The Will of Balthasar Willick of Alford, 7 February 1598. To be buried in the church of Alford. To Anne my wife for the good and vertuous education of my children the lease of one messuage in Alford wherein Willyam Brockbancke lately dwelt, which I had from my Lord Willoughby of Willoughby and Earsby for twenty-one years; also the lease of one other messuage in Alford late in the tenure of Richard hornsey or his assigns, which I also had from my said Lord Willoughby for twenty-one years; also one other lease of a tenement in Well in the parish of Alford late in the tenure of Richard Parrishe or his assigns, which I had also from the sayd Lord Willoughby for twenty-one years; also all my other leases, bonds, and assurances to my sayd wife for the good bringing up of my sayd children, together with all my stock and moveables, save that I give to Mr. Frances Merburie for the good will which I beare unto him my best gowne. Anne my wife, executrix. Witnesses: Robert Wight, Lenord Thory, Willm. Bellingham.

Proved at Lincoln 18 February 1598.

(Consistory of Lincoln, 1598, fo. 200)