William Read of Eaton 1569 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1569/57 and PR/I/260
In the Name of god Amen … the x daye of Marche in the yere of our lord god thousand fyve hundrethe threescore & eighte I Willm Reid of Eyton in the Counte of Leic husbandman beyng of whole mynde & in good & perfyte Remembrance laude & preyse be unto Almyghtye god do make & ordeyne thys my laste Wyll & Testamente in manner & Forme Folowyng that is to Say
Fyrst I comende my Sole unto Almyghty god my maker and Redemere & my body to be buryed in the Churche yerd of Eyton afforseyd
It I geve & bequethe to Ane my wyffe vi li xiiis iiiid & a bede for her parte & porcion
It I desire that my seyd wiffe Shalbe at herr wyll & electione whether she will take her levinge with my executor hereafter named or else ordeyne durynge all her naturall lyffe or the some above seyd
It I beqethe to Esabell Reid Elsabethe Reid & Jane Reid my doughters to every oone of them iii li
It I bequethe to every oone of my godchelder iiiid
It I geve & bequethe to Thomas Beylle a yerlyng calffe & yf the seyd calffe dye then he schall have iiis iiiid
It I geve to Thomas Blankny Wyffe a stryke of Sede Rye
It I geve to Ane Beylle Dorotie Beylle & Elsebethe Beylle every oone of them a Stryke of Sede barle
The Resedew of all my gudds unbequethed my detts peyd I geve & bequethe to Willm Reid & Thomas Reid my Sonnes equallye to be devided betwixte them
And of thys my presente Testament & last Wyll I make & ordeyne my sayd Son Willm Reid my executor
These witnesses Willm Squire vicar of Eyton Charles Lockwood Stevyn Beylle Willm Beylle Thomas Gervise with other moo
Probate Leicester 5 October 1569
PR/T/1569/58
A Invetory of all the guds and cattells moveable & unmoveable of Willm Reid of Eyton in the Countie of Leic … decessed preysed by John … Alexander … … Beylle & Thomas Gervus the xxviii of … in the yerre of our lord god a th…send fyve hundrethe threescore & nyne
Imprimis hys apparel pric | xxxs |
It Fourscore Schepe pric | xii li |
It fyve oxen pric | vii li |
It x kyye pric | vi li xiiis iiiid |
It x yong bests | v li |
It x Acre of Rye pric | xxxiiid iiiid |
It xx acre of Barlie pric | v li |
It iiii Acre of pesse | xiiis iiiid |
It ten horsses & marrs pric | x li |
It viii … pric | xxvis viiid |
It brass potts & pannes & p… pric | iii li vis viiid |
It a … a cubbord ii cherrs & … pric | xiiis iiiid |
It Tubbs kytts … & dysshes … … & a lead … | xls |
It Spytts cobyrres potts huks … & the fyere Iern | xvs |
It ii Fetherbeds ii mattresses vi coverlets x peyr of Scheets ii blanketts ii bolsters | iii li vis viiid |
It iii Weynns & … plow & plow geyrs … geyres & cartte geyrrs … … & … | x li |
It … hovell & … in the yard … … … … | iii li |
It x acre of pess & Barle … | |
Sum | xxvi li xiiis iiiid |