| Title | Copy will of James Rollinson of Gibb Hey, Ollersett; to be buried in the chapel at Hayfield with his ancestors; to his brother Thomas, £10; to Edmund Pott of Rethesholme (Ches.) and John Andrew of Lane Site, tanner, 10s each, to his servant Edward Hyde, 20s with his best doublet and breeches; to Thomas Rollinson of Phoside, 20s; 2s.6d. to each of his god-children; all his land at Little Rushop als. Whiteside, to his nephew Robert Rollinson; all his messuage and lands near the Nether Hey at Phoside to his mother Ann for life, and then to his nephew, Guy Rollinson; his messuage and lands at Marple (Ches.) to his nephew Thomas Rollinson, subject to the payment of £30 to his sisters Elizabeth, Christian, Allice and Mary to be equally divided; his lease of the Arrowlowshaw Meadow, the Overleefield als. The Head of the Overlee Great Field, and the Arrowlowshaw Croft at Bowden Middlecale for 21 years from the death of his brother Thomas Rollinson, to his niece Ann Rollinson; his term of 21 years after his mother's death in a close a Chinley called the Intack at the Ditch Head, to his brother Thomas Rollinson, £30 to Thomas Rollinson, Raph Gee of Kinder and Thomas Marryott of Hayfield to be invested in lands, the profits to be distributed to the poor of Hayfield Chapelry; to his niece Doretie Cottrell, a "twinter heafer"; to his kinsman William Beard, his best kindling coal, his best hat and a pair of hose and shoes; to his servant Ann Lomas 4s; to his brother Thomas £170 and £10 which Thomas's wife owes him, to the use of Christian, Elizabeth, Mary and Alice, Thomas's daughters; to Elizabeth Brailsford, his niece, two cows, a feather bed, a bolster, 2 pillows, 3 blankets and a rug coverlet or "bedhillinge" with a pair of sheets; the remainder of his cattle, goods, wool etc. to Ann, his mother; the remainder of his personal estate to Elizabeth Brailsford. 20 Jul |