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Will of John Collomb, 5 June 1620?

In the name of gode Amen on the Vth daie of June Anno Dmni 1620?
I John Colombe of the pishe of Tywardrethe yemane beinge
sicke of bodie but pfite of memorye laude and preasse be to
almighty gode Doe make this my laste will & testamente in
maner & forme followinge first I bequeythe my sole to all
myhtie god my maker & Redeemer & my bodie to be buryed
in the sowthe chancel of the churche of Tywardethe Itm I
geve to the poore of the pishe of Tywardrethe Vs Itm I
geve unto Dorethie the wyf of Walter Bearssye? one
yewe shepe Itm I geve to Nicoll my Daughter IIII li when ….
shall accompleshe the age of XXX yeres Item I geve to
William my sone X li when he shall accomplish the age of
XXVI yeres Item I geve to John the sone of Thomas
Trevenyon one yewe shepe Item my will is that Jhone
my wyfe shall have the usse of my beste pane of brasse
During her life and after her decese that then the sd
pane of brasse shall revert? to William my sone Itm I
geve to William my sone Six sponnes of silver but my
will is that Jhone my wyfe shall have the use of them
during her life Itm I geve to William Colombe my
Servante one yewe shepe the Reste of my goods nott
geven nor bequeythed I geve & bequeythe to Jhon my wyfe
whom I make my wholl Executrix of this my last will
and I Revoke all former wills gieftes & legaces by me
geven & bequeyed for tofore And I make ovseers? of this
my last will & testamente Thomas Trevenyon &
Ambrose Cowll to se this my last will pformede
 
The Inventory of the goodes of John Colombe decessed taken
in the viith daie of Maye in the yere Anno dmi 1623 presed
By Ricd Bonye William Clemens & Ambrose Cowll viz:
 
Impmes his porse & gerdell
more his weringe Chlothes
Itm one tabell borde & forme & Carpete
more one Cobarde
Itm 26 platers ij pogers iiij sosers j quarte
1 botell one salte j Cope
Itm vj panes 1 Culdren ij skelets iij kandellsticks
more ij crokes
Itm one chere
Itm one musket furneshed
one Broshe one glass & glasecase
mor ij cheres
Itm one bedestede one fetherbede & bolster one
pere of Coton shets one bolster & peltie?
Itm ij chestes
mor one bedested one fetherbede & bolster one pere of
blankets & coverlet
Itm one bedstead one fetherbede one pere of shets
j pere of Blankets one bolster
Itm one Cowbowrde?
mor ij formes
mor ij fleshe tobbes one barell
mor one Tabellborde & forme
Itm one bedestede j dostebede j bolster ij blankets
& Coverlett
more one bedestede one dostbede & bolster ij shets
& Coverlet
Itm one bruing Cefe vij hogseds iiij towbes? iiij barells
more iij bordclothes iij towells iiij tabell napkings
Itm for bordes & tymber
mor fir ij plowes iij harrowe ij shares ij Colters
iij yokes iiij toches? 1 hedetowe one swenell? ij betickes
ij knells? 1 shovell 1 Cornepecke? j donge? Croke
Itm one pere of whelles 1 bote? & tongetre
mor ij Creast ij axes ij hachets i furse huke 1 bare
of Iron ij repe hockes 1 broche
mor one pere of Potthanginges i pere of Crokes 1 brandis
1 grid Iron j xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx & marking Iron
Itm ij hempinge sheets viij sakes ij shets iij sofes?
one pecke
Itm ij Cloming platers ij dozen of trenchers ij Chafers
one dozen of wode dishes ij storing Jowges ij Copes
Itm vij pownes of xxxxxx
mor one pack sadell i pere of Trost Ropes iij pere of
Treces ij goffes & hapters one pere of panniers
mor one pere of shepe shares one Adise 1 plane
undecifered line
Itm vj Akers of wheat iij Ackers & half of Barlye
iij Ackers of oates now in the grownde
mor iiij Bowshell of whet in the mowheheyes xxxxxxxxx
Itm iiij oxsen & iiij kine iiij bolockes ij Calfes
mor iij horses xxx shepe & xv lamb
mor xviij gese
ij peces of Tymber ij C of fagots
iij hene
Itm for all other thinges lefte unpresede
Somma totalis £92/6/2
 

N.B. Words in both italics and brackets are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:-
CRO AP/C/564

Contributed by Geoff Watts

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