Thomas Stevenson of Scalford 1671 Will and Inventory

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1671/112

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Stevenson of Scalford in the Countye of Leister being weak of body but of perfect memory & understanding (praised be God therefore) doe make & ordaine this my last will & testament in maner & forme following

First I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God hoping for salvation onely by the merits of his Son Jesus xt

My body I bequeath unto the earth of which it is made decently to bee interred at the discretion of my executor hoping for a joyfull resurrection at the last day

And for that worldly estate which god hath lent mee I dispose of it as followeth

First I give & bequeath unto my eldest son Willm Stevenson & his heires for ever the house homestead with the appurtenances that I now live in, together with all the land I have in the fields of Scalford, & the Cottage house in the occupation of Christopher Blower with the appurtenances all which were given mee by my father together with the Land I purchased of Thomas Moore, I Say I give it all to my eldest son Willm under the conditions hereafter mentioned viz

My will is that five pounds a yeare shalbee payed out of the land into the hands of my loving Brother in Law Stephen Awood, & my Cousin Thomas Francke the younger of Quenyborough towards the raising of a portion for my youngest son & this to bee payed yearly till my eldest son accomplish the age of one & twenty yeares and after that the Cottage abovementioned with the land was purchased of Mr Darker shall remaine in the hands of my abovenamed Friends Stephen Awood & Thomas Franck as feoffees in trust to be … for ten yeares more for the benefit of my youngest son, unlesse his elder brother thinke good to pay him fouer score pounds in ready money which my desire is that he would doe towards the bettering of his portion, & in case the abovenamed five pounds a year bee not payed my will is the above named feoffees shall enter upon all or any part of the land & make up of it to the above named purpose

Item I give unto my daughter Alice one hundred pounds of Current money to bee payed when shee accomplish the age of one twenty yeares & in case shee dye before her portion to come to the youngest of my sons and in case hee dye before hee come to that age half of his portion come to her

Also I give unto her one halfe of all my household goods whatever, being divided by my abovenamed friends

The other halfe I give unto my Loving wife, & power to chuse which part shee please after the division

Also my will is that my children continue with their mother during her widdowhood, but in case shee shall marry againe my will is That my children with the … & portions which I have sett them shall come into the hands of my Loving Friends above named or if they rather chuse to live with their mother That then those friends of mine shall have bond given them to secure the paiment of my childrens portions such as shalbe sufficient

Also I give twenty shillings to the poore of Scalford

All the reste of my goods bills bonds debts corne graine cattell or whatever the same shalbe I give & bequeath the same unto my Loving wife Anne Stevenson whom I make sole Executrix of this my Last will & testament sealed & published the thirteenth day of October in the yeare of our Ld xt 1671

                                                                                                                The marke of Thomas Stevenson

In the presence of

Willm Coles

James Gibson

Memdum: The line interlined in these words [And in case hee dye before hee come to that age half of his portion shall come to her] was declared to be his will as the rest

Probate 29 November 1671

PR/I/71/164

A true & perfect Inventory of all the goods credits & chattels of which Thomas Stevenson late of Scalford died seized taken November the 23th 1671 by Thomas Page Gentl: and Willm Franke husbandman of Scalford

Imp: his purse & wearing apparel	4	0	0
In the hall
Two tables, sixe joyned stooles, three chaires, tow formes, one cupboard,
the fire irons with other odd things	0	5	0
Ten pewter dishes small & great, two chamber pots, one flagon, one candlestike
one salt, one cup	1	0	0
In the upper parlour
One table one joyned forme, two chests one coffer, one chaire two blankets
& one coverlid	1	10	0
In the neither [sic] parlour
One trusse bed with a mattrice one bowlster one feather pillow two blankets
one coverlid with two curtaines & valances	1	3	4
One other bedsted a mattrice one flock bowster one feather pillow
2 blankets one coverlid	0	15	0
One chest	0	5	0
Ten paire of sheets, six pillow beares one dozen of napkins two tablecloths
one towel	2	13	4
in the buttery
Sixe barrells	0	12	0
In the dairy
One churne one salting truncke one cheese presse one wooden boole with other
milke vessels	0	10	0
In the Kitchin
One dresser, one mashfatt one … fatt, three tubbs 3 pailes, one Kimnell with
other odd things	1	0	0
One brewing lead 2 brasse potts & sixe brasse pans great & small	2	10	0
In the chamber over the Kitchin
One bedstead with the bedding	0	10	0
In the yard
Two stoned horses, three Mares, 3 staggs two foales	30	0	0
Nine Milch bease one heifer one yeare old calfe	20	10	0
One sow two shoats 3 smaller piggs	2	0	0
Carts & cart geares, plow & plow geares and plow timber harrows & other
materialls for husbandry	12	0	0
The cropp of corne & hay	50	0	0
In the Field
Fivescore sheepe	20	0	0
Sum:	151	3	8

Tho Page

The marke of Willm Francke

Administrations 1671/78

Bond, bound Anne Stephenson widow of Scalford and Stephen Auwood yeoman of Scalford 9 November 1671, condition bound Anne Stephenson relict and executrix of Thomas Stephenson yeoman of Scalford to bring up and educate Alice Stephenson and pay her legacy when it becomes due

                                                                                                                Signum Anna Stephenson

                                                                                                                Stephen Awood