Gabriell Caunt of Stathern 1627 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/I/244/17
In the name of God Amen the thirtie daye of Marche in the yeare of our Lord God 1627 I Gabriell Caunt the elder of Stathern in the County of Leicester husbandman beinge weake in Bodye but otherwise of good and perfecte memorye blessed bee God therefore doe ordayn and make this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following
Firste I bequeath my Soule into the hands of Almightye God my Creator trustinge to bee saved onely by the merritts of Christe and my bodye to bee buryed in the church yeard of Stathern aforesaid hopinge it shall rise againe at the laste daye
Itm I give my Farme in Stathorne with the appurtenances thereunto belonging unto Margarett Caunt my Wyfe and William Caunt my Sonne equally to be devided betwixt them
Itm I give unto John Caunt my Sonne five pounds of Lawfull English money
Itm I give unto Gabriell Caunt my Sonne five pounds of lawfull English money
Itm I give unto Henry Caunt my Sonne five pounds of Lawfull English money
Itm I give unto George Caunt my Sonne five pounds of Lawfull English money
Item I give unto my Daughter Mary Caunt five of Lawfull English money a new bedsteade in the Parlor and foure pewter dishes
Item I give unto my daughter Jane Doubleday xiid in full satisfaction of her Childe portion
And I give unto William Doubleday the Sonne of William Doubleday my Grandchild one Ewe Sheepe
The Residue of my goods whatsoever moveable and unmoveable not bequeathed nor given my debts legacies and funerall expences discharged and payed I give unto Margarett my wife and William my Sonne whome I make joynte executors of this my laste Will and Testament
In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand the daye and yeare above written
Gabriell Caunt the elder his marke
James Brough
Richard Whittecarie
PR/I/32b/57
A true Inventorie of all the goods & chattells moveable and unmoveable of Gabraell Caunte of Stathorne in the County of Leic husbandman late deceased indifferently prized by Gabraell Caunte the Elder & Thomas Steevenson the 14th of May 1627
| Imprimis his purse and apparrell | xiiis iiiid |
| Itm two bedds with clothes belonging to them | xvis |
| Itm one table in the house with the forme and tressells and one chaire | |
| and a litle board on the bentch | iiis iiiid |
| Itm one cupboard and the pewter upon the cupboard head | viiis vid |
| Itm one Cheest and the Linnins within it | vs vid |
| Itm 3 Coffers & linnen wheeles and a planke & a shelfe in the milke | |
| house and one Reele and a presse | vis vid |
| Itm one barrell and one tub and one Churne | iiis |
| Itm … … fouer pewter dishes & a newe bedstead for Mary Caunt when | |
| she Cometh to age | xxs |
| Itm iii kettells & one brasse pott and one bason & one chaffing dish of | |
| Brasse | xs vid |
| Itm two troughes in the kitchin & … & one tubb and two kitts & three | |
| sives & one hopper & one strike and one scuttell | vs |
| Itm one pare of quernes & one old lead | vis viiid |
| Itm one fireiron and one brandiron & one pare of Reckings one pare | |
| of tongs and all the hookes & one spit and all the old iron about the | |
| house and all the forkes about the yard | iis |
| Itm one litle … & two formes & two stooles & one hatchett and all | |
| the painted Cloathes aboute the house one salt trunke & all the curtaines | vis |
| Itm for malte and a piece of Bacon | xvis |
| Itm for all is horned Beasts | xiii li |
| Itm for all his horses and mares | x li vis viiid |
| Itm for his Carte & Carte geares plough and plough geares & two harrowes | xls |
| Itm for sheepe | iii li |
| Itm for corne to thresh and hovells | xxvis viiid |
| Itm for swine | xiiis iiiid |
| Itm one swine trough & one leather & all other offall wood in the yard | iis |
| Itm the Crope on the grounde | xviii li |
| Suma tot est li li is 0 |
Probate 12 June 1627