Thomas Lamin of Harby 1718 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives, Leicestershire Wills and Probate Records 1718
In the name of God Amen I Thomas Laming of Harby in the County of Leicester Yeom being of sound and perfect health mind & memory (Praised be God therefore) but considering the frailty of humane nature & the uncertainty of death & being desirous to settle things in order to Prevent as much as in me lyes all Disputes that may arise touching the distribution of my Estate Doe make and ordaine this to be my last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say
First I bequeath my Soul into the hands of Almighty God hopeing through the meritts of my Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ to have Remission of my Sins And my body to the Earth to be decently interred att the discretion of my Executor hereafter named
And as for that worldly Estate which it hath pleased God in his mercy to bestow upon me (after my Debts & Funerall expenses paid and discharged) I give and dispose thereof as followeth viz
Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Cozen Thomas Laming Son of my Nephew Thomas Laming of Saxondale in the Parish of Shelford in the County of Nottingham All that my Messuage Farme or Tenement with the appurtenances & the land thereunto belonging scituate lyeing and being in Harby aforesaid now in my tenure or occupation to hold to him & his heires for ever from & after my decease & the decease of my loveing wife Bridgett Lamming & the decease of the longer liver of us he the said Thomas Laming the Son & his heires paying yearly & every year after my decease unto the Churchwardens & Overseers of the poor of the Parish of Harby aforesaid the sume of five shillings to be distributed amongst the poor of the said Parish by the said Churchwardens & Overseers for the time being upon St Thomas day for ever
Item I give & bequeath unto my said Cozen Thomas Laming the leaden Cistern & all other Implements and Utensills whatsoever belonging to my Malting Office and alsoe the Dresser board and Cupboard in the house where I now dwell & three such Beds in the said house as my said Cozen Thomas Laming shall chuse
Item I give & bequeath unto my Nephew John Laming & his heires for ever All that my Cottage or Tenement with the appurtenances in Harby aforesaid now in the possession of William Hand
Item I give & bequeath unto my Kinswoman Mary Jervis the sume of five pounds of lawfull money of Great Britaine to be paid unto her by my Executors hereafter named within one year after my decease
Item I give & bequeath unto William Laming and Fortune Laming Son and Daughter of my said Nephew Thomas Laming twenty pounds apeice of good and lawfull money of Great Britaine to be paid unto each of them by my Executors hereafter named within twelve Moneths after my decease
All the rest and residue of my Goods Chattels and personall Estate (after my Debts Legacyes & Funerall Expences paid and discharged) I give and bequeath unto my said loving wife Bridgett Laming and my said Nephew Thomas Laming whom I make constitute & appoint joynt Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revokeing & making void all former & other Wills by me att any time heretofore made
In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & Seale the seventeenth day of June in the third year of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord George by the grace of God of Great Britaine France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith & Anno Dni 1717
Thomas Laming his marke
Signed sealed published & declared by the Testator to be his last Will & Testament in the presence of us who immediately after signed the same as Witnesses in his presence
Geo: Raynor
Ja: Broughton
A true and perfect Inventory of all the Goods Cattle and Chattle of Tho: Lamine of Harby Deced the Twelfth Day of March In the year of our Lord 1718 and appraised by us whose Names are underwritten
| £ | s | d | |
| Impris His purse and Apparell | 08 | 00 | 00 |
| The fire Iron & frogs Rackin & Hookes fire shovel & Tongs and all other | |||
| Materialls in the Chimney | 00 | 06 | 08 |
| Six Chaires and a Wanded Chair 3 Joynt Stooles a Chaire Table & the Watch | |||
| & other Small matters in the House | 00 | 18 | 00 |
| In the Parlor Six Blanketts a flock bed a bolster two pillowes 4 Cushions Two | |||
| Sheets | 01 | 01 | 00 |
| Three Chests Two Boxes a Stand | 00 | 16 | 00 |
| Nineteen Sheetes five Napkins a Table Cloth 4 pillow Drawers | 01 | 00 | 00 |
| Five pewter Dishes two Tankards a possett pott two Dozen & half of Spoones | |||
| & Warming pan | 00 | 18 | 00 |
| In the Dairy Twelve Barrells Twenty Two panchions and other Matters | 03 | 00 | 00 |
| In the House Chamber the Bacon & two Wheeles & a Reele the Leaven Cimdell | |||
| a Green Hilling a bolster | 01 | 07 | 00 |
| In the Little Chamber 4 Sheetes 6 blanketts two bolsters | 00 | 15 | 00 |
| In the Chamber over the parlor Twenty Cheeses | 00 | 12 | 00 |
| A Flaskett 7 piggins Two Dishes two Cups | 00 | 01 | 00 |
| Three Boxes | 00 | 01 | 00 |
| Temes and Sharges | 00 | 02 | 00 |
| Two Chaires | 00 | 01 | 06 |
| Six … a Churne a little Soo | 00 | 06 | 00 |
| Eight Ches fats a Mornd 2 Leather bottles | 00 | 04 | 00 |
| Seame and Grease | 00 | 02 | 00 |
| Picknell Ware & Glass bottles | 00 | 01 | 00 |
| Thrawles and boards | 00 | 04 | 00 |
| A panill and Wheele | 00 | 02 | 00 |
| Four pans & a pot pan and the Copper | 02 | 05 | 00 |
| Five Tubs | 00 | 10 | 00 |
| Quick Goods Six Mares in the Great Stable | 25 | 00 | 00 |
| The old Trip Mare One Colt two Filleys one Fole | 20 | 00 | 00 |
| Ewes & Lamb forty Couples | 18 | 00 | 00 |
| Barren Sheep forty One | 14 | 00 | 00 |
| A Sow and Seven piggs a Gilt and Porkett | 3 | 05 | 00 |
| Eight Cowes In-Calved and Milch | 19 | 00 | 00 |
| Four two year Old Heiffers | 05 | 00 | 00 |
| Five Yearling Calves | 03 | 00 | 00 |
| Four Rearing Calves at Stake | 01 | 00 | 00 |
| The Barley Twenty four Acres apprised at 1l 5s the Acre | 30 | 00 | 00 |
| Field Clods Twelve Quarter of Seed Barley at 15s the Quarter | 09 | 00 | 00 |
| Nineteen Acres of Pease Ground apprised at 5s the Acre | 04 | 15 | 00 |
| Nine Quarter & 4 Strike of Seed Pease at 17s the Quarter | 08 | 01 | 06 |
| One Wagon two Cartes and the … apprised at | 11 | 00 | 00 |
| All the Hay apprised at | 05 | 00 | 00 |
| Straw apprised at | 00 | 16 | 00 |
| Collers and Geares and Cart Saddles and plow pads and all other Materialls to | |||
| draw the Horses in | 03 | 07 | 00 |
| Two pads and Stirrups | 00 | 02 | 00 |
| Barley & pease upon Hovells unthrasht 10 Quarter by Estimation | 08 | 00 | 00 |
| Three plowes & Harrowes & all other Tackle belonging | 01 | 05 | 00 |
| Fence Trayes Bease Cribbs and other offall Wood | 01 | 00 | 00 |
| Twenty Six fould fleakes | 00 | 13 | 00 |
| All the Ladders | 00 | 05 | 00 |
| The Props and Overlyers belonging to four Hovells | 01 | 00 | 00 |
| All the Coles apprised at | 01 | 00 | 00 |
| All the Manure In the yard | 01 | 10 | 00 |
| A Leaden Swilling Tub apprised | 00 | 10 | 00 |
| A Quarter of Wheate In the Chamber | 01 | 00 | 00 |
| Ten fence Trayes In the Roe Close & field & five Sheep Cribbs | 00 | 16 | 08 |
| Sixty Quarter of Mault at One pound per Quarter | 60 | 00 | 00 |
| Mault oweing for in the Booke | 29 | 10 | 06 |
| Things unseen and forgotten | 00 | 05 | 00 |
| 307 | 14 | 10 |
Apprised by us the 17th day of March
Tho: Kirkell
Jno Goodson
Ralph Whittle
Giles Waterhouse
Wm King
Probate 16 March 1718