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Summary:
Testator:
Robert Scales of
Thwaitehead, Lancashire
Brother and his
son: John Scales
and Richard
Bastard son:
Edward
Brother:
William Scales
Legatee:
Mabel Taylor
Brother and executor:
Richard Scales
Supervisors:
Thomas Scales, John
Scales, James Taylor and
Rowland Taylor
Signed:
13 March 1598
Witnesses:
John Scales and Rowland
Taylor
Probate:
1599
Inventory by:
Thomas Scales, James
Taylor , John Wilson and
John Scales
Dated:
26 March 1599
Probate:
dated 27 March 1599
Bondsmen:
Richard Scales and
Thomas Scales, of
Thwaitehead in Hawkshead,
husbandmen
Granted by:
Richard Townson,
minister and Thomas
Cottom
Source:
Lancashire Record
Office, Preston, WRW/F
1599
Text:
In
the name of God, Amen;
The xiiith [13th]
day of March in the year
of our Lord God 1598, I,
Robert Scales of ?the ?Waitehead
in the county of
Lancaster ?being sick in
body but of whole mind
and perfect memory, god
be praised, do ordain
and make this my last
will and testament in
manner and form
following;
First, I give and
bequeath my soul into
the hands of god who
gave it unto me, and I
commit my body to the
earth from whence it
came;
Item, I give and
bequeath my ?tenements
or ??? ??? with
appurtenances whatsoever
to John Scales my
brother, Richard his
son, to him and his sons
forever;
Item, I give to Edward
my bastard son xli [£10]
out of my goods to be
paid unto him at such
times as my supervisors
shall think best;
Item, I give unto
William Scales my
brother xx [20] nobles
to be paid out of my
goods;
Item, I give to Coulton
church xs {10/-];
Item, I give to Mabell
?Taylor vi s viii d
[6/8];
Item, I make executor of
all my goods, moveable
and unmoveable, Richard
my brother, my debts,
bequests and funeral
expenses paid and
discharged;
Item, I make supervisors
of this my last will and
testament Thomas Scales,
John Scales, James
Taylor and ?Rowland
?Taylor, desiring them
to see this my last will
and testament performed
and kept as my trust is
in them. Recorded ???
// John Scales //
Rowland Taylor // C. ?Santell
?1599
Inventory:
A
true inventory of all
the goods and ?chattels
of Robt. Scales of ?Thwaitehead,
deceased, prised by
Thomas Scales, James
Taylor, John Wilson and
John Scales, xxvi [26]
of March Anno Domini
1599
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£ |
s |
d |
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Imprimis |
His apparel and
bedding |
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53 |
1 |
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Item |
Kyne, calves ???
and ??? |
14 |
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Item |
Horses and mares
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5 |
6 |
0 |
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Item |
Sheep |
18 |
6 |
8 |
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Item |
Pans, ?pewter
and pots |
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6 |
8 |
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Item |
Arks, chests and
bedstocks |
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5 |
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Item |
??? |
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20 |
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Item |
In gages |
29 |
3 |
8 |
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Soma is |
70 |
3 |
8 |
Bond:
The first part, in
Latin, binds Richard
Scales and Thomas Scales
of Thwaitehead in
Hauxhead, Lancashire,
husbandmen, in the
amount of £100, dated 27
March 41 Elizabeth
[1599]
The second part, in
English, follows: The
condition of this
obligation is such that
if the above bounded
Richard Scales do well
??? ??? execute,
perform, fulfill and
discharge the last will
and testament of Robt.
Scales, late of
Thwaitehead of the
parish of Hauxhead,
deceased, and do pay his
legacies as to law
appertaineth and also do
make or cause to be made
a ??? perfect account of
his true execution and
administration in that
behalf upon ??? he shall
be hereunto lawfully
called, that then this
present obligation to be
void or else it to stand
in full strength, power
and virtue.
Sigillat et delibt in
putia ???
Richardus Townson,
minister
And Thomas Cottom |
