Will and inventory of Edward North of Tean 1664

Description:Wills and their accompanying inventories of goods and chattels, are an excellent source of information for family, social and economic history. A will can provide all kinds of useful information about family relationships and the social and economic status of the testator, that is the person making the will. In addition before 1750, an itemised inventory of the goods of the deceased was drawn up by between two and five unbiased persons called appraisors, overseers or supervisors. The inventory includes all the moveable goods, including there appropriate household goods, clothing, stock-in-trade, farm stock, growing and cut corn, loose money and any rent and debts due but it does not include land.

“In The name of god Amen I Edward North of Over Teane in the parish off Checklye and in the County of Stafford labourer being sick in body but off good and perfect remembrance praysed bee god, doe make and hereby ordaine this my last will and Testament in manner amd Form Following First I yeild and bequeath my body to the earth whereoff it was at first Framed, and by soule to almighty god my [saviour] hoping through the merits off Jesus Christ that both my soule and body shall at the last day be united together and remaine with god in glory inseperably for ever Amen, And for such worldly goods as I shall enioy and possesse at my decease I thus dispose off them first I give unto my sonn John North all the mantion house wherein I live and the hempbut backside and garden thereunto belonging (in manner and form following) that is to say the one halfe Immediately after my decease, and the other halfe at the decease of my wife catherin, my son paying unto my three daughters the summe off Fiffteene pounds to be devided equally amongst them as it happens to Fall due, that is to say five pounds at three yeares end after my decease and other five pounds after three yeares after that that is at six yeares end after my decease and other Five pound of lawfull money of England at three yeares after that, that is, at nine yeares after my decease, and for want off payment off the summe off Fiffteene pounds or any part theroff as is above limited, they, to wit my daughters or their assignes to enter upon the land and to dettaine the same till full [ - ] payments come due or payable leaving no issue lawfully begotten then the money to bee paid to them living. Item I give unto my son John my title in a certaine peice of ground called Ruddock pit........”



Copyright : Lichfield Record Office B/C/11 1664 Sept 16 Edward North of Tean

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