Moore John 1571 of Long Clawson will and inventory

John Moore of Long Clawson 1571 Will and Inventory

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1571/58

In the name of god Amen in the yeare of owre lorde god mdlxv the vii yeare of the reangne of Elyzabethe by the grace of god quene of Englande France and Ierlande Defender of the faythe &c and the xvi daye of June wytnessethe that I Jhon More of Claxton in the Cont of Lycester husbandman being syke in bodye and of good and perfecte remembrance do ordane & mayke thys my last wyll and testament in maner and forme hereafter folowyng

Fyrste I bequethe my soule to allmyghte god my mayker and redemer and my body to be buryed in the church of Claxton my paryshe church

It I bequethe to the mother church of Lyncolne iiiid

It I bequethe to my curate for all my tythes neclygently by me forgotten viiid

It I bequethe to Thomas Bacon my sune a couple of reade kye

It I bequethe to Jhon More servante to Thomas Byarde a weaning cowe calfe

It I bequethe to Robarde my sune one blacke cowe

It I bequethe to Wyllyam More the sune of Rycharde More A blacke quye

It I bequethe to Robarde More my sune iiii of my beste draughte mares and a reade fole

It I bequethe to Thomas Bacon my olde grey mare and and hyr fole

It I bequethe to Thomas Bacon iiii shepe

It I bequethe to my sune Jhon chylderin amongeste them ii yowe shype

It I bequethe to Jhon More servante to Thomas Byarde one shype

It I bequethe to Jhon More my eldeste sune a bushell of barley and a bushell of peayse

It I bequethe all my croppe or corne and heye to Thomas Bacon and Robard More my sune being equally devided betwixte them

It I bequethe to Thomas Bacon the greateste brasse panne and a lytle calderin

It I bequethe to Robarde More my sune the second brasse panne

It I bequethe to Jhon More my eldeste sune a basen and a laver

It I bequethe to Thomas Bacon my sune and Robarde More my sune all my puter beinge devided amongst them by equall partes

It I wyll that a greate brasse panne the laver stones a payre of mawlte quernes and a payre of musterde quernes remeane here herye lomes as the comenlye be called that ys to remeane from herye to herye for ever for I fownde theym heare so I wyll leave them

It I bequethe to Robarde More my sune a greate spytte and a payre of coberdes

It I bequethe to Robard More my sune a table and a forme

It I bequethe to Robarde More my sune my carte and carte geares the plowe and plowe geares and a oxe harro

It I wyll that Thomas Bacon and Robarde More my sunes have all my goodds unbequethed amongeste them equally parted

It I wyll that Jhon More my eldest sune and Robarde More my sune be full executors of thys my laste wyll and testyment

It I wyll that Sir Christofer Goodwin Vycar be my supervisor of thys my laste wyll and testyment

Thes wytnisses Sir Christofer Goodwin Vycar Rycharde Smarte Thomas Belle Wyllyam Fawxe wythe other moe

Thys ys the trewe Inventory of all the goods and cattill of Jhon More of Claxton lately decessed praysed by Mychaell Browne Robarde Cawnte Jhon Fawxe Henry Holte Rycharde Hoberde

Imprimis hys apperell vis viiid
It iiii mares iiii l
It iii kye and a … iiii l
It xx shype iii l
It v swine xs
It iiii gysse iis
It the pullin iiis
It the carte and carte gears plowe & plowe geares and harrows xxxs
It towe quarter of weate xvis
It iii quarter of barley xxxiiis
It iii quarter of peayse xxiiiis
It the brasse and puter xls
It the napery ware the bedesteades and the cowfers xxxs
It the baken flyckes vs
It the quernes wyth … cobardes a branderne with … other implements xvs
It the croppe of weate on the grounde xxs
It the hovill wythe other shuche lyke stuffe xiiis iiiid
It all simple implements in the howse xs
Itm in redy moneye iis viiid
                                                   Suma totalis xxiii l xvs iiiid