Alice Farndale
c 1507 to c 1547
FAR00058
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1507
Since her
children were not of age, she was clearly not very old when she wrote her will;
at say 40, so she might have been born in about 1507.
1530
She was
presumably widowed when she wrote her will. Perhaps she married in about 1530.
1535
Symon ffarnedaill (FAR00061), say aged 12
when Alice’s will was proved, then she was born about 1535.
1537
Isabelle ffarnedaill (FAR00062), say aged
10 when Alice’s will was proved, then she was born about 1537.
1547
On 1 Aug 1547 the
Will of Alice Farndale (nee Pratt) of Southcliffe, near York was proved.
In the Name of God
Amen, the eleventh day of July 1547. I Alice Farndale of Southclif
do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in a manner and form
following. First, I give my Soul to Almighty God, to Our Blessed Lady and All
the Ecclesiastical Company of Heaven and my body to be buried in the Churchyard
of North Cave.
Item. I give to Jennet Brightin
a kerchief.
Item. I give to Isabell Brightin
a veil.
Item. I give to my mother Agnes Pratt a violet
gown.
Item. I give to my sister Isabell Prate(sic) a red
kirtle (outer petticoat).
Item. I give to Thomas Brightin
and to John Pratt (her brother, see later), to either of them a calf of the
best of my part.
Item. I give to Jennet Brightin
a green kirtle.
Item. I give to my brother John Prate (sic) a
stage (stag?) of the best of my parte.
The residue of my goods, my debts paid and my will
fulfilled, I give to Symon ffarnedale and to Isabel
my children whom I make my executors. And further I will that my brother John
Prate(sic) shall have custody and keeping of my said children’s portions
bequest unto them by this my Testament unto they come to lawful years of age
when I will that the said portions go to the use and profit of my brother John
Pratt provided always that my brother John Lonsdale and Laurence shall have the
custody and keeping of my aforesaid children, Simon ffarnedaill
and Isabell as specified in their father’s Testament (clearly he was dead). And
also if my aforesaid children depart before they become to their years of age,
I will that my brother John Pratt do give unto John Lonsdale and Laurence
aforesaid, a cowe of my parte.
These witnesses, Symon Garthorne, Thomas Dean, Thomas
Stevyns and Sir Robert Barker, priest.
Will proved on 1st August in the year above given,
written before Symon Garthorne and Master Robert
Barker, priest, witnesses to the Will and Commissioners before whom
administration was granted to John Prate, guardian of Simon and Isabelle ffarnedale, minors.
(Will of
Alice Farndale)
South Cliffe with North Cave to the south