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Will of John Roose/Rouse, dated 5 Feb
1707
(Page 1)
In the name of God I John Rooss of the pish of Liskeard in the County of
Cornwall yeoman being sick & weak in Body but of sound and perfect
memory & remembrance praised be God I do make & ordain this my last will
and testament in manner & forme Following
First I bequeath my Soule into the hand of Almighty God my maker hopeing
thorough the merritts of Jesus Christ my Blessed Redeemer to receive
pardon & forgiveness for all sins & my Body to Christian burial
Item I give (with this provision) if my oldest son Philip do enjoy my
Estate in Penhale when he shall accomplish the age of one and twenty
years, it is my desire that Phillip shall have Penhale when he is one &
twenty years of age & that he shall pay his mother twenty shillings
yearly dureing her life, then I give unto my Son John forty pounds to be
paid unto him as it is hereafter expressed (approved?)
Item I give unto my son Cornelius Forty pounds to be paid unto him as it
is hereafter declared(?) that is to say when my Son John shall
accomplish the age of one & twenty years my Son Phillip shall pay him
twenty pound and att the end of three years after he shall pay him the
other twenty pound and likewise when my Son Cornelius shall accomplish
the age of one & twenty years my Son Phillip shall pay him twenty pounds
& he shall pay him the other twenty pounds att the end of three years
after, but if it shall happen that my wife Dorothy doe dye before my son
Phillip is one & twenty years of age then he shall pay his two Brothers
their forty pounds apiece when they are one & twenty years of age
Item I give unto my wife Dorothy the Estate in Boduell South she paying
the mony one mortgage to John Quiller
Item I give unto my Son Phillip one Bed Furnished the great pan & the
great Crorke (crocke?) & the Cupboard & a table when his is 21
years of age & 4 pewter dishes
Item all the rest of my goods & Chattells I give unto my wife Dorothy
and doe make her my Sole Executive of this my last will & testament
revoking all former wills & Testaments by me made For wittness whereof I
have hereunto gott my hand & seal the Fifth day of February 1707
Memorand it is my desire that if either of my Sons doe happen to dye
before they are 21 years of age his portion shall be divided between the
other two
Sealed & signed
In the presence of |
(signed) John Rouse (seal) |
Joan Quiller
Christopher Moone
Edward Coule |
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(Page 2)
The 26th Day of March 1708
An Inventory of the goods and Chattls of John Roose of the pish of
Liskeard seen and appraised by us whose named and here under Sett
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£ |
S |
D |
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| His purse and Girdle and wearing apparel |
4 |
00 |
00 |
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| One horse |
1 |
10 |
00 |
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| Bullocks Young & old |
6 |
03 |
00 |
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| Sheep young & old |
3 |
10 |
00 |
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| One pig |
0 |
05 |
00 |
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| Pewter and Brass |
2 |
05 |
06 |
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| Bedding & Bedsteeds |
4 |
00 |
00 |
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| Table boards & other lumber stuff |
0 |
10 |
00 |
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| Hogsheads & Barrills |
0 |
10 |
06 |
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| Corn in the Mowhay |
2 |
00 |
00 |
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| One chest and coffers |
0 |
12 |
00 |
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| Gable? Lennen |
0 |
10 |
00 |
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| Other things not seen and unpraised |
0 |
05 |
00 |
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26 |
01 |
00 |
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