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Will of Tristram Bowhay, dated 20 July 1605
In the name of God, Amen: the 20th day of Julie
1605. I Tristram Bowhay of the paryshe of Stockclimsland
being of pfecte mynde and memory (God be praised) do make
and ordayne this my last Will and Testament in manner and
forme following. First I commende my Soul to Almighty
God and my body to Christian buriall. Item I give to my wife
20 sheepe or ther abouts which were of my Father's ewe
It 4 pannes which I had of my Father 6 platters, 6 pudingers
and sixe sawcers 3 silver spoones, a featherbed {p}[frame all] which
is in Whiteford. All these aforesaid I give to my [brother deleted]
mother
Item I give to my brother Nicholas £4 [o-iiij li]. Item I give to
Sampson [Langston] o-iiij li. Item I give to my brother's son
Nicholas Bowhay o-xls. Item I give to Tristram
Bowhay a yewe lambe. Item I give to Sampson
Hunt my Ser vaunt a yewe. Item I give to my sonne
Edward Bowhay one hundred pounds to be paid
at 21 years of age. Item I give to the poor of Stoke
o-v s. All the rest of my goods and chattells whasoevr
not given not bequethed
moveable and unmoveable I do give and bequeath to Marye
my wife Whom I make and appoynte my full and
sole executrix witnesse hereunto Iohn Clarke
Iam Bowhay and others
A true inventorie of all such goods as Iohn Brent of
the
pishe of Stokeclimsland in the Countie of Cornwall
de used [deduced] indifferentlie valued and praysed by Anthony
Coombe [Groube] and Andrew Adams in manner and forme as here
after followeth [E]ven the seventh day of Aprill in the
year of the reign of our sovereign lord Charles by the
grace of god of England Scotland [Scotland deleted] France and Ireland
King defender of the faith the fourth.
| Imprimis his purse girdell and wearing
apparell valued |
xxx s |
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| Item 2 table bords 2 formes a bincher [bench] valued |
xvj s |
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| Item one cubborde valued |
xiij s iiij d |
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| Item one feather bed and bouster and a bedstead clothes |
xx s |
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| Item three bedstedes |
xij s |
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| Item a bar ior [jaw] one spit 2 pot hangings |
viij s |
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| Item a ladder and 3 yards of tymber |
xij s |
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| Item all other implements of household unvalued |
v s |
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| Suma totalis |
5 li xvj s iiij d |
[£5 16 04] |
ix Ap: 1629 Ad[ministrat]io et Comiss[io] Iohanni[s] Brent
filio def[un]cti: |
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| It 4 acars a half of Otes |
iiij li |
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| It 2 mares |
v s |
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| It 3 quarters of an acare of barley |
x s |
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| It 5 keene & one calfe |
x li |
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| It vj Oxen |
xiiij li |
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| It 4 Young Cattells |
iiij li xiij s iiij d |
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| It 5 pidges |
xl s |
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| It other smale stufe in the howse |
xx s |
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[£41.03.04] |
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| Suma totalis Cij li xj s [£102.11.00] |
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