Transcript Will of Aaron HOLLINPRIEST of HEATON NORRIS. 1704.

Original will copyright of Lancashire RO.

In the name of God Amen The ieghth day of February in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Four I Aaron HOLLINPRIEST of HEATON NORRIS yeoman being at present somewhat indisposed as to my bodily health yet of sound and perfect disposing mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner following hereby revoking all former wills and testaments by me at any time heretofor made.
And first and principally I commend my soul into the hands of God who gave it, hoping in and through the meritorious death and passion of My Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to have free and full pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and to inherit everlasting life. And my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named.
And as touching the disposition of all such temporal estate as it hath pleased God to bestow on me I give and dispose thereof as followeth - And first my will and mind is that all my debts justly due or of right owing to any person or persons at the time of my death (if any such there be) together with my funeral expence and the charges of the probate of this my will shall be paid and discharged by my Executors out of my goods and personal estate.
Item it is my will and mind and I hereby give devise and bequeath all my messuages, tenements lands and hereditaments whatsoever situate and being in Manchester at or near a place called Withengreave and in Burnage within Withington in the said County of Lancaster and in Saddleworth in the County of York and in every or any of them heretofore purchased by me the said Aaron Hollinpriest and whereof or wherein I have any estate of inheritance with their and every of their appurtenances unto my son Aaron Hollinpriest and heires of his body lawfully issueing and for default of such issue then to all and every child and children of my daughter Mary COLLYER on her body begotten and to be begotten by her husband Thomas Collyer which shall be living at the time of the death of my said son Aaron to hold as tenant in common and not as joint tenants and to the heirs of her and their respective body and bodies. And for default of such issue then to the right heirs of me the said Aaron Hollinpriest for ever.
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my said son Aaron Hollinpriest (for and during all my estate and interest therein) all that my messuage and tenement situate and being in Heaton Norris aforesaid and now in the possession of me the said Aaron Hollinpriest and which was heretofore demised and granted unto me by Sir Edward MOSLEY late deceased for an estate or term (a great part whereof is yet to come and not expired), he the said Aaron my son and his assigns yielding and paying in respect of the said last mentioned messuage and tenement unto Anne my loving wife and to her assigns during her natural life, if she so long remain a widow, the clear yearly sum or annual payment of four pounds of good and lawful money of England by four quarterly payments (that is to wit) upon the four and twentieth day of June, the twentyninth day of September, the fifth and twentieth day of December and the fifth and twentieth day of March by even and equal payments, the first payment thereof to be made upon such of the said days of payment as shall first and next happen after my death and that without any deduction abatement or diminution to be made out of the same for respect of any leys, taxation or other imposition whatsoever.
And if the said yearly sum or annual payment of four pounds per annum or any part thereof shall happen to be behind or unpaid by the space of ten days at any time after any of the said days appointed for payment thereof then in such case it is my mind and will and I do hereby direct charge and declare that it shall and be lawful to and for the said Anne my wife and her assigns from time to time so often as the yearly sum or annual payment of four pounds or any part thereof shall be so in arrears and unpaid into the said last mentioned messuage tenement and premises in Heaton Norris aforesaid to enter and distrain for such arrearages and the distress and distresses there found to lead drive or take or carry away and the same to impound and impound to detain and f until the arrearages thereof shall be fully paid and satisfied provided always and it is my will and mind and intention that the aforesaid legacy of the said yearly sum of four pounds per annum before herein mentioned to be here bequeathed to the said Anne my wife as aforesaid is and shall be in lieu and full satisfaction of and for her dower and thirds and all such other claim title and interest whatsoever which she the said Anne my wife hath or can or in any way or means may claim challenge or pretend to have in or out or unto all or any my lands tenements or premises. And if she refuses to accept thereof and demand her dower or make claim or title to any other my lands or tenements than what is so devised to her aforesaid then in such case it is my will and mind that she the said Anne shall not have any legacy hereby intended or given her.
And as for and concerning the disposition of all such goods and chattels and personal estate whereof I shall be possessed or entitled unto at my decease I do dispose thereof as follows :
And first I give and bequeath unto my said son Aaron Hollinpriest the sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of England to and for his own personal use.
Item I give to the said Anne my wife one brass pot, one kettle, one chair, two stools, three pewter dishes, one pair of tongs and such other my household goods and necessaries as she shall make choice of not exceeding with the said other goods particularly herein mentioned the value of five marks in money. And moreover also I give to her my said wife the bed with the bedding and furniture thereunto belonging as the same is and are now standing and being in the parlour below the entry of my said now dwelling house and also one cow such as she shall make choice of.
And whereas my son in law Thomas Collyer now is and standeth duely indebted to me the sum of fourscore pounds principal money or thereabouts it is my will and mind that the growing interest thereof shall from time to time for and during so long time as my said daughter Mary Collyer shall happen to live shall be paid to such person and persons as my said daughter by writing under her hand shall from time to time direct or appoint in trust to be applied for and towards the better education and bringing up or other benefit and preferment of all and every or any the children of my said daughter which she now hath or hereafter shall be born of her body to be proportioned in such manner and for such child or children as she shall direct or appoint in that behalf.
Item it is my further will and mind that the aforesaid debt or sum of money to me due and owing from my said son in law as aforesaid shall after the death of my said daughter be retained employed and disposed of by my son Aaron in trust for the use and benefit of such and those the child or children of my said daughter which shall be living at her death equally to be divided amongst them share and share alike if more than one.
Item I give and bequeath unto my son Aaron the sum of five pounds of good money of England in trust to be employed for the use and benefit of my grandson Aaron COLLYER in such manner as he my said son in his discretion shall think meet.
Item it is my will and mind and I do give unto my son Aaron the sum of three pounds per annum to be taken and received out of my personal estate yearly during so long time and until my grandson Thomas Collyer shall have accomplished his age of ten years if he should happen to live so long to live upon trust and to the intent that the said sum of three pounds shall be yearly employed by my said son during the said term for the better education and preferment of my said grandson Thomas Collyer in such manner as to my son Aaron shall be thought fit.
Item all the rest and remainder of my said goods and chattels and personal estate of what nature or quality soever which shall remain over and besides the payment and discharge of my debts funeral expences and legacies formerly herein mentioned and bequeathed I do give leave and bequeath the same to my son Aaron Hollinpriest and my daughter Mary Collyer to be equally divided betwixt them.
And I do nominate and appoint constitute and make my son Aaron Hollinpriest and my son in law Thomas Collyer executors of this my last will and testament hoping they will carefully perform the same according to the trust in them by me reposed.
Provided always and it is my will and mind that all such household goods as I heretofore bought (of my son in law Thomas Collyer- erased) and which are now standing and being in (his- erased) the dwelling house within Heaton Norris of my son in law Thomas Collyer shall remain continue and be in the said dwelling house as heirlooms for the use of my said grandson Thomas and of such person as for the time being shall be owner and possessor of the said house.

In witness whereof I the said Aaron Hollinpriest have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.
(Note as to authenticity of alterations in text).
Witnesses : John WILLIAMSON, Edward HARRISON, Edward DAVENPORT

Memo That I Aaron Hollinpriest the testator within named do by this present endorsement which I make as a codicil to my said will within written do give and devise all that the room called the parlour within mentioned to be below the entry of my now dwelling house and the room called the kitchen adjoining to the same parlour unto the within named Ann my wife for and during so long time as she the said Anne shall remain and continue a widow for her own habitation only but not to set let or dispose of the same or any part thereof or of either of them to any person or persons for any term or time whatsoever. And I do hereby ratify and confirm my said will in all other things,. In witness whereof I have to that endorse set my hand and seal the three and twentieth day of February Anno Domini 1704.
Witnesses John UPTON, Edward DAVENPORT, H DAVENPORT.
 

Proved 07.05.1708

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Aaron Hollinpriest Inventory 1708

A true and perfect Inventory of all the Goods cattle and chattels of Aaron Hollinpriest late of Heaton Norris in the parish of Manchester and County of Lancaster deceased and taken the 8th day of Aprill 1708 by Joseph POTT and Thomas WOOD

One red cow for calfeing at £2.10s ;

one red heifer £1.16s 8d ;

one young browne bark'd(?) cow £2.3s ;

a browne barren cow £1.15s ;

a red heifer £1.10s ;

a cow for calfeing £2.10s ;

a red cow £1.10s ;

a red heifer £1.6s ;

2 stirks £2.15s ;

3 young calfes £1 ;

a two yeare old calfe £1.13s ;

a yeare old colt £2.15s ;

a Black mare £4 ;

a horse £4.15s ;

an infoale mare £3.15s ;

horse harness £1.6s ;

a pack saddle 2s ;

a marl cart and wheeles 10s ;

a muck cart 6s ;

an harvest cart and wheeles 8s ;

a coale cart and 3 ploughs 10s ;

corne £6 ;4 harrows at 12s ;

a proven s(?)… 1s ;

an harness saddle and piloh 2s 6d ;

a swine 13s ;

a Standing Bed in ye further parlour £3.10s ;

a Standing Bed in the parlour above ye house £3 ;

a Litle Bed in ye parlour above ye house 6s 8d ;

a Coffer one Desk a litle cubboard a closet stools a little Box a Table in ye parlour above16s ;

In ye chamber below 4 cheeseboards 3 paire of wooding Tongues and Cheesepress 4s ;

In Linnen and a Coffer above in ye Chamber over ye house £1.7s ;

Grey yarne 8s ;

a Bed in ye Chambr above 5s ;

2 Coffers in ye Chamber above 2s 6d ;

a pair of weights and Beams 1s 6d ;

a sowing hoppar 1s ;

(?)irkles to (?) 1s ;

a swine (?)..rnell 4s.

Total £60.13s 2d (End of first page)

An great Brass pan 14s ;

all ye pewter in ye house £1.4s ;

in other Brass in ye house £1 ;

a Cubboard in ye house ;

a Table in the house 6s ;

3 seiled chairs at 2s a peece 6s ;

chairs and stooles in ye house £1.10s ;

a Brass clock in ye house £1.10s ;

ffire Iron tongues ffire shovel in the house 5s ;

an Iron pot 3s ;

a Back spittle 2 Bread (?) Irons a Grid Iron shovel 3s 6d ;

a Dripping pan 6d ;

In wooden weare in ye Buttery 5s ;

in Earthen weare 3s 6d ;

In Wooden ware piggons and Rungs (?) 6s ;

2 wheeles a cheese press and kneading …(?) 7s ;

measures and a Trough 2s ;

In purse and Apparell £5 ;

Huslements 10s

Total £12 18s

(Then adds to above total of £12.18s to the £60 11s 2d from the first page with 13s amended to 11s ; to give the rather interesting grand total of £70.11s 8d. These chaps were not much good at arithmetic!)

Signed Joseph Pott and Thomas Wood