Henry Smith of Nether Broughton 1691 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1691/61
Forasmuch as itt is appointed for all men once to die; upon the ninth day of July in the yeare of our Lord one Thousand Six hundred ninety & one, I Henry Smyth of Neather Broughton in the County of Leicester yeoman being sick & weake in body but of sound and perfect memory praised be God, do make & ordaine this my last will & testament in manner and forme following
First I bequeath my Soule into the hands of allmyghty God my maker And my body to the earth
And as for those worldly goods which itt hath pleased God to bestow upon mee; I give & bequeath as followeth
Imp: I give to my son Henry Smyth That Closse next Hickling as itt is divided with all the appurtenances to him and his heires forever, but with this proviso That if my son John Smyth do pay the sum of Fourty pounds to my son Henry of good & lawfull money within three yeares next after my decease then to my son John Smyth and his heirs for ever
It: I give unto my daughter Ailce [sic] the sum of Thirty pounds & to the value of ten pounds in househould goods
And lastly I give unto my sons John Smyth & Henry Smyth all my goods Chattels& Cattle whatsoever whom I make my Joynt executors of this my last will & testament they paying my debts legacies & funerall Charges
And I do hereby revoke all other wills
In wittnesse whereof I do hereunto sett my hand & seale the day & yeare above written
Henry Smyth
Signed sealed & published in the presence of us
William Browne
William Simson
Henry Browne
The marke of John Smyth
George Browne
Probate 17 September 1691
PR/I/95/76
A true and perfect Inventory of all the goods Chattels & Cattle of Henry Smyth late of Neather Broughton deceased, as they were taken valued & apprized by William Browne, George Browne, Richard Julian & others upon the Seaventeenth day of July Anno Dom 1691
| Imp: His purse & apparell | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| It In the house two tables one Cubberd a land settle 3 chaires 4 buffet Stooles | |||
| Fire iron & Rackings & such like | 2 | 00 | 0 |
| It In the best parlour one bedsted with furniture to it one table 4 Stooles | |||
| 4 Chaires a livery Cubberd & a presse Cubberd 4 Chushions | 5 | 00 | 0 |
| It In the other parlour one bedsted with furniture to itt a presse one Chest | |||
| & a coffer and halfe a dozen cushions | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| It In the best Chamber one bedsted & furniture to itt 3 Chests & two Chaires | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| It In the little Chamber two beds & bedding 2 coffers & other lumber | 2 | 00 | 0 |
| It In the Store Chamber Corne & malt cheese & bacon & wool | 5 | 00 | 0 |
| It In the Dairy 7 panns of brasse & 2 brasse potts Eleven pewter 2 flaggons | |||
| & other small pewter | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| It In the kitching one Lead one Cheese presse brewing vessel six barrels 5 peales | |||
| & other utensils for housekeeping | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| It Carts & cart geares ploughs & plow geares & harrows | 8 | 00 | 0 |
| It fence trees & fould trees sheep cribs, ladders & wood plow timber swine | |||
| troughs & other Implements for husbandry | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| It three mares & foales 2 barren mares one Gelding 2 colts 1 filley | 35 | 00 | 0 |
| It 6 cows 6 heifers 3 Calves | 20 | 00 | 0 |
| It 4 swine hoggs | 02 | 10 | 0 |
| It Hay and Corne growing upon the ground | 40 | 00 | 0 |
| It for the manure upon the Clods & plowing | 10 | 00 | 0 |
| And Lastly all things seen & unseen & forgotten | 01 | 00 | 0 |
| 163 | 10 | 0 |
William Browne
George Browne
William Simson
Bond, bound John Smith yeoman of Nether Broughton Henry Brown [sic] yeoman of Nether Broughton 7 September 1691, condition bound John and Henry Smith to execute last will of Henry Smith their father late of Nether Broughton
Signum Johis Smith Henry Smith