Robert Simpson of Nether Broughton 1548 Will and Inventory

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1548/38

In dei noie amen the iii day of Decembris in the yer of our lorde god mccccc and xlviii I Robt Symson of Neyther Broughton in olle mynde and perfett remebrans orden and make thys my last wyll

Fyrst I bequeyth my Soule to almighty good our lady Sant Mary and to all the compayny in even and my body to be buryyd in the churche yarde of Neyther Broughton

It I bequeyth to the churche of Lyncolne iid and to the churche of Neyther Broughton xiid and to the por mannys boxe iid

It I bequeyth to Johnes … xls and to Agnes Chandlar a yerlyng calfe and to Agnes Tomson a yew and to Alexander Tomson a calfe when ytt ys calvyd

It I bequeyth to Nicholas B… a hew and to Robt Deycson and Jone Sansoms daghther ether of them iid

It I bequeyth to … parson … in Broughton Sulney xiid to … in Claxton xvid to … in Hyclyng xiid to … in Wartonby viiid and to … Neyther Broughton viiid

It I bequeyth to Helen B… a cow and iiii schepe

It I wyll that my Cosen Thomas Harys schall have the parte of Johnes … in hys custody unto sche be in the state of mariage that ys unto xviii yers of age and yff sche mary afore that age then sche to have ytt delyverd to hyr

The Reysydew of my gudds nott bequeyth I wull they schall be at the disposing of my Cosens Thomas Harys and John Smyth whom I make my sull executors

Thes witenesses Thomas Thorney parson Thomas Harys John Smyth and Thomas Deycson

Invetorum … bonor Robti Symson … defuncti apartor per Rychard Twycchell Thomas Deycson Willm Rolsdon & Willm Walton

In pris ii oxson and ii bullocks	iii li vix viiid
It v kye	ls
It ii heyffars	xiiiis
It xl schepe	iiii li vis viiid
It viii Swyne	xvis
It ii …	xs
It ii fols	xxs
It iii cofars and a bedde stedd	iiiis
It a kymnell and a b…	xiid
It a … lome and a …	iiiid
It a … ii panys a caudne a pott a cherne ii candelstycks	xiiis iiiid
It ii mattrys iii coverledds vi schetts	xs
It a cher ii … ii cyves ii peyls ii …	iiis iiiid
It v stor flax a fryyng pane a …	xxd
It a penne a cocke xiiii hennys	xxd
It a fatt a trough iii lomys	xs
It weyt barly and peyse	xxxiiis iiiid
It a weyne ii yowks a tayme a plough	xs
It ovell geyr and other wodd	xs
It a cole of hey	xs
Suma	xx li xiid