Anthony Rodgers of Eaton 1665 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives, Leicestershire Wills and Probate Records 1665
In the name of God Amen The seventh day of May in the seventeenth year of the Raign of our most gratious Soveraign Lord Charles the second by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland defender of the faith &c Annoq dni 1665, I Anthony Rogers of Eaton in the County of Leic yeoman being sick and weak of bodie but of sound and perfect memory (praised be God) doe make this my last will and testament in manner and form following, That is to say
First I comend my Soul to Almighty God my Creator assuredly believing that I shall recieve full pardon and free remission of all my Sins, and bee saved by the pretious death and meritts of my blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ
And my bodie to the Earth from whence it was taken to bee buryed in such decent and Christian manner as to my Executrix hereafter named shalbee thought meet and convenient
And as touching such worldly estate as the Lord in mercy hath Lent mee my Will and meaning is that the same shalbee employed and bestowed as hereafter by this my will is expressed
Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my Son Anthony Rogers the sume of Five pounds of Current money of England yearly and every year to bee raised out my Lands Tyths and Tenements with thappurtenances in Eaton aforesaid in the said County of Leicester until hee shall accomplish the age of one and twenty yeares To bee paid unto him by my Executrix at the age of One and twenty yeares And my said Executrix to make use of it untill my said son bee of full age
Also I give unto said son Anthony Rogers all my houses, Lands, Tyths, and Tenements in Eaton aforesaid with their and every of their Rights, members and appurtenances (after my debts and legacyes are discharged) To him his heires and Assignes for ever
And if my said son Anthony Rogers happen to dye before hee come of age my will is that then my wife Elizabeth Rogers shall have the moitie or half part of all my said Reall Estate in Eaton aforesaid during her natural life
Also wheras Charles Gelsthorp did bequeath the Sume of five poundes in his last will to be paid unto Mary Paybodie my Mother if she survive her husband my will and mind is that my said Mother Mary Paybodie and James Rogers My Brother shall have the yearly sume of four poundes to bee equally divided paid unto them during the nonage of my said Sonne Anthony Rogers out of my said Lands and Tythes in Eaton aforesaid in Leiu and stead of the said five pounds soe bequeathed by the said Charles Gelsthorpe unto my said Mother
Also I give and bequeath unto my said Brother James Rogers the Sume of Twenty poundes to bee paid out of my Reall or personall estate as soon as my debts are discharged
Also my will and mind is that wheras I am indebted unto divers persons and particularly unto Edward Ward gent in a Statute bond of One hundred pounds prinicpall debts That the said legacy of Twenty poundes and the said five poundes and four poundes a year above bequeathed to my Son, Mother and Brother shall cease untill my debts are paid
And all my estate, Reall and personall (a convenient maintenance for my wife and son excepted) shall be disposed of by my Executrix and such others as I shall hereafter appoint to and for the payment of my debts, And then the said Legacyes to bee paid as is above expressed and declared
Also wheras I owe and stand indebted by bond to my said mother Mary Paybodie to pay her the sume of one pounds and sixteen shillings yearly during her natural life my will and mind is that my Executrix shall pay out of my said Reall Estate the said One pounds and sixteen shillings unto my said Mother Mary Paybodie during her natural life provided she deliver her bond or bonds to my said Executrix
Also I give unto the poor of Eaton ten shillings to bee distributed by my Executrix
Also I doe hereby make, constitute, and appoint my dearly beloved wife Elizabeth Rogers the Sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament and doe revoke all former and other Wills by mee made, And doe appoint Willm Gelsthorpe of Whatton in the County of Nottingham gent and George Widdowson of Gunnalston in the said County of Nottingham yeoman the Supravisors of this my last will and Testament humbly desireing them to bee assisting unto my said Executrix in the Management of my estate and to make use of it together with her untill my debts are paid
Also my will is that my wife give bond unto my Cosen Willm Gelsthorpe of fourty poundes with Condicon to deliver my writings unto my said Son when hee shall come to the age or unto the next Heire if my son happen to dye within age And she to deliver a note or schedule of them unto my said Cosen Gelsthorpe
It I give unto my said Cosen Gelsthorpe and his wife and unto my Brother George Widdowson and his wife to every of them five shillings a peice to buy them gloves, And doe desire them to pay themselves out of my estate what charges they are or shalbee at in assisting of my said wife in the management of my estate
In witnes whereof I the said Anthony Rogers have hereunto put my hand and Seale the day and yeare first above written
Antho: Rogers
Signed, sealed, subscribed and published to bee the last will and Testament of the said Anthony Rogers party to these presents, in the presence of us
Geo: Stokes
John Ward
Probate Leicester 25 May 1665
PR/I/64/48
A true and perfect Inventory of the goods Cattles & Chattles of Anthony Rogers of Eaton yeoman lately Deceased Taken the 12th day of May Anno Domini 1665 & prysed by Thomas …gler Thomas Wright George Blankley William Tinsley
| £ | s | d | |
| Imprimis his Apparrell girdle purse & Money in it | 13 | 6 | 8 |
| In the hall Ite Two Tables and the frames Two Chaires & nine Buffet stooles | |||
| with the settles to them belonginge | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ite One Wainescot Chest, Two Boxes, a Trundle bed, with the other things | |||
| belonginge to it | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| In the Chimney Two Chaires a fire Iron gallowtree & hookes A paire of Bellowes | |||
| a Spit & other small things | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Summa 15l 18s 4d | |||
| Ite in the Parlour A Bedstead with a featherbed upon it, Three blankets, one | |||
| Coverlet, one bolster, two pillowes, a paire of hempen Sheetes, with the | |||
| hangings belonginge to the said bed | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Ite Two Chests Two paire of flaxen sheets foure paire of hempen sheets | |||
| fifteene flaxen napkins Eight of hempen four paire of pillowbeares & a bolster | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Allsoe Two Chaires foure Cushions a Cradle One little Boxe: in it Three hanginge | |||
| sheets with the vallions Two holland pillowbeares a Coverlet and [obscured, | |||
| possibly erased] | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| Suma 8l 0s 11d | |||
| In the parlour Chamber Seaven peices of pewter Two pottingers a Basen & | |||
| Skimmer a brasse ladle & pewter Cup Two flitches of Bacon a Basket two little | |||
| Barrells, with other small necessary things | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| In the Corne Chamber about sixe strike of Barley Two strikes of Rye one Caske a | |||
| Corne Try & Three wheeles & other things | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Suma 3l 6s 7d | |||
| In the kitchin & Dairy Two Brasse pots five Brasse pans five Tubs a Cheese presse | |||
| a Trevet a Crisscit, with many other small useful things | 3 | 11 | 7 |
| Ite Two barrells and a Churne a Thrall & foure pailes Two shelves a paire of | |||
| Weights, one leather Bottle with other wooden & earthen milke vessells | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| Suma 4l 2s 4d | |||
| In the yard Three mares & One foale, one gelding & a little Colt with foure other | |||
| young fillyes | 32 | 1 | 0 |
| Ite sixe Cowes & Three Calves & one heifer | 14 | 6 | 6 |
| Allsoe five Swine | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| Ite sixe henns & a Cocke & Two Turkyes | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Allsoe the Mannure, fences Cratches & hovell The Pump & horse Trough with | |||
| the ploughes & Three harrowes | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Suma 52l 4s 6d | |||
| In the upper Barne & stable Two Carts and a ladder with some Oake Timber & | |||
| other offald wood there & elsewhere | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Allsoe A saddle & Bridle the Cart geares & other Implements | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| Suma 7l 1s 0d | |||
| In the nether barne & kilne A paire of Cart Sheares some Traisins & fold Trayes | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| Ite a haire Cloth & Ladder & some other things | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Summa 1l 3s 9d | |||
| In the field The Crop of the Corne with the hay & grasse there growing | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Allsoe in severall things unnamed & forgotten | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Suma 30l 5 6d | |||
| Summa Totalis bonorum est | 122 | 2 | 11 |
Exhibited 25 May 1665 by Elizabeth Rogers