Thomas Welby of Scalford 1671 Will and Inventory

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1671/31

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

First I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God hoping to bee saved onely by the merits & mediation of his Son Jesus xt my body I bequeath unto the earth from whence it was taken decently to bee interr’d at the discretion of my Executrix hoping for a joyfull resurrection at the coming of our Ld Jesus xt

And for that worldly estate wch God hath lent mee I dispose of it as followeth

First I give unto my Loving wife Alice Welby the house I live in with the appurtenances, & also half the land I have in the fields of Scalford during the terme of her natural life, the other halfe of the land I give to my eldest Son desiring his mother he may live with her till hee come to age or bee put to some trade, & if hee bee willing to take a trade then that money bee raised out of the rent of his part of the land to that purpose

The house & land I also give him after my wifes decease according to a settlement that was made thereof on marriage

Also my will is That my eldest son Thomas Welbe after hee cometh to the age of one & twenty yeares shall pay unto his sister Elizabeth five pounds of Current English money if shee bee then living; or else let her enjoy his part of the land for three yeares next ensuing

Also I give unto my second son Willm the close I bought of Willm Chesterton, to him & his heires for ever, my sister being first satisfyed the debt shee hath upon it

Also I acknowledge my selfe to owe unto my eldest daughter Mary five pounds wch her Aunt Anne gave her, & my will is that it bee payed her

And doe further give her ten pounds more when shee come to the age of one & twenty yeares

Also my will is that the other five pounds shalbee improved what it may bee for her of after the day of my decease

Also I give unto my youngest daughter Elizabeth five pounds to bee payed when shee comes to the age of one & twenty yeares beside the other five pounds I have appointed my son to pay her

All the rest of my goods chattells & cattels bills bonds debts dues and demands whatever (my debts being payed & funerall chardges deducted) I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Alice Welby whom I make sole Executrix of this my last will & testament

Signed sealed & published the nine & twentieth day of December 1670

                                                                                                                Thomas Welby his marke

Witnesses

Willm Coles

Prudence Blague her marke

Probate 11 April 1671

PR/I/71/48

A true & perfect Inventory of all the goods chattels & cattels of wch Thomas Welbye late of Scalford in the Countye of Leister died seized taken by John Marshall & Stephen Awood of the same yeomen January the 16^th 1670

	£	s	d
Imp: His purse & wearing apparell	2	0	0
In the Hall
One table, 2 forms, 3 chaires with a little falling table	1	0	0
The irons in the chimney	0	3	4
Ten pewter dishes 2 pewter flaggons two pewter candlesticks	0	15	0
In the parlour
One trusse bedstead, one other bedstead two mattrices two blankets two
coverlids with bowlster & pillows	1	10	0
One cupboard two coffers one presse	1	3	4
Sixe paire of sheets, two tablecloths halfe a dozen napkins	1	3	4
In the chamber
One bedstead with a mattrice & other bedding	0	10	0
In the Kitchin
Three brasse pans one brasse pott three tubbs, two pailes	2	0	0
In the buttrey
Tow little barrels & a churne & cheese presse	0	6	8
In the barne
Barley	3	0	0
In the yard
Two horses	5	0	0
Three milch bease	5	0	0
Two swine	0	13	4
Cart & cartgeares plow & plowgeares two harrows with some plow timber	2	0	0
A hovell of pease & wheate	1	10	0
Hey	1	0	0
Thirty sheepe	6	0	0
Hey in the field	1	0	0
Things forgotten or unamed	0	10	0
Sum	36	5	0

John Marshall

Stephen Awood