Andrew Smyth of Nether Broughton 1685 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1685/97
For as much as it is appointed for all men once to dye upon the sixt day of July in the yeare of our Lord one Thousand six hundred eighty and five I Andrew Smyth of Neather Broughton in the County of Leicester yeoman being sick and weake in body but of good & sound memory praysed be God for it do make & ordaine this my last Will & testament in manner as followeth
First I Commit my soule into the hands of Almighty God and my body to be buried and as for those worldly goods which it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I give and bequeath as followeth
Imp: I give unto my Son John Smyth the house & homestead the pasture Close and the ancient yard land with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging (my wife injoying her thirds out of it) to him & his heires forever
It: I give unto my said son John all that one oxgange of land meddow & pasture with all the appurtenances which I purchased of Richard Steele called the pen Close (my wife enjoying her Thirds also) upon this condition that he pay unto my daughter Elizabeth Smyth the sum of forty pounds when shee shall accomplish the age of one & twenty yeares and also that he pay unto my Son Andrew Smyth the sum of forty poundes when he shall bee one & twenty yeares of age and also that he pay unto my son Richard Smyth the sum of forty poundes when he shall be one & twenty yeares of age and also that he pay forty pounds unto my daughter Dorothy Smyth when shee shall be one & twenty yeares of age all which said sumes of money if my said son John do pay as aforesaid and see that they be decently brought up according to their quality then the said oxgange of land & Close I give to him & his heires for ever
But if my said Son John Smyth do neglect or refuse to pay the said summes as aforesaid then my will is that the said oxgange of Land with all the appurtenances & the little Close called the Pen Close shall be sold And I do hereby authorise & give power unto my Loving Neibours William Wright John Milner Richard Wright & Robert Jackson or the greater part of them to sell & confirme the same to the best advantage for the use of my Daughter Elizabeth my Son Andrew my Son Richard and my daughter Dorothy
It: I give unto my daughter Mary Smyth the sum of Thirty pounds to be paid by my executors hereafter named
And lastly I give unto Elizabeth my wife and unto John Smyth my son all the rest of my goods & Chattels & Cattle whatsoever they paying my debts legacies & funerall Charges and do hereby make them the executors of this my last will & testament
In wittnesse whereof I do hereunto sett my hand & seale the day & yeare first written
Andrew Smyth
In the presence of
Thomas Westby
William Browne
Thomas Smyth
Elizabeth Smyth her mark
Henry Browne
PR/I/87/129
A true and perfect Inventorie of all the goods Chattels & Cattle of Andrew Smyth late of Neather Broughton in the County of Leicester yeoman deceased as the were taken & valued by Clement Smyth Richard Wright &c upon the fourteenth day of September in the yeare of our Lord 1685 as followeth
| £ | s | d | |
| Imprimis his purse and apparel | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| It In the house one table two formes three chaires fire iron hangings & other | |||
| things | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| It: In the parlour one bed & bedding one table a Cubberd two Chests two Chaires | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| It. In the Chamber two beds & bedding one Chest two wheeles & other things | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| It: In the Cheese chamber Cheese hack & Shelves Cheese & other utensils | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| It: two panns one brass pott five pewter dishes one flagon three porringers & | |||
| spoones | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| It: A Copper & brewing vessels & barrels and other lumber in the kitching | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| It: Wheat and barley pease & oates & hay | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| It: three Mares & three Colts | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| It: five cowes foure heifers & two calves | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| It: eleven sheepe & one swine hogge | 03 | 10 | 0 |
| It: Carts & Cart gearse plowgeares and other materials belonging to husbandry | 06 | 0 | 0 |
| Lastly all things seen or unseen & not valued | 01 | 0 | 0 |
| Suma total | 98 | 3 | 0 |
Clement Smyth
William Wright
Thomas Smyth
Exhibited 16 September 1685