Edward Collishawe of Hickling 1654 Will and Inventory
Nottinghamshire Archives PR/JW/1/21
August the 11th day Anno Domini 1650
In the name of god Amen I Edward Collishawe of Hicklinge in the County of Nottingham yeoman being weake & feeble in body but of perfect memory & understanding God be blessed for the same doe the day and year above written constitute make & ordaine this my last Will & Testament in manner form following (That is to say)
First of all I give my Soule to Allmighty God my Maker and preserver hopeing to be saved & redeemed by the alone merits & mercy of Jesus Christ who died for my Sinns & rose againe for my Justification And I give my body to the Earth from whence it came desireing that it may be buried in the churchyard of Hickling aforesaid neere to place where my Sonne Robert Collishawe his Children are buried
Itm I give & bequeath to the overseers for the poore in Hickling aforesaid 20s to be left for use and benefit yearly for the poore of the said Hickling
Itm I give & bequeath to my Sonn Robert Collishawe two lands in every field which I Edward Collishaw did purchase of George Dafte.
Itm I give & bequeath to my Sonne John Collishawe & his heires and assignes forever All that three oxgange of land with the appurtenances which I bought of John Butler together also with the house & homestead proffitts emolliments and appurtenances thereto belonging And also I give to John Collishawe my sonn & to his heires forever One Oxgang of land & one Close called by the name of greate rempston close with all things thereto belonging
Itm I give & bequeath to my Sonne in Law Richard Robinson & to Margaret Robinson his Espoused wife and my sole daughter forty pounds to be paid unto them of good & lawful English money with-in six months after my Departure out of this perfect World
Itm I give to every one of my Servants living with mee at my departure out of this perfect world 12d apeece to be paid unto them with-in six months next after my departure out of this world
Itm I give & bequeath my Sonne Robert Collishawes two children each of them one Ewe & lambe
Itm I give to my Sonne Richard Robinsons children to every one of them one ewe and lambe
Itm all the reste of my goods & chattells unbequeathed my debts paid & funeral discharged I give to Isobell Collishawe my loving Wife whome I make ordain & constitute my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament and lastly I doe by these presents renounce & disanull all former Wills & all codices of Wills Whatsoever formerly made by mee & so I rest my Selfe in the mercyes of god promised to me in Christ Jesus waiting upon my God until the time of my changinge shall come.
Edwarde Collishawe
Sealed and acknowledged the day & year above written by the within named Edward Collishawe that this is his last will & testament.
Sealed in the presence of
Richard Colebrand [?]
Richard Robinson
Mary Foukes
This will was proved the 31st of March 1654
An Inventorye of all the goods & chattells belonging to Edward Collishaw of Hickling late deceased: 23th February 1653.
| £ | s | d | |
| Imprimis his purse and apparrell | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm The hall 1 fire iron frogs hooks tongues gallowtree fire shovell & implements | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| Itm 1 table & frame 2 formes 3 chayres 1 cupbord shelves and stooles | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| Itm In the new parlor 1 bedsted 1 table & frame 6 stools | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Itm in the little parlor 1 bedsted 1 presse 2 chesses 1 coffer 1 table 1 chayre | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm in the Chamber 1 bedsted 1 table 2 stooles a trundle bed 2 chayres 1 chest | |||
| 1 arke & implements | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Itm in the store chamber 1 salting tub 1 soe 1 powdring tub 4 shelves 6 bacon | |||
| flicks all the cheese & butter & beefe old iron & implements | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| In the butterye 6 barrells 1 safe 6 bottles | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| In the milkhouse 3 planks 3 shelves 1 stool 9 brass pans 2 brass pots 3 little pans | |||
| 1 posnett | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm 12 pewter dishes 1 flagon 1 cup 2 salts 2 brass candlesticks 1 brass morter | |||
| 1 chafing dish & other implements | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Itm 1 rug 4 coverings 6 blankitts 1 fether bed & bolster 4 mattrisses 4 bolsters | |||
| 4 pillows 1 payre of curtayns & vallance | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm 12 payre of sheets 4 pillow biers 12 napkins 2 towell 3 table cloths 3 paires | |||
| of linen cloth | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| In the kitchen 1 boal 2 mashfatts 1 payre quornes 1 salting tub 1 molding trough | |||
| 2 churnes 5 kitts 2 swilling tub 1 dripping pan cobbers and spitts | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Itm coales shelves 1 forme and implements | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm 1 winnow cloth 1 haye cloth sacks spinning wheel forke rake tethers & | |||
| forke & cart ropes | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| Itm 11 horses & 1 foale | 44 | 10 | 0 |
| Itm 23 Beastes | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 score sheep | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm 2 swine & swine troughs | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm 4 carts plowes horse geares harrows and plow timber 2 hors troughs | |||
| plowgeares tumbrell & other thinge belonging to them sheep cribs fleaks | |||
| & beaste cribs well frames buckette & lethers & other wood | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm wheat in one baye | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm 3 bayes of barley | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm pease threshed & unthreshed | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm malts in the house | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm all the haye | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm manure in the yard | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm the barley fallowe & wheat sowen | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Itm pease sowen | 13 | 6 | 8 |
| Itm moneys owing by severall men as doth apeare in bonde & without bonde | 50 | 0 | 0 |
Richard Robinson This invent was exhibited the 31st of March, 1654
Ralph Watts
Edward Collishaw buried 20 February 1654