John Faulks of Long Clawson 1572 Will and Inventory

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1572/51 and probate copy

In the name of god Amen in the yeare of owre lorde god mdlxxi the ii daye of December and in the xiiii yeare of the reign of Elyzabethe by the grace of god queen of Englande France and Ierlande Defender of the Feaythe &c wytnessythe that I Jhon Fawxe of Claxton being sycke in body and of good and perfette remembrans doe ordene and mayke thys my laste wyll and testement in maner and forme hereafter folowing

Firste I bequethe my sole to allmightye god my mayker and redemer and my body to be buryed in the churche yarde of Claxton my paryshe churche

It I bequeathe to the mother churche of Lincolne iiiid

It I bequithe to the pore mans boxe iiiid

It I bequethe to the mending of the heye wayes vid

It I bequethe to my Curate for all my tythes negligently forgotten vid

It I bequethe to every on of my sonne George chyldrin xxs to be payde at the decesse of Elyzabethe my wyfe

It I beqethe to Wyllyam Spenser & Thomas Spenser to every of them xxs to be payde at the decesse of Elyzabethe my wyfe

It I bequithe to every of Wyllyam Browne chylderine a yowe shype

It I do owe to Wyllyam Browne vi li

It I bequithe the lease of my Farme to Elyzabethe my wyfe during hyr lyfe And allso I wyll that Doryte my dowghter be wythe my wyfe at the dyscretion of my wyfe Wyllyam Browne and Robarde Caunte and to marye in to the howsse at ther dyscretions unto the eldest sonne of my sonne George Fawxe sonnes come to the age of xxi yeares and to hys heyrs male and for wante & lack of shuche heayrs male to the second sonne of my sonne George sonne and hys heayrs male and for wante and lack of shuche heayrs male to the thyrde sonne of my sonne George Fauxe and hys heayrs male and for wante and lacke of shuche heayres to Wyllyam Spenser during hys lyfe and for lacke of hys lyfe to Thomas Spenser

It I bequethe to Alleys Browne my dowghter vis viiid

It I bequeathe to my dowghter Doryte Fawxe vis viiid

It I bequethe to Jhon Hycling iiis iiiid

It I bequithe to Rycharde Browne a yowe hogge

It I bequethe to Wyllyam Fawxe my god sone xiid

It I bequethe the reste of my gudds unbequethed to Elyzabethe my wyfe

It I ordein and mayke Wyllyam Browne and Robarde Cawnte my full exequitors of thys my laste wyll and testiment and every of them to have iiis iiiid for ther paynes and ther charges to be borne of the holey

Thes witnesses Christofer Goodwin vicar Wyllyam Hycling the elder Wyllyam Hycling the younger Rycharde Lyner & George Manchester wythe other ma

Probate 28 May 1572

Thys ys the trewe Invetory of all the goodds and cattells of Jhon Fawxe of Claxton lately decessed valued and prysed by Wyllyam Guye Jhon Hardall Thomas Storer Rychard Lynere and Wyllyam Hycling

Inprimis hys apperell	xiiis iiiid
It one yowke of oxen	iii li xs
It ii mayres & a fole	iii li
It v kye	vi li xs
It liii shype	vii li xixs
It xx shere shype	iiii li
It iii Calffes	xxs
It ii fatte hoggs	xiiis iiiid
It ii shotes	iiiis
It the pullen	vs
It the Carte & carte geares	xxvis viiid
It a payre of harrowes	iiiis
It the plowe and plowe geares	vs
It the corne & heaye fylde & towne	viii li
It all necessary implements in the yarde	xxs
It the brasse and puter	xxxs
It all necessary implements in the howsse	xiiis iiiid
It all necessary implements in the kechin	vis viiid
It the spyttes & cobberds	iiis iiiid
It iii arkes	iiiis
It one matteres & all the bedding	xiiis iiiid
It all the napery ware	xxvis viiid
It a wyle x chises & a chese heck	iiis iiiid
It one hatchet	viiid
Suma totalis	xliii li xis viiid