George Wood of Stathern 1627 Will and Inventory

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives, Leicestershire Wills and Probate Records 1627

In the name of god Amen The fifteenth daie of November in the yeare of our Lord god one Thousand sixe hundred twentie and seaven I George Wood of Stathorne in the Countie of Leicester gent weake in bodie but otherwise of good and perfecte memorie (thanks bee to god therefore) doe ordaine and make this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following

First I bequeath my soule into the handes of Allmightie god my Creator trusting to bee saved onely by the merites of Christ Jesus and my bodie to be buried in the Church of Statherne aforesaid

Item I give unto Magdalin Wood my wife my farme with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging

Item I give unto her all my horses Cattell and sheepe

Item I give unto my daughter Dale three poundes of good and lawfull money of England in full satisfaction of her filiall or Childes part or portion

Item I give towards the Church of Stathorne for the Repairing of it thirteene shillings foure pence

Item I give unto my Grandson Charles Dale a hundreth poundes of Lawfull money of England if so bee that his mother die without any other Issue the which said summe of a hundred poundes aforesaid my will is that it be paid unto him the said Charles by the Executor or Executors of the last will and Testament of my wife Magdalin, or of her Administrator or Administrators out of my goods and Chattells within a twelve moneth after her decease But yf it shall please god to send my daughter Dale any other Issue of her bodie lawfully begotten then this my last will and Testament is that the hundred poundes above named shall be paide at the time before specified by equall portions unto the Issue male or female of my daughter Dale which are as yet unborne And that notwithstanding my former bequest in this my last will and testament, her sonne Charles Dale shall have no part or portion thereof

The Residue of my goods not bequeathed nor given (my debts Legacies and funeral expences discharged and paide) I give unto Magdalin Wood my wife whom I make sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament in witnesse whereof I have heareunto set my marke and seale the daie and yeare above written

                                                                                                         George Wood his marke

Witnesses of the reading and publishing of this will

Roger Derham

James Brough

Richard Basse [?]

Roger Willson

PR/I/32c

A true and perfect Inventorie of all the goods and Chattells moveable and unmoveable of George Wood late of Stathern in the Countie of Leicester Gent deceased Prized the third daie of December 1627 by Ambrose Greenewood Martin Nuttall Nicholas Barnes and William Caunt as followeth

In the Hall
Imprimis his purse and Apparrell	6 li 13s 4d
Item one Cubboarde two tables foure Chaires two buffett stooles with the settles about the
tables	40s
Item a Landiron a gallowtree Reckin hookes tosting Irons a paire of Tongs and a fireshovell	13s 4
Item one Cubboard in the Chimney corner tinne bottels and drinking glasses with other kindes
of glasses	8s 6d
Item two Carpetts and a Cubboard Cloth for the hall	10s
In the new Parlour
Item one field bed a Canopie bed one Cushion chaire two Cushion stooles and halfe a dozen of
Cushions	4 li
Item one Cubboard and one table	20s
Item one Landiron a fireshovell and a paire of tongs & a warming panne	26s
Item Bookes	2s
Item a feather bed and Rugg two boulsters three blanckitts two downe pillowes one
mattrisse and a matte	3 li 10s
Item a Carpitt cloth a Cubboard cloth and Curtins	7s
In the dyning Parlour
Item 2 tables 2 Carpitt cloathes & one fourme	14s
Item two Cushion stooles and a dozen of Cushions	12s 8d
Item the Virginalls and a wicker Chaire	20s
Item one Bed 2 feather beds two boulsters feather pillowes 3 blanckitts and a trundle bed	3 li 13s 4d
In the Inner Parlour
Item 4 trunkes 2 boxes and a close stoole	20s
In another little parlour next the hall
Item one feather bed a bolster two blanckitts & a Rugg	54s 4d
In the maides chamber
Item one bedsteade and a bed	26s 8d
Item one side saddle with the furniture belonging to it	26s 8d
Item one woollen wheele and foure Linnen wheeles	26s 8d
In the new building
Item the vallance Curtaines and a Coverlet	14s
Item fine Linnen	8 li 13s
Item sixe paire of hempin midlin & hardin sheetes	25s
Item a paire of pillowbeares 4 flaxen towells hardin Towells and one Table cloth	8s
In the folkes chamber
Item two bedsteads with furniture belonging unto them	25s
In the fore chamber
Item Beese all the Butter and cheese with other provision	4 li 6s 8d
In the chamber over the hall
Item Corne one Trie and other implements	46s 8d
It Beese in another Chamber	16s
In the Celler
Item one hoggsheade 6 Barrells a powdring trough with a Cover to it	20s
Item all the Brasse a lead and a paire of Quernes	3 li 6s 8d
Item all the Pewter	34s
Item a Mashfatte brewing vessell and woodin ware	3 li 13s
Item wooll and woollen yarne flaxe and flaxen yarne	20s
Item smoothing Irons and setting stickes and other implements	3s 10d
Item all the Coales	40s
Item all the horned beastes	50 li
Item all the horses & mares old & young	20 li
Item six score sheepe	34 li
Item niene swine	53s
Item 10 Turkeies 3 geese duckes and all the pullen	45s
Item all the Corne & haie in the yard and in the barne	60 li
Item the wheate that is sowne with the barlie fallowes	19 li
Item Cartes and Cartgaires ploughes and plowghgaires hoveles Rackes Mangers plannchers
harrowes Cratches fleakes foure Traies pales a waine yokes teams and a boarefranke swine
troughes with all offal wood about the yard	10 li 10s
The total summe is	cclviii li iis viiid

Probate 31 March 1628