Thomas Parnham of Plungar 1760 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1760/159
In the Name of God Amen
I Thomas Parnham of the Parish of Plungar & County of Leicester Farmer do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament in Manner & Form following
First I will that all my just Debts be paid & discharged
Item I give to my Son John one Guinea to be paid immediately after my Decease
Item I give & bequeath to my beloved Wife Ann Parnham all my Goods & Chattels quick & dead with all Monies Bills Bonds &c with whatsoever I shall die possessed of during the Term of her natural Life & no longer
It is also my Will & Desire that my Son John should buy all my Goods & Chattels Stock & Husbandry Gear at such a price as they shall be appraised at by two persons whom my wife & Son shall Name & likewise that my Son John shall give to my Wife such Security & such Interest for the money arising from the appraisement of my Goods as she shall demand
But if my Son John refuse to buy my Goods & Chattel Stock & Husbandry Gear at such a price as they shall be appraised at, it is my Will that my Wife disposes of them in publick Sale & puts out the Money arising from the Sale thereof to Interest for her own Use & Advantage so long as she continues my Widow & no longer
Item I give & bequeath to my Son John Parnham all my Bills Bonds with whatsoever I shall die possessed of after my Wifes Decease But in Case my Son John should not survive his Mother I dispose of it as follows viz I leave it entirely to the Disposal of my beloved wife Ann Parnham nominating & appointing her sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament hereby revoking & disannulling all other Wills by me heretofore made
Tho: Parnham
Signed & sealed the fifth day of … in the year 1759 in the sight & presence of us who in his sight & presence have set our Hands as Witnesses of this Will
Richard Stoup
Wm Caunt
Wm Blankley
On Tuesday Ann Parnham the within named sole Executor was sworn the 15th day of April 1760 before Me
Thomas Myddelton Surrogt
An Inventory of Goods and personal Estate of Thomas Parnham Deceased, taken the 15th February 1760
| £ | s | d | |
| Purse and apparel | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Clock, chest of Drawers & other things in the parlor | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Beds, and things in the chambers | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brass, Tubs, and other things in the Kitchen | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheep in Plungar Field | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 Pigs | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Beans | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Wheat and Barley | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Four Beasts | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Hay | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Four acre and an half of Clots | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Four acre and an half of Barley Stubble | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Two Horses 7 Sheep & 2 Calves | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Things unseen and forgotten | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tot. | 113 | 0 | 7 |
Appraised by Us
Matthew Hall
Henry Flower