Thomas Callow, 1656

Archdeacon Will 1656A #28 Jurby will of Thomas Callow, buried 24 May 1656, dated 23 April 1656, he has a close at Gollane: 
Summary: 1st wife Ann Callow alias Freer died 1642 & made a will, 2nd wife Margaret Callow alias Quayle is alive, no children were mentioned [children 
Robert & Bahie & John predeceased him], brother & executor William Callow, sister & executrix Ann Callow, sister & executrix Catharine Callow, nephew John 
Callow, niece Ann Callow, mother in law Averick Quayle alias Quayle, Bahie Callow, sisters in law Isabel & Joney Freer, also:  Phinlo Freer [children 
Thomas & Isabel & Christian] entered a claim, William Freer of Jurby owed 40s; witnesses: William Crowe & William Callister & Nicholas Cowley, pledges: 
William Callister & Ewan Killip.
Jurby parish register: Tho Callow bur 24 May 1656.
1st wife: Jurby parish register: An Freer  bur 29 Jul 1642  Episcopal will. 
NOTE: Thomas Callow married 1) Ann Freer (died 1642, their son John died age 14 in 1656, will recorded 1659, ArW 1659A #33 Ballaugh); 2) Margaret Quayle 
(her mother is Averick Quayle).
Will dispute of 1st wife [see Episcopal will 1642 for Ann's will]: ArWills note 23 January 1655/6 Michael, regarding a dispute of the will of Ann Callow 
alias Freer, who died 1642: husband Thomas Callow [he remarried, his will ArW 1656A #28 Jurby], sister Isabel Freer & husband Thomas Clark of Ballaugh, & 
brother John Freer & wife, & sister Joney Freer are owed goods per the last will of Ann Callow alias Freer of Jurby & the death of Ann's children [son John 
died 1652, will recorded in 1659, ArW 1659A #33 Ballaugh].
Son: Jurby parish register: Jon: Callow bur 8 May 1652. 
Will of son: ArW 1659A #33 Ballaugh will of John Callow, adolescent, died May 1652: mother Ann Freer died 1642, father Thomas Callow died 1656 [ArW 1656A 
#28 Jurby]; John's will disputed by his maternal aunts Isabel Clarke als Freer (wife of Thomas Clarke) & Joney Freer on the one part, and Ann's husband 
Thomas Callow (who died during the dispute) & his 2nd wife Margaret Quayle & Ann's brother in law William Callow, Ann's sister in law? Catharine Callow, & 
Ann's husband's niece Ann Callow on the other part.
Will of son: ArW 1649A #045 Jurby will of Robert Callow, died 3 April 1650 intestate: not married, only living brother John Callow [died 1652, will 
recorded ArW 1659A #33 Ballaugh], [sister Bahie died a day after Robert, ArW 1649A #045 Jurby], mother Ann Callow alias Freer died in 1642, father [Thomas] 
Callow is alive [died in 1656, ArW 1656A #28 Jurby].
Will of dau: ArW 1649A #046 Jurby will of Bahie Callow, died 4 April 1650 intestate: not married, only living brother John Callow [died 1652, will recorded 
ArW 1659A #33 Ballaugh], [brother Robert Callow died the day before Bahie, ArW 1649A #046 Jurby], mother Ann Callow alias Freer died in 1642, father 
[Thomas] Callow is alive [died 1656A #28 Jurby].
See mother in law: Averick Quayle als Quayle wife of Patrick Quayle, mother of Margaret Quayle who married Thomas Callow (who died 1656, ArW 1656A #28, 
previous wife Ann Freer), per Articles of Marriage dated 7 August 1654, Archdeacon Will 1667A #36 Jurby.
See: Articles of Marriage dated 7 August 1654: ArW 1667 #36 Jurby will of Patrick Quayle and Averick Quayle and their daughter Margaret Quayle on one part, 
and Thomas Callow of Jurby on the other, Articles of Marriage dated 7 August 1654: Patrick Quayle and wife Averick Quayle on behalf of daughter Margaret 
Quayle of Ballaugh, and Thomas Callow of Jurby; also petition of Patrick Quayle which mentions William McNameer whose father made a contract bargain, and 
Wm's son and daughter.
?Father in law: Ballaugh parish register: Patt Quayle buried 20 February 1682/3.
   Will of sister in law by 1st wife: ArW 1661A #56 Ballaugh, of Isabel Clark alias Freer, died 21 December 1662: husband Thomas Clarke exec, son William 
   (heir); son John, son Patrick Clarke, youngest son George; sister Joney; brother John Freer; also: Averick Nidderaugh. 
   Jurby parish register: Thomas CLARK  married Isabel FREER on 12 Nov 1642 Jurby.
   Will of sister in law by 1st wife: ArW 1661A #53 Ballaugh will of Isabel Clark als Freer, died 21 December 1662: husband Thomas Clarke exec, son & heir 
   William; next eldest is son John, then son Patrick Clarke, youngest son is George; sister Joney Freer; brother John Freer; Averick Nederagh; 

	Aprill the 23th 1656 		(28)

In the name of God Amen    I Tho: Callow sicke in bodie but whole in
minde, of good & pfect memorie praysed be God for it, doe make my 
will & testamt: in mannr & forme followinge    first I bequeath my soule to
Almightie God who created and redeemed me, and my bodie to Xtian buri
all     Itm: to ye poore 1 boule mault, dj fir: wheate, 1 fir: oate meale & two
muttons at Alhallowtide, and 1 firlett oate meale, and 4s to be bestowed
in beere the night yt I shalbe lodged[?]     Itm: I bequeath to Wm: Calister the
house yt he lives in and seaven buts of ground after my decease dureing
his naturall life, if he stay & live there, and the grassing of a cow in ye
close at Gollane, if he have a cow, but if he have not a cowe, he hath 
libertie to sett ye cowes grassing to another, and he to give foure days ----[torn edge]
to fence or trench about the sd close.      Itm: to the sd Wm: a daymoth of hay
in Wm: Carretts close he working foure days in fencing about ye sd cl----[torn edge]
but he hath now power to sett the sd hay     Itm: its my will yt if Will: Carr----[torn edge]
live till the mortgage be expired at the paying backe of the money of
3£ to be returned to him as legasie, and if he die before the Close i---[torn edge]
mortgage to me be released I allow of nothing to his exec:     Itm: to
my nephew John Callow a heffer wch he hath already, and a day-mouth of
hay in Wm Carrett his Close during the tyme of ye mortgage as legasie
Itm:  to my brother Wm: Callow and his issue if it please God to give him any
my Land and houses that I live in, together wth ye Close I have in Maughold
from Wm: Carrett and the Close in Ballaugh, and if he have noe issue
it is my will that my neece Anne Callow shall enjoy the houses and lands
I now live in after his decease;    Itm: I constitute and appoynt my brother Wm:
Callow, Anne Callow & Katherin Callow my true & lawfull exec of all ye rest
of my goods movable & unmovable;     Itm: to my mother in law Avericke
Quaile 1 sheepe 1 lambe & 1 hogge.     Itm: to my wiffe 10s wch is in her fathers
hands, and dj fitherbed;    Itm: to Sr Wm Crowe a mutton
		more added to the will May the 16th 1656
The Close I have in morgage from Wm: Teare Birragh I bequeath to my
brother Wm: Callow, and my neece Anne Callow, during the tyme off the
morgage, and at the expiracon of the morgage, the moneyes to be equally
devided between them pvided always that the sd Wm: Callow is to
pay to the sd Teare 3£ 8s wch I am behind wth him    Itm: to Bahie Callow
26s legasie to be payed to her by Wm: and Anne Callow out of the
moneyes of the Gollane Close.      The exec sworne in Cort: 
and the wife also accordinge to Law
  Testes	Wm: Crowe				Probat et Solvit 1s
    Jurati	Wm: Calister   witnesse to the first
			Pte of the will
Testes  Nicho: Cowley

Salvo Tamen vincuig suo jure

A codicil added by consent of the exec as followeth
He left his pte of a colt to Do: Christian     Itm: to Isabell Tear
what money is in her hands and her husbands    Itm: to Wm Calister a
----- suit of apparel               probat et supra

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A true Inventorie of all the goods of Tho: Callow deceased priced by
4 men as followeth			Do: Christian,  Wm: ffreere
					Tho: Clearke,  Patr: Brew
Inpr:  4 oxen, 2 heffers, 1 sheepe & a calfe 1 yeare old  .........  9£ - 0 – 0 
Itm:   4 cowes, one steere and calfe  .............................  6£ - 0 – 0 
Itm:   dj cow & ye 4th pte of a calfe  ............................  0 – 13s – 4d 
Itm:   dj calfe 1 yeare old  ......................................  0 – 4 – 0 
Itm:   in sheepe, muttons, & hogs 26 priced to  ...................  2 – 12 – 0 
Itm:   4 lambes  ..................................................  0 – 2 – 8 
Itm:   dj swine  ..................................................  0 – 1 – 6 
Itm:   in blanketts & course sheets  ..............................  0 – 12 – 0 
Itm:   in vessells  ...............................................  0 – 4 – 0 
Itm:   in hempe & small irons  ....................................  0 – 1 – 0 
Itm:   1 little bords & old English spade  ........................  0 – 0 – 6
Itm:   dj griddle & dj pan  .......................................  0 – 1 – 6 
Itm:   dj planke  .................................................  0 – 0 – 6 
Itm:   2 old axes & other old irons belonging to a cops trade .....  0 – 1 – 0 
Itm:   dj a mugge & dj course sheete  .............................  0 – 1 – 6 
Itm:   1 yard & dj yard of linen & a pound of linnen yearne  ......  0 – 2 – 0 
Itm:   dj old arke  ...............................................  0 – 1 – 0 
Itm:   in cheese  .................................................  0 – 1 – 6 
Itm:   in mugs & butter  ..........................................  0 – 1 – 0 
Itm:   2 boules of oates  .........................................  0 – 6 – 0 
Itm:   1 old sacke & 1 firlett meale  .............................  0 – 4 – 0 
Itm:   1 new sacke  ...............................................  0 – 2 – 0 
Itm:   in horses  .................................................  3 – 5 – 0 
Itm:   dj old mayre & ye 4th pte of a foale  ......................  0 – 7 – 0 
Itm:   in moneyes  ................................................  8 – 8 – 0 
to be added
                                                             sum:   32£ - 13s – 0 
The exec of Lawfull yeares and have the goods in possession
and have putt in pledge accordinge to Law Wm Callister
and Ewan Killip

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29 July 1656
Isabell and Jony ffreere entereth their clame agst
the exec of Tho: Calowe for certaine goods due
by the death of her sister Anne Freere according 
to her last will as by her invent ap
peareth and craveth tryall accordinge to Law

29 July 1656
Phinloe ffreere entereth his clame agst the exec
of Tho: Calowe because for yt he the said Tho: Calowe ----[in fold]
dered him to have muctchered his children whe-----[in fold]
he --- is damnifyed to value of 20£ and craveth
tryall accordinge to Law

Ultimo die July 1656
Anne Calowe entereth her clame agst the
exec of Tho: Calowe for 6£ wch was left
her out of the whole besides her pte of
the executorship and craveth tryall accord
inge to Lawe

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Wm Callister for calling Jo: Gawne a koaien in
Cort fined in xijd

Margrett Quayle als Caloe sworne sayth that the sd Tho: Calowe
uttered these words followinge, That he had left ----[in fold]
daymayth of hay to his nephew Jo: Calowe but he -----[in fold]
have left him some other goods and said that he ----[in fold]
a maire it Bushops Cort and left the halfe of
sd maire to the sd Jo: Caloe his brother Wm bro[?]-----
by and further saith not
			Margrett Quayle

22 May 1659
The exec of Tho: Calow doe enter their clame agst
one Wm: ffreere of Jurby for the summe of 40s
and craveth tryall accordinge to Law

Last Modified 24 April 2020