Raphe WATERHOUSE of Heyfeild: 21 April 1602

In the name of god Amen the xixth dae of Januarie Ano Dony 1601 Ano Regine Elizabeth Quadrag osimo Quarto (44th): I Raphe Waterhouse of Heyfeild in the Countie of Derbie Being sicke in Bodie, but in mynde Good & pfecte remembrance praysed be god knowinge the [Certeyntie] of death & uncerteyntie of the houre & time therof Doe make this my last will & Testamt in manr & forme ffollo inge: ffirst I comitt my soule to Allmythie god my maker trustinge through the merits of C[hrists] passion to be one of gods electe & my bodie to be buried in the Church of Glossopp where I am [parish]ner

Itm I geve to Thomas WATERHOUSE my brother & to his heires for ever all my houses in Heyfeild [ ] Apptenences: And allsoe all my houses & grounds in kinder bancke [Map] wth all A[comodities] to them belong inge: Allsoe I geve to my said brother Thomas the some of xiij£ vjs viijd of lawfull money of England to be treulie paid unto hym or his assignes att the nexte [midsomr] after my decease: Allsoe I geve to my said brother Thomas xxvj sheepe Itm I geve to John WATERHOUSE my brother & to his heires for ever All my houses landes sett lyinge & beinge in Bowdonheade [Map] wth all Comodities pfitts & easements to them belongeinge wth all & single their Apprtenances

Itm I geve to Lawrence HALL of ffullwoode my brother in lawe the sume of xvij£ of lawfull money of England to be well & treulie paid him or his Assignes wtin the space of xij monethes next after my decease upon the condicon that the said Lawrence HALL shall assine his towe sones Lawrance HALL & Edwarde HALL of all his lands in Yorkeshire or elleswhere, when the space of xij monethes next after my decease: wch thinge yf He refuse to doe my will is that the said xvij£ shalbe delivered to some faithfull & trustie frende to the onelie use & behalf of the said towe sones Lawrence & Edwarde:

Itm I geve to Mr Gualter NORMANSELL vs Itm I geve to Raphe ARMEFEILD a sone of Raphe ARMEFEILD of Heyfeild one yewe houge

Itm I geve to Raphe PLATTS sone of Thurston platts of little Heyfeild a yewe houge

Itm I geve to Raphe BRADBURIE of Heyfeild ijs vjd

The rest of all my goods (after my funerall expences & the legacies herincontayned) be discharged of my whole goods by my bretheren Thomas & John shalle devided Betwixt my said brothers Thomas & John whom I do make them my Executors of this my last will & Testamt & Thomas HEWARDE of Raworth the yonger & Thomas BAWDON of Heyfield the older my ov'rseers to them I geve either of them vs in token of my good will trustinge they will see this my last will in poynts discharged to the health of my soule

Witnesses Gualter NORMANSELL; Raphe BRADBURIE

Debts owinge to me are theise

Inprimis Robte RIDGWAIE vij£

John BRAMALL son of Ottiwill BRAMALL xijs

Itm Thurston PLATTS iiij£

Edward WALKELATT of ludworth vjsvid

Itm Edward HARRISON of Calver iij£

Willm WOODE of ludworth vs

Itm Lawrence HALL iij£ iijs iiijd

Itm Raphe BEARDE xls

Suma debitey xxij£ vijs

Atrewe Inventorie of all the goodes of Raphe WATERHOUSE of Heyfeilde latelie deceased prised & valued by Robte RIDWAIE Thomas SMITH, Godphreye BOWDEN Willm HYDE the ffirst daie of ffebruarie Ano Donj 1601

Inprimis his purse girdle & apparrell xlvjs iijd

Itm his sworde & dagger vjs viijd

Itm in beddinge & a peare of bedstoks xxxvijs

Itm three chists xxijs

Itm a brasse pott vijs

Itm sixe kyne ix£

Itm ij heffers liijs iiijd

Itm xxvij sheepe iiij£ vjs viijd

Suma totalis xj£ ixs iiijd

10 Aug 1882. Robert Slack of Little Hayfield. Will Proved:

This is the last Will and Testament of me Robert SLACK the Elder of Little Hayfield in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman first I order and direct all my just Debts to be paid and discharged by my son Robert SLACK (and do charge my real and personal Estate and Effects hereinafter given and devised to him with the payment thereof) and my funeral and Testamentary charges by my Executors hereinafter named out of my other Effects I give devise and bequeath unto my dear Wife and her Assigns for and during the Term of her natural Life any such on of my Dwellinghouses situate in the Clough [Map] as she may chuse and also the several Annuities hereinafter mentioned (making together the annual sum of fifty pounds) that is to say One Annuity or clear yearly Rent to charge or sum of Twenty pounds to be issuing and payable out of and from the Hereditaments hereinafter devised to my son Robert SLACK and one other Annuity or clear yearly Rent charge or sum of Thirty pounds to be issuing and payable out of and from the Hereditaments hereinafter devised to my sons John SLACK and Thomas SLACK by two half yearly payments respectively on every the tenth day of May and Eleventh day of November in each year the first payment thereof respectively to be made on the first of those days happening after my decease and to continue so payable during the natural Life of her my said Wife And in Case of default of payment (besides other Remedies) to be recoverable by distress and Sale in like manner as Rent in arrear And I give and bequeath unto my said Wife all my Household Goods and ffurniture and all Debts which may be owing to me at the time of my decease (except those owing for Leather) and all other my personal property and Effects whatsoever not by me otherwise disposed of absolutely and to be willed or disposed of as she may think proper.

I give and devise unto my son Robert SLACK and to his Heirs and Assigns fro ever (Subject and charged as herein mentioned) all that and those my Estate or Estates and premises at Lower Bank [Map] and Upper Bank [Map] with the round Meadow and Heyde Crofts [Map] and all the Buildings privileges and Appurtenances whatsoever thereunto respectively belonging

And I give and bequeath unto him my said son Robert all and every the Rents which at the Time of my decease may be owing to me and standing in my books being simple Contracts for the Sale of Leather only.

I give and devise unto my Daughter Ann STEEL and unto my Daughter Grace MARRIOTT equally between them share and share alike and their Heirs and Assigns for ever as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants all my Estate and Buildings situate and being at of near Stockport and in the County of Chester And I do hereby will direct and provide that it shall and may be lawful to and for them my said Daughters respectively notwithstanding their Coverture and they are hereby authorized and empowered from time to time and at all times after my decease freely and absolutely to dispose of all or any of the said premises so given to her or them respectively at their will and pleasure by Deed or Will or otherwise without the Control of any person or persons and as fully and amply as if they respectively were sole and unmarried I give devise and bequeath unto my two sons John SLACK and Thomas SLACK and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants ((Subject and charged as herein mentioned) All those my Estates at Little Hayfield and Allothy [Map] as now joined together with all my Buildings factories Common Rights and privileges whatsoever belonging the same Estates And all those my three Dwellinghouses situate at the Townend [Map] in Chapel en le Frith in the said County of Derby

And I direct that [ ] of my said sons John or Thomas shall wish a conveyance of the whole of the said premises so devised to them as aforesaid to one of them, he shall mention and specify to the other of them in writing a sum of Money and shall at the option of the other of them either pay such Sum to the other of them for the Moiety of the said premises devised to the other or upon such sum being tendered to him shall convey to the other of them his Moiety thereof And the other of them shall accept or pay such sum accordingly and on refusal by either of the other shall be entitled to the whole of the same premises but my said two sons John and Thomas shall duly pay the said Annuity of thirty pounds whilst seized as Tenants in Common but not afterwards and the said premises charge therewith shall remain so vested in them until the decease of my said Wife

And I give unto my said sons John and Thomas all my Stock of Cattle ffarming Stock and Husbandry Geer (except [ ])

And I give unto my said son Thomas all my Stock of Sheep

And whereas I have given Security with my sons and sons in Law for Money borrowed and I hereby direct and provide that in case my Heirs or Executors shall be required and shall actually pay any sum or sums of Money or Expenses by or in Consequence of my having so become surety such of my Heirs or Executors shall witness and until fully repaid or reimbursed have power and authority to raise and reimburse themselves respectively all such Sum and Sums of Money and Expenses by Sale of a sufficient part of the Estate and Effects hereby given to or in ffavor of the person or persons or of the Wife or [ ] of such person or persons on whose Account such Sum or Sums shall have been paid and all Expenses incident thereto and all necessary parties interested in such Estates and Effects respectively under this my Will shall join and concur in effecting such Sale or Sales any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding

And I give and bequeath unto all my children and sons in Law and Daughters in Law all such Sum and Sums of Money and Effects as I now have given and at the time of my decease may have given or advanced to them respectively or as they may owe me (except for Rent) and direct that no one or more of them shall be required to repay to my Estate any such Sum or Sums And I recommend all my Devises and Legatees not to be discontent with the provisions hereby made for them and my will is that in Case any of them shall cause any unnecessary quarrel or Suit at Law or unnecessary Trouble each of them so offending shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred pounds to the person or persons to or against whom such Suit or Suits or Trouble shall be caused or given And I further direct that my Executors hereafter named shall not nor shall any of them be answerable or accountable for the other or others of them or the Receipts Neglects or Defaults of the others of them nor with or for any Loss which may happen to my said property or Effects except through their or his own wilful Defaults but shall be entitled to deduct and retain from and out of the Trust Monies and Effects which may come to their Hands and reimburse to each other all such Costs charges and Expenses as they or any of them shall or may incur or by put unto in or about the execution or this my will And I hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Wife, Thomas SLACK of Macclesfield in the said County of Chester Surgeon and John Gee of Kinder in the said County of Derby farmer joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament (hereby revoking all others) hoping they will see the same performs In Witness whereof I the said Robert SLACK the Testator have to this my last will and Testament set my Hand and Seal that is to say my Hand to the three preceding Sheets and my Hand and Sal to this fourth and last Sheet the thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Twenty one

Robert SLACK

The writing contained in this and the three preceding Sheets of paper hereunto [ ] was signed Sealed delivered published and declared by the above named Robert SLACK the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the Sight and presence of us who in his Sights and presence and at his request and in the sight and presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses (an Erazure being first made in the Eighth Line from the bottom of the Second Sheet of paper an Inter line also first made above the Nineteenth Line in the third sheet of paper)

George HADFIELD; John TURNER; John HURST

First Codicil

I Robert SLACK the Testator within named in that my last will & Testament did give and bequeath to my Daughter Grace MARRIOTT and to my Daughter Ann a certain Freehold Estate Land & Hereditaments therein more particularly SLACK the Testator, do by this my first codicil to my last Will & Testament hereby revoke that part of my said will which bequeathed to my said Daughter Ann a moiety of the beforementioned Freehold Estate Lands and Hereditaments and by Virtue of this my said Codicil I do give and bequeath the said moiety of the said Lands & Hereditements so situate as aforesaid to my Son in Law Thomas STEEL the Husband of my said Daughter Ann free from all Incumberances whatsoever save and except a fair and equitable proportion of a cheif rent reserved and made payable out of the said Freehold Land and Hereditaments to the Heirs of the DUKINFIELD Family to [ ] sale and re[ ] use and [crease in the original] Will or otherwise as he shall after my demise think fit and I hereby direct my Executors named in my said last will and Testatment to give quiet and peaceable possession of the said Freehold Lands and Hereditaments unto the said Thomas STEEL and the said Grace MARRIOTT immediately after my Decease and I further direct that in case either my said Daughter Grace or my said Son in Law Thomas STEEL shall wish a conveyance of the whole of the said Premises Lands and Hereditaments so devised to them as aforesaid to one of them he or she shall mention and specify to the other of them either pay such sum to the other of them or upon such sum of Money being tenedered to him or her shall convey to the other of them his or her Moiety thereof and the other of them shall accept or pay such sum accordingly and in refusal by either the other shall be entitled to the whole of the said freehold Land and Hereditaments As Witness my Hand and Seal this Ninth day of July in the [year  ] [     ] One thousand eight Hundred and twenty one.

The writing contained in this sheet of paper was signed, sealed, and delivered, published and declared by the abovementioned Robert SLACK in the sights and presence of us who in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses