Ambrose Greenwood of Statherne 1633 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1633/14
In the name of god Amen The seaventeenth daie of March in the yeare of our Lord god one thousand sixe hundred thirtie & two I Ambrose Greenewood of Statherne in the countie of Leicester gent: sicke in bodie but of perfect memorie praysed be god, doe make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following
First I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almightie god my Creator, and my bodie to be buried in the Church of Stathern aforesaide
I give and bequeath unto my sonne George Greenewood five pounds of current English money
Item I give and bequeathe unto my sonne Thomas Greenewood five pounds of currant English money
Item all the rest of my goods and Chattells not bequeathed nor given, I give unto Jane Greenewood my wife whom I doe make sole executrix of this my last will and testament
In witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my marke the daie and yeare first above written
Ambrose Greenewood his marke
Witnesses of the reading and publishing of this will
James Brough
Roger Wilson
James Harwold his marke
PR/I/35/274
A true and perfecte Inventorie of all the goods & chattels which did pertaine unto Ambrose Greenewood late of Stathorne in the Countie of Leicester gent deced prized the 29 daie of March 1633 by three discreete men viz James Rouse Willm Caunt & Roger Wilson as followeth
| Imprimis his purse apparrell and girdle | 10 li |
| Item a bedstead in the best chamber with 2 featherbed a boulster a Rugg two payre of | |
| blankets a mattrisse and two pillowes | 3 li 6s 8d |
| Item Curtaines and a vallance belonging to the same bed with Curtaine roddes | 13s 4d |
| Item 4 Chayres 10 covered buffett stooles | 6s 8d |
| Item a Lyverie Cubboord & a little square table | 13s 4d |
| Item a trunke 3 Chestes a little deske & a band boxe | 30s |
| Item Curtaines & vallance with & bedhilling | 40s |
| Item halfe a doozen Carpetts | 16s |
| Item in the best chamber 8 payre of flaxen sheetes 4 paire of hempin sheets | |
| 9 pillowbeeres halfe a dozen of table clothes 3 doozen of napkins a Liverie Cubboord and a | |
| table cloth | 4 li 10s |
| Item one old broken warming panne | 2s |
| Item a Bason and Ure | 5s |
| Item 2 flaggens 2 little pewder Cupps 4 salts three pewder candlesticks 2 plate candlesticks | |
| 20 pewder dishes 2 pewder basons 3 pewder chamber pottes 3 porringers 7 little sawcers | |
| a dredging boxe 2 little plates & one bigger plate | 40s |
| Item 3 silver spoones | 12s |
| Item 5 doozen of trenchers wooden dishes and a little boxe | 2s |
| Item in the Laides chamber a Liverie Cubboord and a bedstead with the bedding to it | 20s |
| Item in another chamber an old bedsteade with bedding to it an old presse 2 Chestes with | |
| another old bedstead Bacon & all other provision with all other old implements in the same | |
| chamber | 3 li |
| Item all the Corne in the Chambers | 3 li |
| Item 3 trestles 3 tubbs 2 cheesehecke a bowe and paire of blades with all other implements | |
| in the same roome | 5s |
| Item in the parlour one trundle bed with furniture belonging to it a table with a frame a | |
| Cradle five buffett stooles a Liverie Cubboord a chayre a glasse Case and five wheeles | 3 li 10s |
| Item 3 barrells a firkin an old Cubbooord an old hoggesheade 2 frying pannes 4 leather | |
| Cattells a Lantherne with all other implements in the Butterie | 20s |
| Item in a little parlour one bedstead one kimnell 2 oatemeale skepps with oatemeal in them | |
| with all other implements in the same roome | 20s |
| Item 3 tables in the hall 4 trestles a little frame one buffett fourme 4 buffett stooles | |
| 3 benches 2 little Cubboords by the fyre with some things in them | 30s |
| Item woollen yarne hempen yarne & a little piece of Cloth at the walker | 20s |
| Item all the Iron about the fyre belonging to the hall | 3s 4d |
| Item all the things in the dairie | 6s 8d |
| Item a brewing Leade with all brewing vessel to it a paire of malt quernes a paire of mustard | |
| quernes a cheese presse with all other Implements in the kitchin | 56s |
| Item a payre of Racks a paire of small Cobirons 3 spittes an Iron peele a dripping panne | |
| a brandiron with all other implements in a little house | 20s |
| Item all the plough timber | 10s |
| Item all the brasse | 50s |
| Item all the horses mares & foules | 13 li |
| Item a yoke of bullockes & 2 stayres | 11 li 13s 4d |
| Item all the kine and Calves | 12 li |
| Item all the sheepe | 20 li |
| Item all the swine about the yeard | 3 li 10s |
| Item Turkeies and pullen | 5s |
| Item pease on the hovell & hay on a hovell & straw in the barne | 40s |
| Item the Cart and Cart gaires plough and plough gaires two old waynes with some pieces | |
| of wood hovels and hovell propps pales Leathers harrowes yoakes & teams | 12 li |
| Item a Trie a haireclothe a windowcloth sacks skuttles sives hopper a strike a pecke a halfe | |
| pecke | 20s |
| Item the Cropp on the ground sowne and to be sowne with meadow teathering grasse and | |
| commons | 24 li |
| Item all the maynour in the yeard | 20s |
| Item an axe & a hatchett with all other things about the house & yeard not known nor | |
| remembered | 5s |
| Suma totalis cxlxii li |
Probate 8 April 1633