| Submitted by: | Tom Corteen |
| Date: | 10 July 2003 |
| Original: | Manx Museum, LDS: 0991648 |
Maughold 1705
This is affirmed to be ye last will & testamt of Margt Corteene [who departed]...
this life ye 23 of Octobr 1705 - Imprs she comitted her soul to god [& her body]...
to christian Buryall.-- She bequeathed to her sone Ewan & Robert...
choire of ye Cow or Heffer in Consideration of some mony she ought ym ...
It. To her sone John a sheep in Ball=Allin with its fleece wch [was put up in] ...
his owne woole in ye house, and alsoe all her owne woole. It. To her [sone Ewan]...
ye white Blankett on ye bed she lay on wch was his owne. It. To her sone Robert...
the litle pott wch was alsoe his owne. It. To her sone Ewan ye [homes & Flax]...
wch was in a seck in ye sperise it being his owne. It. To her sone Robert all...
ffemale hemp of this yeares growth, & the male hemp to Ewan. It. To Ewan...
a Russett Coate in consideration of some cloath of his wch she sould. It. To her...
sone Robert all her part of ye house & Land & if they contended with him ...
could go no farther. It. To ye witnesses of this her last will sixpence a piece...
It. She owned yt there was 5 groats due from her to ye milner of Corna &...
to some other psons -- And all ye remaining part of her goodes she beq[ueathed]...
to her three sones viz. Ewan, Robt & John Kerrish and nominated ym her ...
and Lawfull Executors.
The Inventory taken by 4 sworn men
amounts to 3:06:06
Last Modified 18 April 2015