Ellin Kneale / Knickle alias Duccan 1689

Submitted by: Joyce M Oates
Date: 6 March 2019
Original: 0106205

Archdeacon Will 1689A #036 Arbory will of Ellin Kneale / Knickle alias Duccan wife of John Knickle, died December 1689: 
Summary: husband John Knickle OR Kneale cooper (died December 1689, his will ArW 1689A #035 Arbory), son William Knickle OR Kneale, dau Ann, witnesses: John 
Fargher & Philip Carown, overseers: brother in law Thomas Costean (married xxxx [?Jane, EpW 1699] Duccan), brother William Duccan / Duggan, brother in law William 
Norris, brother in law John Kewn; pledges William Cubbon & Thomas Moore & William Shimmin & John Qua----; also: William Norris of Bemacan.
Will of husband: ArW 1689A #035 Arbory will of John Knickle OR Kneale, cooper, died 19 December 1689:  wife Ellin Duccan (died the same time, her will ArW 1689A 
#036 Arbory), son William (of age by 1699), dau Ann (of age by 1699), supervisors: William Norris & William Duckan / Duggan (brother of wife Ellin) & Thomas Costeen 
(married xxxx [?Jane, EpW 1699]  Duccan) & John Kewn; owed a debt to John Kneale in Newtown, Ireland; witnesses to will: William Norris & John Fargher, witnesses to 
letter: John Maddrell shoemaker & Richard Clague; pledges William Cubbon & Thomas Moore & William Shimmin & John Qua----; also: William Norris of Bemacan.

The last will and Testamt: of Ellen Duccan wife to the decedent above mentiond being sick in body but of perfect memory praised be God for the same; Imprrs: she committed her soule to God and body to X?ian burriall; Ittm: She left the house and the garden westward with her husbands consent to her daughter Ann Kneale; Ittm: She left a heiffer out of the whole with his consent to her said daughter Anne; Ittm: She left upon Willm: Norris eleven shillings and sixe pence of due debt; Ittm: She left to her brothers eldest son 2 sheep if her own children doe die, and if any strife should hapen to fall out, upon the death of her children; then she cut out every one of her friends wt 6d legacy. Ittm: She left the house and the garden eastward to her son Willm: in the same manner as her husband left it; Ittm: She nominated & appointed her husband John Kneale exec: of all the rest moveable & immoveable pbatum est et solvit ut supra witnesses Jo: Ffargher X} Phil: Carroon X } jurati In regard yt ye Executors to ye above wills are dead, therefore their children vizt: Willm: & Ann Kneale are decreed Admistrs: of all their goods moveable & immoveable whatsoever, and the next of kinred vizt: Tho: Costean, Wm Duc= can, John Keown, & Wm: Norris are sworn Supervisors in form of Law Att Castletown ffebr: 12th 1689 Decretum est et solvit 2s ye 11s 6d charged in ye will upon Wm Norris is cleared by him upon oath n ye face of ye Court The goods in ye Supervisors hands who have given pledges Jo: Quai--- likewise Wm Cubon according to Law, and Tho: Moore & Wm Shimmin [next page] A true and perfect Inventory of the goods and chatles of the wthin John Kneale and his wife Ellin Duccan taken and priced by 4 sworn men, viz: Willm: Cubon ballekegg Willm: Norris, John & Wm Keige and John Cuban as ffolloweth £ s d Imprimis 1 gray lame mare and 2 colts prizd to ................................ 01 - 00 - 00 Itt: 1 old cowe 1 young cow 1 heiffer 2 year old .............................. 02 - 05 - 00d Itt: all the hsmp peeld and nonpeeld; fflaxe beaten and unbeaten .............. 00 - 04 - 02d Itt: 1 pound and a halfe of heckld hemp ....................................... 00 - 00 - 04d Itt: 14 head of sheep and halfe another ....................................... 00 - 12 - 00 Itt: ffour pound of heckld fflaxe ............................................. 00 - 01 - 04 Itt: The work tooles belonging to cooper trade ................................ 00 - 05 - 08d Itt: 5 pound weight of broken iron, and halfe a pound of steel ................ 00 - 00 - 10d Itt: 1 old Manx spade, 1 turff spade, 1 hack iron, 1 old grape, 1 old hammer} 1 old garden spade ...............................................}.. 00 - 01 - 10d Itt: 1 sithe and a shafe belonging to it ...................................... 00 - 01 - 00 Itt: 2 fforks, 1 iron rake, 4 old sickles ..................................... 00 - 00 - 07 Itt: ffishing lines, leadstone and the pundrell ............................... 00 - 00 - 08 Itt: 4 old halfe barrells, 1 churn & staff, 1 tub, 2 old canns ................ 00 - 03 - 03 Itt: 1 old great wheel and 1 old litle wheel .................................. 00 - 01 - 00 Itt: some old earthen muggs ................................................... 00 - 00 - 04 Itt: some stores and rake shafts 5d, halfe a cow hyde 8d in all ............... 00 - 01 - 01 Itt: 2 litle ladders 2 old carrs 2 old stradles 2 harrow gears 1 piece } of oulder, 1 wheel for making lynes ..............................}....... 00 - 02 - 04 Itt: 1 keive stoole and 3 other stooles ....................................... 00 - 00 - 08 Itt: 3 head more of sheep at 10d apiece; 3 goats 10d a piece in all ........... 00 - 05 - 00 Itt: 9 pound of wooll or therabout washd and unwashed ......................... 00 - 10 - 00 Itt: 1 loaming kishen, 1 litle measuring kishen ............................... 00 - 00 - 04 Itt: 1 litle smoothing iron, and 1 litle piece more of iron ................... 00 - 00 - 05 Itt: 1 pair of old woollen cards, 1 pair of hewrden cards ..................... 00 - 00 - 04 Itt: 2 old chests and 1 boord ................................................. 00 - 02 - 00 Itt: 2 pound and a halfe of linnen yarn unwhitend, 3 pound of tallow .......... 00 - 01 - 08 Itt: 3 pair of old shoes, and the stockings with them ......................... 00 - 02 - 10d Itt: 1 white hatt 9d, 1 red petticoat 1s 6d in all ............................ 00 - 02 - 03 Itt: 3 old baskets 1 kishen of coales old sievs and wieghts ................... 00 - 00 - 10 Itt: betwixt 3 kishens of salt hempseed and fflax seed ........................ 00 - 01 - 02 Itt: 1 old bedsted 6d, 2 old pots one whole one broken 1s 10d in all .......... 00 - 02 - 04 Itt: halfe a ffurlet of wheat ................................................. 00 - 02 - 00 Itt: Turff stack ling stack and ffearn, 1 pair of iron harrows, 1 litle old } botle, in old sadle, 1 gaff, in 1 masons trowell.......................}. 00 - 06 - 06 Itt: 1 boll of barley and five sieves ......................................... 00 - 13 - 00 Itt: 14 boulls and 1 furlet of oates .......................................... 02 - 01 - 00 Itt: 2 old sacks, 2 old bags, 1 hair rope ..................................... 00 - 02 - 03 Itt: 1 piece of a ffirr boord ................................................. 00 - 00 - 02 [written on the inside edge:] A stock & half of iron, 1 heiffer Legacy left to the daughter; Ittm the Lyme Lane and the lyme in the kill upon Comeshead ffarm valued to .... 01£ - 00s - 00d ----- prized to 3s 9d, prized to .... 16s note yt ye hay is to be ------- [in fold] Item the Croft from Wm Norris beemacken valued to .... 00 - 03 - 00d [next page] Know all men by these presents I John Knakle in KK Arbory in the Isle of Man doe --- & accknowlede him selfe to stand justly & truely in debted unto John Kna= kle of Newtowne in the Dominion of Ireland the just & full sume of two pound and four shillings sterlinge of good currant and lawfull English moneys of & in England, due to be paid unto the foresaid John his heires Executors Administrators & asignes att or before the first of May next after the date hereof and for the true p for monie of the same, to be made repaid I the foresaid John Kna= kell binds mee my heires Executors Administrators and Asignes in the penull sume of foure pound & eight shillings, moneys aforesd firmely by these presents, In wtt whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and seale this fourth day of July one thousand six hundred eightie and nine. noat the word Jo: inter lind betwixt the first & second line at the latter end wittneses present John Kneakill his mark X John Maddrell shomaker his mrk X Rich Cloage his marke X 11th Octobr: 1690 The above John Maddrell & Rich Cloage witnesses, have deposed ye above bill ------- act & deed of ye above Jo: Knakle & doe ---- in their presence before mee Tho: Norris [on a slip of paper:] To the Right Reverend Mr Thomas Parr Reverend Sir Viccar Generall of this Isle We whose names are underwritten doe certifie, that when we made an aprisement of the moveables of John Kneagle of KK Arbory we left the hay unprised reserving it for the feeding of the cattell because we knew not what time the cattell would be sold this given under our hands this 24th of february 1689/90 John Kewin his marke X William Norris his marke X William Kegg his marke X Willm Cubon [on a slip of paper:] Octobr: the 11th 1690 I confess and acknowledge to have from the hand of Will: Norris, Will Dugan Tho: Costeene and John Kewne offerseers of John Knakells children full satisfaction for the within bond which is fourtie four shillings starlinge, As wittness my hand the day and yeare above said John Kneakle wittness thereto Tho K Kenedy his marke [on a slip of paper] May 3th 1699 I Will: Kneale do acknowledge to have rec'd from Jon: Kewn the full & just summ of thirty one shillings & six pence, being all my part of my ffathers & mothers goods wch lay in his hands: And I doe hereby acquit & discharge the said Jo: Kewn, his Exrs: & Admrs: of the same for ever. Witness my sub- scription Wm Kneale X my mark Witnesses Hen: Norris John Woods [on a slip of paper:] April 18th 1699 The wthin Anne Kneagle does also now acknowledge to have rec'd from Thomas Costean the full summ of 01£ - 15s - 03s being the other half of her ffathers & mothers goods in his hands: & does likewise acquit him, his Exrs: & Admrs: forever. Witness her subscription Anne Kneagle her mrk X die prdicto The above & within discharge were sign'd by Anne Kneagle before me J Woods Episc: Regr: [on a slip of paper:] April 18th 1699 This day Anne Kneagle daughter of John Kneagle & Ellin his wife, came & recd: from Wm Duckan the summ of thirty two shills: wch (wth three shills: & 3d expended for re- paris in, and about an house of hers, wch she, & her overseer Tho: Costean are willing to allow) compleats half of her Proportion of goods descending by her above ffather's & mother's decease, in the aforesd Wm: Duckans hands; & she doth hereby acquit him, his Exrs: & Admrs: of the same for ever Witness her subscription Anne Kneagle her mrk X Note yt 4s of the above 1£ - 12s is for half of an heiffer left her in Legacy (the other half being in Tho: Costean's hands) [slip of paper, found just before ArW 1689A #042 Rushen will of John Kinnish:] feberuary the 16th 1689/90 Then Receaved by the hands of the executors of } John Kneagle the just summ of xxs[10s] sterling} £ s d due by the said John Kneagle to me at his } 01 - 00 - 00 death I say receaved full sattisfaccon for } the above said summ by me .....................} Willm: Cubon July 14th 1690 The overseers declare upon oath yt they have pd } in debts & fees, & funeral charges .............} 0 - 18 - 0 [slip of paper, found just before ArW 1689A #042 Rushen will of John Kinnish:] 6 May 1690 Mr Thurstan Tyldesley enters his clame agt the Exrs: of Jon: Knakill and his wife for iijs vjd due upon acct and craveth tryall Exam p me Jonem: Parr Regr: December 18th 1690 The clamer in the presence of the Supervisors hath deposed upon the holy Evangilist the said debt of 3s 6d to be due to hm from the said decedent besides the fees laid out wch summ of 3s 6d wth the like laid out is herby ordered to be paid to them fourteene dayes and if the Supvisors refuse to pay the same the Sumners are to Comit them into St Germans prison till they pay Tho: Parr [on the back of the above slip of paper:] ------- the sum of 3s 6d wch is the sume wthin .......} mentioned -----e -------ved ---- --- the persons ordr } £ s d & fees this ------- pd by ----- storrie be-------- I } 00 - 04 - 06 say receaved the summ of .............................} by me Thurstan Tyldesley [slip of paper, found just before ArW 1689A #042 Rushen will of John Kinnish:] feberuary the 16th 1689/90 Receaved from the executors of John } Kneagle xxs [20s] for tithe due at the} xxs [20s] death of the said John Kneagle for } the year 89, I say recd p me Richard Quillin Recd this in parte of payment for my sallery by the order of Mr John Christian from Richard Quilline p me Robert Dykes

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