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The Will of John Tonkin, dated 14 December 1667

St Austle
10 Juny? 1668
John Tonkyn
 
memorand
That on or about the 14th of December in the yeare one thousand six
hundred sixty seaven John Tonkin of St. Austell senr did make his last will
and Testament nuncupative or by word of mouth in manner and forme
following first he gave and bequeathed all his goods and Chattles whatsoever
to John Tonkyn his grandson not formerly convayed and sold to Degory
Tonkyn by a certaine deede of sale bearing date the fowerteenth day
of December last past which he the sd John Tonkyn voluntarily and
freely declared being of pfect mind and memory in the prsence of
Henry Carlyon gent
Richard Scoble gent
Wm Slade
 
A trew and parfett Inventory of John Tonken
deceased in the pish of St. Austell of his goods and
Chattelles taken by Mr. Degory Slade and Josias Vivyan
the 28th day of September 1670

  £ s d  
Imprms his purse gardell and wearing apparill 2 00 00  
Itm debts due and others desperate 3 00 00  
Itm five oxen and milch kind 3 young
Bollocks one Calfe		 16 06 08  
Itm eight nagges mares and coltes 8 03 04  
Itm twenty sheep and lambs 3 13 04  
Itm eight Littell pigges 1 00 00  
Itm eight geeses 0 02 06  
Itm one Chattell hild of Mr William
Hambly deceased in Bogay		 9 00 00  
Itm more one Chattell in Bogay the Land
of Joseph Saull Esqr		 4 00 00  
Itm for Coran in the mowhey and hay 4 00 00  
Itm for five beades furneshed 7 06 08  
Itm six brase panes and five brase pots 4 03 04  
Itm for pewter 1 00 00  
Itm one tabell bord one presse? with
formes and other tember stufe		 1 10 00  
Itm one blow one harro with yokes &
teches? and other Iorn		 0 10 00  
Itm for other things onesinn one
prised or for gotten		 0 03 00  
  70 18 10  
Degory Slade (signed)
Josias Vivyan 		       

 
N.B. Words in both italics and brackets are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:- CRO AP/T/1007

Contributed by Geoff Watts

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