In the name of God Amen The nynth day of March in the Thirty sixt yeare of the Raigne of our Sov’aigne Lord Charles the Second and England etc  And in the yeare of our Lord God 1683  I William Hurst of Haydocke in the Countie of Lancast’r Husbandman being infirme & Weake in Body but of sound & perfect Memorie praised Bee God for the same doe make this my Last Will & Testament in manner & forme followinge  That is to say first I Bequeath my soule into the hands of Allmighty God my Creator And my Body I Commend to the earth from whence it was taken to bee Buryed in the Parish Church yord of Winwicke att the discretion of my frends & Executor hereafter named And as Touchinge such Worldly estate as the Lord in mercy hath Lent mee my Will is the same shall bee Imployed & Bestowed as here after is expressed  Ad first I doe here by make voyd all Wills by mee formerly made  And declare & appoynte this my Last Will & Testament first it is my Will & mynd That one Bond of Tenn pounds and one other Bond of Twenty pounds which is due to bee payd by Thomas Hurst my sonne att the day of my death shall bee payd as much of them as is requisite to the dischargeinge of my funerall expenses  And the remaineinge ov’plus of the s’d Bonds besides the funerall expences I doe here by give & Bequeath to three of my sonne Thomas Hurst youngest Children Namely to Thomas Katherin & Alice Hurst equally Amongst them  It’m I give to my sonne John Hurst his two children namely Ann & Kathrin the sume of foure pounds equally betwixt them  It’m I give to my sonn in Lawe Samuel Kenion his three children namely Robert Alice & Katherin the sume of foure pounds equally amongst them  It’m I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Wright her three sonnes namely John Robert & William the sume of foure pounds equally amongst them  It’m I give to the Poores Stcke in Haydocke fourty shillings  All w’ch s’d sumes before Men’coned To bee Given to John Hurst his two Children Samuell Kenion’s Children & Elizabeth Wright’s Children Togather w’th the fourty shillings given to the Poores Stocke I doe hereby Will & devised that the s’d sumes of money shall bee taken hadd & received from JohnHurst my s’d sonne forth & out of one Bond of Twenty pounds wh’ch he the s’d John wrote mee It’m the residue of this Last Men’coned Twenty pounds not yett given or disposed of I doe hereby give & bequeath the same to three of Thomas Hurst’s youngest Children before named that is to say Thomas  Katherin & Alice equally amongst them  It’m I give to my Daughter Margaret Kenion one Presse standinge in my Chamber  It’m I give to William Hurst sonne of Thomas Hurst afores’d one seeld Bedd Curtaines & Vallance standinge in my Chamber  It’m I give to my sonne Thomas Hurst Daughter Alice and my sonn in Lawe Samuel Kenions Daughter Katherin both before named all my Beddinge whatsoev’  And Lastly of this my Last Will & Testament I ordaine Constitute & Make Thomas Hurst my sonne afores’d my true & Lawfull Executor to execute p’forme & fullfill the same as my trust is in him.

                                                      William Hurst ...... his mark

Sealed & delvered w’th the word my enterlyned before sealeinge in the p’sence and Wittnesse of

                   Edmund Clerke   ......... his m’ke

                   John Naylor .............his m’ke

                  Gilb’t Bankes     

Inventory of William Hurst, Haydock, 1684

A true & p’fect Inventory of  the Goods & utensills of William Hurst late of Haydocke deceased as they were Apprassed the 29^th of Octob’r Anno Do’mi 1684 By us  Edward Lowe Robt. Cash John Taylor and Gilb’t Bankes as followeth

                                                                    Proved 15^th Nov. 1684