Pearson, Christopher of Ullock in Dean (-1613)

Webster (i.e. weaver), under the mastership of Thomas Hodgson of Ullock. As he was an adult at least in his thirties at his death, he would have been a journeyman.

Son of John Pearson (died 1599).

There is no (transcribed) record of his baptism.

A widow 'Agnes, relict of Christopher Pearson of Ullock' was buried in 1619, though there is no indication of her in the will.

His will suggests that he was sharp. He has an awareness of his financial status (four nobles) and how to use his cash. He was expecting his trustees to lend money out at 25% interest (presumably as he would have done in his lifetime), and he knew that they required a commission for so doing.

I get the impression that he had used the comparatively meagre profits from his weaving to 'farm' [i.e. invest] his savings elsewhere, and had been successful in so doing. Had he lived another twenty of thirty years, his inventory would have been much fatter.

His inventory doesn't mention cooking utensils as such, so it seems likely that he was either fed by his master, Thomas Hodgson, or lived on the Pearson farm.

His chattels were only valued at £4 9s, but he was owed £12 5s 4d. This compares favourably with another apparent bachelor, William Dickinson of Lamplugh, who also died in 1613.

Transcript of Will