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Summary:
Testatrix;
Elizabeth Parkinson,
widow, of Medlar,
Lancashire
Nieces:
Elizabeth Bordley,
Isabel Bordley, and
Margaret Bordley (1)
Executors:
Richard Wilson of Newton
with Hardhorn,
Lancashire, and Robert
Swarbreck of Wesham,
Lancashire
Signed:
5 March 1740 (2)
Witnesses:
Ralph Townsend, John
Bankes, Elizabeth
Townsend
Inventory:
made by William
Townsend, Ralph Townsend
and Richard Browning, 19
March 1740
Probate:
granted 18 April 1741
(2) to the named
executors by William
Dickson, surrogate
Letters of
Administration:
dated 18 April 1741,
signed by the executors
Witnesse:
William Dickson and
Rich. Hully
Notes:
1.
Testator’s nieces
were all born between
1720 and 1740, the
daughters of Richard and
Thomas Boordley/Boardley
of Garstang, Lancs,
which suggests that
testatrix’s maiden name
might have been Bordley
2.
The dates are Old
Style, so 5 March 1740
is just six weeks before
18 April 1741
Source:
Wills preserved in the
Archdeaconry of
Richmond, microfilmed by
the Church of Latter Day
Saints, film number
98714
Text:
Will:
In
the name of God, Amen.
I, Elizabeth Parkinson
of Medlar in the county
of Lancaster, widow,
being somewhat
indisposed in body but
of sound and perfect
mind and memory blessed
be god, do for the
settling of my temporal
concerns make this my
last will and testament
And first I will that
all my just debts,
funeral expenses and all
other charges touching
the probate and
execution of this my
will shall be paid
Item, I give, devise and
bequeath unto my three
nieces, Elizabeth
Bordley, Isabel Bordley,
and Margaret Bordley all
the rest of my personal
estate, goods and
chattels, share and
share alike so soon as
they shall attain the
age of twenty one or can
give discharges
sufficient for the same
and if any of my said
nieces happen to die
before they can give
sufficient discharges,
that then such part
shall go and belong to
the other surviving
parties
And it is my will and
mind that my two under
named executors shall
order and dispose of
things as they shall see
most proper for the
benefit of my said
kinswomen and that they
shall dispose of my
wearing apparel to them
as they shall see most
proper
And lastly for the true
performance of this my
said will I do nominate,
constitute and appoint
my ??? friends Richard
Wilson of Newton and
Robert Swarbreck of
Wesham joint executors
of this my will
In
witness whereof I,
Elizabeth Parkinson,
have hereunto set my
hand and seal this fifth
day of March anno 1740
the mark of Elizabeth
Parkinson X
Signed, sealed and
declared to the last
will and testament of
the testator in the
presence of Ralph
Townsend, John Bankes,
Elizabeth Townsend
This eighteenth day of
April in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven
hundred and forty one
Richard Wilson and
Robert Swarbreck,
executors named in this
will, were sworn well
and faithfully to
execute the same and so
forth, before me William
Dickson, ?Surrogate
Letters of
Administration:
Know all men by these
presents that we Richard
Wilson of Hardhorn with
Newton in the county of
Lancaster, gentleman,
and Robert Swarbreck of
Wesham in the said
county, husbandman, are
holden and firmly bound
unto the Right Reverend
Father in God Samuel, by
divine permission Lord
Bishop of Chester, in
one hundred and fifty
pounds of good and
lawful money of Great
Britain to be paid to
the said Right Reverend
father or his certain
attorney, his executors,
administrators or
assigns, to which
payment well and truly
made, we bind ourselves
and each of us our
heirs, executors and
administrators firmly by
these presents, sealed
with our seals, dated
the eighteenth day of
April in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven
hundred and forty one
The condition of this
obligation is such that
if the above bounden
Richard Wilson and
Robert Swarbreck,
executors of the last
will and testament of
Elizabeth Parkinson.
Late of Medlar with
Wesham in the county of
Lancaster, widow,
deceased, shall and do
well and truly execute
and perform the last
will and testament of
the said Elizabeth
Parkinson deceased and
do pay all her debts and
legacies so far as her
goods and personal
estate will extend, and
the law shall bind them
if also they do exhibit
into court a true and
perfect inventory of the
said deceased goods and
personal estate, and
give a true and just
account of their acting
in the premises, when
they shall be thereunto
lawfully called, that
then this obligation to
be void, or else in
force.
Sealed and delivered
Richard Wilson, Robert
Swarbreck
In
the presence of
William Dickson, Rich.
?Hully
Inventory:
A
true and perfect
inventory of all the
good, chattels and
personal estate of
Elizabeth Parkinson,
late of Medlar,
deceased, valued and
appraised by William
Townsend, Ralph Townsend
and Richard Browning
March 19th
1740
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£
- s
- d |
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Goods in the
house |
2 - 16
- 0 |
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In the chamber
below |
1 - 14 -
0 |
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In the chamber
above |
1 - 15
- 0 |
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In the kitchen |
0 - 12
- 6 |
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In the buttery |
0 - 17
- 0 |
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Husbandry ?gears |
6 - 13
- 0 |
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Cows and horses |
35 - 10
- 0 |
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?supp |
0 -
8 -
0 |
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Corn |
11 - 15
- 10 |
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Turves |
0 - 15
- 0 |
| |
A swine |
1 -
5 -
0 |
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Cheese |
1 - 10
- 0 |
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Linen |
0 - 17
- 0 |
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Deceased’s
apparel with
saddle |
1 -
5 -
0 |
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Total |
67 - 13
- 4 |
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