William Gamble of Saxelby 1681 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1681/143
I Willm Gamble of Saxilby in the County of Leicester Blacksmith beinge in perfect memory doe make & ordaine this my last will in maner & forme following
First I give & bequeath my soule to god that gave it & my body to the earth in hope of resurrection to eternall life through Jesus Christ my onely redeemer
And as to my worldly goods I bestow as followeth
Whereas my son Thomas Gamble is indebted unto me the sum of Twenty pounds by a certaine bill obligatory bearinge date the first day of Jan 1678 my will is That the said Twenty pounds shalbe paid to the use of my daughter Judith Gamble foure pounds of the said Twenty beinge moneys which my son Thomas was to have paid her as given by her Uncle But I undertooke to pay the same as by Articles of agreement appeares made betwixt my selfe & son Tho: bearing date the 10th day of Jan 1678
Itm I give my daughter Judith the Cupbert & bedstead in the parler & one brasse pott one Chest one box 2 paire of sheetes 2 blanketts & 1 Coverlid
I give my daughter Elizabeth two shillings
The rest of my estate I give unto my son Thomas Gamble whom I make Exectr of this my last will
William Gamble
Published sealed & signed 3 Aug 1681 in presence of
Cle: Nedham
John Kirkby
Robert Hubbert
Memorandum
My further will is That my daughter Judith shall have the Table in the parlour & one halfe of my pewter and one halfe of my brasse pans & one chaire
William Gamble
Published in presence of
Cle: Nedham
John Kirkby
Robert Hubbert
PR/I/83/184
A true and perfect Inventory of all the Goods and Chattells of William Gamble late of Saxilby in the County of Leicester taken and prized by Tho: Gamble Senior Husbandman and John Gale Sheapheard both of the same Town and County the Eleventh day of October in the Year 1681
| £ | s | d | |
| Imprimis his purse and Apparel | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Item Oweing upon an Obligation | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Item Goods in the House | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Item a Table Stoole and Chaires | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| Item a Cupboard and things in the lesser Parlour | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Item two Coffers and a Bedstead | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| Item a Cupboard and things in the Bigger Parlour | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Item a Table and Presse | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Item the Bedstead in the bigger parlour | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Item a Coffer in the Chamber over the House | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Item a Bedstead in the Chamber over the House | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Item for other things in the Chamber over the Parlour | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Item for three pair of flax sheets | 0 | 10 | 8 |
| Item for three pair of hemp sheets | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Item for Six Pillowbears | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Item for eight Pillowes | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Item for two Boulsters | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Item the rest of the Bedding | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Item three Matterices | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Item Eight Pewter Dishes | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| Item Saltsellers and other Pewter | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Item two Brasse Potts | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Item three Brasse Panns | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Item for a pair of Bellowes & Stithy & other things in the Shop | 1 | 15 | 9 |
| Item for a Vice and other Tooles | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Item for things in the Dairy | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Item for Barrels & other Woodden things | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Item for things seen and unseen | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Summa totalis | 32 | 3 | 6 |
John Geale
The marke of Thomas Gamble
Exhibited 13 October 1681