Thomas Brown of Eaton 1559 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives, Leicestershire Wills and Probate Records 1559
In the name of god Amen the xxviii daie of Marche in the yer of our lorde god mdlix I Thomas Brown of Eaton in the countye of Leycester husbandman beying hole of mynde And of perfytte memorye makythe And ordenythe thys my testament & last wyll in maner and fourme as hereafter follythe
Fyrst and pryncipally I gyve my soull unto almyghety god to the intercessyon of the vyrgyn Marye and to all the sanctes in heaven and my boddye to be buryed in the cheurche yarde of sancte guthelake of Eaton afforesayde
Also I gyve to the cheurche of Eaton vid
Also I gyve to the mother cheurche of Lyncolne iid
Also I gyve to every towne cheurche that … nexte unto our feldes iiiid a pec
Also I gyve to every on of my iii dawghters iii li vis viiid a pece to be payd at the tyme of theyr maryges or when they come to yeres of dyscrecyon & to lawfull age
And if any of the sayd iii die before that tyme the parte of that oon shal reyamyn to the other ii
And yet they iii shall have theyr one shepe the which are known to be theyrs
Also I gyve to every of my brothers xpofers Brownes chyldern oon hew oon lam a pece
Also I gyve to Wyllm Key oon hoge shepe
The reysydew of my goodes unbequeythed I gyve to Elezabethe my wyffe whom I make my Full executrix to paye my deytts & to brynge me to the grownd by the onsyght of xpofer Browne my brother whom I make the supervysour & he shal have oon ryeland for his paynes taking
Wytnesse of thys my testament & last wyll Sr Thomas Walkar the vicar Wyllm Bealy & Wyllm Key with other moo
This is the tru Inventorye of the goodes of Thomas Brown of Eaton lately dyscessed preased by iiii honest men Stephen Bealy Alexander Grey Thomas Gervys the eldest & Wyllm Gervys
| Fyrst his Apparyll | vis viiid |
| Also all the shetts the coverlets oon mattes & other nappery warre | xiiis iiiid |
| Also ii lytyll brasse pottes ii lytyll pannes & the pewder | xiiis iiiid |
| Also ii Arkes oon Aumerbre oon table oon forme And other woddyn vessel | xs |
| Also ii oxen | xls |
| Also ii mares | xxs |
| Also ii kyne | xxvis viiid |
| Also iii yerelyng calffes | xxs |
| Also xx shepe | xlvis viiid |
| Also the swyne and the pullen in the yarde | vs |
| Also the weyne & the weyne gayres | xxs |
| Also the plowghe and the plowghe gayres withe the hovyll wode in the yarde | xiiis iiiid |
| Also the corne in the Feldes & in the towne | xls |
| Sum totals | xiii li xvs |