Will of JOHN BATE of HOUGH END , WITHINGTON. 1686.

Original will copyright Lancashire RO.

In the name of god Amen the eleventh day of Aprill Anno Dom 1686 And in the second yeare of the Raigne of our soveraigne Lord James the Second By the Grace of God of England Scotland ffrance And Ireland King defender of the faith. I John BATE of HOUGH END within Withington in the County of Lancaster yeoman beinge weake of Bodie But of sound and perfect Memorie thanks Bee to Almighty God And calling to remembrance the uncertaine Estate of this Transitory life and that All flesh Must yield unto Death when it shall please God to Call doe make constitute ordaine And declare This my Last Will and Testament In Manner and forme ffollowinge, Revokinge by theire presents All and Every Testament and testaments will And wills heretofore by mee made And declared Either by Word or Writinge And this is to bee Taken only ffor my Last Will and testament And none other.
And ffirst I Give and Committ my soule into the hands of Almightie God my Creator Trustinge And Assuredly beleivinge through the merritte of Jesus Christ my deare Redeemer to bee Eternally saved. And my bodie to the Earth ffrom whence it was Taken to bee buryed in such devout and Christian manner In the Church or Churchyard of Didsbury As to my Executor hereafter herein named Shall bee thought meet And convenient.
And now ffor the settlinge of my Temporall Estate And such goods Cattells and Chattells And Debts As it hath pleased god to bestowe upon mee I doe order give Devise bestowe And bequeath the same in Manner and forme ffollowinge. That is to say, ffirst I will that my Debts if any such bee At the tyme of my Decease , (?) my funerall Expences And the probate of my Will, shall bee well and truly Contented And paid out of my whole personall Estate within Convenient tyme after my Decease by my Executor hereafter herein named.
Item my will and Mind is And I Give And bequeath unto my sone in Law Aron HOLLINPREIST the summe of ffiftie pounds ffor the payment whereof I have Already Given him Security by Bond.
Item I Give And bequeath unto my Sone in Law Edward WORSLEY And Mary his wife the summe of Twenty five pounds.
Item I Give And bequeath unto my daughter Katherine ATHERTON widdowe the summe of Twenty five pounds.
Item I Give And bequeath unto my sone William BATE the summe of one hundred pounds of Lawfull Money of England.
Item ffor All the Rest Remainder And Residue of my Estate it is my will and mind And I give and bequeath the same to bee Equally Divided betweene my sone William Bate and Katherine Atherton my daughter part and part alike Provided Already(?) and nevertheless that the said Aron Hollinpreist, Edward Worsley, Katherine my daughter and my said sone William Bate doe well and truly pay unto mee yearly and every yeare duringe the terme of my naturall life the summe of twelve pounds In manner and forme ffollowinge That is to say the sume of three (five crossed out below) pounds At and upon the ffirst day of Jannuary, the like summe of three (five crossed out) pounds upon the twenty fifth day of March which said two payments Are At nett(?) in Arear And unpaid, The like sume of three(five crossed out) pounds upon the Twenty fourth day of June next ensueing the date hereof and the like sume of three (five crossed out) pounds upon the twenty ninth day of September.
And Alsoe the said Aron, Edward, Katherine and William payinge the said sume of twelve pounds one yeare after my decease upon the afforesaid dayes And (?) to my Executor hereafter herein named The same to bee paid ratably (?) and proportionably Amongst them Accordinge to the severall portions And legacies hereby Given and bequeathed unto them.
And it is my further will and mind And I doe hereby order that if any person or persons to whom I have hereby Given and bequeathed Any Legacy and sume of money shall offer to disannul or make void this my last will and testament that hee or shee so doeinge shall loose his or her part.
And Appoint my Lovinge sonne William Bate to Bee the Sole And Whole Executor of this my last will and testament Trustinge hee will Truly Execute the same In Witness whereof I the said John Bate have hereunto set my hand and seale the day And yeare ffirst abovewritten.

Sealed, signed published and ordained by the Abovenamed John Bate to bee his last will and testament in presence(?) and witness of the Word (three) four tymes interlined before the enfoalinge.

Edmund SMITH, John HALL.
 

Proved 4th December 1686 . Rich. WROE.

Inventory of John Bate

A True and perfect Inventory of all the Goods Cattle Chattels Creditts and debts of John Bate of Withington in ye County of Lancaster yeoman late deceased vewed and prized by Us whose names are underwritten upon ye second day of November Anno Dnni Jacobi Se'ndi Angl &c Ye Secundo Anno Dom 1686
William ALLCOCK. Thomas BLOMELEY

Imprimis in Hay £7.4s ;

In Corne 9s ;

one bedstead and furniture belonging in the great parlr £3 ;

one bedstead in ye little parlr 6s ;

 two coffers in ye same parlr 10s ;

in treen ware in ye house 10s ;

in brasse £1.10s ;

in pewter 7s ;

 in iron ware 7s ;

in chairs and stools 4s ;

one table and a coffer 6s 8d ;

three shelfes and 10 cheeses 11s ;

coales and kennel 4s ;

in turfe 6d ;

in earthen potts 1s 6d ;

in one sack and two baggs 3s ;

in Linnen 13s ;

in the deced's apparel £1 ;

l in Uselmts 1s 4d.

Total £11.4s 8d

4th Decembris 1686