William Kermode 1668 inventory, died c.1653

Submitted by: Joyce M Oates
Date: 14 March 2021
Original: 0106201

Archdeacon Will 1668A #60 Malew will regarding incomplete inventory of William Kermode of Tottabee/Tosaby, Malew, dated 26 July 1668, he died about 1653: 
Summary: wife is alive, son John, appraisors Nicholas Harrison & Thomas Fargher & John Caine & John Harrison.    

KK Malew July 26th 1668 We whose names ensue beinge impannel'd a Jurie of melig inqui= rendeum by an order from the vicar generall touching som goods concealed & kept out of Inventorie of Wm Kermott of Tottabee in KK Malew 15 yeares agoe, Doe give in our answer of verdict as followeth: whereas it appeareth by the oaths of the Sumner & the 4 men that prised the goods that the cropp of corne (for the cropp was not then growne beinge in June) was not Inventoried but concealed as we conceine beinge swarne to bringe in a true Inventorie) for that they were not sent for at after to price the sd crop or any more Therefore doe leave them that are swarne (& recorded) in a fault & to the censure of the Tall: Court to be punished as they shall see fit & usuall in such a case Nicho: Harrison his mrke X Thomas Ffargher his mrke X John Caine his mrke X John Harrison his mrke X October 8th 1668 In regare this fraud concerns yr prjudiceinge of ov----tts wch is too much practiced in this Country & especially ys beinge a sin of pjurie wch cryes for judgmt:, we therefore order & censure Jo: Kermott & his mother (beinge ye psons swarne to bringe in a true Inventorie as appears upon record) to stand at the foure market Crosses on the market days one houre betwixt the hours of 11 ans 12 in the forenoone with a schedull upon theire brest in Capitall Letters to the end that others may be thereby warn'd not to doe ye like & the summes of each pish is to see this executed and, to certifie the pformance to our records they are alsoe to make penance in all the parish Churches of the Southside of this Isle & they are to be comitted into St Germans prisone till they put in security to pforme this censure P Thompson John Harrison Tho: Parre

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