Joan Boadle ¹

  Research Notes:

Possible baptisms:
- 10 Jan 1591 in Hailsham, father: Nicholas
- 7 Sep 1600 in Hailsham, father: Thomas

  Events

• Will, 9 Oct 1630, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7, GB. In the name of God Amen the Nynth day of October Anno Dmi 1630 I John Mathew of Lewes in the County
of Sussex Butcher doe make and declare this my last will and testament in writinge in manner and
forme followinge First I comitt my Soule into the hands of Almighty god my creator …….
assured for his deare sonnes sake Jesus christ my redeemer will assist me with his holy spirit ….
receive the same at the howse of death and glorify it forever Item my will and mynd is
that my body be buried in the parish church of St Michaell in Lewes in such decent manner as
shall seeme best to my executor hereafter named Item I give unto the poore of the parish of St
Michaell in Lewes twenty shillings of lawfull money of England Item I give unto Joane my
loveing wife the high bedstedle in the hall chamber with the curtens and curten rodds ….
coard to it also the trundle bed there with the best flocke bedd and boulster with a dornix Coverlet a
blanket to it? And also the livery Cubberd chest box truncke & greene chaire in the hall chamber Item I
give more unto the said Joane my wife the best featherbed I have but one Also I give unto her
one feather boulster and two pillowes to it the yellow and redd coverlet and a blanket half
a dozen of napkins two paire of the best sheets and two indifferent paire of sheets and two
paire of pillowcoats a little Iron pott and a brasse possnett two pewter platters and two fruit
dishes and a little round square table and two lowe ioyned stooles and a payre of pewter
Candlesticks and five pounds of lawfull money of England a dozen of trenchers and a tablecloth
a fire shovell a paire of tongs and a paire of brandirons Item I give unto my brother Thomas
Mathew one hundred pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid unto him
within one yere after my decease Item I give to John Mathew sonne of my brother
Richard one hundred pounds more of like lawfull money of England to be paid unto him
at his age of one and twenty yeares and if the said John shall dye before his said age then to
the said Richard his father within two monthes after the said John should have accomplished
his said age of one and twenty yeres Item I give unto William Mathew my brother
one hundred pounds of like lawfull money to be paid unto him in manner and forme
followinge that is to say fifty pounds thereof within one yere after my death and fifty pounds more
within two yeres after my death Provided Nevertheless that if my said brother
William and his heires shall not within six monthes after my decease surrender
All such Coppyhold lands and tenements as shall descend and come unto him or them after
my decease as next heire unto me into the hands of the Lord of such respective
mannors or whome the sme are holden To the intent the Lord or Lords of whome
the same are holden may grannt the said Coppyhold lands and tenements To the use of my
brother George Mathew for terme of his naturall life and after his decease to the
use of John Mathew sonne of my said brother George and my godson and his

heires for ever That then the said legacy of one hundred pounds given to my said
brother William shalbe void and the said William Mathew my brother shall have
noe benefit of this my last will Item I give unto my sister Joane Mathew one hundred
pounds of like lawfull money of England to be paid unto her at her day of Mariage or within
one yere after Provided Nevertheless that if she shall marry Barnerd Bourne of
Battell That then the said Joane shall have noe benefit by this my last will Item I give
and bequeath unto my man Richard Grisbrooke five pounds of lawfull money of England
and my two worst clokes and my Russett suit I weare every day
And as touching the disposition of all my Messuages lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever
situate lying and beinge in the parishes of St Michaell and St Johns under the Castle in
Lewes in the said County of Sussex or elsewhere in the said County of Sussex I will and
dispose of them in manner and forme followinge Item I give and bequeath all my said
Messuages barnes lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever in the said parishes of St Michaell
and St Johns in Lewes aforesaid nor elsewhere in the said County of Sussex And the revercon
and revercons remaynder and remaynders thereof To my brother George Mathew for
and dureinge his naturall life and from and after his decease to my godson John Mathew sonne
of the said George Mathew and his heires for ever Provided Nevertheless that if the said
George Mathew his heires executors administrators or assignes shall not within six
monethes after my decease give sufficient bonds unto my said brother Thomas Mathew
Richard Mathew and William Mathew and to my said sister Joane for the payment
of the said severall porcons given to the said Thomas William and Joane and to John
Mathew sonne of the said Richard accordinge to this my last will Then my will and
mynd is and I doe hereby devise the Messuage or tenement wherein I now dwell with the barne
slaughter howse and backside thereunto belonging and also the garden heretofore
purchased of Robert Ottringham unto my said brothers Thomas Mathew and Richard
Mathew and theire heires for ever. To the intent nevertheless that they shall
grannt bargaine & sell the revercon & revercons thereof for the best benefit & profit they can and
the money arising upon the sale thereof to imploy towards the payment of such legacies hereby
devised as my personall estate will not extend to pay and the over plus (if any be)
shall pay unto my said brother George Mathew Item I give unto my said
brother George Mathew all my tymber stone bricks and other materials
provided for the buildinge of my tenement called the Catt To the intent he shall
ymploy the same in new buildinge the said tenement called the Catt

Item all other my goods and chattells howsehold stuffe and ymplements of howsehold
whatsoever I wholly give and bequeath unto my brother George Mathew
aforenamed whome I ordeyne and make the sole and only executor of this my
last will Item I desire my loveing friends John Aylewyn and Richard Knight
gent to be the overseeres of this my last will to whome I give twenty shillings
a peece In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale and
published this to be my last will and testament the day and yere abovesaid
In the presence of Roger Coby
Will DurrantJohn Mathew

[Transcribed by Helen Hartley]

Joan married John Mathew, son of John Mathew and Joan Holter, on 16 Jan 1614/15 in St. Mary's Church, Vicarage Road, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 1BJ, GB.¹ (John Mathew was born about 1593, died between 9 Oct and 10 Dec 1630 and was buried in St. Michael's Church, High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1XU, GB.)