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Robert Kelke will

PROB 11/228 Brent 166 - 217 Will of Robert Kelke of Barnetby-le-Wold, Lincolnshire 31 August 1653

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04/12/11, CSG: Made minor edits

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See Edward Kelke (junior) will

See Barnetby-le-wold

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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Robert Kelke of Barnetby in the County of Lincolnshire Esq:r thinking ?fXXX to revoake my former Will & to make this now Will & to make it my last will & Testam:t calling to mynde mans mortallity being of good health & of sound & pfect memory doe this XXXX 24:th day of Aprill 1653 make & ordayne this my last will & Testam:t in manner & forme ffollowinge

FIRST I bequeath my soule to God my Creato:r & my body for y:e Earth whence it was taken And as to my worldlie estates ffirst I give to my two daughters Anne & ffrancis & each of them Three hundred & ?twelve pounds á peece to bee pf them w:thin a yeare next after my decease & if default of paym:t be made my minde & will is that they shall equallie divide receive & take y:e Rents yssues & proffitts of all my Lands & Tenem:ts in Barnetby aforesd till y:e same severall summes soe devided, together with damáges for non paym:t thereof shalbee satisfyed & paid unto them or their Extors or Administrato:rs sevallie & my mind is that neither of them shall take any thing by survivo:r, but if either of them dye y.e Extors, or Administrators of her soe dying shall have the ine halfe to her, them or her & their being sevally w:th said Lands (Except y:e Grang) I devise unto XXX y.e said Anne & frances y.e one halfe to y:e said Anne & her heires & y:e other halfe to the said frances & her heires till y:e said Anne & frances of mony be sevallie paid unto them as afores:d

ITEM I doe give & devise the other or halfe of one fourth part of y:e said Lands & Tenem:ts after satisfacton of y.e said XXXXX aforesaid to John Skepper younger sonne of my Eldest daughter Eliz:^[1] & to his heries & anoth:r ?moiety or halfe pt of y:e same fourt pt to Dorothie Eldest Daughter of my sd daughter Elizabeth and wife of Valentine Smith & to her heires, & y:e XXXX of Residue of y.e same fourth pt to Judith Skepper young,r daughter of my daughter Elizabeth & her heires all w:ch estates soe by me divised to my sd daughter Elizabeth XXXX my mind & will is shall only take effect after y.e sd sume & summes of mony divised to my other two daughters be pd But my minde & will ?fourth is that of my daughter Eliz: or Robert Skepper her Eldest sonne or their or either of their heires Executo:rs or Administrato:rs or any of y:m shall will & truly pay or cause to be paid within a yeare next after my decease unto y:e sd John Skepper his Ex:tors administrato:rs y:e summe of fifty pounds & unto Judith y:e youngest daughter of my sd daughter Elizabeth to her E x:tors or Ad:tors y:e summe of XXX within y.e tyme aforesd according to the true meaning of this my will That then the said estates of them & her & each of them soe paid shall cease ?determyne and be void & my mind is that

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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I ROBERT KELKE of Barnetby in y:e county of Lincolne Esquire Thinking fitte to revoake my former will and to make this a new will and to make yt my last will and testament

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IN WITNES whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the abovesaid foure and twentieth daye of Aprill Anno Dom 1651 (sic)

ROBERT KELKE

Sealed Signed and published by the above named Robert Kelke in the p:rsence of Robert Randolph, Robert Skepper, Edward Moody his marke, Stephen ?Walton his marke, Wilfrid Smith

The last day of August One Thousand six hundred fifty three there issued forth letter of administration to Allexander Emerson Executor of the will of Dorothy Kelke deceased Whilst she lived Executrix of the said will of ?ye said Robert Kelke deceased to administer the goodes, chattels and debts of the said Robert Kelke deceased áccording to y:e ?tennor & effect of his said will He y:e said Allexander Emerson being first sworne faithfully to administer.

Exmed with the originall the fifteenth of September 1653 by Tho: SXXX deputy Reg:r RXXXXX the sayd originall will of Robert Kelke to the XXX of the sayd Alexander Emerson^[2] 15:th day of September 1653

Witness hereunto
Le: Browne

Notes

Barnetby-le-wold, or Barnetby-in-the-wold, lies in north Lincolnshire, roughly ten miles due south of Barton-upon-Humber and the Humber estuary.

The Kelke family was present in Barnetby-le-wold from at least the early sixteenth century, when it is likely that it had gentry status. Roger Kelke, son of Christopher Kelke of Barnetby, was appointed a Fellow of St John's Cambridge and later Master of Magdalen College, Cambridge, in the mid and later sixteenth century.^[3]

Robert Kelke was the brother of Edward Kelke (senior) of Sandwich, gent. Robert himself was of Barnetby-le-wold, and may have been the elder brother, presumably retaining family land in the area. Edward Kelke (senior) was presumably born in Barnetby-le-wold, and, after attending Gray's Inn in London, presumably moved to Sandwich, where he practised as a legally trained town clerk, but retained links with London and Lincolnshire.

Alexander Emerson is mentioned in an accompanying note to the copy of Robert Kelke's as the executor of the will of Dorothy Kelke, Robert's widow, she having herself been sole executrix of Robert's will. Alexander Emerson was later involved in a law suit together with his wife brought by them against Elizabeth Dallison in 1659 and beyond.^[4] His wife Dorothy Emerson, was a daughter of Robert Kelke. The Emerson family was present in parishes close to Barnetby, Lincolnshire, from at least the mid-sixteenth century, including Glanford Brigg and Searby, and later Barnetby itself.

Possible primary sources

TNA

PROB 11/57 Pyckering Will of Roger Kelk, Master of Magdalen College of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 09 February 1576
PROB 11/159 St. John 1 - 68 Will of Alexander Emerson, Gentleman of Glanford Briggs, Lincolnshire 06 May 1631
PROB 11/204 Essex 53 - 107 Will of Michaell Emerson, Gentleman of Searby, Lincolnshire 19 April 1648
PROB 11/228 Brent 166 - 217 Will of Robert Kelke of Barnetby-le-Wold, Lincolnshire 31 August 1653
PROB 11/277 Wootton 264 - 313 Will of Elizabeth Skepper or Skipper, Widow of Barrow, Lincolnshire 30 June 1658
PROB 11/293 Pell 350 - 399 Will of Edward Kelke of Gray's Inn, Middlesex 21 June 1659
PROB 11/362 Bath 1 - 59 Will of Michael Emerson, Gentleman of Barnetby, Lincolnshire 24 February 1680

See will of Edward Kelke (junior)

C9/243/66. ff. 1-4
C9/243/65, f.1
C22/52/40
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Possible secondary sources

1. ↑ See Possibly PROB 11/277 Wootton 264 - 313 Will of Elizabeth Skepper or Skipper, Widow of Barrow, Lincolnshire 30 June 1658
2. ↑ This is the footnote text
3. ↑ PROB 11/57 Pyckering Will of Roger Kelk, Master of Magdalen College of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 09 February 1576
4. ↑ TNA, C9/242/63; TNA, C9/243/65; TNA, C9/243/66; TNA, C22/52/40