Thomas Bleay of Saxelby 1706 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1706/111
In the name of god Amen I Thomas Bleay of Saxulby, in the County of Leicester, Clerke being in perfect health of Body (& of sound minde & memory, god be praised) but mindefull of my mortality) do make, ordaine, constitute & appoint this my last will & Testament in manner & form following (Revoaking all other Wills & Testaments whatsoever by mee formerly made, or published)
Inprim my soule I commend to god who gave it & my Body to the earth from whence it was taken, to be Buryed as my Executrix shall thinke meete
And for my worldly goods I dispose of them in manner following
Item I do hereby give & bequeath unto my deare Brother, William Bleay Clerke (vicar of Colston Basset in the County of Nottingham) the summe of one hundred pounds of good & lawfull money of England And I do also hereby give & bequeath unto my beforesaid Brother all the manuscripts which are (or shall be) in my possession (at the time of my death) of what kinde or nature soever they bee whether Common place Bookes paper Bookes of … notes or sermon notes & whether the notes be tied up in Bunches, or be in single papers & whether they be in my Chest, box, or boxes, or in my study or in what soever place they may be found
And I do also give unto my said Brother six Bookes (such as hee shall please to make choise of) out of my Library
Item I do hereby give & bequeath unto my Brother in Law Joseph Travell (of the Burrough of Leicester) Inholder one shillings & to his wife Elizabeth Travell Twenty shillings
Item I give unto my sister in Law Sarah Mucklow Twenty shills
Item I give unto the poore of Saxulby Two pounds To the poore of Nether Broughton Twenty shillings To the poore of Upper Broughton (in the County of Nottingham) Twenty shillings All which summes to be divided amongst the poore of the severall Townes abovesaid by the respective ministers or Curates
Item All the rest of my goods & Chattells I do hereby geve & bequeath unto my deare wife Anne, whom I do hereby make ordaine & appoint to be the Sole Executrix of this my last will & Testament
Thomas Bleay
Signed, sealed, published and declared (by the said Thomas Bleay) to be his last will & Testament (November the 4th Anno Dom 1684) in the presence of us
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John Marshall
John Brocklesby
You shall Swear that so far as you know or believe this Writing hereunto Annexed Contains the last Will and Testament of Mr Tho: Bleay your late Husband Deced and that you will well and truly Execute and perform the Same and pay his Debts & Legacyes (if any be) so far as his goods will Extend and the Law shall Charge you and that the Inventory (to the best of yr Knowledge) which you now give in is true and that if any more appear which yett you know not of you shall add them to this Inventory and pass an Account of the Adcon herein when thereunto lawfully Called or warn’d
So help you God
PR/I/113/135
An Inventory of the Goods & Chattells of Mr Thomas Bleay late Rector of Saxulby deceased taken the 9th day of January Anno Domini 1706
| £ | s | d | |
| Imprimis His purse & Apparell | 05 | 00 | 00 |
| It In the Hall Stooles Tables &c | 03 | 00 | 00 |
| It In the first place | 01 | 01 | 04 |
| It In the parlour | 02 | 10 | 8 |
| It In the Kitchin and pantry with the Copr | 04 | 00 | 0 |
| It In the Kitchin Chamber | 01 | 10 | 0 |
| It In the little parlour | 02 | 15 | 0 |
| It In the Cellar Barrells & Bottles | 01 | 00 | 0 |
| It In the great Chamber | … | 00 | 0 |
| It In the middle Chamber | … | 00 | 00 |
| It In the foremost Chamber | 05 | 01 | 00 |
| It His study & Library | 10 | 00 | 00 |
| It In Brass 2 li pewter 5 li | 07 | 00 | 00 |
| It In Coles 5 li Hay 4 li | 09 | 00 | 00 |
| It Three Cows 4 li 10s two Hoggs 50s | 07 | 00 | 00 |
| It A Chest of Linnen | 05 | 00 | 00 |
| It In plate | 21 | 00 | 00 |
| It In Securities & mony | 133 | 00 | 00 |
| It In old lumber & other things overseen & forgot | 001 | 00 | 00 |
| 228 | 18 | 00 |
John Reay )
Jno Morice )
Willm Stephens ) Appraisers
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Andrew Burneby )