James Whittle of Stathern 1726 Will and Inventory

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives, Leicestershire Wills and Probate Records 1726

In the Name of God Amen I James Whittle of Stathern in the County of Leicester Husbandman, being weak in Body but of sound & perfect mind & memory, Praise be therefore given to Almighty God, do make and ordain this my present last Will and Testament in Manner and Form following (that is to say)

First and principally I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God hoping through the Merits, Death, and Passion of My savour Jesus Christ to have full and free Pardon and Forgiveness of all my Sins and to inherit Everlasting Life And my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named

And as touching the disposition of all Such Temporal Estate as it hath please Almighty God to bestow upon me, I give and dispose thereof as followeth

First, I will, that my Debts and Funeral Charges be paid & discharged

I give to my Son Francis Whittle five Shillings

Item, I give to my Son Robert Whittle Twenty Pounds, ten Pounds of it to be paid him within one year after my Decease, and the other ten Pounds when he attains the Age of twenty one years, also I give to my Said Son Robert two large Pewter Dishes, and one Bed

Item, I give to my Son James Whittle the Sum of fifteen Pounds, five of it to be paid when he attains the Age of fourteen years, and the other ten to be paid when he attains the age of twenty one years

Item, I give to my Son John Whittle the Sum of fifteen Pounds, five of it to be paid when he is fourteen years old, and the other ten pounds when he attains the Age of Twenty one years

Item, I give to my Son Richard Whittle the Sum of fifteen Pounds, five of it to be paid when he attains the Age of fourteen years, and the other ten when he attains the Age of twenty one years

All the rest and residue of my Personal Estate Goods & Chattels whatsoever I do give & bequeath to Elizabeth my dear & loving Wife, full and Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament

And I chuse and desire Francis Sumner and William Parnam Junior both of Stathern to be Guardians of my Children to see that they have what I give them

And I do hereby revoke, disannul and make void all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made

In Witness whereof I the Said James Whittle to this my last Will and Testament have set my Hand and Seal this thirteenth day of September in the year of our Lord God 1726

                                                                                                         James Whittle

Witness

John Goodwin

John Geeson

Richd Goodwyn

November the 3 1726

A true Inventory taken of the Goods Chattels and Cattel of James Whittle Late of Stathern Deceased as followeth

	£	s	d
Imprimis purse and Apparel	3	5	0
In the Chinny frogs & fire Irons & Hooks	0	10	0
In the House 2 tables 5 Chairs one Cubbard 2 Stools one Wanded Chair
one Buffitt form	1	1	0
In the Kitchin one Copper 3 tubs a Cheespress one Dresser	1	5	0
In the Best parlor tow Bedsteads 2 feather Beds one Wool Bed 5 Blankitts one
Coverlid 2 paire of Sheets 2 Bolsters one pillow 2 Chists 2 Boxes 2 Chairs one
Table one sett of Hangings one Warming pan	5	5	0
In the Little parlor one Beding one Chist & Arke	0	18	6
I the parlor Chamber one Chist of drawers one trunk two … of wooll and Chees	2	15	0
In the House Chamber 2 Barols one Leaven tubb and other Lumber	0	10	0
Four Brass potts two Brass pans five pewter dishes	1	15	0
Four Mares tow Geldings one Coltt	21	10	0
Six Cows two Heiffer three Calves	16	10	0
Four and twenty of sheep Eight Lambs	7	15	0
One sow and ten pigs 3 store pigs 2 feeding swine	5	5	0
Corn in the Barne	14	1	0
Beans upon the Hovell	13	10	0
Heay in the Barne and 3 Heay Reicks	10	5	0
One Waggon 2 Carts	9	18	0
Plows and plow Gears Harrows and Harrow Geares	1	0	6
5 Pair of Iron Gears …illhanks and Carte Sadles and Collars and 5 Ring Halters	1	6	8
Fold Fleacks	0	6	8
One strike and sack and 2 Leathern Bags	0	7	6
Hovels and Hovel Gears	0	18	6
Barley Ground 16 Acres att	16	0	0
Bean Ground 16 Acres att	4	5	0
All things unseen and forgotten	1	12	6
	141	15	10

Apprized by us Whose Hands are Hereunto set

Will Wiseman

Francis Sumner

Joseph Westby

John Goodwin

Probate 13 December 1726