Ellis Brown of Nether Broughton 1559 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1559/45
In the name of god Amen the iiii daye of December In the yere of our lord god mccccclix I Ellys Brown of Nether Broughton beyng In hole mynde & perfyt in Remeberans make here my last wylle and testament In maner and forme foloyng
Fyrst I bequethe my soule unto Allmyghty god and my body to be beryyd in the chyrche yard of Broughton
Also I bequethe to the pore mans boxe iiiid
Also I geyve to the Reparying of the chyrche xiid
Also I geyve to the chyrche of Dalbe vid
Also I geyve to the chyrche of … Broughton vid
Also I geve to the chyrch of Yalyn vid
Also I geyve to every one of god childeren iiiid
Also I gevye to Wyllyam Browne chylderyn unto every one of them vid
Also I geyve unto Thomas Browne my Eldyst sonne in lawfull money of Yngland to hys chylds parte xv li
Also I geyve unto Wyllyam Browne my second sonne to hys parte x li
Also I geyve unto Rychard Browne my youngest sonne x li
Also I geve unto Joan Browne my dowyghter x li
Also I wyll that yf any of my chylderyn do dey that theyr parte do remain unto the hother
Also I geyve to Annys Fayxe ii shepe
Also I geyve to Rychard Wryghte and to Thomas Debyn and Wyllyam Roussun [?] to every one of them iiiid
Also I gevye and bequethe my Indentor of my house unto Elsebethe my wyfe during heyre wydohede and then yt to remein unto Thomas Browne my Eldyst sonne and for want of Thomas I wylle that yt remein unto Wyllyam Browne my sonne and for wante of them ii I wyll that yt remein unto Rychard Browne my sonne … to Joan my dowyghter
The resydue of my goods not beqethyd I geyve unto Elsabethe my wyfe who I make my full execetryx
Also I make Wyllyam Browne and Rychard Browne my brotheryn over sears of thys my layste wylle Also I wyll that hether of them have xiid for theyr labor
And also I wylle that Rychard Browne have my leysthe [lease?] of my house In yt kepyng for the be house of my chylde
Thes men beyng wytness Rychard Wryght Thomas Debyn Wyllyam Roussun and Jhon … wythe other mo
Inventoria summa bono Ellys Browne de Nether Broughton apriato per Thoma Debyn Roberta Wryght Rycarda Wryght Willm Roussun
Imprimis money howyng unto hym | xii li xis ixd |
It ii oxson and iii steris … iiii calvys | xix li |
Itm iii mares ii colts a feylle | v li |
Itm vii score shepe | xvi li vis viiid |
It iii quarters of weytt v quarts of barley v qts of peyse | v li iis viiid |
Ite x stryks of weytt hey sown xii stryks of malte vii of oats | xxviiis iiiid |
It v swine vi geyse xii hennys a cocke | xiiiis iid |
It braysse pewter candyllstycks wythe hother tyne ware | xlviiis |
It vii st…s of woylle | xliis |
It a coverled wythe hother beddyng | xxs |
It sheytts newe clothe towylls with hother lynyng | v li iiiis |
It a …bre bords forms stoyllys with other stuffe | xxvs iiiid |
It ii wenys plowys yowks … … howvylls and hey trey wythe other woyde treys | v li |
It heyrne geyz a bowytt the fyar harthe | iiiis |
Summa totalis lxxvii li vis xid |