Abstract of the will of Richard Hull

Richard Hull of Crokehorne, husbandman, dated 10 February 1558/9

To be buried in churchyard of Crokehorne

To the mother church of Wells: 4d

To my parish church: a wether [sheep]

To Sir William Hull, my son: a fether bed and many hgousehold goods [enumerated]

To Thomas Hull, my son the elder: a furnes pan and 2 witches.

To Raynold Hull, my son: a hand mill with such timber as is in my barton.

To my three sons James Hull, Thomas Hull, and John Hull: 2 silver spoons a piece.

To my wife Alice Hull and to my daughter Elynor Hull: a silver spoon each.

To my wife Alice Hull: 4 oxen, my weaver, my Sole, my dragge, my ithe, my iron ropes.

Residue to my wife Alice and Elnor Hull, my daughter, executrixes.

To Sir William Sherewell, my ghostly father [godfather]: 8d.

Overseers: William Metford and Thomas Price/Pince

I do owe to Sir William Hull, my son, 15s, 8d, and to Alice Hawkins 6s, 8d.

Proved 6 June 1559 [not stated by whom proved]

Source: Hull Family Association Journal, Vol. 12, No.3, 2001, pg. 83-84 'The Hulls of Crewkerne, County Somerset, England. Richard Hull, Grandfather of Early Immigrants, George and the Rev. Joseph Hull. Part I' compiled by Phyllis J. Hughes. Citing: Archdeaconry of Taunton, Somerset, England, Book 3, pg. 38 and noting that the original wills of the Hulls of Crewkerne were moved to Exeter during World War II where they were destroyed by fire at the Exeter Probate Registry (May 21, 1941) during a german bombing of Exeter. The abstracts had been transcribed by Olive M. Moger and are housed in the Somerset record Office in Taunton, Somerset.