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Andrew Gaskell, Haydock, husbandman, 1628
Probate granted 1629
Addition data from parish records of
Winwick:
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A marriage took place Andrew
Gaskell and Margery Wessell on July 6th 1625 |
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Andrew Gaskell was buried on
December 18th 1628 |
In the name of god Amen I Andrew Gaskell
of Hadocke w’rhin the County of Lancaster husbandman beinge
sicke in body but of ..... and p’fect Memoriepraysed bee god
doe ordaine Constitute & make this my last will & testament in
man’ & forme following first I give & bequeath my soule into the
hands of Almighty god my maker and Redeemer by whose death &
passion I hope to bee saved & my body to bee buried in my
Christian burial att my p’ishe Churche of Winwick there to
Remaine in the busome of the earth untill it shall please god to
Rayse it upp againe and to endue it w’th a bodye of immortalitye.
And for such goods as god hath given mee the use of my will is
thus to dispose of them First it is my will that my debts legac....
and funeral expences shalbe discharged of the whole
And then it is my will that my goods
shalbee devyded into three equall p’ts One p’te to my self,
Another to my wife, and the third and last p’te to my Child or
Children It’m I give unto every Child whom I am godfather unto
2s It’m I give unto Roger Gaskell sonne of Peeter 20s It’m I
give unto Peeter Gaskell my brother 10s It’m I give unto Will’m
Westle & Peter Westle either of them 6s 8d It’m I give unto
Ann Urmeston 18s It’m I give unto Elizabeth the daughter of
John Humfrison 3s It’m I give unto Ellen Lowe daughter of
Thomas 3s It’m I give unto Em Lowe daughter of Edward 3s It’m
I give unto Edmund Gaskell sonne of Peeter 6s 8d It’m I give
unto Robert Gaskell my brother my Cloak a shirt of flax
......... and my hatt It’m I give unto Roger Gaskell my flaxen
shirt It’m I give unto Elizabeth Kenion wife of Gawther 6s
8d It’m I give unto Grace Bate wife of John 6s 8d It’m I give
unto Gawther Gaskell sonne of Robert a doublet a gerkin and a
paire of breeches It’m I give unto John Westle a paire of graye
breeches And for my parte and por’on of my goods my will is
shalbee & Remaine unto that Child that shall not enioye my
messuage and Tenemente And if it Chance that either of my
Children shall dye my will is the half of my p’te shalbee
equally devyded betwixt my wife & child And for thother half of
my goods I doe give them equally betwixt my twoo brothers Peeter
Gaskell & Rob’te Gaskell And if it fortune that my Child or
Children shall both dye before they shall attaine the age of 14
yeares that then their p’t and por’on of goods shalbe disposed
amongst my frends att the discretion of my executors and
overseers It’m I make my true & lawfull executors hereof
Margerye my wife and Peeter Gaskell my brother And I Request
John Humfrison and Peeter Kinon sonne of James to bee overseers
hereof to see all things p’formed and kept as my trust is in
them In witnesse whereof I the said Andrew Gaskell have unto
putt my hand & seale the 17th day of December 1628
Debts owed to the testator w’thout
specialities
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£ s
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Imp’mis |
Robert Birchall |
2 0 0 |
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Jane Gaskell wife of Richard |
9 11 |
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Roger Nelson |
14 0 |
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Gawther Kenion & Rob’te Gaskell |
3 5 0 |
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Will’m Haghton |
6 8 |
Sealed signed & as his deed
delivered in the pr’sence of
Robert Cowley
John Gaskell
John Birche
A true & p’fect Inventory of all the goods
Cattells and Chattells of Andrew Gaskell late of Hadock deceased
beinge praysed by fower men (viz) James Kenion Richard Lyon
Will’m Houghton & Thomas Harison the 5th of January
Anno 1628
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£
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| Imp’mis |
In Bonds & bills w’th one
tacke of ground |
129 4
0 |
| It’m |
fyve kenes fower heaffers 3
Calves w’th one yonge mare |
21 16
8 |
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In Barley & Oats |
4 0 0 |
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In Hay |
1 10 0 |
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In Timber |
2 6 8 |
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In Carts a paire of shoad
wheeles Collers & other furniture |
1 16 0 |
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In Iron ware w’th one paire of
Iron tresse |
5 0 |
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Twoo gratts a croe 2 spitts
apaire of golberts |
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apaire of tongues a gridiron a
Cressit & other Iron ware |
10 0 |
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A dripping pan |
6 0 |
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A hattchett a Cuttinge axe a
breerehook a spade |
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a twoo handed knife w’thone
bill |
2 0 |
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One fryinge pan |
10 |
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One Cupboard & dishboard |
1 10 0 |
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In Pewter |
15 0 |
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In Pott brasse & pan brasse |
3 4 0 |
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In Chests w’thone truncke |
2 6 8 |
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In Beddinge |
2
13 4 |
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In Linnens & non linnen Cloath |
2 2 0 |
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Three paire of bedstocks
w’thone |
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kneeding trough |
10 0 |
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In boards foower Cheres &
stooles |
5 0 |
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One spinynge wheele |
1 0 |
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In Treene ware |
14 0 |
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One swyne trough &
grindlestone |
1 0 |
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In Butter |
19 0 |
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In Muggs & earthen vessells |
1 4 |
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One yong swyne |
6 0 |
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In Bacon |
10 0 |
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In fyre |
1 0 |
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In Pullen |
4 0 |
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The Apparell of the dead |
2
10 0 |
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Summa total |
£180 - 12
- 6 |
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