Updated 31 May 2003 1553 PARKYNE, Robert, of Sheffelde, written 1 May 1553, wife Alice PARKYNE*, daughter Alice PARKYNE “to have Closes the which I have by indenture of Richard HARTLEY during my yeares & my manor at my house”, Thomas CRISE? “my servant & his mother”. Supervisors/recorders; Thomas HOWSLAY, Edward COLLYE, H... HARTLAY, Edward PA...., & Richard WYGFALL. [Proved 5 Oct 1553, York]. 1556 PARKYNE, William, Wadsley, parish of Ecclesfield, written 17 Jul 1556. Beneficiaries: John WOODHEAD, £4 & his children Nicholas & Anne, 3s 4d each; sister Agnes, 4 marks; brother Nicholas PARKYN, £10; George, Anne & Margaret the children of brother Thomas PARKYN*, 3s 4d each; William HOBSONE, 6s 8d; godson Thomas HOBSONE, 3s 4d; Rauff HINGILL, a pair of hose. Supervisors; Richard PARKYN & John WOODHEAD. Witnesses: William HOBSONE, Richard PARKYNE, Rauff HINGILL, John WOODHEAD & Richard CONOP, priest. 1615 PARKIN, Robert, of Wadsley, Ecclesfield, written 10 May 1615. Beneficiaries: wife Anne & youngest son William, £11 in goods & money; which is owed by John WEBSTER of Owlerton, also the lease made by Francis BARBER, son William also to have the vice, glazer, axletrees, files & tongs; second son Robert PARKIN & son William to share the bellows, iron & also lease near Malin brigge; son-in-law Francis WARTER, £3; eldest son John PARKIN, 12d; children William, Elizabeth & Margaret, 12d each; wife Anne* to have rest. Supervisors; Thomas PARKIN of Owlerton & Henry TURNER. Witnesses: John CRESWICK & William DAWSON. 1632 PARKIN, John, Ecclesfield, written 1 Mar 1632. Beneficiaries: wife Emmott*; William SMITH, Robert SMITH, John SMITH, Thomas SMITH, Charles SMITH, Mary SMITH, Margaret SMITH, Emmott SMITH children of Charles SMITH; John PARKIN & William PARKIN; Thomas STONES, Robert STONES, Elizabeth STONES, Ellin STONES & Anne STONES children of Rauph STONES of High greene & his wife; Henry SMITH; poor of Ecclesfield. Others; Mr William SHIRTCLIFFE; John NEWTON, vicar of Ecclesfield, father Robert PARKIN; Margaret PARKIN; John JEPSON; Thomas RICHARDSON; Robert HARTLEY. Estates; lands called The Intakes near the Hallowes; lease of Hunter house; lands in MORTOMLEY; part of lease of Stafford farm. Witnesses: William SLATER, Robert HIGHAM & William STAYNLAND. 1634 PARKIN, John, Mortomley, Ecclesfield, yeoman, written 18 Apr 1634. Beneficiaries: wife Jane ‘all my Woodloose or Cut at Hooton Lewett’; brother Zachary PARKIN ‘the Chist newly made wherein my evidences to my Landes lye..’ ; Housely FREEMAN, gent., owed £4 13s 4d; wifes bretheren Nicholas STEAD & Reginald STEAD; brothers James PARKIN & Thomas PARKIN;cousin Jane HANLEY daughter of deceased sister Anne, £30; godson John PARKIN* son of brother Zachary, rest of goods & chattles; John CLARKE the parish Clerke of Ecclesfield, 3s 4d ‘on condition that he bring Singers with him to my Dwellinge house at Mortomley & from thereto they sing before my Corpse all along to the Church & thence to my grave’; Others; father Thomas PARKIN & mother Elizabeth; the wife of old Nicholas SHIRTCLIFFE of Ecclesfield, of whom a feather bed & matress was bought; Estates: messuages at Slade Hooton, lately bought of cousin James STEAD, at Hooton Lewett, and at Mortomley & other places in parish of Ecclesfield. Witnesses:John LOCKSLEY, Thomas SMITH, Thomas NAILOR, Nicholas NAYLOR, & Thomas GALLAND, Barnesly. [?proved Mar 1635]. 1778 PASHLEY, John, Sheffield, innkeeper, written 27 Feb 1772, ‘in good health’. Estate: two freehold messuages in Maltby, Co. York, in hands of William BIRKBY & Joseph MARSH. Trustees: Martha SIDDALL*, of Sheffield, spinster & John SIDDALL*, of the City of London, cabinet maker. Beneficiaries: Joseph WILDE, of Sheffield, shearsmith; ‘my wife’ Penelope SIDDALL & Mary the wife of Charles ROCKET of Sheffield,; children of said Mary ROCKET. Witnesses: Joseph WILDE, Jonathan ELLIS & ? SKELTON. 1598 PEARSON, Robert, Sheffield, cutler, written 25 Oct 1598, wife Ellen PEARSON, son William PEARSON*, daughter Anne PEARSON, servants Francis WOOLEHOUSE & Margaret RICH. Supervisors/witnesses; Lawrence PEARSON & John PEARSON (brothers) & Thomas CRESWICKE. 1632 PEARSON, Henry, Sheffield, husbandman, written 22 Jun 1631. Beneficiaries: brother John PEARSON; brother William PEARSON; sister Elizabeth wife of Geoffrey OUTRIM; sister Isabel wife of Hugh SPOONER; son John PEARSON, to have “land left by will of Nicholas PEARSON of Clarkehouse, deceased, my father”; son William PEARSON; wife Elizabeth*. Witnesses: Richard WAINWRIGHT & William OTES. [Proved 1632]. 1634 PEARSON, John, Sheffield, yeoman, written 14 Feb 1634. Beneficiaries: wife Margarett* ‘messuage at Clarke house’; younger children John PEARSON, William PEARSON, Margarett PEARSON, Suzan PEARSON & Elizabeth PEARSON; eldest son Nicholas PEARSON, under 21 years, £10. Supervisors; William OATES of Clarke house & Hugh SPOONER of Crofts. Witnesses: Robert STACEY, William HOLLAND & William DAWSON. 1635 PEARSON, John, Brightside, parish of Sheffield, yeoman, written 12 Apr 1633. Beneficiaries: son John PEARSON, less than 21 years ‘land at Machonbank..and house in Sheffield in occupation of Thomas WHICK I had by right of my wife’; son George PEARSON £20; daughter Margaret PEARSON, ‘the farm in my occupation’; daughter Ann, £10; daughter Jane, £10; daughter Elizabeth £10; daughter Mary PEARSON, 20 marks. Executors; Nicholas SANDERSON & George HILL. Witnesses: John HOULE & William LEE. [Proved Jul 1635]. 1638 PEARSON, William, Oxclose, Ecclesall, Sheffield, cutler, written 20 Dec 1638. Beneficiaries: godchild William SPOONER son of Hugh SPOONER, to have tenement called Littlefield at the Water in Ecclesall; sister Elizabeth OUTREM, the lease from Tomfields, £6 14s 4d; her daughter mary OUTREM, £6 14s 4d when 21 years; godson Robert OTES, 20s; his brothers John OTES, William OTES, Henry OTES, a pewter dubler; uncle Robert PEARSON, 10s “which Thomas DARWEN oweth me & £4 ps which Thomas MACHON oweth me, two old covletts at William OTES house & 20s”; godson Thomas CAWSTHORNE, 2s; godson William TURNER, 12d; god daughter Margaret WRIGHT, 12d; John PEARSON, Margaret PEARSON, Sussan PEARSON & Elizabeth PEARSON, 20s each when 21 years; nephew Nicholas PEARSON, their brother, “the wire next to the kitchen two sawes & all my smale tools fit for gilding & hafting”; all rest of goods & chattles to brother- in-law Hugh SPOONER*. Supervisors: good friends William OTES of Clarkehouse & Richard WEBSTER of Crookes. Witnesses: George LUDLAM, William OTES & William LEE. [signed William Pearson]. 1728 PEARSON, Thomas, of Hawslin als Machan Banke, in the parish of Sheffield, cutler, written 2 Jan 1727/8. Beneficiaries: brother George PEARSON of Heawinthorpe, wife Hellen PEARSON*. Witnesses: John ELLIS, Sarah BARNES & John BURLEY. [Proved 25 Jun 1728]. 1653 PIGHELS, Robert, Shirbury, Haworth, husbandman, written 20 Aug 1650. Beneficiaries: John PIGHELS, Thomas PIGHELS & Mary PIGHELS children of Thomas PIGHELS of Thorton, my later brother, deceased; John & Martha PIGHELS children of Richard PIGHELS late of P? Horton, deceased; I... Hamond; Elizabeth GOMERSALL; Alice BRIGG now wife of Stephen BRIGG; Grace PIGHELS; nephew Michael PIGHELS* of Hillend. Witnesses: Robert CLAYTON, George HOSTON; Jonas SUTCLIFFE & John JUDSON.[Proved at Westminster 20 Aug 1653]. 1556 PREISTLEY, Thomas, of Wardsend, Ecclesfield, written 7 Dec 1556. Beneficiaries: church of Ecclesfield, 5s towards bying of some ornament to be otherwise bestowed to the proffitts of the church’; wife Johan; Francis BOSWELL, a heifer or else 13s 4d; John ROCKLAY, ‘a pare of black hose’; Richard ROCKLAY, ‘a worsted dublett’; Roger ROCKLAY, ‘a pare of white hose’; the wife of Henry SAYTON, of Ecclesfield, 5s; the wife of Nicholas SPOONER, 6s 8d; Robert GEE son of Christopher GEE, 5s; Alice GEE his sister, 10s; sister Margarett CROSLAY, 10s & Jennett CROSLAY, 5s; Isabell CROSLAY, 10s; Agnes PREISTLEY daughter of Robert PREISTLEY; my godchildren, 6s; Thomas HOLLAND, ?my kin, ‘my worst buckskin dublett’; William PREISTLEY, ?my kin, ‘my violett jacket’; Henry CROSLAY, ‘my best buckskin jackett’; Richard CROSLAY, ‘my worst blew cote’; Robert CROWDER, ‘my russett jackett’; nephew (neyve) Henry GEE, ‘a chamleyy jackett’; Roger BATLAY, ‘my black carsey dublett’; John BARTLIMOWE, ‘a pare of hose’; Thomas WHITAKER. Executors: Henry GEE, Henry CROSLAY, Richard CROSLAY & Richard PREISTLEY, my nephews. Supervisors: Henry BYRLAY, Henry RICHARDSON & Rauff LEE. Witnesses: supervisors above named, John ROCKLAY & Edward BOWER. 1597 RAWOOD, Robte, of Sandbecke, written 7 Aug 1597, “to be buried in the churchyard of Maltbie”, wife Margaret RAWOOD*, four of the youngest of my brother Thomas RAWOOD children (not named), wife’s brother John DOUNGWORTH (to have) ”...my best apparell..hose dublet & ierkin”, wife’s sister Ann DOUNGWORTH (to have) “a pigge”, Jesper WILDE*, godchildren (not named); Bequest; “2s to the making of a footbridge...at woodcote ford”; Debtors: Henry DOUNGWORTH of Maltbie & Robt TURTON; Supervisor; Nicholas SAUNDERSON of Thewes “my maister”; Witnesses; said NS & Robert SAUNDERSON. 1550 RAWSON, William, of Sheffield, tanner, written 19 Mar 1549. Beneficiaries: son John RAWSON ‘all such bargains & countes as I have made with Thomas OXSPRING & his son Robert’, wife Elizabeth & son James RAWSON* ‘rest of goods moveable & immoveable with all my land in Attercliffe & Norwood’, William RAWSON £10 ‘on condition he completes his apprenticeship’, Ellene RAWSON, Elizabeth RAWSON daughter to Hew RAWSON, Elizabeth RAWSON daughter to John