William Corlett, 1693

Submitted by: Joyce M Oates
Date: 15 September 2002
Original: LDS: 0106206

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48        Lezayre June the 28th [1693]
In the name of God, amen. I WILLIAM CORLETT sick in 
body but whole in mind and of perfect memory blessed 
be God for the same do make this my last will and 
testament in manner and form following: 
Imprimis: I commit my soul to God my Saviour and 
my body to Christian burial. 
Item, I leave to the poor one furlett of meal, 
one furlett of malt and a mutton. 
Item, I leave my SON WILLIAM and HIS WIFE ten 
shillings legacy. 
Item, I leave to HIS DAUGHTER twenty shillings 
legacy and also a calf of a year old. 
Item, I leave to my SON THOMAS all the goods in 
his possession that is to say one cow and an ox 
and MY WIFE hath given consent for her part of 
the same more over I leave him my said SON all 
my part of the sheep out of the whole. 
Item, I leave my SON JOHN my part of the money 
that is in ED: CROWRVS[?] Ballacotter's hand 
which is five pounds ten shillings in the whole. 
Item, I leave a feather bed to my SON THOMAS. 
Item, I leave my WIFE all my part of the linen 
and woolen cloth. 
Item, I leave a young colt to my DAUGHTER CATHRIN 
AND HER HUSBAND legacy. 
Item, I leave to my SISTER SON WILLIAM CROW 
Glandufe a house of bees. 
Item, I leave my BROTHER ROBERT CORLETT one 
furlett of barley legacy. 
Item, I nominate constitute and appoint my three 
SONS ROBERT, THOMAS, AND JOHN joint executors of 
all the rest of my goods moveable and 
unmoveable whatsoever excepting two shillings legacy 
I leave to my SISTER MARGARET CORLETT. 
Foreasmuch as would DOLINE CAINE deseased[?] pretended 
a d---- for a xxxx due to him, from the l---- but 
he doth freely declare he never owed the same to 
the said Caine. 
Witnesses: 
William Crowe, 
William Crowe.

LEZAYRE
THE EXECUTORS AT LAWFUL AGE are sworn in form of Law. 
Probatum est et Solvit. 

The Inventory given in by the Executors is xxxxx. 
Pledges in form of law Wm Crow and xxxx.


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