Richard Parnham of Harby 1670 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives, Leicestershire Will and Probate Records 1670
March the 15th 1670
In the name of God Amen
I Richard Parnham of Harby in the Countie of Leicester yeoman being sick and weak in body but of perfect memory & understanding (blessed be God) doe make my Last will & Testament in manner and forme as followeth
Imprimis I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God my maker in & through the merits of Jesus Christ my all sufficient Saviour & Redeemer
My body I bequeath to be buried decently in the Church yard of Harby aforesaid
It I give to the two daughters of my daughter Katharine the wife of Willm Chester of Harby foresaid that is to say to Hester Chester the eldest & Elizabeth Chester the youngest of the said daughters twenty pounds a piece to be paid to each of them by my Executor when they shall come to the age of eighteen years
It I give to the two daughters of my Daughter Mary the wife of John Bennet of Bottesforth that is to say to Susan the eldest & Hester the youngest of the said daughters the summe tenn shillings a piece to be paid to them by my Executor when they shall of them come to the age of sixteen years
It I give to the three children of my son in Law Robert Hanly of Cawdwell in the Countie of Leicester that is to say to John Mary & Hester Hanly to each of them tenne shillings apiece to be paid to them by my Executor when they shall each of them come to the age of sixteen years
It I give to my Grandchild Thomas Spyby the son Willm Spyby of Bingham in the Countie of Nottingham the summe of ten shillings to be paid to him by my Executor when he shall come to the age of eighteen years
It I give to Dorothy Waile widow Elizabeth Cham widdow Mary Atton widow Anne Newton widdow to each of them four pence a piece to be paid to them by my Executor
It all the rest of my money goods cattle & Chattells unbequeathed whatsoever I give to my son & Heir Richard Parnham whom I doe make constitute & appoint full and sole Executor of this my last will and Testament, revoking all other wills by me heretofore made
In witnesse whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & year above written
Richard Parnham
Signed & sealed in the presence of
Daniel Pepys
William Watson
PR/I/70
A true and perfect Inventory of all the goods and Chattles of Richard Parnham of Harbey late deceased made and praysed the 22d of March 1670 by us Robert Elston William Watson John Middleton and William Fox and Thomas Doubleday
| £ | s | d | |
| Imprimis his Purs and apparrell | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Item in the Hall one Draw table and frame one long table one forme eight | |||
| buffett stooles two … the fire range and necessaries thereunto belonging and | |||
| other implements therein | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Item in the Parlor two Bedsteads with the furniture thereunto belonging one | |||
| Cubbard six Pewter dishes three Candlesticks five spoones two Chests one pare | |||
| of Harden sheets and two hookes | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Item in Butteries one Bedd with furniture 6 Barrells one table foure shelves | |||
| with other implements | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| Item in the Kitchin one Lead and Bruing vessell 5 Kinnels 1 salting trof 3 bras | |||
| bots [sic] 5 pans and one pan and a Chorne | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| In the Chamber over the Butteries one Bedstead with the beding thereone 2 | |||
| Chests with bedding one livery Cubbord 1 Chare 18 Cussions | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| In the parler Chamber 2 Bedsteads with furniture 2 Chartes Chest 7 yards of | |||
| Woollen cloth | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| It in the Hall Chamber 1 …2 tubs 1 step | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| Itim in the Kitching Chamber 2 beds and bedding 3 weeles | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| In the Malt chamber Malt and a skreene 5 flicts of Bacon | 11 | 16 | 8 |
| It 7 Pewter dishes 1 flaggon 1 cup 2 Basons and an urin 3 sausers 4 saults and | |||
| a warming pan | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| It in the Quirnhouse 1 pare of Quirns 1 Cheese pres and other implements | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| It in the deary and deary house 3 barrels 20 boards and the Milke loomes and | |||
| wooll there | 5 | 15 | 3 |
| In the deary Chamber 4 tressles and shelves 1 Cheese hock | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| It Coles in the Colehouse | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| It in the Folehouse 2 foles | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| It the stables 7 horses 2 staggs | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| It hay in the hay barne | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| It 12 Cows and one heipher | 23 | 13 | 4 |
| It in the Lathe weat Barly to thresh and Thresshed | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| It the Hovell and Bease thereon | … | 0 | 0 |
| 122 | 18 | 5 |
Probate 23 March 1670
