William Petty of Harby 1606 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/I/228
In the name of god Amen I William Pettye of Harbye in the county of Leic yeoman sicke in body but of sound and perfect memory god be praysed do make this my last will & testament in manner & forme following
First I bequeath my soule to the hands of my redeemer Jesus Chryste & my body to the earth from whence it came
Ite I bequeath unto Bartholomew Petty my brother one cottage house with a yard to the same cottage adjoining scituate & being in Statherne now in the tenure or occupation of George Dixon And also one halfe oxgange of land with the appurtenances lying & being in the fields of Statherne aforesayd for & during his lyfe naturall And after his decease my will is that William Pettye my eldest sonne shall have the above recyted cottage house with the yarde & halfe oxgange of lande with the appurtenances to the onely use & behoofe of him & his heyres for ever & for want of such issew the remaynder thereof to Anthony Pettye my second sonne & his heyres for ever
Item I give & bequeath to my sayd brother Bartholomew one bedstead one matris one payre of sheetes one blanket one … Coverlet one pillow & one boulster & the best wether sheepe in my flocke
Itm I give & bequeath to my sonne Anthony & his assignes all that my lease of my house & lands in Harby with all & singular the appurtenances which I lately had of the … of Langborough & iiis iiii of money for & in the name of his chyldes parte or portion
Item I give & bequeath to Margaret my wyfe one house with a cloase to the same adioyning now in the tenure or occupation of Robert Brannson & one yard land to the same belonging with the appurtenances for & during her naturall lyfe & my will is that the sayd land shalbe tilled & sowne the first year at the … coste & charges of my executor hearafter to be named
Itm I give & bequeath to my sayd wyfe the halfe of all my household goods except one brewing leade one salting troughe all my brewing vessels two tables in the hall with frames & formes as they now stande all racking … & fyre Irons all which things last before excepted my will is shall remayne & be to the use of William my eldest sonne
Item I give to Mary my daughter wyfe of John Hicklin in full satisfaction of her chylde parte iiis iiiid
Ite I give and bequeath to Mathew Plummer my sonne in law all such somes of money and other reckoning as he in any wyse oweth me
Ite I give to Amye Plummer one of my daughters iiis iiiid for & in the name of her chylde parte or portion & xxs to her children equally to be devyded amongst them
Ite I give & bequeath to Ales Robinson one other of my daughters iiis iiiid for & in the name of her chyldes parte or portions & to her children xxs equally to be devyded amongst them
Ite I give & bequeath to Jane Bysshop one other of my daughters iiis iiiid for & in the name of her chylde parte or portion & xxs to her children equally to be devyded amongst them
Itm I give & bequeath to every one of my god children xiid
Itm I give to my wyfe moreover one cowe to give her milke so long as she lyveth afterwards to be Williams & also those sheepe which are her owne to continew so still
Ite I give & bequeath to Bartholomew Petty my Brother my best wether sheepe whome I make superveysor of this my last will
All the rest of my goods not disposed my debts payd my funerall discharged I give & bequeath to William Petty my eldest sonne whome I make my sole executor willing him to remember the poore at my funerall
Dated the xxxth day of January 1603 In the first year of the raign of our sovraign Lord James by the grace of god king of England France & Ireland defender of the fayth &c
William Pettye
Debts declared by the said William Petty which are owing him
Imprimis Mr … esquire iiiil
Itm John Ward xl viiis xd
John Ward & James Ward iil
Item Richard Caunt the younger iiis iiiid
Debts which the sayd William Pettery doth owe
To Bartholomew Petty by brother xxviiil
Witnesses
Tho Bysshop
Bartholomew Pettye
Adam Roberts
PR/I/21
A trewe full and perfect Invenotrye of all the goodes catalls and Chatells of William Pettye late of Harbye within the Countye of Leycester died possessed and seased of his owne praysed vewed and valued by John Brodell Adam Roberts & Thomas Porter the xviiith daye of June Ao dni 1606 and in the yere of the Raygne of our Soveraygne Lorde James by the grace of god of England, France & Ireland Kynge & the fourth and of Scotland the xxxix as followeth
| Imprimis four score sheepe | xxiiii li |
| Itm foure kyne | vii li |
| Itm fowre …ynter beastes | v i |
| Itm two Calves | xxvis viiid |
| Itm foure geldynges and mares | xii li |
| Itm fowre swine & iiii pygges | liiis iiiid |
| Itm Corne sowed & now growynge in the fyldes | xx li |
| Itm grasse growynge in the fylds | ls |
| Itm Corne and malte in & about the house | vi li |
| Itm one Carte & all other husbandrye stuffe | iiii li |
| Itm Tymber hovells stowpes & such other tymbre stuffe within the house | xxs |
| Itm sheetes bedclothes & other lynens in the house | xxxs |
| Itm the moytye of a featherbedde and a mattresse | xxs |
| Itm coverlyddes & blankets to the same belonginge | xxs |
| Itm coffers and chestes | xs |
| Itm fattes kymnells peeles barells and tubes & other wooden ware | xxs |
| Itm the brasse and pewter | xxvs |
| Itm beysse, bacon, butter & cheyse | xls |
| Itm pullery about the house | iis vid |
| Itm quoshynes in the house | iis viiid |
| Itm his apparell | xls |
Probate 3 July 1606