Nuncupative will of Jane Todd alias Wintropp, widow, an itinerant beggar
Be it remembred That one day in the moneth of September
in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred fifty Nyne Jaine
Todd (alias Wintropp) a poore beggar travelling abroad to seeke
her liveing John Hindemers of Melden in the County of Northumberland
found her in the Towne of Melden begging of the Inhabitantes there
And the said John Hindemers goeing into the feilds about his busines
perceived the said Jaine to be sickly and spoke unto her, who answared
him that she was sicke and in feare of death, and desired him to give
her harbour at his house, which he in charitie was content to doe, and
after she had Cortynued [continued] there about twenty daies, She the said
Jaine, <being of perfect memorie> in the presence of dyvers credible witnesses, did make
and declare her last will nuncupatively in the wordes, followeing, or
to the like effect videlicet She lyeing on her death <bed> did declare That
one George Wilkin did owe her Forty shillinges, and one Michaell
Wealands other forty shillinges both of them liveing in Longwitton
which moneys she did freely give and bequeath to the said John Hindemers
seeing he had beene soe charitable in harbouring <her> dureing the tyme of
her sicknes. At the speakeing of which wordes one Christofer Hall and
William Davyson were present and heard the same.
Signum
Christoferi Hall juratus [sworn]
Glossary
dyvers [divers]: various, several
[End of page 1 of 1. Ref: DPRI/1/1661/T9/1]
Inventory of Isabel Humble of Stannington
| A true and perfect Inventory of the goods and chattels of Isabel Humble widow of Stanington in the County of Northumberland and Diocess of Durham taken and apprised by John Hunter and Edward Browell both of Stanington and County aforesaid yeomen the 3 d day of September in the xxxvith [36th] year of the Kings Reign &cæ. Annoque Domini 1684 |
| l. | s. | d. | |
| Two Kine valued at | 03 | 12 | 00 |
 Her funerall charges |
|||
| In all doth ammount to | 04 | 05 | 00 |
John Hunter his mark
Edward Browell
As for James Humble of Shotton what filial
portion was left him was spent and more
on him for seeking cure for the <Kings> evill and after
his return from London was Lame to his death
Glossary
kine : cows
king's evil : scrofula
[End of page 1 of 1. Ref: DPRI/1/1684/H21/1]
Interrogatories of John Bell, a cousin, to the witnesses of the will of Issabell Rydley of Morpeth, widow
Interrogatoria ministranda ex parte Johannis Bell unius Consanguinnorum
Isabelle Ridley nuper parochie de Morpeth vidua defunctus Contra testes super probacione
testamenti pretensis sive ultime voluntatis euisdem defuncte et allegatione inde
factum productum et producend, Super quibus petit pars dicti Bell testes
predictum separati et secreto examinari conjunctim et diversim &c.
[Questions on behalf of John Bell a cousin of Isabell Ridley formerly of the parish of Morpeth widow
deceased to be administered to the witnesses produced or to be produced upon the probation of the alleged
testament or last will of the same deceased and upon an allegation in respect thereof, upon which he
requests the counsel of the said Bell separately and privately to examine the aforesaid witnesses jointly
and severally etc.]
Imprimis interrogetur quilibet testis [Firstly let each witness be questioned] how long they knewe the said Isabell Ridley
before her death, And what yearly meanes or Reveniue she had for her
maineteynance these x [10] yeares last and above; And hath she not dureing
these xi [11] yeares last before her death strangely madled & dolted by reason
of her olde age & want of memorie many times curseing Sir William
Fenwicke Knight deceased, other some times her owne brethren and neare kinsfolk,
have yow not heard her aske her land againe [against] of such as never had it nor ever
had dealinges with her; <and namely of the Justices at there publique meetinges And have yow not seene her> Θ
her land of them, and were not they some tymes forced to
leave there busines, and the place where she was least
they should offend her weaknesse.
Have yow not heard her saie and affirme openly that
on whomsoever she did god beare witnesse, The worlde should see some great
mishapp, or ill fortune befall them, as it had done to dyvers. And have <yow> not
heard her affirme & saye (albeit she had competent meanes) That she had
neyther meate nor drincke to releive her selfe with and was forced for meer
want to drincke water; And had she just cause as yow thincke to utter
the foresaid severall speaches, Or were they not published in dotage and
for want of true feeling what she did, or memorie what she spake, And
<lived> she not dureing all the same tyme of xi [11] yeares under the goverment
of freinds or servantes as a childe being not able to governe her self and
she dyed as yow knowe, thincke, or have Credibly heard. Et Conjunctim diversim
&c. [And jointly and severally etc.]
Glossary
| dolted | made stupid, inert, as through old age |
| dotage | the state of one who dotes or has the intellect impaired; feebleness or imbecility of mind or understanding |
| dyvers [divers] | several (of persons) |
[End of page 1 of 1. Ref: DPRI/1/1623/R6/4]
Inventory of Alice Dickson of Newcastle St Andrew, widow
1605 the xx [20th] of June
A true and perficte Inventory of all the goodes moveable &
unmoveable which wedowe Dicksone wife was to arche dickson
had: when she departed: which goodes she did give & bequeth
to Christofor Nicolsone glover & to his daughter.
In the presens of Conand Stevenson Jane Hadocke & Doritie
Stevenson with otheres. & she had the visitation xi [11] weekes
hir goodes being prased by Conand Stevenson & Thomas Stoute
| Imprimis one <old> ambre | xviii d | |||
| Item iiii paire of old harden shettes | ii s | |||
| Item iii Rayles & iii churchers | xviii d | |||
| Item iii harden smokes | xx d | |||
| Item one harden bed | ii s | thes is the 3 slat<s> was at hur bureing | ||
| Item ii old aprons | vi d | |||
| Item iiii old hapens | xx d | |||
| Item a tub & a stand & a kirne & a skele & a trowe stone & a dosen trenchers & a pe<w>der dubler | xxi d | |||
| Item iii old Cottes being woman cottes | v s | |||
| Item one bed stead & old bordes | vi d | |||
| Item one old cloke | vi d | |||
| Item one brasse pote & a little pan | xvi d | |||
| Item for one paire of peper whernes & a paire of Irron barres | viii d | |||
| Summa | xx s | vii d |
Debttes which the sayd Christofor nicolson did paye for the
forsayd wedowe Dickson for thinges which was bestowed
of hir in hir visitation being xi weekes.
| Item for one woman to kepe hir xi [11] weekes at thre shillinges the weeke | xxxiiis | ||
| Item for meatt & drinck xi [11] weekes to them | xvi s | vi d | |
| Item for hir buriall | iiii s | ||
| Item for clengen the house ii [2] weekes | viii s | ||
| Item for meatt & drinke to the clenger ii [2] weekes | iii s | ||
| Item iiii men to carye hir to the church and the bedell | xx d | ||
| Item a woman to help the keper | iii s | ||
| Item for bering water & brume to the clengers | xii d | ||
| So disbursed by christofor nicolson mor then he Reseved |
ii l | x s | v d |
Wittnesses hereof: thomas stoute
Conand stevenson Jane hadocke
Doritie stevenson with otheres.
mor bestowed of hir befor she tooke the visitations when
she had the Jaunes sicknes.
| for hir to the poticare for poticare ware | iii s | ||
| for ii [2] pintes of wine | vi d | ||
| for bread & drink & flech to hir | iii s | ||
| for a drinke for the Janes to hir | xii d | ||
| for suger & clovyes | iiii d | ||
| Summa | vii s | x d | |
| being disbursed by Christofor nicolsonfor the foresayd wedowe Dickson. |
Mr Thomas Kynge thes ar to disire you to stande this
pore manes Freande in his Juste accione For of
my knolage this which is set downe one the
other syde is moste Juste for thare is a greate
dette mor in charges then all the tryfell goodes
came too for the pore womane thatt owght thes goodes
dyed in the plage and was one of the pore which was
mantaned of the maidlenes, and the Potte which
is nowe in controverse was geven <to> the pore manes
doughter the bearer hearof, thus disiringe you For
godes sake to stande thare Frende I ende
Your Freande to Comande
in all thinges to his pow[er]
Roger Erringtonn
Glossary
| ambre | a repository or place for keeping things; a storehouse, a treasury; a cupboard (either in the recess of a wall or as a separate article of furniture) |
| bedell | beadle |
| brume | brim[stone] [?]; sulphur |
| churcher | kerchief, a cloth used to cover the head, formerly a woman's head-dress |
| clengen | cleansing: this includes both feeding, watering and caring for the sick, as well as disinfecting the house and goods after the death or recovery of the infected persons |
| cotte | coat |
| dubler [doubler] | a large plate or dish |
| glover | a maker or seller of gloves |
| hapen [happing] | a coarse covering , a rough rug for a bed |
| harden | a coarse fabric made from the hards of flax or hemp |
| jaunes, janes | jaundice |
| kirne | churn |
| maidlenes | Magdalenes |
| rayle | a garment, a cloak; a cloth; (also) clothing |
| skele | a dish or platter |
| slat [slate] | a bed sheet |
| smoke | smock |
| trencher | a plate or platter made of wood, metal or earthenware |
| trowe stone | trough stone [?]: grindstone |
| tryfell [trifle] | trivial, paltry |
| visitacion | a time of sickness or infection with the plague |
| peper wherne | pepper quern |
Historical note:
The 18th century historian of Newcastle, Henry Bourne, reported that Barras Bridge drew its name from the grave barrows of the hospital of St Mary Magdalen, and which he identified with Sick Man's Close in which he thought many of Newcastle's plague victims were also buried. Eneas Mackenzie, writing a century later, disagrees on the latter point.
Bourne, Henry, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne (1736)
Mackenzie, Eneas, Descriptive and Historical Account of the Town and County of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1827)
[End of page 3 of 3. Ref: DPRI/1/1606/D6/1-2]
Inventory of Robert Carnaby of Durham St Nicholas, servant
| … disbu[rsed] for the funeral expansens And [th]e Charges of Roberte Carnabie serv[an]t laitly to Edward Nixon of the Cittie of Durham Cordwiner deceased as followethe |
| Imprimis gyven to a phisition the ixth [11th] of november 1610 |
xii d | ||
| Item given to Mr Lamb a phisition for his Counsell the same day |
xii d | ||
| Item paid to Bartholomew Barnard for oyntment the xo [10th] day of november |
xii d | ||
| Item for aqua vita | iiii d | ||
| Item for two Cheases thene | xi d | ||
| Item gyven to vi [6] or seaven poor wedowes | xiiii d | ||
| Item paid for bread the xth xi and xiith [10-12th] dayes of november to people and an honest neighbores that Came to visit hime |
x d | ||
| Item paid for drinck the said thre daies | iii s | ||
| Item paid for Candells | xvi d | ||
| Item for sugar Candye | i d | ||
| Item paid to iiii [4] other poore wedowes | iiii d | ||
| Item paid more for Counsell to A phisition for hime |
ii s | ||
| Item for spyce & a Chicken | vi d | ||
| Item paid to one going for Counsell | vi d | ||
| Item paid for two Cheases for his funerall at his departure |
iii s | viii d | |
| Item paid more for bread given to neighbores that Came to visite hime |
xii d | ||
| Item paid the xiiiith [14th] day of november after he was departed and before he was Buried for viiio [8] gallons of Ayle |
iiii s | ||
| Item for bread thene | xviii d | ||
| Item paid for a bushell of wheate to maik Caykes to bestowe at his buriall |
vii s | ||
| Item paid for spice before and then for the said Caikes |
iiii s | ||
| Item laid forth for <godsgood> to the said Caikes |
viii d | ||
| Item paid for Candels thene | viii d | ||
| Item laid forth for Cloath for to maike his winding sheat the xiiiith [14th] of november 1610 |
iiii s | viii d | |
| Item paid for seaven gallons of Ayle at his bringing forth |
iii s | vi d | |
| Item a stone and a quarter of butter for the Caikes |
iiii s | ii d | |
| Item paid for bread | viii d | ||
| Item to the poore | ii s | iiii d | |
| Item paid to the minister for his buriall |
xviii d | ||
| Item paid to the Clarke | xii d | ||
| Item paid to the Saxtonn for his grave makinge |
vi d | ||
| Item his laire stall in the Church | iii s | iiii d | |
| Item gyven then to two poore men | iiii d |
Glossary
| aqua vita | ardent spirits or unrectified alcohol |
| bushell | a standard measure of grain and comprising 4 pecks or 8 gallons |
| godsgood | or God's good: yeast, barm |
| laire stall | a grave within a church |
| saxtonn | sexton |
| winding sheet | a shroud |
[End of page 1 of 1. Ref: DPRI/1/1610/C2/3]
Inventory of Samuel Hammond of Newcastle upon Tyne, apothecary
A true & perfect Inventory of all & singuler the Goods
& Chattles whereof Samuel Hammond late of the towne &
County of Newcastle upon Tine Apothecary deceased dyed possessed
taken & apprized the fourteenth day of May, Anno Regni Regis Jacobi
Secundi nunc Anglie &c. Secundo Annoque Domini 1686. By Edward
Marlay Barber Chirurgion, Lancelott Fenwick Oastman & Joseph
Hammond Marriner as followeth &c.
| li | s | d | |
| Resin Jallepp Six Ounces | 00 | 09 | 00 |
| Resin Scammonii Four Ounces | 00 | 06 | 00 |
| Venus Treakle Eighty Pound weight at 3 s per L [lb] | 12 | 00 | 00 |
| Diascordias twenty Pounds weight at 1 s 3 d per l [lb] | 01 | 05 | 00 |
| Mithridate Four Pound weight at 2 s 6 d per L [lb] | 00 | 10 | 00 |
| Dia-Catholicon Tenne Pound weight at 1 s 3 d per l [lb] | 00 | 12 | 06 |
| Balsom of Sulphire | 00 | 15 | 00 |
| The Booke Debts with the deceaseds Purse & Apparrell | 20 | 00 | 00 |
| Summa Totalis £ | 035 | 17 | 06 |
Edward Marlay
Lancelot Fenwicke
Joseph Hammond
Glossary
| balsom of sulphire | sulphur dissolved in oil or turpentine, usually for [balsam of sulphur] external application, for healing wounds or soothing pain |
| dia-catholicon | a laxative electuary so called from its manifold composition and general usefulness; an 18th-century pharmacopoeia lists as typical ingredients senna leaves, pulp of cassia and tamarinds, roots of male fern, rhubarb, and liquorice, aniseed, sweet fennel, and sugar. |
| diascordias [diascord] | a medicine made of the dried leaves of Teucrium Scordium, and many other herbs |
| electuary | a sweet medicinal paste compound then valued for its properties as an antidote and preservative |
| mithridate | a generic term for an electuary |
| resin jallepp [jalap] | a purgative drug obtained from the tuberous roots of Exogonium (Ipomĉa) Purga; the active principle is the resin contained in the tubers |
| resin scammonii [scammony] | a strong purgative gum-resin obtained from the tuberus roots of Convolvulus Scammonia, a plant native in Syria and Asia Minor |
| Venus treakle [Venice treacle] | an electuary or salve |
[End of page 1 of 1. Ref: DPRI/1/1686/H4/1]
A schedule of books and surgical instruments bequeathed by the will of Henry Shaw of Newcastle upon Tyne, barber surgeon
A Schedule of the Bookes given and bequeathed by
this Will.
| Inprimis | Gerrards Herball. |
| Item | Ambrose Parry in Dutch. |
| Veslingius Anotomy. | |
| Riolanus Physick and Chirurgery. | |
| Riverius practice of Physick. | |
| Woodals Chirurgions Mate. | |
| Browells practice of Physick. | |
| Lowes Art of Chirurgery. | |
| Reed of Tumors and Ulcers. | |
| The English mans Treasure Vicary. | |
| Banisters history of Man. | |
| Clowes Chirurgery. | |
| Petrus Pigrus in Dutch. Chirurgery. | |
| Edwards. whole Art of Chirurgery. | |
| Two of Barrow's method of Physick. | |
| Culpeppers English Physitian. | |
| Culpeppers Dispensatory. | |
| Vade mecum. | |
| Reeds Anotamy. | |
| Eximinder, Chirurgery in Dutch. | |
| Senartus in Latin. | |
| The Instruments |
|
| One Silver Plaister box, One Silver Salvatory, with Henry Shaw on it. | |
| One Small Silver Siring, One Silver Catheter. | |
| One paire of Silver topt Scissers. | |
| One Stitching Quill & needell with a Case of Silver | |
| One Silver Spatula, One Silver Probe. | |
| One Silver Spatula Lingua, One Silver Uvula Spoone. | |
| One Paire of Silver forcepps, One Silver Fleame. | |
| One peculum Oris with a Screw. | |
| One paire of Iron forcepps, One paire of Iron Mulletts. | |
| One Kateriseing Iron. | |
| Three paire of Tooth Drawers. | |
| One Dismembering Saw with Two blades. | |
| One Silver plaister box, One Salvatory. | |
| One Case with Six Lanchetts, One head Razor. | |
| One Incision Knife and Two Fleames. |
List of Authors
| John Gerard |
| Ambroise Paré |
| Johann Vesling |
| Jean Riolan |
| Lazarus Riverius |
| John Woodall |
| Walter Bruele |
| Peter Lowe |
| Alexander Reid |
| Thomas Vicary |
| John Banister |
| William Clowe |
| Pierre Pigray |
| Edward Edwards |
| Philip Barrough |
| Nicholas Culpeper |
| Thomas Brugis [?] [Vade Mecum: or, a Companion for a chyrurgion] |
| Daniel Sennertus |
Glossary
| catheter | a long tubular instrument, of metal, more or less curved at the end, for passing into the bladder in order to draw off urine, etc.; a similar tube for use with other canals |
| fleame | a surgical instrument for letting blood or for lancing the gums; a lancet |
| kateriseing | cauterizing |
| lanchetts | lancets |
| mulletts | a kind of pincers or tweezers |
| [s]peculum oris | a surgical instrument of various forms, used for dilating the mouth so as to facilitate examination or operations |
| plaister [plaster] | at this time a solid medicinal or emollient substance spread on a bandage or dressing and applied to the skin, often becoming adhesive at body temperature |
| salvatory | a box for holding ointment |
| siring | syringe |
[End of page 1 of 1. Ref: DPRI/1/1692/S9/4]