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In the name of god Amen the sixt day of
November in the yeare of our lord god the now Comutacon of the
Church of England One thousand sixe hundred fortie sixe I
Elizabeth Dumbell of Newton in Makerfeild within the p’ish of
winwicke and Countie of Lancaster widowe being sicke of bodie
but of good and p’fect memorie laud and prayse be given to
Almightie god therefore doe make this my last will and test’ant
in manner & forme following That is to say first and principally
I give & bequet my soule into the mercifull Custodie of my lord
and saviour Jesus Christ trusting through his bitter death and
passion to bee made one of his ellect number w’ch shall bee
saved And I Comitt my bodie to Christian buriall in my p’ish
Church of winwicke there to be inteared att the discreation of
my exec’rs & neerest freinds And as concerning my worldly goods
w’ch god hath lent me it is my will & mynd to have them bestowed
in such manner & forme as in & by these p’nts hereafter is
men’oned & expressed, That is to say first it is my will & mynd
that my debts and funerall expences shalbe payd & discharged
forth of my whole goods Item I give unto my sune Willm Dombell
one shaged bedhilling being the longest & all the worke tooles
w’ch were his fathers & all others which belong to the mill I
give and leave the toole arke w’ch stands in the mylne to my
sune Willm to bee & remaine there as an herae loome for ever &
not to be removed Item I give unto Peter Dombell sune of the
said Willm 20s whereof 15s of it was given unto his sune Peter
being deceased Item I give unto Jane daughter of the said Willm
13 w’ch Jeffrey Holcroft oweth me for apare of loomes & the use
of them since it was due Item I give unto my sonne Thomas
Dombell the younger a calafe w’th a tage in the taile Item I
give unto Elizabeth Sterrupp my god daughter 2s Item I give
unto Elizabeth White my god daughter 12d Item I give unto
Elizabeth Hindley 2s Item I give unto Elizabeth Whittell 2s
Item I give unto Anne Dombell widowe 3s 4d Item I give unto
Anne Guest my ould greene cloake & one smock Item I give all
the rest of my goods what soe’er w’ch is yett undespossed of I
give & bequeth it wholely unto my sonne Richard & my daughter
Jane equally betwixt them And I ordaine Constatute & make the
said Richard Dombell my sonne & Jane Dombell my daughter my
true & lawfull executors hopeing they will p’forme this my last
will & Testam’t in all things as my trust is in them above all
others And I desire my loving freinds George Sorocold of
Overford & Willm Leadbitter of Lowton yeomen to bee overseers
hereof for the better p’formance of the same In witness whereof
I the said Elizabeth Dombell have hereunto putt my hand & Seale
the day & yeare above written
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Debts w’ch I owe at the makeing
hereof |
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£ - s - d |
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Imprimis |
to Richard Dombell my sonne |
5 - 0 - 0 |
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to Jane my daughter |
22 - 0 - 0 |
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my p’te of house rent |
13 - 4 |
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Debts oweing to me at the makeing
hereof |
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Imprimis |
Thomas Dombell my sonne due at
Christmas next |
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w’ch I borrowed for him
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5 - 0 - 0 |
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Jeffrey Holcroft due alreadie w’ch
he oweth me for |
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a loome the use of the said loome |
1 - 1 - 4 |
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five yeares beinge 20d ayear all
beinge George |
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Bromelowe due the eighth of August
next 1647 |
1 - 12 - 4 |
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Total |
7 - 13 - 8 |
Sealed & delivered in the presence &
witness of beinge first enterlyned
William Leadbetter Roger Mason
Inventory of Elizabeth Dombell, Newton,
1646
A true and p’fect inventorie of all the
goods & cattells of Elizabeth Dombell late of Newton within the
p’ish of Winwicke & co’ of Lancaster widowe deceased veiwed
praysed by George Sorocold of Overford William Leadbitter of
Lowton in the said county yeomen Richard Baxter of Newton
aforesaid & Jeoffrey Holcroft of Winwicke in the County
aforesaid husbandmen the 19th day of November Anno
D... 1646.
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£
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Imprimis |
in horses |
8 - 0 - 0 |
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in cattell |
17 - 0 - 0 |
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in corne and haye |
35 - 0 - 0 |
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debts owing to the decedent |
7 - 10 - 4 |
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in sheepe |
3 - 10 - 0 |
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in sweene |
1 - 10 - 6 |
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1 cubbord & 1 cheested board |
2 - 15 - 0 |
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3 shagged caddowes |
1 - 16 - 8 |
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2 featherbeds |
2 - 0 - 0 |
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5 feather boulsters & 2 pillowes |
1 - 0 - 0 |
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2 blanketts |
11 - 0 |
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7 ould blanketts |
11 - 6 |
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3 ould coverletts |
9 - 0 |
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4 chafte bede & 4 chafte boulsters |
12 - 0 |
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5 paire of bedsteede |
15 - 0 |
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5 cheesses |
1 - 0 - 0 |
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in wollen yarne |
1 - 2 - 6 |
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in linnens |
3 - 18 - 0 |
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in brease & pewter |
4 - 4 - 9 |
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1 towle arke with all the tooles
inthe mylne |
2 - 2 - 0 |
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1 Irne grat crowe & all other irne
weare |
2 - 11 - 1 |
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in carts plowes harrowe treese
w’th 1 cart roope |
3 - 0 - 0 |
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in broken timber |
7 - 6 |
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3 ladders with 1 brake |
8 - 0 |
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in twilsheets sackes & pookes |
12 - 0 |
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in cheese & butter |
2 - 8 - 0 |
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in treene ware |
2 - 10 - 0 |
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in cheeres stooles & quishions |
5 - 0 |
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in reeds ......... & staves |
6 - 8 |
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in bords and sheelves |
10 - 0 |
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in hemp & flaxe |
2 - 0 - 0 |
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in new linen cloath |
12 - 0 |
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1 cheese preese |
2 - 6 |
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1 biffe tubb 1 turnell with 1
coump |
10 - 0 |
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1 spinning wheele |
1 - 0 |
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in earthen ware |
5 - 0 |
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in pullen |
4 - 0 |
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in fuell |
3 - 4 |
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in sieves riddles 1 lanthorn with
all other odd |
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in pl........ whatsoever |
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the apelle of decedent |
2 - 10 - 0 |
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£109 - 4 - 4 |
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