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Subject: Anthony Nutter Will from England
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 10:32:40 -0500 (EST)

Dear Nutter Researchers:

The following was just received from Tony Foster in Lancashire:

George Anthony Foster=92s Transcription of the Will of Anthony Nutter of
Goldshawbooth, Pendle, Lancashire, 1613,

Will of Anthony Nutter of Goldshawbooth, 1613

You will notice at in the will Anthony names his wife as Elizabeth.
Therefore, I believe this will relates to the Anthony Nutter who married
Elizabeth Feirnside at Newchurch in Pendle in 1583.
One of the major problems with 17th century handwriting is that the scrip=
t
contains numerous abbreviations. Therefore, I have included all the miss=
ing
letters in square brackets [a] and I have also included clarifications i=
n
square brackets. Hopefully this is makes everything clear, if not please=
get
back in touch.

In the name of God Amen:

The 29th daie of December Anno Regni d[om]ni n[ost]ri Jacobi dei gr[ati] =
a
Anglie Francie et Hibe[r]nie Regis etc[etera] undecimo et Scotie 470 [in=
the
11th year of the reign of our Lord James, by the grace of God, of Englan=
d,
France and Ireland, and of Scotland the 47th year] 1613

I, Anthonie Nutt[e]r of Goldshaiebothe [Goldshawbooth] in Pendle in the
Countie of Lanc[aster] yeoma[n] secke [sick] in bodie but wholle in mynd=
e of
good and p[er]fecte memorie thankes be to God theirfore Doe Consitute ord=
aine
and make this my laste will and testament in man[ner] and forme following
vizt [videlicet, that is to say]

Firste and principallie I com[m]ed my soulle into th'andes of Allmyghtie =
God
my maker and Redeem[er] thorowe whose mertities I truste to be saved And=
my
bodie to Xpain [Christain] buriall in the Church or Church yeard of Pendl=
e,
att the discre[i]on of my friends

Item whereas I the said Anthonie Nutt[e]r testator hereof have before the
datte hereof Surrendred into his ma[jes]ties handes by Chr[ist]ophor Nutt=
all,
Clerke and Henrie Bullocke of Rughley Custom[ar]ie tennants of Pendle th'=
one
hallffe of one messuage other buildinges landes tenementes medowes feding=
es
[feedings] pasture pasture mores [moors] mosses and turbarie [turbary]
scituate lyginge and being in Goldshaieboth abovesaid

Of the Anuall rente to his Ma[jes]tie in the wholle of 8 s[olidorum] ob[u=
li]
[8 shillings and one halfpenny] now or latte in the tenure and possession=
of
me the said Anthonie and Rainbrowne Tomson of Goldshaiebothe my Assigney =
or
Assignes

To th'use of Ric[hard] Nunner of Goldshaiebothe and John Nutt[e]r now of
Bolton my sone and their heirs to be their feoffees fyned and seised to =
any
use uses interestes and p[ro]visoes as I the said Anthonie shall resite
[recite] specifie and declare in and by my last will and testamente in
wryttinge and to noe other use intente or provisoe as by the said
Surrend[e]r more at lardge appearthe

Nowe the will mynde and intente of me the said Anthonie Nutt[e]r testator
hereof is That the said Feoffees and their heirs and the survivor of them=
and
his heires Im[m]ediatlie aft[e]r my decease shall stand and be seased as
Feoffees in truste of in and upon the said halffe messuage and other the
p[re]mses in the said surrend[e]r me[n]c[i]o[n]ed of the anuall Rente to=
his
ma[jes]tie of 4 s[olidorum] q[uarteri] [four shillings and one fathing]

To the use of John Nutt[e]r Ric[hard] Nutt[e]r Isabell Nutt[e]r and Margr=
ette
Nutt[e]r my sones and daughters untill Will[ia]m Ric[hard] Isabell and
M[ar]grett my sonnes and gaughters their tutors or gov[er]nors ... [? so=
me
words omitted here: should say "have received"?] ... the some of =A336 =
6s 8d
of lawfull Englishe money in man[ner] and forme followinge vid[e]l[icet]=
:

To John Nutter my said sone =A36 13s 4d
To Richard Nutter my said sone =A36 13s 4d
To Isabel Nutter my said daughter =A310
And to M[ar]grette Nutter my daughter =A313 6s 8d [NB These total =A336 1=
3s 4d
rather than =A336 6s 8d]

The Remainder of the said messuage and the other the p[re]myses in the sa=
id
surrend[e]r menc[i]o[n]ed aft[e]r the said some =A336 6s 8d be trulie pa=
id
Then the said Feoffes and their heires and the survivor of them and his
heirs to satan and be fyned and seased to the solle use and behouffe of
Will[ia]m Nutt[e]r my said sone and his heires or to such other p[er]son=
e as
shall fortune to be heire unto me the said Anthonie Nutter accordinge to=
the
true intente and meanynge hereof

And touchinge my worldlie goodes I devid [divide] the same into three equ=
all
p[ar]es one p[ar]te theirof to Elizabethe my wiffe, in name of her Canoni=
call
p[ar]te of my goodes

An other p[ar]te to John Nutt[e]r Richard Nutt[e]r Isabell Nutt[e]r and
M[ar]grett Nutt[e]r my sones and daughters equalie to be devided amonges=
te
them in the name of their filiall por[i]ons of my saide goodes

And the thrid p[ar]te to my sellffe the c[hi]ch said third p[ar]te aft[er=
] my
funerall expences paid and discarged I sollie [solely] and absolutlie giv=
e
and bequeth unto Isabell Nutt[e]r and M[ar]grette Nutt[e]r my said daught=
ers
equallie to be devided betwixe them

And I no[m]i[na]te and appointe the said Elizabethe my said wiffe and
Will[ia]m Nutt[e]r my said sone Executors of this my laste will and
testamente

Theise beinge witnesses Will[iam] Nutter of Goldshaieboth his m[a]rke Hen=
rie
Bullocke Chro: Nuttall Henrie Nutt[e]r Mylles Nutt[e]r John Croke"

(End of Will transcription)

Note from Tony Foster:

As I understand it, Anthony Nutter and Rainbrowne Tomson are occupying
copyhold land at a rent of 8s =BDd per annum. In the Duchy of Lancaster t=
he
Crown is the Lord of the Manor, hence the reference to his Majesty. Antho=
ny
has put his share of land into trust. Nuttall and Bullocke would only hav=
e
been involved for the purpose of surrendering the land to the Lord of th=
e
Manor. It was then granted back to Anthony's trustees Richard Nutter and
John Nutter.

The clerk seems to have missed out a few words; it seems that Anthony's
children or their guardians were to have a prior claim on the income, but
once certain amounts had been paid out, the trustees were to hold the lan=
d
wholly for the benefit of William Nutter.

Clearly the children were underage ie less than 21 years old.

I will sent the photocopies to Jan so that she can photocopy then and sen=
d as
sent onto you.
This has taken me 5 hours to transcribe =3D =A325

Dave, I will now move onto the USA documents.

Regards
Tony

(My note to Tony & Jan)

Tony and Jan:

Tony, thank you for the outstanding and fascinating transcription of Anth=
ony
Nutter of Goldshaw Booth's will. I'm sure we will all study it carefully=
,
taking some time to do so. I will post it on the Nutter Family LIST on t=
he
Internet. I think it is substantial progress for us.

Meanwhile, I do have an immediate recognition of the name "Croke" which
appears. In the Edgar Peal/Pat Southern work, "The Trials of the Lancash=
ire
Witches", Appendix 3, entitled "Cuttings from Family Trees", under "The
Nutters of Greenhead", it is made clear that the sister of the John Nutte=
r
who testified as a witness in the 1612 Lancashire Witchcraft Trial was
Margaret Crook. In fact, Margaret Crook also testified as a witness in t=
he
witchcraft trial.

This is pretty rich stuff.

So I would like to congratulate you on this step forward in our research.

Dave

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