In the name of God Amen the Twentieth daye of July in the yearof o’r Lord god according to o’r English Computation one thousand sixe hundred forty nyne I Robert Naylor of Haddocke w’th in the p’ish of winwicke and county of Lanc’ being at this p’sent well and whole in body & of p’fect memory praise be to god for the same doe ordaine and make this my Last will and testament in manner and forme following, First and and principally I committ my soule into the hands of Almighty god my onely maker & redeemer in whome is all my trust to bee saved And my body I bequeath to the Earth to bee buried att the descreation of my freinds & Executo^rs heareafter named And for such outward estate as itt hath pleased god of his goodnes to bestowe on mee in this life not onely my goods Chattells & utensells but alsoe all & every my messuage lands Tenements & hereditaments whatsoever satuate w’thin Haddock aforesaid, itt is my mynd & will to give and dispose off in manner and forme as heereafter followeth,  Imp^rimis it is mynd & will and I doe hereby give granit and assigne over unto James Naylor my sonne all and every my said messuage lands & tenements houses edifices & buildings w’th thappu^rtent^s whatsoever lying & being in Haddocke aforesaid in the said county of Lanc’ From and imediatly after my h’rall death & decease, during the Continuance of the originale Indenture of Lease concerninge the same: That p’te and p’con of the said messuage and tenement already sett forth & alotted unto Margery Naylor my mother for her maintenance & keeping onely excepted dureing her n’rall liefe Ite’ itt is my mynde & will that if itt fortune the said James Naylor........ and Margery Naylor my said mother to decease before the lord of the p’misses shall have attained to the age of one and Twenty yeares That then Robert Hasldeine of  Ashton in Makerfeild in the said county husbandman George Lyon of Haddock aforesaid husbandman & Elenn Grymsworth daughter of James Grymsworth late of Newton deceased shall & may have hould & occupye all & every the said messuage & tenement in manner & forme following, That is to say the moitye or equall halfe p’te thereof to the said Robert Hasledeine & his assignes of the moitye or other Halfe p’te there of to the said George Lyon & Ellen Grymsworth the survivor of them his or her assignes dureing the terme & soe long & untill the said lord of the p’misses shall have accomplished the age of one and twenty yeares Item it is my mynd & will that the said Robert Hasleden imediatly after my death & decease shall come to inhabit & dwell in the house wherein I now live: and shall take my sonne James Naylor into his Tuission and keepeing And the said messuage & Tenement & the p’fitts & issues thereof saveing such p’te & p’con of the same as is ............. Margery my said mother dureing her n’rall liefe excepted to bee imployed to and for the use benefitt and behoof of the said James Naylor untill hee shall attaine the age of one and Twenty yeares And concerneing all & everye my said goods and Chattells whatsoever I give & dispose of as hereafter followeth Imp^rimis I give & bequeath unto the said Ellen Grymsworth the summe of Eleaven pounds Ite’ I give to Anne now wiefe of William Taylor of Golburne the summe of xx^s Ite’ I give to Margaret Hasleden daughter of the said Robert Hasleden the summe of xx^s Ite’ I give unto the Children of the said George Lyon the summe of five pounds to bee equally devided mongst them  Ite’ I give unto Thurstone Howrobbin and Elizabeth his sister either of them Twenty shillings  Ite’ I give unto John Bate & Margery Roughley either Ten shillings  Ite’ I Give unto every Godchild the sum of x........  Ite’ I give unto the chyldren of John Hill of Haddock aforesaid the summ of Twenty shillings equally amongst them Ite’ I give unto the chyldren of Peeter Birchall Twenty shillings amongst them  Ite’ I give to William Peeterson Ten shillings  Ite’ I give to the chyldren of Anne Grymsworth the sum of Twenty shillings equally amongst them  Ite’ the rest and residue of all my said goods & Chattells except the legacyes before men’coned I give unto the said James Naylor my sonne  Ite’ it is my mynd and will that if itt happen the said James Naylor my sonne & Margery Naylor my said mother to decease w’thin the space of two months nexr comeing after the date hereof Then I give unto the p... hereafter men’coned these legacyes following over & above those before men’coned  That is to saye unto the said Ellin Grymsworth more, one Cowe, one Bed, one brasse pott & a pan if in  case shee doe recover her pr’sent sickness  Ite’ I give unto John Hill more £iij  Ite’ I give unto John Bate & Margery Roughley either of them thirty shillings more & either of them a suite of Apparrell  Ite’ I give more unto Thurstone Howrobbin & Eliza....... sister each of them Twenty shillings  Ite’ I give unto the said Peeter Berchall more one heffer w’ch he hath in keepeing  Ite’ I give more unto every Godchyld iiij^s Ite’ I give unto Thomas Jameson the summ’ of forty shilling And I doe heereby Constitute ordaine & Make my said Mother Margery Naylor & the said Robert Hasleden and George Lyon my Lawfull Executo^rs to execute this my last will and testament according to the true intent and meaneing of the same as my trust is in them  And for the better strengthening & corwborateing heereof I the said Robert Naylo^r have heere unto put my hand & seale the daye & yeare before written

                                     Robert Naylo^r/ M’^rs it is my mynde & will that if

 itt fortune my sonne James Naylo^r to decease

before the lord shall acomplish .... age of 21

yeeares that the w’th in named Robert Hasleden

shall & may before any other compound w’th

the lord for all & every the said messuage &

tenement w’thin men’coned  To and for the one

use & benefitt of him the said Robert Hasleden

& his assignes

Sealed signed &

delivered in p^rnce

of

William Taylor vt test

Robert  Cash vt test / veracopia

Exam’t p’me Henricu’ Rainoldin’

Debts oweing to the Testat’r                                           £       s        d

Impr’mis oweing by John Key for the hire of a Cow                 5        6

                oweing by John Hill                                        4       0        0

                oweing by George Shawe                             10       0        0

                oweing by Tho: Jameson                               10       0        0

Debts oweing by the Testator

Oweing unto John key when hee hath accomplished

              his work                                                                   11       0

Oweing to Henry Topping                                                       7        6

Oweing unto Katherin Potter                                           1      10      0

[There are some small holes in this document and some numbers are written using Roman numerals]

Robert Naylor, Haydock, 1949 Inventory

A true and p’fect Inventory of all the goods Cattells Chattells Debts legacyes moneys plate Juells and all other the utensells of Robert Naylor

late of Haddock in the parish of winwick and County of Lancaster deceased Prised and valued By John Thomason William Marsh Gwalter Tayler and James Winstanley the 23^rd of septemb^r 1649