John Hopkinson of Stathern 1586 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1586/73
In the name of god amen the xxii day of December & in the year of our lord god 1581 I Jhon Hopkynson of Stathern beyng sycke in body but of good & perfecte rememberans thanks be to god doe make & ordayne this my last wyll & testament in maner & forme following
Fyrste & beqethe my soule to allmyghtye god & my bodye to be buried in the churche yerd of Staterne
It I gyve to the churche of Lyncoln iid
It I gyve to my wyf my best mare & my best cow
It I gyve to Edmund Barns my sonne in lawe a mare & a cow
It I gyve to Thomas Hopkynson my sonne the lease of the chawnterye & my … provided always yf my wyfe doe gyve & surrender after her decease the hows wherein we nowe dooe dwell to Thomas Hopkynson my soone then I wyll that Edmund Barns my sonne in lawe shall have the lease of the chawnterye
It I gyve to Thomas Hopkynson my sonne the calf of the Fyrste cowe that calveth & that calf to be rered & kept for hym untyll she be a cowe
It I gyve to every one of my other children vis viiid a peese
It I gyve to Richard Pachets wyf my best pote but one besyds her vi viiid
It I gyve to everye one of Edmunde Barns children & Richard Pachets children xiid a peese
It I gyve to everye one of Mathew Hopkynsons children iiiid a peese
It I gyve to everye one of my god children iiiid a peese
All the reste of my goods not bequethed I dooe gyve & bequethe to mye wyfe Edmund Barns & Thomas Hopkynson my sonne
It I doe make my wyfe the executor of this my last wyll & testament
It I wyll that they agreynge all well together shall not parte hows
Thes beyng wytnesses
Henry Hawtrey
Thomas Wyllson
James Duglas
PR/I/8/98
The Inventorie of all the goods and cattle of John Hopkinsonne in the towne of Stathorne in the countie of Leicester latlie deceased taken and praised by Thomas … John Dicksonne Hewe Glene and Johne Parnam
| Imprimis his pursse | vid |
| Ite his raiment | vis viiid |
| Ite one featherbed and a boulster | xiiis iiiid |
| Ite 3 oulde bedsteads | iiis iiiid |
| Ite 3 ould arkes | iiis |
| Ite one ould ombre | iiiis |
| Ite 8 peeces of pewter | viiis |
| Ite 5 brasse pots and a pane | xviis |
| Ite one friinge pane and two candlestiks | is |
| Ite two tables a forme a cheare and the hangings of the haule | xxis |
| Ite one pare querns | vis viiid |
| Ite one leade | vis |
| Ite one mashfat iii … one drie tube | ixs |
| Ite 8 sawne bordes | iiis iiiid |
| Ite the waine and waine geares | xxs |
| Ite the plowe and plowe geares | vis viiid |
| Ite one hovell with the woode about it | xiiis iiiid |
| Ite one grindlestone | xxd |
| Ite one oxe harrowe and twoe horse harrowes | xiis |
| Ite one yoke of oxen | v l |
| Ite one cowe | xxs |
| Ite one mare | xxvis viiid |
| Ite the … …harde and the … | iiis iiiid |
| Summa totalis xv l is vid |
Probate 4 November 1586