otherwise bestowed or imployed whereby som'e yearely proffitt may be raysed or proccede thereof accordinge as in the wisdomes and discreations of the Lord Maior and Aldermen and theire successors for the tyme beinge shalbe thoughte meete or convenient for this end and purpose that is to saye That the rente or proffitt that shall arise or proceede thereof shalbe given and bestowed yearly for ever vppon the Preachers that shalbe from tyme to tyme appoynted to preach at Paules Crosse Item I bequeath to my good freind M' Wollaston a mourneinge gowne Item I give and bequeath to the Maister and Wardeins of the Companie of the Merchaunttaylors for the vse of the Company One faier Cuppe of silver to be double guilt of the valewe of forty poundes with my name to be engraven there vppon to be vsed every quarter Dynner Item I give and bequeath vnto St Johnes Colledge in the Universitie of Oxon the some of one hundreth poundes And I doe will and my mynde is that St John Swynarton his advise be taken for the setlinge and discposeinge of the foure hundred poundes which I haue given to the Company of Marchauntaylors. In witnes whereof I haue herevnto set my hand and seale this tenth day of Aprill 1616 &c. Item I give to Mrs Perrott in regard of her greate paynes twentie poundes Item I give to Mr Gravenor and John Roberts each of them a Cloake And I give fiftie poundes to the children of Edward Aston-G. Elwes-Sealed published and delivered in the presence of me Charles Bostocke Scr.-Robert Hewett.

To all people to whome this present writeinge shall come I Jeffrey Elwes Citizen and Alderman of London send greetinge Whereas I the said Jeffrey Elwes haue made and declared my last Will and Testament in writeinge vnder my hand and seale bearinge date the eight day of this present moneth of Aprill As by the same doth appeare Nowe I the said Jeffrey Elwes doe ratifie and confirme the same Will And further I doe make and appointe this present writeinge to be a Codicill and to be annexed to the same my last Will And I doe declare that my mynde is that this present Codicill shalbe adiudged and taken to be as parte and parcell of my last Will And I doe hereby give and bequeath vnto the Chauncelor Maister and Schollers of the Vniversitie of Oxford to the vse of the bodye and Corporac'on of the said Vniversitie for and towards the increase of their Řevenewe (which I am given to vnderstand is but litle in regard of their greate chardges and expences) the som'e of two hundred poundes of lawfull money of England to the intente that the same shalbe bestowed and layd out with the advise and consente of the Right Reverend Father in God the Bishoppe of London for the purchaseinge of

some landes or in houses that the Rent or revenewe thereof may be for a perpetuall augmentac'on of their smale Revenewe Item I give to my Cosen Roberte Hewite x li to make a ringe In witnes whereof I haue herevnto set my hand and seale the xijth daye of Aprill 1616 Annoq Regni Regis Jacobi &c. xiijo Item I give to James Mettam fyve poundes-Geffrey Elwes-Sealed published and delivered in the presence of vs Will'm Stone-Robert Hewett-meiq Charoli Bostocke Ser.-meiq Jacobi Mettham.

Proved at London 17 April, 1616.

WILL OF ELIZABETH ELWES,* OF LONDON, WIDOW, 1621.

In the name of God Amen. The fourth daye of March in the yeare of our Lord God accordinge to the computaton of the Church of England 1621 And in the yeares of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord James by the grace of God Kinge of England Scotland Fraunce and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. That is to saye of England Fraunce and Ireland the nyneteenth And of Scotland the five and fiftieth I Elizabeth Elwes of London Widdowe late wife of Jeffery Elwes late Cittizen and Alderman of London deceased Doe make and ordaine this my present last Will and Testament in manner and forme followinge (that is to saye) First and principally I com'end my soule into the hands of my onely Saviour and redeemer Christ Jesus by whose Death and resurrection I onely hope to be saued and to be made p'taker of his heavenly Kingdome And my body when it shall please God to call me out of this transitory life I com'end the same to the earth to be buried in decent and comely manner at the discrec'on of my Executo' hereafter named And as for the orderinge & disposinge of such worldlie goods and substance as it hath pleased God to bestowe vppon me in this life I giue and bequeath the same as followeth Item I giue and bequeath vnto my sixe sonnes namely Edward Elwes Silvius Elwes John Elwes Henry Elwes Jarvaise Elwes and Jeremy Elwes vz' to each and every of them seuerally and respectively the sum'e of one thousand pounds a peece of lawfull money of England Item I giue and bequeath vnto my sonne in law Thomas Plomer and to my daughter Mary Plomer his Wife the som'e of one thousand pounds of lawfull money of England And I alsoe giue and bequeath more to my said daughter Mary Plomer the som'e of two hundred pounds of lawfull money of England Item I giue and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Elwes the some of one thousand pounds of lawfull money of England Item I giue and bequeath vnto Elizabeth Plomer my grandchild the som'e of one hundred pounds of lawfull money of England And I alsoe giue and bequeath unto Walter Plumer Mary Plomer, Anne Plomer, Ellen Plomer and Penelope Plomer my grandchildren to every of them respectiuely fiftie pounds a peece of lawfull money of England Item I giue and bequeath to my sonne Edward Elwes his Wife and to my sonne John Elwes his Wife and to my sonne Henry Elwes his wife to every of them respectively twenty pounds apeece of lawfull money of England Item I giue and bequeath to Henrye Elwes Elizabeth Elwes and Suzan Elwes children to my sonne Edward Elwes to every of them respectiuely fiftie pounds a peece of lawfull money of England Item I give and bequeath to Jeffery Elwes John Elwes Thomas Elwes Elizabeth Elwes children to my sonne John Elwes to every of them respectiuely fiftie pounds a peece of lawfull money of England Item I giue to Elizabeth Elwes daughter to my sonne Henry Elwes fiftie pounds of lawfull money of England Item I doe will and appointe that the said seu'all legacies wch I haue given and bequeathed vnto the children of my sonne in lawe Thomas Plomer and to the children of my sonnes Edward Elwes and John Elwes and to the daughter of my sonne Henry Elwes shalbe paid within one yeare next after my decease vnto the

*Wife to Geoffrey Elwes, Citizen and Alderman of London, daughter of Robert Gabbatt, of Rainham, Essex.

fathers of the said children respectiuely to be imploied by them for their childrens Vses And I doe hereby ordaine and appointe that vppon the payment of the said seuerall legacies to the fathers of the said children as aforesaid my Executor hereafter named shall stand and bee acquitted and discharged against the said Children for the legacies to them respectiuely giuen when they shall accomplish their seuerall ages of one and twentie yeares or be married Item I giue and bequeath unto my cosen John Ball twenty pounds And I alsoe giue to my cosen Wood twenty pounds And to my freind Mrs Perrot twenty pounds Alsoe I giue to my good freind Mrs Booles five pounds to make her a ringe Item I bequeath to St Bartholmews hospitall twenty pounds And to St Thomas Hospitall other twenty pounds Item I bequeath to the company of Marchant taylors of London the some of forty pounds to be bestowed in plate at the discrecion of the M' and Wardens of the said company for the time beinge Item I giue and bequeath to the M' and fellowes of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge or by whatsoeuer name or names they be called or incorporated the som'e of one hundred pounds of lawfull money of England to be bestowed and laid out vppon the purchase of some lands or tenements to the intent and purpose that the rents and proffitts that shall annually proceede thereof shalbe ymployed and bestowed for and towards a p'petuall maintenance or releife of some poore scholler or schollers of the said colledge at the discrec'on of the M' or Governo of the said colledge for the time beeinge Item I giue and bequeath for and towards a perpetuall releife of some poore schollers or other poore inhabitants for the time beinge of the parrish of Astham in the county of Nottingham where my late husband was borne the some of five hundred pounds of lawfull money of England And I doe will and devise that the said five hundreth pounds shall be bestowed and laid by my Executor with the advise and consent of some of the cheife of the inhabitants of the said parrish for the time beinge vppon lands or tenements to be purchased and bought in the names of some Feoffees in trust to the intent and purpose that the rents and proffitts that shall annually proceede thereof shalbe ymploied and bestowed for a perpetuall mainten'nce or releife of some poore schollers or other poore inhabitants of the said parrish accordinge as my Executor and some of the cheife inhabitants of the said p'ish for the time beinge shall thinke most meete & convenient to dispose thereof Item I giue and bequeath for and towards a perpetuall releife of the poore whin the Towne of Shrewsbury where my Father was borne the som'e of one hundred pounds of lawfull money of England And I doe will and devise that the said som'e of one hundred pounds shalbe bestowed and laid out about land or tenements to the intent that the rents and proffits thereof shalbe ymployed for a perpetuall releife of the poore of the said towne Item I giue and bequeath for and towards a perpetuall releife of the poore of the parrish of St Laurence in Readinge where my mother was borne the some of one hundred pounds of lawfull money of England And I will & devise that the said som'e of one hundred pounds shalbe bestowed and layd out vppon lands or tenements to the intent that the rents and proffitts thereof shalbe imploied for a continuall releife of the poore of the said parrish Item I giue and bequeath vnto the parrish of Okingham in Barkshire the som'e of thirty pounds of law full money of England to be ymploied or laid out accordinge to the discrec'on of some of the cheife inhabitants of the said parrish to the intent that the proffitts that shall proceede thereof shalbe perpetually bestowed towards the releife of the poore of the said p'ishe Item I giue and bequeath towards the releife of the poore within fower and twenty seuerall wards of London the some of one hundred and twenty pounds that is to saye to every seu'all ward five pounds Item I giue to my late servant William Reynolds tenn pounds And I give to my goddaughter Elizabeth Reynolds his daughter other tenn pounds Item I giue unto Elizabeth Wright my late servant five pounds Item I giue to my two maid servants Mary and Joane wch nowe dwell wth me tenn pounds a peece Item I giue to my servant James Metham twenty pounds And I giue to my other two servants Richard and John wch nowe dwell wth me tenn pounds apeece And I giue to my late servant John Dugdale tenn pounds Item I giue to my freind Charles Bostocke twenty pounds And I also giue to Catherine Partridge sometimes my servant five

pounds And I also giue to Joane my late servant wch is nowe married other five pounds Item I give to Richard Potter my late servant tenn pounds And to Susan his daughter my goddaughter other tenn pounds Item I giue to my good freind M' William Gore Alderman five pounds and other five pounds to his wife to make each of them rings Item I giue to Gittings the boye that is nowe wth me and brother to my two maides tenn pounds Item I giue to William Thomas tenn pounds Item I giue towards the releife of the poore at Woodford in Essex the som'e of forty pounds to be laid out vppon lands or tenements or to be otherwise imploied that the rent or proffitt thereof shalbe p'petually imploied for the releife of the poore of the said parrish Item I doe make and ordaine Jarvaise Elwes my sonne sole Executor of this my last Will In witnes whereof I the said Elizabeth Elwes have herevnto sett my hand and seale yeoven the daye and ycare first abouewritten Item I giue to Nicholas Ham'erton five pounds to make him a ringeE. E.-Sealed and deliu'ed in the presence of me Charles Bostock Ser. and of Richard Chapman and William Wright Servants to the said Charles Bostocke Scr. -Richard Hilton.

Proved at London, 26 November, 1625.

Notes and Queries.

BILL FAMILY, OF ENGLAND.-Information respecting this family is requested by the undersigned, who is preparing a genealogy of the Bill family in America.

75, Fulton Street, New York.

LEDYARD BILL.

PRATT.-The following note on the fly-leaf of a book in my possession may perhaps be deemed worthy of record.

H.

This was the Booke of my Dear Father Mr William Pratt A.M. of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, who was Vicar of Bossall 28 years; he was a man of great Learning, and a great Antiquary excellently skilled in all sorts of Medals, obiit Anno Domini 1701 Jan. the 2 day.

This alsoe was the Book of my Dear and pious Brother Mr John Pratt A.M. of Sidney Sussex Colledge in Cambridge; a man of Great Learning and Piety who was Vicar of Bossall 16 years obiit August the 25 day Anno Domini 1718.

MARGARET PRATT.

KEYWORTH.-A family of this name, sometimes spelt Caworth, was resident at South Leverton and Cottam, in the county of Notts, as early as 1576. Any information, especially extracts from parish registers, tending to prove its descent would oblige. Branches were also seated at Nottingham and other places in Lincolnshire and Notts.

G. W. M.

MARSHALL, OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.-Information is requested concerning the descent of a family of this name, originally resident at Rampton, in the county of Notts. Augustine Marshall, of that place, had issue,-Robert, of the city of Lincoln, and he had Robert,* aged 74 in 1666, John, William, and George. Edward Marshall, of Rampton, married May 1, 1690, Mary Hall, at Rampton, and had issue,--Edward, baptized April 22, 1693 (buried March 3, 1704); Thomas, baptized September 4, 1695; Mary, baptized April 11, 1698; Elizabeth, baptized September 3, 1700, buried September 14, 1701; Mary, baptized March 31, 1703; John, baptized August 5, 1705, buried September 26, 1706. Thomas is probably identical with Thomas Marshall, who married Mary ... and was buried August 11, 1768; she was buried March 24, 1760. Of their issue a family still owning property in Rampton descends, who bear for arms, barry of six argent and sable, a canton ermine, and for crest, a man in armour proper, holding in his dexterhand a baton; with the motto, "Veritas vincit."

This family was in some way related to a numerous one of the same name residing at Tuxford, and this to Thomas Marshall, of Kirton, who in his will of October 28, 1663, proved March 3, 1663-4, mentions his sons Robert and Thomas, a daughter Elliner, and

* See account of his issue, 'Gentleman's Magazine,' April, 1865.