William Simpson als Thomasman of Nether Broughton 1694 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1694/4
Forasmuch as it is appointed for all once to die upon the seaventeenth day of September in the yeare of our Lord one Thousand six hundred Ninety & two I William Simson alias Thomasman of Neather Broughton in the County of Leicester yeoman being sicke and weake in body but of sound & perfect mind and memory praised be God do make and ordaine this my last will & testament in manner and forme as followeth
Imprimis I bequeath my soule to God who gave itt mee and my body to the earth
And as for those worldly goods which it hath pleased God to give mee I give & bequeath as followeth
First my will is that my Son William shall have all my lands upon this condition that hee pay unto my daughter Anne when shee shall be one & twenty yeares of age the sum of fourty pounds and also my will is that he pay unto my Son Richard when hee shall be one & twenty yeares of age the sum of Fourty pounds
And if my son William do neglect or refuse to pay the said sums as aforesaid then my will is that that Oxgange of land with all the appurtenances which my wife is not enffoeffed in be equally divided betwixt my three chilldren William Anne & Richard
And also my will is that if my Daughter Anne or my son Richard shall happen to die before the attaine to the age abovesaid the said portion of him or her so dying shall be divided betwixt the survivors
Lastly I give unto Elizabeth my wife all my goods Chattels & Cattle whatsoever shee paying my debts & funerall expences and I do hereby make her my sole executrix of this my last will & testament
In wittnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal the day & yeare above written
Willam Simson
Signed sealed published delivered & declared to be the last will & testament of the abovesaid William Simson alias Thomasman in the presence of
John Smyth
Robert Tayler
Richard Tayler his marke
Hen: Browne
PR/I/99/7 A true and perfect Inventory of all the goods & Chattels of William Simson alias Thomasman late of Neather Broughton in the County of Leicester yeoman deceased made & apprized the 28th day of March Anno Dom: 1693 as followeth
| £ | s | d | |
| Imp his purse and apparel | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| It In the house two tables six stooles a land settle six Cushions three chaires | |||
| a grate & hookes & reckings | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| It In the parler two beds and bedding two tables 3 Chaires | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| It In the best Chamber one bed & bedding two tables five Chaires one Chest a | |||
| Chest with drawers a grate two table clothes two dozen of napkins & nine paire | |||
| of sheets | 19 | 16 | 0 |
| It In the Chamber over the house one bed & bedding two Chests three Chaires | |||
| & a box | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| It In the Store Chamber wheat barley malt pease and Cheese & bacon with | |||
| wheeles and other things | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| It In the Dairy milke vessel 4 panns one brasse pott eight pewter dishes 3 | |||
| porringers tankerds & spoones & other things | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| It In the kitchin the Copper and brewing vessel and barrels and Churn and other | |||
| lumber | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| It three mares & two stagges | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| It five cows one heifer & a yearling | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| It Sheepe and Swine | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| It Cart and plow & harrow and geares | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| It the Crop on the ground | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| It coals & cratches and ladders & Implements for husbandry | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 116 | 6 | 0 |
William Browne
George Browne
Henry Smith
Exhibited 16 April 1694