Moore John 1584 of Long Clawson Will

John Moore of Long Clawson 1584 Will and Inventory

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1584/26

In the name of god amen the xxith daye of December & in the xxvith yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lady Elizabeth Quene etc I John More of Claxton in the countye of Leic husbandman being sicke in bodye but of perfecte memorye god be prayssed do make & ordayne this my last will & testament in manner & fourme followinge

First I bequeath my soule unto almightye god maker of al things visible & invisible assuring my selfe of eternall salvacon by a livelye fayth in Christe Jesus & my bodye to be buryed in the Churche yarde of Claxton

Itm I geve & bequeathe to the parishe Churche of the sayd Claxton xiid

Itm I will that Ellen my wyfe & Edward my sone shal have my farme with the Plowe & Carte & al things therto belonging

Itm I geve Ellen my wyfe & Edward my sone iiii Mares

Itm I geve to Francis my sone iiii li

Itm I geve to the sayd Francis iiii sheepe

Item to Robert my sone xxs iiii sheepe & one wheate land

Item to Thomas my sone xxs

Item to John my sone vs

Itm To William my sone xs

Itm to Agnes my daughter xxs & iiii sheepe

Itm to Margarett my daughter a Brynded Cowe & iiii sheepe

Itm to Dorothye my daughter one redde cowe & iiii sheepe

Itm to Mathis Streete my daughter vs

Itm to Ambrose & John Page one ewe

Itm to Alice Page vs

Itm to Robt & Francis my sones one Dune fillye

Itm to Ellen my wyfe al my househould stuffe

I do make Ellen my wyfe & Edwarde my sone my ful executors to whom I geve the reste of my goods unbequeathed and do make Richard Hubbard Supervisor hearof

Witnesses to this present will Richard Hubbard Robert Smarte Hewghe Fawkes with others

Debtts owing to the testator Willm Guye viiis

An Inventorye of al the goods mooveable & imooveable of John More late deceassed of Claxton in the countye of Leic husbandman taken & priced the xviiith daye of Maye ao dni 1584 by theis men underwritten

Mr Henry Poole, Thomas Bell & Hewghe Fawkes

Inprimis his pursse with his apparellxiiis iiiid
Itm iii mares with ii fillyesvi li
Itm iiii kynev li
Itm xxvtie sheepev li
Itm one wayne with the furniturexxxs
Itm Plowes, harrowes, & teamesxxs
Itm one hovell with offal wooddevs
Itm xxiitie fleakesvs
Itm iii Laddersiis
Itm the croppe of corne & haye in the felde & Townexiii li vis viiid
Itm brasse & puterxls
Itm one cubberde iii cheres one table with a furme and a dyshepenvis viiid
Itm Tubbes, Loomes, Peales, bowles, dishes, cofers & bedstiddesxxs
Itm one frying panne a brandiron a payer of tongues with the hinging hooks about the fyer 
& ii hachettsiiis
Itm iii Pickforks ii dungeforks an Iron wedge a spitt & a payer of cobberdsiiis iiiid
Itm viii coverledds ii mattrises ii Pillowes ii bowlsters & iiii cushinsxls
Itm a parcell of newe wollen clotheiis
Itm eyght payer of sheetes ii Pillowberes one towel one table cloth ii napkins & the paynted clothesxxxs
Itm ii swineixs
Itm chese & bakoniiiis
Itm the Pulleniiiis
Debtts owing to the testator Wm Guyeviiis
Suma totalis41 li 13s