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The Will & Inventory of Richard Lyon

 

The will and mynd of Richard Lyon of Haddocke touchinge the dispose of his Estate is as followeth First That his Grandchild Richard Lyon shall have and enioye Lowes tenement paying to his sister Elizabeth the sume of one hundred & forty pound when shee Attaynee the Age of Twenty & one yeares If shee fortune to dye before shee Attayne such said Age Then Richard to pay the younger Children of Thomas Gerard of Hollenhey the Sume of fifty pound If Richard the Grandchild dep’t this Life before he attayne the Age of twenty one yeares Then Elizabeth to have Lowes Tenement paying to Thomas Gerards children equally Amonge them the eldest excepted the Sume of one hundred pounds

Then that his Grandchild Ellen Gerard shall first have Tenn pound and A Cow out of his whole Goods The rest to be devided equally Among the said Thomas Gerards children the heire excepted his funerall expenncs with other necessary Charges being first devided out of the whole

And nominated Thomas Gerard of Hollen Ley and Thomas Boardman of Haddocke to be his Ex’rs

 [Note the date 17th May 1680 the date of proving was written in Latin]

 

Inventory

An Inventory of All and singular the Goods Chattells and debts Late of Richard Lyon of Haddocke in the County of Lanc’ deceased being valued and praysed the fift day of Septemb’r 1679 By Gilbert Bankes Andrew Gaskell James Gerard and John Houghton as followeth

 

   

 £    -     s    -    d

Impr’s

In cattell

23   -     0    -    0

 

Corne and Hay

11   -   10    -    0

 

Tow swine

            17    -    0

 

Goods in the outhouseing all valued at

 3    -     2    -    6

 

Goods in the house 

18   -   19    -    3

 

Goods remayning at Lowes house

 3    -   10    -    0

 

oweing by Richard Granson to the Testator the some of

 5    -     0    -    0

 

oweing by the said Richard for mentaynance and other necessaries

 3    -   11    -    8

 

oweing by Mathew Naylor

20   -     0    -    0

 

Three Shelves

             3    -    0

 

The decedents Apparrell

 1    -     0    -    0

     
 

                                                                               Sume is

90   -   13    -    5

     

17 May 1680

 

 

This Will and Inventory was kindly transcribed and sent in by Vivien.

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