The Will & Inventory of Thomas Taylor late of Bold, in the County of Lancaster. (Merseyside)

The Will & Inventory of Thomas Taylor

Thomas Taylor, Bold, 1663: Probate 1665

In the name of God Amen I Thomas Taylor of Bold in the county of Lanc husbandman being weake in body but of good & perfect memory doe make & ordaine this my last will & testament in manner & forme following Impr(imis) I commend my soule into the hands of almighty god my maker hopeing by the meritts of his passion to be one of his elect And my body I committ to Chrisyian buriall And for the goods wherew(i)th god hath blest me in this world I give & dispose of them in manner & forme following Imp(imi)s I give & bequeath unto Tho(mas) Taylor Ellen Banks Ann Sutton & Alis Booth my Children every one twelve pence It(e)m I give unto Elizabeth Taylor my daughter in law the greate in the house It(e)m I give unto Jane Taylor my grandchild a greate pewter dish & one of the chests in the chamber belowe whether she pleaseth It(e)m I give unto Tho(mas) Taylor my grandchild the long table in the parlor & the short table in the same roomw w9I)th the formes & seates belonging to them after the decease of me the said Thomas Taylor Thomas Taylor my sonne & Elizabeth Taylor his wife And for the rest & residue of my goods after my debts legasies & funerall expences paid & discharged I give & bequeath them wholely unto Eales Taylor my wife togeather w(i)th fower pound due unto me from Roger Sutton to be entirely & wholy at her disposeing And for the house wherein I now live w(i)th the rest of the houseing & small p(ar)cell ground thereunto belonging I grant & assigne over unto Thomas Taylor my sonne after the death & decease of me the said Thomas Taylor & eales Taylor my wife to hould unto his heires & assignes dureing the remainder of the lease And lastly I constitute & make Eales Taylor my now wife sole executrix of this my last will and testam(en)t hopeing that shee will see all this p(er)formed accordingly In Wittnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the ffowerteenth day of Aprill in the fifteenth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the second of England Scotland ffrance & Ireland King Defender of the faith Anno D(o)m(ini) 1663

Thomas Taylor his mark

Sealed signed & delivered

in the presence of

Richard Bankes his marke

Matthew Houghton

Inventory of Thomas Taylor, Bold, 1665

A true and p(er)fect Inventorie of all the goods and Chattells of Thomas Taylior thelder of Bold Dec(eased) taken and apprised by W(illia)m Woods Mathew Houghton Randle Penington and W(illia)m Smyth of Bold yeomen this 31^st day of March Anno Regis Caroli 2^nd decimo septimo ... Anno Dom(in)i 1665

	£	s	d
Imprimis In the Parlor
one Greate Table	1	0	0
one little square Table		4	0
one forme		1	4
one other little square Table		1	4
Three Chayres and one Cushion			8
one Board one Iron grate		3	2
Total	2	0	6
In the Chamber ov(e)r the parlor
onne Bedstead one ould feath(e)r Bed one Chaffe bed one feath(e)r Bolster one white Rugge one Cov(e)r lett	1	6	8
one Truckle Bed on(e) Chaffe bede		2	6
one Table and forme		5	0
one greate Arke		8	0
one Turnell		3	4
Total	2	5	6
In the House
one Cupboard		5	0
one Table		1	6
one cheyre and 3 buffett Stooles		2	0
one Iron grate		8	0
Total		16	6
In the lower Chamber
one bedstead one Truckle bed		6	8
one feather bolster		3	0
one blankett Cov(e)rlett		3	0
Two Coffers		5	0
ffive shelves		2	0
Total		19	8
In the Butterye
one feath(e)rbed one feath(e)r bolst(e)r	1	5	0
Two blanketts and one Rugg		13	4
Total	1	18	4
In the lower Dwellinge
one Chest and 4 Cheyres		5	0
In Brasse		11	4
In Pewter		12	0
In iron ware		2	0
In Corne Barley 4 measures		6	8
In Beefe		2	4
Total	1	19	4
In the Kitchen
one Breweinge Panne		10	0
one combe 2 stounds and 7 firkins	1	0	0
Total	1	10	0
In lynnens		15	0
In debts	4	0	0
In the decedents Purse		5	0
In his Apparrell		15	0
Suma Totalis	17	4	10

Subscribed by the Aprisors

before named William Woods

Mathew Houghton

Randle Penington

William Smyth 10 April 1665