Held at: | National Library of |
Reference: | BR/1651/54 |
Source: | Photocopy of original documents |
Title: | Probate Collection; Will and documents for Henry Thomas Parry |
Place name: | St Margarets |
Date: | 1651 |
Description:
Documents
1 Will: nd.
Beneficiaries:
To wife Margery Parry, his dwelling house together with all household stuff to do with as she pleases. In addition all corn now growing upon the common as well all his eleven head of cattle , the pig, the gander and 2 geese and all the corn both threshed and unthreshed, the hay and the fodder.
Executrix: wife, Margery Parry.
Marked by testator
Witnesses: Richard Mathews, William Griffitt and Richard Laude
Probate date: 26 March 1650/51 [this is how the date is shown on the coversheet, but the Commissioner Powell, on the probate endorsement has dated it 26 March 1650, an error surely as the 26th would be the first day of the new year 1651].
2. Inventory: dated
Observations:
The documents include a bond dated
.
His inventory is reproduced with modern spelling
Inventory
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| £ | s | d |
| Imprimis his apparel | xs |
| 10 |
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| It five kine | xli | 10 |
|
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| It three bullocks of [?] year old | iiijli | 4 |
|
|
| It one heifer of the on[one?] age | xiijs 4d |
| 13 | 4 |
| It xx[20] bushels of rye | ijli xiijs 4d | 2 | 13 | 4 |
| It fifteen bushels of oats | xxs | 1 |
|
|
| It two acres of rye | xxs | 1 |
|
|
| It two brass pots and one kettle | xxxs | 1 | 10 |
|
| It one bed with the appurtenances | xxxs | 1 | 10 |
|
| It six pieces of pewter | 8s |
| 8 |
|
| It six coffers | xs |
| 10 |
|
| It all Implements of husbandry | xs |
| 10 |
|
|
|
| [£24 | 4 | 8d] |
Summa xxiiijli 4s 8d
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