Person:Reinold Mervyn (1)

Reynolds Mervyn’s will is preserved at Somerset House, London. He was of Ramsey, where his house stood on the main road about 2 miles from the bridge. He was a yeoman, and owned property in the vicinity. One of his estates was named Benetts and another Genetts. He had 6 children living 22 Dec 1554.

Will of Raynold Marven

Source: The English ancestry of Reinold and Matthew Marvin, of Hartford, Ct., 1638

In the name of god Amen in the xxii Day of December in the yere of our Lorde God 1554 I Raynold Marven of Ramsey in the countey of essex yeman of hole mynde & good Remembranc do make and ordayne thys my last wyll & testament after thys forme folowyng fyrst I bequeth my Soule to Almyghtye god my maker & my body to be buryed in the churche of Saynt Myghell the Arcangell of Ramsey
Item I gyve unto Johan my wyfe all my howses & landes for terme of her lyfe to kepe my chyldren & hyrs withall tell they be abell to helpe themselves & to kepe the howses in reperasyon & ye landes inffensyng & she to make no wast of tymber & woodes
Item I gyve to ye brydge of Ramsey xxvjs viijd to be payd when yt ys a makyng or a mending
Item I gyve to Richarde my Sonne a tenement called Benettes lying in Ramsey & all the landes therto be longgyng after the decesse of hys mother to hym & hys aeyres
Item I gyve to Edwarde my Sonne a tenement lying in Wrabnes with ye landes therto belongyng bothe free and copye after the decesse of hys mother to hym & to hys ayeres
Item I gyve to John my Son a tenement lying in Ramsey the wyche I bought of John Dave called Genettes & the landys therto belongyng after ye decesse of hys mother to hym & to hys aeyeres & also I gyve to the sayd John xli of money to be payd hym at xxj yeres of Age
Item I wyll yff any of my iii Sonnes do dey or they come to the Age of xxi yeres that then the lande & mony of thyre parte so being dew to be devydyd in equall partes betwyn them yt Remayn alyve
Item I gyv to my iii Doughters yt ys Audre Margere & Barbara xli apece to be payd unto them at the age of xx yeres & yf any of them do dey beffor they come to the age of xx yeres then I wyll yt her parte be equaly devyd to ye lyving of the sayd doughters
Item I gyve to Thomas Churchman vjs viijd Item I gyve to the wedowe Kyng vjs viijd Item to Loye purcas iijs iiijd Item to John Johnsonne iiijs iiijd Item to Bese wyxe wedowe iijs iiijd Item to Als Betryche iijs iiijd Item I gyve to Mare Wales xs & thys money to be payd wyth in xiiij dayes after my buryall Item I gyve to John How the elder xxs Itemm I gyve to John Howe the yongher xxs Item I gyve to Stephyn How xxs these legacys to be payd within viij wekes after my buryall
Item I gyve to crystyan my mayd an ewe Item to Johan my mayd an ewe Item to Margret my mayd an ewe
Item I gyve to Johan my wyve all my yewes that I have in my ferme of east Haull & the Ray & Barwycke Item I wyll that yff my wyfe chanche for to marye agayn then I wyll she shall be bounde before that she do marye to my brother John Mervyn & to my Brother thomas Mervyn for my chyldrene stockes & legacys with ij suffycyent Suretes in dobull the valew ffor the performanc off yt accordyng to my wyll or ells to delyver the sayd stockes before that she do marye into the handes of the sayd John Merven & Thomas Merven
Item I gyve to Johan my wyfe all the Rest of my goodes unbequeathed both movable and unmovables howm I do make my Sole executrix & she to pay my dettes & my legacys & to see my wyll fullfylld These being wyttnes Wyllyam Vaughan Robert Blosse Thomas Hedge with other more

By me Rynalde
mervyn

1. ↑ Boughton, Willis A. Bouton, Boughton and Farnam Families. (Fort Lauderdale, FL: W.A. Boughton, c1949)
   p. 146.
2.   Marvin, William Theophilus Rogers. The English Ancestry of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct., 1638: Their Homes and Parish Churches. (Boston, Mass.: T.R. Marvin & Son, Publishers, 1900).

   See "Will of Raynold Marven"