William Cowle junior, 1675

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44         Bride
This is affirmed to be the last will and testament of William Cowle junior 
Shellag, who committed his soul to God and his body to Xtian burial.  
Imprimis, he bequeathed to the poor a firlet of meal.  
Item, he left to the parson a mutton.  
Item, he left to his loving wife his part of the riding hourse.  
Item, he left to his brother Charles Cowle his best garment.  
Item, he left to his only sister an yearling.  
Item, he left to his manservant William Cotter 17s wages and a basket.  
Item, to the witnesses 6d apiece legacy.  
Item, he constituted and ordained that if the child on his wives bearing 
was a boy, he to be his heir and his daughter Katherin Cowle to be 
Executor of all the rest of his goods moveable and unmoveable whatsoever, 
and further he willed whosoever should be his heir should have 
his part of the crop of corn, his part of the team or plough with all 
the gears implements that belonged to husbandry, with a choice cow and mare.  
Item, his will was that if both his children died under age, that then 
whosoever should be the heir should have all things as he left 
before in the same nature and manner, and that xxx the rest of there 
goods should be equally divided one half to his wife and the other 
half to his brother Charles.  
Item, he constituted his father William Cowle supervisor of his children 
to see his will performed.  
Testes 
Charles Caismeene, 
William Cotter, jurati.            

Charles Cowle ballacurju[?] and Charles Cowle Shellag sworn supervisor 
and the mother also to bring in a perfect Inventory in whose hands the 
goods aare within 14 days.   Sub poena 20s.   
Probatum et solvit 12d."                 

The Inventory of William Cowle junior prized by Tho:Kaughin, 
Ro: Moore, John Cotter, & Mark Joughin, as followeth:
Imprimis in hemp sacks	£00:06s:06d
Item half fither & boulster	00:05:00 
item for fledges	00:02:06
item in blanket & cover	00:04:00
item half blanket	00:02:00
item for linen cloth	00:16:00
item for raw cloth	00:07:04
item in shapen clothes	00:06:00
item for flax and wool	00:03:00
item for hemp & half hide	00:03:06
item for linen yarn	00:01:06
item in xxxx cows ye deads part	06:06:00
item the plough and husbanding gears, the dead part	00:05:00
item in horses and mares ye dead part	01:00:00
item sheep in number 13 prized to 	00:14:00
item for harrowes ye dead part	00:00:06
item in nets and fishing geers	00:10:00
item his part of a saddle and an English spade and a Manks spade	00:01:06
item a sickle & some treuw[?] vessels	00:01:00
item barrels, keepes & pron prized to 	00:06:00
item a chest prized to 	00:02:00
item for geese sieves, & pocks[?]	00:02:00
item in baskets, pannors, & a heckle	00:00:09
Item a small common book	00:01:00
item his part of cards wheel & 2 barrel boards	00:01:00
item in moneys	03:00:00
item in his father in law hands of his portion 	07:10:00
	Total	22:18:01
William Cowle junior Shellage his goods in ye custody 
of the wife, and have also undertaken ye charge of the 
farm until ye heir come to 14 yars of age; and have 
given pledges in form of law Charles Cowle and Samuel 
Christian upon condition, that she hath liberty ot marrie 
into the farm[?] whom she pleaseth; and this in ye presence 
of William Cowle & Charlew Cowle his brother.  
It is also agreed upon by the supervisor and the mother 
who concorned[?], that if the children both die under years; 
that thoseall their goods is to return to ye mother, 
except 4 pounds 0s 0d, which she is to pay to ye next 
of kin on ye father side.  
The grandmother also obliged herself to give 4s to the 
mother towards the childrens maintenance provided that 
if they both die under years then ye said 4s is to return 
to herself or her executors.      
More added by Charles Coul to ye Inventory of Will Coul 
the remainder of the crop after all debts discharged 
and ye land sown :   20 shillings

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