John Nyd of Harby 1538 Will and Inventory

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1538/60

About six words are missing almost all the way down the right-hand side of this will, reducing in the last seven lines.  It has been transcribed as it is laid out on the page.

In the nam off god amen The xvi day of Marche And In the yer of owr

I Jhon Nyd husbandman dwelling In Hardeby In the Counte of Lest make

forme foloyng Fyrst I beqwethe my soll to god & to … mother marye And to all

to beried In the chyerche yard of My lade In Hardeby Also I beqwethe for my

Also I beqwethe to the hey Auter of My lade In Hardeby for thythyngs & oblacions

Lyngcoln iiiid Also the the chyrche of Hardeby iiis iiiid Also I beqwethe … And

the day of my buryall Also I beqwethe to all … xs And A cott clothe of

my Wyen & my plowe & all the gerys that longs to theym & a … blake mare

… Also I beqwethe to Alexander Caunt a newe & a lame Also to A… Caunt a heff

a pott & a pane a materes a peyr of schyetts a pentyd harke & a lytyll harke Also to

Weytt & ii stryks of malte a mare & a gellen Also to Jhon Weytt on stryke of Wyet

Also I beqwethe to Rychard Smyethe on quarter of mault And he Will be

yf he … or make any treubull or … my executors I charge they

of my goods Also I Wyll that … of weytt and mault that … … …

Also I beqwethe on trantaull of messe … & deryge to be sed for me & my

Resydue of all my guds not gyffen nor beqwest I beqwethe to Sir Thomas Bayle

… I … ordyn to be my full executris they to bring me to the ground & to fulfyll

my detts and ether of theym to have for hys labur ii sylver sponns Also I make Jhon

Superviser of thys my last Wyll & he to have for hys labur iiis iiiid Also I wyll that the

of my guds be devidyd at sight of my executris … the superviser of my Wyll As they thynke

for the helthe of my soll

Theys beyng Wyettnes Sir Thomas Bayle curat James Tyllysley Jhon … Henrye D… Wythe hothers Thys hys the Inventory of the goods of Jhon Nyd of Harby mayd The xii day of May the yer of ower lord god mccccc & xxxviii praysyd by Robert Dobylldey James Tylsley John … Wyllm Day … Rychard Watson of the towne of Harby

Inprimis viii akers of whet	xxvis viiid
Itm viii akers of Barley	xxis iiiid
It x akers of peys	xxs
It iiii bulloks	iii li
It iiii ky	xvs
It a yerlyng caufe & iii Reyryng caufs	xs
It ix sheppe	xvs
It iii marys & a stage & ii yerlyng follys	xxvis viiid
It vii store swyne & iii … …	viiis
It vii hennys & a coke & iiii duks	xviiid
It vi …	vis
It a weyn & a plow & all the geyrs that longs to them	xiiis iiiid
It a hovell tymber & the … & a ladder iii harrowys & a steppfat & a peyre of quarnnys	viiis
It all manner of housholde stufe	xxiis
Sum tolis	xiiii li iiiis