William Palmer of Ab Kettleby 1697 Will and Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives 1697
In the Name of God Amen I William Palmer of Ab Kettleby in the County of Leicester yeoman being in good health and of sound & perfect memory & understanding I blesse god therefore do make & ordayn this my Last will & testament in manner & forme as followeth
First I do truly & willingly resign & yield up my soule into the hands of Almighty God my most mercifull & loveing father hopeing to receive everlasting life and Salvation by & though the alone & alsufficient meritts & satisfaction of Christ Jesus my most blessed Lord and Saviour
My body I comitt to the Earth whence it came to be decently buried at the discretion of Elizabeth my dear & loveing wife & my Executrix herein after named
And concerning my temporall estate & Goods I dispose as followeth
First I give & devise to the said Elizabeth my wife All that my Cottage house or Tenement with one Cow Pasture & … sheep Comons & all other the appurtenances thereunto belonging scituate & being within the Town fields & libertyes of Ab Kettleby aforeaid & now being in my occupation & by me bought & purchased of Thomas March & Mary his wife To hold to her & her assignes for & dureing the Term of her naturall life
And from & Immediately after her decease Then I give & devise the said Cottage house or Tenement Comons Pasture sheep Comons & all and singular other the said premises with their appurtenances & … hereof unto my Cousin Amos Quenby my said wives Nephew & to his heires and assignes for ever
Also I give to my brother Richard Palmer the Legacy or Sum of Ten shillinges & to every one of his children that shalbe living at my Decease Twelve pence
Also I give to my brother John Palmer if he be living at my desease twelve pence
And to my Nephew John Palmer the son of my brother George Palmer Deced the Legacy of Twenty shillings
All which Legacyes my will is shalbe pd by my Executrix out of my personall estate within Six monthes next after my decease
And all the residue of my Goods Creditts Cattle Chatells and personall estate whatsoever (my debts & legacys aforesaid being first paid and satisfied & funerall Discharged) I give & bequeath to my said Dear & loveing wife Elizabeth whom I do ordayn & appoint sole & full Executrix of this my Last will & testament
And I do hereby revoke & Disanull all former willes
And in testimony of the trueth of this my last will & Testament I the said William Palmer have hereunto put my hand & Seale Dated the One & twentieth day of June in the Second year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord & Lady King William & Queen Mary of England Scotland France & Ireland Defender of the Faith &c Ano Dni 1690
The marke of Wm Palmer
Signed sealed & published by the said Willm Palmer as his last will and testament in the presence of us who did attest the same in the said Testator’s presence
Henry Haynes
John Moore
Geo: Ellyott
PR/I/102
December 17th 1697
A True and perfect Inventory of the Goods, Cattel and Chattells of William Palmer of Ab Kettleby in the County of Leicester Yeoman lately deceased as it was taken by us whose names are subscribed
| £ | s | d | |
| Imprimis In the House A Cupboard & Pewter &c | 01 | 00 | 00 |
| Item In the Kitchin Brass, Tubbs, and Barrells | 00 | 15 | 00 |
| Ite In the Chamber Bedding & Other furniture | 03 | 05 | 00 |
| Ite For Seaven Beasts and a Foale | 16 | 00 | 00 |
| Ite For Sixteen Sheep, A Sow and Piggs | 04 | 16 | 00 |
| Ite For Corn Malt & Part of the Pease Stack | 15 | 00 | 00 |
| Ite Debts Sperate & Desperate | 10 | 00 | 0 |
| Ite Goods seen & unseen | 01 | 00 | 00 |
| Ite His wearing Cloaths, Purse, & other Apparell | 05 | 00 | 00 |
| Summ: total | 56 | 16 | 00 |
John Moore Sen:
John Moore Jun:
Probate 4 January 1697/8