Facts and Events
From his will, it can be surmised that:
- He was a master weaver
- He was wealthy enough to have a man servant
- He was (as van Kempen calls it) a "dandy"
He wrote a will in November 1577 which was probated 24 April 1578. (A near-complete transcription of it can be found in van Kempen, p 22-23.) In it, he:
- requests to be buried in the church of Kidderminster
- bequeaths to his wife Kathren, his son Humfrey; to Ales the unmarried daughter (and under 21) of Raufe Clarke; to Elyzabeth the unmarried daughter of Rauf Clarke; to Thomas Nycolls my brother-in-law; to Rauf Clarke and Anne his wife
- ordains his son Humfrey as executor
- appoints as overseers "my brother John Dollytell, Raufe Clarke, Thomas Nycolls of Hurcott and Humfrey Dolytell of the How.
His inventory was taken 10 Dec 1577.
References
- ↑ Peters, Barbara
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2995323&id=I3542. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 van Kempen, Ann Brest. Our Doolittle Line Revisited. (South Jordan, Utah: A.B. van Kempen, 2004, 2007)
pp 22-23.
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