Thomas Mason of Eastwell 1578 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1578/75
In the name of god amen the xxi day of Februarye & in the yere of owr lord god 1578 I Thomas Mason of Estwell in the County of Leycester husbandman beyng sicke in body but of good & perfecte rememberance thanks be to god doe make & ordayne this my last wyll & testament in maner & form folowyng
First I bequeth my soul to allmyghty god & my body to be buryed in christen buriall
It I doe gyve to the church of Lyncoln iid
It I doe gyve to John Mason my sonne xxxti shepe the on halfe ewes & the other whethers ii steers ii by a stone cott on yran bownd weene a great spite ii candellstyks ii great platters a bedsted with a mattrys ii blankets ii coverlets ii payre of shetts the on payre flaxen & the other payre harden half an aker of rye the lease of a close called cobs close
It I gyve Wyllm my sonne xxxti shepe the on half ewes & the other half whethers on yron gray mare ii kye iii yerlyng calves half an aker of rye a bed with a mattrys ii blankets ii coverlets ii payre of shetts the on payre flaxen & the other payre harden a great pane the lease of a close called the fyve lees
It I gyve to my wyfe & to my two sonnes all my ween tymber & plowe tymber equally to be devyded amongst them
It I gyve to my dawghter Grace Mason my eldest dawghter xii li
It I gyve to Jane Mason my yonger dawghter xviii li
It I will that yf any of my children doe dye & departe this lyfe before they cume to ther full & parfyt aege then I will that his or ther parte shall equally be devided amongst the rest
It I will that Willm Hethe clerk parson of Estwell shall have the government & the bryngynge up of Willm Mason my sonne & his parte
It I will that Gabriell Bryan my brother in lawe shall have the government & the bryngynge up of Jhon Mason my sonn & his part
It I will that my wyfe shall have the government & the bryngynge up of my two dawghters & ther parts
All the rest of my goods not bequethed I doe gyve & bequeth to my wyf whom I do make the executrix of this my last will & testament
It I doe mak Willm Hethe clerk & Gabriell Bryan my over sears of this my last will & testament
A trewe Inventorye Indented taken of all the goods Cattels apparrell howseholde stuffe money and chattalls wiche late were of Thomas Masons of Estwell in the countye of Lecester late decessed vewed and prised by Henrye Hawtrey Nicholas Perpoynt Richard Picke and Thomas Lord the Second daie of Marche in the xxxth yeare of the raigne of oure Soveraigne ladie Elizabeth by the grace of God of England France and Ireland quene defender of the faithe etc To wete
| In the hall | |
| Item an tabell ii formes i cheare and iiii stoles with an … cupbord | viis iiiid |
| It i great pan ii littell pans i kettell and ii skellets | xliiis iiiid |
| Itm iiii brasse pottes i brassene morter and a pestell | xviiis vid |
| Itm to candellstickes vii platters and ii chaffing dishes | xviis |
| Itm viii pewter dishes vii Sawcers and ii poddingers [sic] | viis iid |
| Itm vi quisshins | vis viiid |
| Suma | vi li iid |
| In the parler | |
| Itm his purse | iiis iiiid |
| Itm his apparell | xxs |
| Itm vii coverlidds iii blankets & ii matrisses | xls |
| Ite ii bolsters and iiii pillowes | vis viiid |
| It vii paire of flaxen shetes, vi paire of hempen shetes & vii paire of harden shetes | iiii li xs |
| Itm iiii tabelclothes | ixs iiiid |
| Itm v towells and ix tabell napkins | xs |
| Itm vi pillowe beares | vis |
| Itm iiii bedsteads | iiiis |
| Item iiii coffers | xs |
| Itm paynted clothes | iiis iiiid |
| Suma | x li iis viiid |
| In the kytchyn | |
| Itm a lead | vs |
| Itm the fyre Iron pot hooke brand Irons grydirons tonges fyre shovel & fryepans | vs |
| Itm iii spytes and 8 cobyron | iiiis |
| Itm viii baken Flyckes | xxs |
| Itm cobbes lomes and kyttes with other wodden vessell | xiii iiiid |
| Sum | xlviis iiiid |
| Cattell | |
| Itm i yoke of oxen | vli vis viiid |
| Itm i … gelldynge | xlvis viiid |
| Itm i gray mare | liiis iiiid |
| Itm i bay fyllye | xxxiiis iiiid |
| Itm i bay mare | xxvis viiid |
| Itm ii … coltte | iiii li |
| Itm i brended cowe with a calfe | xlliiis iiiid |
| Itm i blacke cow with a calfe | xxxiiis iiiid |
| Itm i oulde brended cowe with calve | xls |
| Itm i … hedded cowe with calve | xxxiiis iiiid |
| It i blacke heyther with calve | xxxs |
| Itm i red quye with calve | xxs |
| Itm ii red steares | xls |
| Itm iiii yearlynge calves | xls |
| Suma | xxxv li iiis iiiid |
| Shepe | |
| Itm … of the beste wethers | vi li |
| Itm x other wether shepe | xliiis iiiid |
| Itm xxxiiii yees | xi li xviiis |
| Itm xxiiity hogges and … | v li |
| Suma | xxv li xvid |
| Corne | |
| Itm xx stryke of Rye | xxxiiis iiiid |
| Itm v quarter of barley | ls |
| Itm ii quarter of oates | xs |
| Itm ii quarter and a halfe of pease | xiiis iiiid |
| Itm … quarter and a halfe of maulte | xvs |
| Itm ix acare of Tye in the field | vi li |
| Itm hay | iii li |
| Sum | xv li xxd |
| In the yarde | |
| Itm ii Ironbound waines | iii li xviiis iiiid |
| Itm ii Iron harrowes | vis viiid |
| Itm ii woodden harrowes | xiid |
| Itm hovell haires ladders pales and wood in the yarde | xls |
| Itm plowe and plowe gaires yokes … culters and shaws | xiiis iiiid |
| Itm plowe tymber and apelltries | xls |
| Itm xv bordes | vs |
| Itm vi hyves | xvis |
| Itm xix olde shepe fleakes | vs |
| Itm vi Swyne | xxiiiis |
| Itm geese and pullyn | iiiis |
| Sum | xi li xiiis iiiid |
| Itm i acxe i hatchet ii Sythes and iiii pycheforkes | iiis iiiid |
| Itm certayne yarne with towe | vis viiid |
| Itm ii wyndoecloethes iii … with syves and scuttell | vs |
| Sum | xvs |
| Chattell | |
| Itm the lease of his howse | vi li xiiis iiiid |
| Itm ii other leases of ii lyttell closes | vii li |
| Sum | xiii li xiiis iiiid |
Sum tolis of all the said goods Impellments apparell Chattall and other thynges above mencyoned amountethe to
csviii li xviiis iid
Probate 9 April 1578