Thomas Gamble of Saxelby 1668 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1668/62
In the Name of God Amen October the 22th 1668
I Thomas Gamble the eldest of Saxelby in the County of Leic: husbandman beinge weake & sicke in body but of good & perfect memory (praysed be the Lord for the same) doe ordaine & make this my Last will & Testament in manner & forme followinge that is to say
First I give & Bequeath my soule unto Almighty God my Creator hopeinge & verily assuringe myself through the Lord his Mercys & my Saviour Jesus Christ his merits to be partaker of life everlastinge And my Body I bequeath to the Earth from whence it was taken to be buried in Christian burial in the Church yarde of Saxelby aforesaid at the discretion of my Executor & for the worldly Goodes which it hath pleased the Lord to lend unto me, I doe dispose of them in manner & forme followinge
First it is my will that my Loveinge wife Margaret Gamble have sufficient meate & drinke, washing, lodging & Cloathinge with my Executor whilst shee liveth & that shee shall have twenty Poundes to dispose of at her death as shee thinketh good (if my estate will afford her soe much) & that my houshold Goods shall be equally divided between her & my foure Children
Item I give unto my loveinge sonne John Gamble thirtie Poundes for his filiall portion (if my estate will afford soe much)
Item I give unto my loveinge Daughter Katherine Gamble thirtie Poundes for her filiall Portion (if my estate will afford soe much)
Item I give unto my loveinge Daughter Mary Gamble thirtie Poundes for her filiall portion (if my estate will afford soe much) but if my estate will not arise to such a summe to make good all my former legacies & gifts & besides to defend my debts (if any be) & funerall Charges & expences then it is my will that my loveinge wife & Children shall abate every one of them proportionably according to their summe given unto them that soe my Executor may not suffer by this my Will & if my Estate arise to a greater summe then my Three Children John, Katherine & Mary to have of them their portion greater proportionably as the estate will afford it
And further it is my Will that the four former legacies to my loveinge Wife & three Children shall have their Legacies out of my hey & Corne, Leases, Cowes, Sheepe & Swine
Lastly I Constitute ordaine & appointe my loveinge Sonne Thomas Gamble whom I make the Executor of me & of this my last Will & Testament to whom I give the rest of my estate undisposed of, requireinge & charging him to pay the legacies by me bequeathed a year & a halfe after my death to his brother & sisters & alsoe to pay my debts (if any be) & funerall Charges
Thus I make this to be my last will & Testament
Wittness my hand & seale hereunto placed the day & year first above written
The marke & seale of Thomas Gamble
Read sealed & delivered to be the last will & Testament of Thomas Gamble above named in the presence of
Geo: Hubbert
Robt Kirkby
John Kirkby
Probate 4 November 1668
PR/I/67/88
A true & perfect Inventory of all the Goodes Cattell & Chattells of Thomas Gamble the Eldest of Saxelby in the County of Leic. husbandman deceased taken October the 26th 1668 by George Hubbert, John Hurst, Daniel Dent, Edward Pares
| £ | s | d | |
| Impris his Purse & Apparell | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| In the house | |||
| Item one table with the frame & forme stooles Chayres, a Cubbert & and old | |||
| Chest fire iron & rackings | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| In the best parlour | |||
| Item one bedstead with bedinge one Chest a Coffer & a box with some other | |||
| things | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| In the other parlour | |||
| Item one bedstead with bedinge | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| In the best Chamber | |||
| Item one bed & bedinge | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| In the store Chamber | |||
| Item butter & Cheese with some other thinges | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Item a bed in another Chamber with bedinge with some other thinges | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Item pewter Brasse with other things in the Deary | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Item in Linnen | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| In the kitchinge | |||
| Brewinge vessel & other utencells | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Item Carts & cart geares plows & plow geares harrowes & other utencells | |||
| for husbandry | 10 | 11 | 4 |
| Item hovells & other wood in the yarde | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Item in hey & Corne | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| Item 6 horses & a foale | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Item 13 beasts younge & old | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Item 37 Sheepe | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Item 9 swine | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Item thinges unnamed & forgotten | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| The summe total is one hundred fiftie & seaven Poundes seaven shillings five pence | 157 | 7 | 5 |