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HARRISON, Margaret
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Name HARRISON, Margaret Gender Male Death 1614 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
Person ID I8461 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARGARET HARRISON, widow, formerly WILLIAMSON (15??-1614) [UNRELATED INDIVIDUAL?]
The Will of Margaret HARRISON of Pinchbeck, widow:
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"In the name of god Amen The vjth day of May one thousand six hundreth and fourteen. I Margaret HARRISON widowe of Pinchbecke in the parts of holland and within the County of Lincoln being weake in bodie but yet in p(er)fecte remembrance thancks be to god do make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and form following.
First I give and bequeath my soule into the mercifall hands of allmighty god my maker trusting to be saved by the meritts of Jesus Christe my redeemer and my bodie to be christian like buried in the Churchyarde of Pinchbecke
It(e)m I give to Robert HARRISON my sonne five pounds and three pecks of Corne one pan being brasse one wanded(?) chaire one litle spitt one russett gowne one Cloake one ewe hogg one swarme of bees w(hi)ch shalbe the first and half the wood I have one blacke bill one Churne(?).
It(e)m I give to Roger HARRISON sonne to thaforesaid Robert one ewe hogg one cubborte one blacke chiste one paire of sheets one coverlidd one blanckett one pillowe one bedstead.
It(e)m I give to Robert HARRISON Junior sonne to thaforesaid Robert one candlesticke and one pewter platter
It(e)m I give to Richard HARRISON sonne to thaforesaid Robert one candlesticke and one pewter platter.
It(e)m I will that all that I give to the children of thaforesaid Robert HARRISON senior shalbe sould and put forth for the behofe of the children by severall percons according to the true meaning of this will whilest they come to the full age of xxj.tie yeares both stocke and rente.
It(e)m I give to Joane WILLIAMSON my brothers wief one peckecher and one croscloath(?) and I forgive her all the money due to me from my brother Nicholas by an obligac(i)on, but for the vjs. and I will my foresaid sister shall give to Edward her sonne tenn shillings of thaforesaid money that I forgive her
It(e)m I give to Agnes the daughter of the foresaid vs.
It(e)m I give to my aforesaid sister ten shillings and John Nicholas and Robert WILLYAMSON all the remainder of the som(m)e forgiven by me w(hi)ch I give to her and her children
It(e)m I give to George WILLIAMSON my brothers sonne one sheete on candlesticke one napkyn
It(e)m I give to Elizabeth WILLYAMSON my brothers daughter one sheete one table napkyn one candlesticke one sawcer.
It(e)m I give to Jane WILLIAMSON daughter to Richard my brother two shillings six pence.
It(e)m I give to Robert INGRAM my sisters sonne five shillings.
It(e)m I give to Helen RAPER one pewter platter andone russett petticoat
It(e)m I give to Susans (?) my sole Executor of this my last will, All the rest of my goods and Chattels not before given nor bequeathed she is to pay my debts and seeing my bodie christianlike broughte to the ground.
In witness hereof I have setto my hand and subscribed the day and yeare abovewritten.
It(e)m I make John EDGOOSE my sup(er)visor in this will And I give him for his paines vjs. viijd.
It(em) I give to the poore of Pinchbecke ten shillings.
Written by me Hugh READ And witnesse Robert HYNDE his marke
Margaret HARRISON her marke."
Proved at Lincoln on 29 July 1614.
SOURCE: Lincoln Consistory Will 1614/i/96, uploaded with permission.
© Lincolnshire County Council 2019.
Margaret HARRISON widow was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 12 May 1614.
