WILL & INVENTORY OF ROBERT RYNGE OF COMNR Husbandman 1558
(Robert Ringe held the property now known as Valley Farm, Farmoor)
In the name of god amen Be yt knowne unto all people by these ..... yt I Robert Ryng of the prifhe of Comnr in the countie of barks husbandman the xxivth daye of the monethe of July in the yeare of our Lord god 1558 being ficke & weake of bodie but hole and pfairt of mynde do make & eftablifh this my last will and teftament in manr & forme following Ffirft I do comend my foule to almighty god & my bodye to the earthe to be buried in Comnr churche Itm I do geve unto the cathedrall churche of Sar vid & to the high alter of comn church vid Item I do geve and bequeith unto Willm my fon vi li xiiis Itm I do geve & bequeith unto Dorothie my daughter vi li xiiis Itm I do geve & bequeithe unto John my fon v li & to peter my fon ther v li and unto marryan and arolyce my daughter v li apece And unto my nephew nyclas payne I do geive two sheepp Itm I do geve unto all my godchildren iiiid a pece Itm I do geve amonge the poore people whom neade or requir 20s Itm I will yt all my childrens fons legaces fhall be delyvered unto them in money or ...... cattaill according to the value of the fame on year next & immediately following my death by my wief Elizabeth Ring and my fon Robert Rynge And I do conftitute and make my faid wief and Robert my faid fon full & fole executors jointly And I do geve freely unto them all the refidue of my goods cattaill sayde money & houfehold ftuff as well moveable as unmoveable to be devyded equally between them Itm I do ......ly ch...ly & commande them to paye all m,y debts & to vereate my debts And I appointe & ordeyne my loving friends Willm b.....n & Thomas Woode overseers of this my faid will & teftament my will alsi is yt robert my fon fhall occupie half my holde with my wief during her lief if I do now chance to die Itm I do geve unto my couffen Thomas Woode vis viiid
A trew note of fuche debts as I do owe
Itm I do owe unto my faid couffen Thoms Woode wch I borrowed of him the fum of vi li xiiis iiiid wch my will ys fhallbe well and truly paide unto him or his affynes within on monthe next following the date of this my will
Trew debts owing unto me the faid robert Ryng
Itm Willm Horne of Lawrence hynxyees owith me the fom of xxvis viiid
Itm John noke owith me the fom of xxxviis viiid
Itm John clifford of botley pwith me the fom of iiis
Itm Willm Smith of Abindon owith me the fom of iii li
Itm Thoms Plac.yns of eynfam oweth me vis viiid
Itm Dyckynfon owith unto me xxvis viiid
Thoms Collys of eynefham oweth unto me xvs
Js Clifford Wytneffes to this will Thomas Wood & Willm howffe
INVENTORY
An Inventory taken the xxvith of Auguft 1558 of the goods & cattails of robert Rynge of comner in the countie of barks late deceaffed by Thomas Woode John Noke & John Houffe
Imprimis in hall on table & ii chayres valued at viis
Itm in on chamber on fetherbed & on coverlete on paire of
blankets on bolfter and ii pillowes valued at xxs
Itm in a nother chamber ii mattreffes three coverletts
iii bolfters and on pillowe valued at xs
Itm xi paire of fhetts valued at xxs
Itm v metclothes on towell and on pillowbeare vs
Itm xx peacs of pewter iiii candelftiks ii brafon bafons and iii braffe
potts and three fpytts and ii andyrons with on chavyldyfh valued at xs
Itm iiii braffe panes iii kettils with vi barrells & other (trompers) xvis
Itm vi fylver fpones valued at xiis
and iiii flynes of woo(l) praifed at iii li vis viiid
Itm fyve mares and on stone colt and ii yereling horfe colts
ii yereling mare colts valued at x li
Itm x oxen praifed at xv li
Itm xvi kine praifed at xvii li
Itm vii young beafts valued at viii li xiiis viiid
Itm viii weaned calfs valued at xl li
Itm fhepp & lambs valued at xi li
Itm ii iron band carts with cart geare and plough geare vallued at v li vis viiid
Itm ten hoggs valued at xxxiiis iiiid
Itm the corne in the baron and the haye in the hay hhayffe valued at xiii li vis viiid