Thomas Breecher ^{1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

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• Bullet: Bond, 3 Oct 1604.
ESRO ref.: RYE 28/15
Title: Bond in £40; Thomas Breecher of Westfield, yeoman Francis Daniell, butcher and Peter Harrison, beer brewer to Stephen Harrison, tailor and Thomas Edwards, shipwright.
Description: Conditional on Thomas Breecher or his son Thomas father of a girl by Alice Olyver, late of Westfield, delivered in Rye, maintaining her, and keeping the town harmless.
Witnesses: Robert Convers, Angell Shawe, Thomas Bray.

• Will, 23 Feb 1608/09, Westfield, Hastings, East Sussex, TN35, GB. ⁴ The xxiij{o} day of February : 1609.
The last will & testament of me Thomas Breecher the elder of Westfeild in Sussex being of perfect remembrance God be thanked therfore In the name of God Amen First I bequeath my soule to God Allmighty my Creator, wich I trust shall be saved at last day by the merits of my only saviour Jesus Christ & I also bequeath my body to be buried in the Churchyeard of Westfeild w[hi]ch I hope shall rise at the last day to be pertaker w[i]th my soule of eternall happines. Item I do give & bequeath to the poore of the parish of Westfeild ten shillings to be paid after my decease Item I do give unto my Margaret my wife forty shillings Item I do give & bequeath to my Eldest sonne George ten pounds to be paid to him by his [sic] Executor within halfe a yeare after my decease : Item I do give to my sonne Thomas my second sonne ten pounds to be paid unto him w[i]thin six moneths after my my decease Item I do give to Thomas Hunt sonne of my eldest daughter Mary five pounds to be paid likewise by my executor Item I do give to James Hunt sonne of my eldest daughter Mary forty shillings to be paid by my Executor w[i]thin six moneths after my decease Item I do give unto Mary Hunt & Margaret the two daug[h][-]ters of my said Mary forty shillings apeece within [illegible] after [illegible] decease Item my very will & meaning {is} that the eleven p{ound}s afore g{ive}n u{n}to my daughters children afore said shall be paid w[i]thin on{e} [illegible] yeere at one intire payment to my very good Freind Thomas Avery o{f} {W}estfeild to be put out by him for the benefit of my children till they come to one & twenty yeers of age & then he the said Thomas Avery shall pay to either of them by himselfe executor or assignes their severall portions as before bequeathed w[i]th the profitt arising from the same ; & if any of them shall dye before they come to age then the severall portion before bequeathed shall be equally devided amongst the rest of my said daugh[-]ters children Item I do give to my eldest daughter Mary the wife of James Hunt twenty shillings a yeere to be paid at every halfe yeere end her naturall life by by executor or his assignes the first payment to begin at the next [illegible] day the next {??} feast of saint Michaell next after my decease Item I do give to Richard Haiward the eldest sonne of my daughter Mercy five pounds to be paid unto him by my executor when he come to one & twenty yeeres of age Item I do give my youngest daughter Mercy the wife of Richard Haiward twenty shillings to be paid unto her by my executor w[i]thin halfe a yeer after my decease Item I do give to Thomas & Elsabeth the children of my eldest sonne George five pounds a yeere to be paid to George ther father w[i]thin one yeere after my decease by my Executor [several words deleted] Item I do give to my Thomas Breecher my second sonne my Lease of a house & tenement w[i]th the land therunto belonging standing uppon the wast of Mr Thomas Pellam Esquire w[i]thin the parish of Gesling Item I do give to George my eldest sonne one Tennament w[i]th house & backside as it lyeth in the parish of Sedelscombe as it i{s} now in the occupation of Widdow Shawe or her assignes Item my mind & will is that my youngest sonne Jeremy Breecher shall be my sole executor of this my last [will] & testament unto whome I do give & bequeath all my goods & chattells unbequeathed my depts & legacyes being first fully paid & dischardged In witnes wherof I have made this my last will & Testament and have herunto sett my hand [word deleted] X the {mke} of Thomas Breecher the elder Witnesses to this ^my^ last will : John Bartin Richard Relfe [and in margin] William Wenam, Thomas Averye

Probate (on verso): Proved at the court of Mr William Innians priest Surrogate etc 3rd May 1609 by the oath of Jeremy Breecher son and executor etc.

[Transcribed by Claire Wickens, 7th June 2020]

• Marriage Licence, 30 Dec 1609, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7, GB. ¹⁰

• Residence, 30 Dec 1609, Hollington, East Sussex, GB. ¹⁰

• Residence, 6 Sep 1630, Ninfield, Battle, East Sussex, TN33, GB. ⁷

• Title: yeoman, 6 Sep 1630. ⁷

• Title: husbandman, 23 Feb 1641/42. ⁹

• Will, 23 Feb 1641/42, Ninfield, Battle, East Sussex, TN33, GB. ⁹ In the name of God Amen the three & twentieth day of February in the yeare of the Reigne of o[u]r Sovereigne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland King defender of the faith etc the Seaventeenth Anno Dni 1641 I Thomas Breecher of Nenefeild in the County of Sussex husbandman Do make my last will & Testament in mann[er] & forme following First I Comend & Comit{t} my Soule into the hands of Almighty God my ^most^ glorious Creator hopeing that by the onlie merites of ^my^ blessed Savio[ur] Jesus Christ my soule shalb[e] saved & obtayne & [sic] ever lasting Life & my bodie to [be] buried att the descrecon * of myne execut[or]rs heerafter to be named And as Concerneing my worldly Estate I dispose of it as followeth It I give unto my sonn Jeremy Breecher the Sume of Twenty poundes p[ar]t whereof my will is shalbe imployed to bind ^him^ out an Apprentice to some good ha{nd} craft trade ^& the {???} be paid him^ at the age of one & twenty yeares ^or w[i]thin one yeare next after my decease^ by myne Executors in trust heerafter named It I give unto my two younger Children Richard Breech{er} & Elizabeth Breech{er} ^Fifteene^ poundes a peece to be paid them att the age of one & twenty yeares, or so much of it as shalbe left, after myne Ex[ecu]tors shall have bredd them up in a pious & Christian way It I give unto my sonn Henry Breech{er} Tenn poundes to be paid him w[i]thin one yeare next aft[er] my decease It I give unto my sonn Thomas Breech{er} Tenn pounds to be paid ^w[i]thin one yeare after my decease^ one & twenty yeares [sic] It I give unto my kinsman Jeremy Hunt ^Fourty sh[illings]^ to [be] paid him w[i]thin one whole yeare next after my decease And my will & mynde is if my psonall estate will not amo{un}t to that value as to raise such Severall Legacies as are by me formerlie bequeathed, that then there shalbe made a proportionable abatement of a[ll] the said former Legacies & the said Legacies ^as they shall^ arise in ther severall proporcons my will & m[ynde] is shalbe paid according to the dayes & tymes afore specified Allwayes provided that my Executors in Trust heerafter to be ^named do^ pay my ^true^ debts ^rents^ [word scored through] & funerall expences in the first place & then my Legacies as they will arise in the next It I give unto John Smith my s{ervant} v^s to be paid him w[i]thin a yeare next after my decease It my will & mind is that if eith[er] of my s{aid} young{er} Children Jeremy [word scored though] Richard or Elizabeth Breech{er} do die before their Legacies become to be due then my will & minde is that the Lecacie & Legacies of the deceased or so much of it or [sic] then as shalbe left shall remayne & be equally divided unto him or ^{them}^ as shalbe {surviv}ing All the rest of my goodes & Chattells my debtes rentes Legacies & funerall charges discharged I give unto my sonn Richard Breech{er} whome I make sole Executor of my last ^will^ & Testament And I would entreat my two loveing n{ei}ghb[ou]rs Thomas Blackman & Joseph Chapman to be Executors in trust to this my last will & I give them power over this my estate to sell my goodes & {??} moneyes for them & to pay my debtes & receave discharges for them & to ma{nn}age for my said sonn Richard my Ex. in his Minor Age & trulie to account to him hereafter And I give them for ther paynes to be bestowed heerin Twenty shillinges a peece And I would entreat my lo[ve]ing frend M^r Gyles minister of Nenefeild to be my Overseer to help to advise my said Executors in Trust & I give him towardes his paynes tenn shillinges
Published to be [the] last will of me Thomas Breech{er} in the psence of John Gyles
Thomas Breech{er} his m[ar]k
William Y{e}lding
Jeremy Hunt his m[ar]k

[inserted in the left-hand margin]
* Itm I give unto my sonn Henry Breech{er} one of my stocke of beddes & the other stocke I give unto Jeremy Breech{er} my sonn and I give unto my sonn Thomas Breech{er} my whit Twelvemonting male colt And I give unto my maid Mary {n}ash five shillinges

[Transcribed by Claire Wickens, 3rd June 2020]

• Probate, 12 Mar 1641/42, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7, GB. ⁹ Probate (on verso): Proved at the court of Mr Thomas Russell clerk MA Surrogate etc 12th March 1641 (English style) by the oaths of Thomas Blackman and Joseph Chapman executors etc sworn well and faithfully etc.

[Transcribed by Claire Wickens, 3rd June 2020]

Thomas married Alice Olyver before 1611.

Thomas next married Mary before 1611. (Mary was born before 1591, died before 31 Dec 1611 and was buried on 31 Dec 1611 in St. Mary the Virgin's Church, Church Lane, Ninfield, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9JW, GB ⁵.)

Thomas next married Elizabeth before 1611. (Elizabeth was born before 1596, died before 25 Mar 1627 and was buried on 25 Mar 1627 in St. Mary the Virgin's Church, Church Lane, Ninfield, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9JW, GB ⁶.)

Thomas next married Elizabeth Weekes before 1611.¹ (Elizabeth Weekes was born before 1609, died before 23 Nov 1629 and was buried on 23 Nov 1629 in St. Mary the Virgin's Church, Church Lane, Ninfield, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9JW, GB ¹.)

Thomas next married Alice Thatcher before 1611.² (Alice Thatcher was born before 1 Apr 1588, baptised on 1 Apr 1588 in St. Peter's Church, Church Street, Bexhill, East Sussex, TN40 2HE, GB,¹¹ died before 10 Oct 1639 and was buried on 10 Oct 1639 in St. Mary the Virgin's Church, Church Lane, Ninfield, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9JW, GB ¹².)

• Marriage Licence, 6 Sep 1630, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7, GB. ⁷