Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the ScholarStevens, Henry
Philosophy
Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar
Stevens, Henry
Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621; Hercules Club
give and bequeath vnto Mris BUCKNER wife vnto THOMAS BUCKNER Mercer at
whose house being in St Christophers pishe I nowe lye, and hereafter
nominated one of my Executors the some of fiffteene poundes towards the
repacons of some damages that I haue made, or for other vses as shee
shall thincke Convenient’ Item I giue vnto Mr JOHN BUCKNER theire
eldest sonne the some of fiue poundes Item I giue & bequeath vnto my
Cozen THOMAS YATES my sisters sonne fifty poundes towardes the paiemt.
of his debte and not otherwise, But if his debt doe fall out to be
lesse then fifty poundes then the residue to remayne to himselfe Item
to JOHN HARRIOTT Late servaunte to Mr Doleman of Shawe neere Newbury ín
Barkeshire and being the sonne of my vnckle John Harriotte but nowe
married and dwelling in Churche peene about a Myle westward from the
said Shawe, I doe giue and bequeath fifty poundes Item I giue and
bequeath vnto CHRISTOPHER TOOKE my foresaid servaunte one hundred
poundes. Item I giue & bequeath vnto myservaunte JOHN SHELLER fiue
poundes more then the forty shillinges wch I haue of his in
Custodie,being money given vnto him at sevall tymes by my frends wch in
all is seauen poundes to bee imployed for his vse according to the
discrecon of my Executors for ye placing of him wth an other Master
Item I giue and bequeath to JOANE my servaunte fiue poundes more then
her wages. Item I giue and bequeath vnto my svaunte JANE wch serveth
vnder the said JONE fortie shillinges more then her wages wch wages is
twenty shillinges by yeare Item I giue and bequeath to my auncient
svaunte CHRISTOPHER KELLETT a Lymning paynter dwelling neare
PettyFraunce in Westminster fiue poundes Item to my aincient servaunte
JOANE wife to Paule Chapman dwelling in Brayneford end I bequeath
fortie shillinges. Item I giue vnto the aforesaid EARLE OF
NORTHUMBERLAND my two pspectiue trunckes wherewth I vse espetially to
see Venus horned like the Moone and the Spout in the Sonne The glasses
of wch trunckes I desire to haue remooved into two other of the fayrest
trunckes by my said servaunte CHRISTOPHER TOOKE Item I bequeath vnto
euyone of my Executors hereafterwards to be named, One pspectiue
truncke a peece of the best glasses, and ye fayrest trunckes, as my
said servaunte Can best fitt to theire liking Item I giue vnto my said
servaunte CHRISTOPHER TOOKE the residue of my Cases of pspectiue
trunckes wth the other glasses of his owne making fitted for pspectiue
trunckes (excepting two great longe trunckes Consisting of many ptes
wch I giue vnto the said EARLE OF NORTHUMBERLAND to remayne in his
Library for such vses as they may be put vnto, Alsoe I bequeath the
dishes of iron Called by the spectacle makers tooles to grinde
spectacles, and other pspectiue glasses for trunckes vnto my foresaid
servaunte CHRISTOPHER TOOKE, Item Concerninge my debts, I doe
acknowledg that at this psente I doe owe moneyes to Monseir Mayornes a
Potycarie More to Mr Wheately a Potticary dwelling neare the Stockes at
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