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In the name of God amen I Thomas Cowper of
Newton in Makerfeild within the Countye of Lancaster husbandman
sicke in bodye but of good and perfect remembrance laud and
praysse bee unto god! I doo ordeyne constitute and make this my
last will and testament in manner and forme followinge first I
commend my soule into the hands of Almightie god my Saviour and
Redeemer and my bodye to bee buryed at the p’ishe Church And for
such goods as God hath given mee the custodye of I will that
they bee bestowed in manner following First I will that my
debts and funerall expenses be ...... out of my whole goods And
for the residue of my goods I will that they bee devyded into
two equall p’ts whereof one p’te to my selfe and the other to
bee equallye devyded amongst my children It’m I will that my
p’te after my decease shallbe devyded amongst the youngest sort
of children by the discretion of myne executors hereafter named
It’m I will that Robert Cowper of Lathom my father & Edward Parr
of Newton Linendrape’ to be myne executors to execute this my
last will and testat’ as my trust is in them Also if there be
any ambiguetye doubt or stryffe I will that it be referred to
the discretion of myne executors It’m I will and desyre Henry
Gearard and John Pillinge to be over seeres of this my last will
& testament
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Debts oweing unto mee Thomas
Cowper |
£
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Impremis |
Mr. Fitton |
1 - 0 - 0 |
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John Ashton of Glasbruk |
5 - 0 |
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John Baxter |
1 - 0 - 0 |
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Edmund Wood |
5 - 0 |
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Thomas Eden |
9 - 0 |
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Thomas Aynsworth |
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Mathew Eden |
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Inventory of Thomas Cowper, Newton in
Makerfield, 1614
The 3rd day of November 1614
A true inventorie of all the goods and
Chattells of Thomas Cowper late of Newton in Makerfield
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£
- s - d |
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Impremis |
1 keyne 1 Calfe |
8
- 0 - 0 |
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3 swanie |
3
- 0 - 0 |
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.. sheepe |
1
- 0 - 0 |
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1 featherbedd |
11 - 9 |
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4 featherbedds |
4
- 7 - 9 |
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2 boulstres |
8 - 0 |
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1 pillowe |
2 - 0 |
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2 boulstres |
14 - 0 |
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2 pillowes |
5 - 2 |
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3 Chaffe boulsters |
4 - 0 |
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3 ould chaf bedde |
5 - 0 |
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1 Cadowe |
18 - 0 |
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3 best coverlette |
1
- 16 - 0 |
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4 ould coverlette |
1
- 6 - 8 |
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3 of the best blankette |
14 - 0 |
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3 of the worst blankette |
6 - 0 |
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in woole 2 pound |
17 - 0 |
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6 sett quishines |
12 - 0 |
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6 pound of flaxe |
8 - 8 |
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1 peece of whyte cloth |
12 - 0 |
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1 peece of sey |
12 - 0 |
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1 fyne Bordcloth |
4 - 0 |
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1 pare of flaxen sheets |
12 - 0 |
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1 pare of flaxen sheets |
10 - 0 |
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4 pare of sheetes |
16 - 0 |
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5 pare of ould sheets |
10 - 0 |
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3 bordclothes |
4 - 0 |
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3 towels |
5 - 0 |
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2 pillowe bord |
2 - 0 |
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2 napkins |
4 - 0 |
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2 pare of standing bedstoke & 2
trunckle bedstoks |
2
- 6 - 8 |
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2 pare of beddstoks |
9 - 0 |
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for hay |
1
- 6 - 8 |
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for Corne |
4
- 10 - 0 |
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for fyre and fould poules |
10 - 0 |
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1 butting cloth |
5 |
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5 thornes |
10 |
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1 Cheste & 2 littell ones |
6 - 0 |
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3 flaskette |
1 - 4 |
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1 henger |
2 - 0 |
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1 bridle bitt |
1 - 0 |
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. trenkheres |
1 - 0 |
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1 trunck |
5 - 0 |
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1 beef tubb |
1 - 8 |
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1 tabell |
5 - 0 |
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2 formes & a little bord |
1 - 3 |
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44 of the best pewter |
1
- 16 - 8 |
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9 of the worst pewter |
6 - 0 |
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6 candlestike |
4 - 0 |
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2 double salte |
1 - 6 |
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2 Chamber potts |
1 - 4 |
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2 dosse 9 spoones |
2 - 0 |
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1 quart 1 pynte |
1 - 0 |
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1 Chafeing dishe |
1 - 4 |
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of pott brasse 62 a halfe |
1
- 11 - 3 |
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3 little pones |
2 - 0 |
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brasse srimer & ladle |
8 |
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1 brasse pon |
1
- 0 - 0 |
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1 still |
8 - 0 |
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1 yorendle stoke & blades |
6 |
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1 Coldeane |
14 - 0 |
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1 Cheest in the Chamber below |
5 - 0 |
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1 Coobord |
1
- 4 - 0 |
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1 table |
8 - 0 |
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1 morter 1 pestill |
2 - 6 |
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2 muge of butter |
9 - 0 |
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9 allo potte |
2 - 8 |
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3 platters |
1 - 4 |
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2 ponmuge |
8 |
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glass bottells |
2 - 0 |
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glasses & potte |
2 - 6 |
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1 wheale |
1 - 0 |
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1 hogshead |
1 - 8 |
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2 Compes |
3 - 0 |
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1 ould hogshead |
6 |
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1 great Comp |
8 - 0 |
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4 great stunde |
16 - 0
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6 little stunde |
6 - 0 |
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5 barrells |
8 - 0 |
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2 great barrells |
2 - 8 |
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1 Charne & staf |
2 - 0 |
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2 Knedinge troughes |
1 - 4 |
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2 little turnills |
1 - 0 |
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1 halfe windle |
1 - 4 |
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for Collocke |
2 - 6 |
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1 tuenill |
2 - 6 |
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1 buckett & rope |
2 - 6 |
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formes & tresses |
1 - 0 |
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1 grate in the Citchen |
8 - 0 |
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1 pare of goulburte & gridyron |
2 - 0 |
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1 Coulrak |
6 |
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2 grates |
.. ... |
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3 spitt |
2 - 0 |
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1 ironshue & Iron & tonge |
2 - 0 |
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2 frying pons |
1 - 0 |
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knyfes grydyron & tonge |
3 - 0 |
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1 bill |
1 - 0 |
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2 Latcheees |
1 - 0 |
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1 pare of tables |
1 - 4 |
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3 buffett stules |
1 - 8 |
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Cheres & stules |
2 - 6 |
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for 1 ould twilshite & Iron
Chaurudishe |
1 - 0 |
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for his apparrell & his wyfe |
4
- 0 - 0 |
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Sum total |
£59 - 0s - 0d |
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