Amos Quenby of Ab Kettleby 1721 Will

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives, Leicestershire Wills and Probate Records 1721

In the name of God Amen the Twenty Eight day of December 1721 According to the computation of the Church of England I Amos Quenby of Ab Ketleby in the county of Leicester yeoman Being of perfect memory and Remembrance praised be god Doe Make and ordaine this my Last will and Testament in manner and forme following

First I Bequeath my soule in to the hands of Allmighty God my maker hopeing that through the Meritorious death and passion of Jesus Christ my only saviour and Redeemer to Receive free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and as for my body to be Buried in Christian buriall at the discretion of my Executors here after Nominated

Item I give unto my Daughter Sarah fore pound and one broad brink pan and a Litle table a dusson of napkins and a table cloth one tester bedsted and one fether bed and bolster two pillowes a paire of sheets two blankits one covering for the bed two puter dishes to be paid within twelve Months after my decease

Item I give unto my Daughter Ann the sume of ten pound and one pot pan and two brass candlesticks to be paid within twelve months after my decease

Item I give unto my son Amos five pound to be paid within twelve months after my decease

Item I give unto my Daughter Mary the sume of ten pounds to be paid to her at the age of one and twenty years

Item I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth the sume of ten pounds to be paid to her at the age of one and Twenty years

Item my will is that the Legacies which I have given shall be paide out of my cloas the Lyes in Hollwell Lord ship

Item I give unto my son William one cloas Lying within the Liberties of Ab Ketleby and one cottage house with all appurtinances thereunto belonging being in Ab Ketleby at the decease of Sarah my wife

All the rest of my good and chattels and parsonell estate whatsoever I give unto Sarah my wife and to my son William upon condetion that they pay all my debts and Legacies and funerall charges and make them my sole Executors of this my Last will and testament and utterly revocke all former wills that hath been by me made in wittness where of I here unto have set my hand and seale

                                                                                                         Amos Quenby

In the presence of

The mark of Amos Twogood

The mark of Thomas Michell

Tho Adcock

Probate 27 February 1721/2