Will of Thomas Owzeby 8th June 1682

 

In the name of God Amen, I Thomas Owzeby of ye parifh of Hefkett and county of Cumberland ......... being sick in body, but of perfect rembrance, praifed be God for ye same doe make & ordaine this my laft will & teftament in manner & form following viz:

ffirft I bequeath my soul into ye hands of God my blefsed Creator everything through ye meritorius death & pafsion of my blefsed saviour & Redeemer to receive pardon & forgivenefs of all my sins & my body to be decently buried within ye churchyard of Hefkett afortd to ye difcretion of my Executors & Executrixes, hereafter mentioned, And for my wordly Goods I order & difpofe of them as followeth viz:

Item I give unto Thomas Owzeby my Eldest son one dun coloured horfe as a legacy. Item I give unto William Owzeby my son the sum of twenty and five pounds. Item I give unto my daughter Jane Reynoldson twelve Hogg=sheep, And of all ye reft of my worldly goods (after my death, legacies & ffunerall expenfes are difcharged, I order & appoint my son William aforementioned & Margarett Owzeby & ffrances Owzeby, my daughters to be my Executor of this my laft will & teftement. In witnefs whereof I have here sett my hand & seal ye 8th day of June Anno Domi 1682.

 

sealed & signed

in ye prefence of us

John Owzeby senior his mark Thomas Owzeby

John Owzeby jurat his mark mark & seal

Tho: Wells

 

A true & perfect Inventory of all moveable Goods & chattells of Thomas Owzeby of ye parifh

of Hefkett lately deceafed prized ye fourteenth day of June by John Owzeby, Thomas Olivant, John Barker & Lancelott Garth Anno Domi 1682

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Imph His Apparrell Horfe & riding gear 05 00 00

Item five oxen & a heifer 13 00 00

Item two mares 03 00 08

Item three kine 06 00 00

Item sheep 30 00 00

Item seed & ardor 16 17 00

Item Rye & Bigg 02 06 00

Item one winding cloth, sack & wool 02 04 00

Item Bedding 06 00 00

Item Three Bedfheets 00 15 00

Item Three chifts 01 10 00

Item woollen cloth & havna cloth 01 06 00

Item The apparell of Elizabeth his deceafed wife 01 00 00

Item Brafs, puter & fine vefell & wood vefell 01 15 00

Item one cupbard 01 00 00

Item Loofe wood, fuell & manner 01 00 00

Item Hufbandry gear 01 10 00

Item One table, one shelfe, chairs, forms & a stone trough 00 10 00

Item One chift more 00 08 00

In all 95 09 08

bills owing to ye deceafed by severall perfons 36 18 00

sum total 131 18 00

 

Tho: Wells

Curate of Hefkett