William Hurst of Holwell 1595 Will and Inventory

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/I/216/13

In the name of god Amen the ninth day of November the yeare of our Lord god 1595 and the xxxviith yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of god of England France & Ireland Queene Defendresse of the Fayth &c I Willm Hurst of Hollwell in the Countie of Leic yeoman beinge of whole mynde & in good & perfect remembrance praysed be god therefore make & ordayne this my present Testament conteyninge herin my last Will in maner & forme followinge

First I comend my soule into the hands of Allmightie god maker of heaven & Earth and of all things conteyned therein assuring my selfe of eternal Salvation throughe Christ Jesus our Saviour trusting to be saved through him & by no other ways or maynes

And my bodye to be buried in the Parish Church of Abkettelbye assuringe my selfe Alsoe that this my same bodie shall rise againe at the last day unto Eternall lyfe

Itm I bequeath unto the parre people of Holwell & of Abkettelbeye iiis iiiid

Itm I will that Elizabeth my wyfe shall leave unto John Hurst my sonn & heire all the crape of one ogscon of land at her naturall Departure either in feild or towne when soever it shall please god to call the sayd Elizabeth

Itm I geve unto Richard Hurst my sonn on heifer

Item I geve unto Willm Hurst my yongest sonn twentie pounds in guds

Itm I geve unto Francis Hypthrap my sonn in Law one ewe sheepe

Itm I geve unto Marie Hypthrape my daughter one ewe sheep & unto her two children ether of them a lambe hogge

Itm I geve unto Margaret Muson my daughter one ewe Sheppe & unto her daughter an other

Itm I geve unto everie one of my sonn Johns Children a lambe hogge And further more I geve unto John Hurst my sonn Johns eldest sonn on bruin lead in the Kytchin one foylden tabell & one forme in the hall & one great arke in the chamber & one stone trough and all other things necessarie about the well with all the hoffell tymber about the yard

All the rest of my guds unbequeathed my debts beinge first payd & funerall expencs discharged I geve & bequeath them unto my wife

Itm I ordayne & make Elizabeth my wyfe my full & whole Executrix of this my last will & testament

Itm I make John Hurst my sonn overseer

These beinge wytness John Hurst John Baylie Richard Hurst and manye others

Probate 27 January 1595/6

PR/I/15/14

The Inventorye of all the goods catteles & debts of Willm Hurst of Hollwell in the countie of Lecester husbandman deceased praised by theis men the xxvith day of Januarie 1595 John Hurst John Baylie John Hollwell & John Hurst

First his apparel	xs
Itm his purse	vs
Itm in the hall two tables two forms two chears & two cubberds	xxxs
Itm three brasse potts & two kettles	xs
Itm six puter platters foure chargers three candelstickes one sault & one chaffen dishe
& two porringers	xxs
Itm a firiron a brandiron with spytte cobberd & other necessari things about the fire	iiis iiiid
Itm in the parlour & in the chamber foure bedsteads two matterisses six coverleds
two blankets one hillin for a bed & one table clothe	xls
Itm one feather bed ten payre of sheets three board clothes two boylsters six pillowes
& pillow bears	iii li xiiis iiiid
Itm in the kytchin one mashfatt one … fatte with all other wooden wares with
one cloth & thre secks	xxs
Itm foure baken flixes & five shoats	xls
Itm the coales	xs
Itm in the yard thirteen neat …	xviii li
Itm five horse & mares	xiiii li
Itm one cart & cart gears one plowe & plow gears with harrows plow tymber & hoffells	iiii li
Itm in the barne Rie pease Barlye & hay	xxx li
Itm three scoure sheepe	xx li
The some the debts not deducted	lxxxxix li xxd
The debts of Willm Hurst which he oweth are these
Itm unto Richard Hurst my sonn for land that I bought of him	xx li
Itm unto John Muson	xii li
Itm unto Harrould Scrimshew	v li
The whole some the debts beeinge deducted	lxii li xxd