Contributed by Gillian Palmer
(Original manuscript at Worcester County Record Office, County Hall,
Worcester, England. Manuscript is delicate and damaged).
1. ... the yeare of our lord god ... I Walter Blount of Astley in the
2. ... of good and perfect rem ... & prayse be Unto almighty god
3. ... begin any ... no manner & forme ... that Is to saye
4. ... and make & deliver and my body to be honestly buryed in
5. ... god & for ... Item I do give & bequeathe to
6. ... ...all surtys dettes & duties as I do
7. ... and payment by my executors therefore ... will is ...
8. ... First, I do give and bequeathe unto Francis Blount my second son
9. as farme of Whitstone with the payment of ... was previously called a ...
10. ... gyve ... for certyn yeares by that the said Francis sh...
11. & lye modestly upon my the full term
12. dispose of my last ... paying therefore yearly ... some if it be
13. ... of the no.. of Saint John Baptist ... shall
14. person or persons but to his brother Robert only. And if he ... shall be at
15. his gyft to be as voyde & of non effect. Also I do gyve & bequeathe unto
the...
16. & bequeathe unto Richard Blount my sone an annuitie or annuatt rent of
Astley
17. hym his liffe other of my farme of Whitstone aforesaid within yeare
18. at Robert my sone immediately after my deythe shall make unto
the said Richard a sufficient
19. of ... of my said forms within a claim of distress .. for the non payment
then of ... within
20 Item I do give & bequeathe unto Isabell my daughter to make her
preferment in marriage finely
21 ...wylle is that she shall be ruled & gaveruyd (governed?) in her
marriage by my wyffe & Robert her son. Item
22 Robert my eldest son all my farm taking & terms in years ... I give
yette some of & in the fa...
23. aforesaid with his appurtenance etc. & ... & ...the pastures called
Blackpole with before
24. ... my sons and also all my right bills ... & terms of yeares which I have
yette some ... of
25. ... ... & of & in one medowe lying nowe before called the lee & the lee
rolls upon this
26. that he shall provide & suffice it shall be my wyffe to ... before & in ways
the moytis is
27. of the said farme of Whitstone & other the premisses jointly with the said
Robert for &
28. ... on beginning the the right one & half of all such rents & other
yearly charges
29. ... of premisses and my part therein In yearly charges which shall be.
Should the said Robert fortune to dye
30. & gave no Issue of his body lawfully bigoten then I wylle that the said
farme of Whitstones on all
31. legacies before to hym ... gyve shall fully & legally remayne to Francis my
sons. And of his f...
32. god for ... befor he is married & has no issue of his body lawfully bigoten
then my will is that the
32a. ... ...& all other the prises shall remayne unto Richard my son Joyse Hall
Elizabeth Wynford
33. be equally & indifferently divided & apportioned among the ... all such tyme
& terms of y...
34. ... & ... then by foers of my Souells prefer... then PROVIDED always & this
is my... ... wylle
35. my deathe all & singular cattels (sic) what so ....they shall be praysed by
the Justices
36. ... favourably by my executors for the ... & ... preferment thereof albt of
the which my wyll is that...
37. payed or disposed Also my wylle is that Isabell my wyffe shall occupy & keep
this house for & during
38. her lyffe & after her decease all implements of household & all other things
wich she hath by reason of this my...
39. ...remayne holy to Robert my sone. And the residue of my yarde not
bequeathed my dettes & legacies
40. ...discharged & payed I do gyve & bequeathe to Isabell my wyffe & to Robert
my son & Richard Hall my son...
41 order to be my true & lawfull executors to see me honestly brought home &
this my last wyll to be swiftly paid
42. ...to true means & ... thereof And I do by these presents revoke & adnull
all former legacies & testaments &
43. ... heretofore made in any ways: And for the more perfect knowledge of this
my last wylIe & testament the
44. ...by this my above hand. And the aforesaid Richard Hail is contentydly to
take for this payment
45. & to make no manner of claymes nor title in non ... other parting or part of
all my ... goodes and cattels by
46. but to be a spershall frynd & ... to the other my executors in all such
benefices as is
47. ...Sir John Taylor person of Astley or Alan Ciyffe person of Meyttley(Martley?)
Willing hym with other...
51. Latin wigors xvlij o die mensis noembris Anno Dn 1561 o rosa miro &
homapoved iegii doctox habit & gibers Jubertaxim rifra fello
natimitatedni.
The date of the will is apparently 1557 but was probated on November 18, 1561, following Walter's death on October 3, 1561.
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Inventory Walter Blount Armiger defunct |
[ Note: li = pounds, sh = shillings, d =
pence, and i =1, v = 5, x = 10, l = 50 and j = 1 are the usual Roman numerals ]
| Imprimis in the hall one table boarde a fowrme no th (number of the?) a payre of evefilles and hangings prise | xiii sh ijj d |
| Item in the parler 1 turn table one fowrme & viij quishins no th a payre of Awndyrons & chests | liij sh iij d |
| Item in the second parler j table boarde no th a carpet & a fowrme | iij sh iii d |
| Item in the same parler: j standing bedd j lone bedde with ij fether bedde & a flock bedde & iiij bolsters iij pillows iij blankets ij coverings j of tapestery woorke & the other of whom | making viij li |
| Item in the same parler vj coffers | xiij sh iiij d |
| Item in the third parler j square table ij fowrmes | iii sh iiij d |
| Item iiij cheyers no th a closse stoolle, a standinge cubbord & j coffer | xij sh |
| Item j standinge bedde no testeur & curtens j fether bedde & a flocke bedde j bolster/ij pillowes/ a payre of blankets & a coverings | iij li vi sh vij d |
| Item hanginge in the same parler/ | xiij sh lij d |
| Item in the same parler a payre of ... | v sh |
| Item in j chamber a standinge bedde no testerne & curtens/ a fether bedde, a bolster ij pillowes: a payre of blankets/ a covering of tapestery | vj li |
| Item in the same chamber a cheyre/a round table no th hanging off...greene saye and wedde | xxvi sh iij d |
| Item in j other chamber a fether bedde a bolster j blanket/a covering of saye ij chestes with hanging of greene saye to same chamber | x li vj sh vj d |
| Item in one other chamber a standing bedd no testerne & curtens a fether bedde j bolster a pillow/ a payre of blankets/ a covering of tapestery woorke | iij li vj sh viij d |
| Item hanging to the same chamber with a chest a cheyre & j other fether bedde iij pyllowes and a covering of tapestery & a frilly...standing in the same chamber | lij sh viij d |
| Item in one other chamber a fether bedde a bolster j payre of blankets a covering of redd saye no the hanging to the same chamber & a chest of Cypers | xxxiij sh iij d |
| Item in one other chamber one standinge bedde a fether bedd a bolster a pillow j payre of blankets a covering no th hangings to the same chamber | iij li xviij sh iij d |
| Item in one other chamber a fether bedd j bolster ij pillows a covering of redde saye no th hanging & to the same chambe | xl sh |
| Item in one other chamber ij flocke bedde ij bolsters ij pillows j coverette | xx sh |
| Item in one other chamber a flocke bedde & a bolster | v sh |
| Item in one other chamber ij flocke bedde iij bolsters & j blankett | viij sh iij d |
| Item Item xv candels (?) | xxv sh |
| Item in the malt chamber iij quarters off malt ij quarters of barley malt & ij of dredge | xlj sh viij d |
| Item talows | xxvj sh viij d |
| Item x sticke of salt | xiij sh iij d |
| Item fethers & whiles | xiij sh iij d |
| Item ij sticke off wheat | iij d |
| Item xv couple of salt sticke | xl d |
| Item comper ware | xxvi sh viij d |
| Item v brothes ij rackes iij payre of poot hookes a goodyway no th iij driping panes | xxvij sh viij d |
| Item a brason poote iij posendts a chasene/a brasosn morter no th a iron pestall | iij li |
| Item iij brason panes vi brason cathornes ij brandwants | xx li |
| Item xxj platers | xlij li |
| Item x potingers | xiij sh iij d |
| Item xvx sansons & farming driftes | |
| Item ij basons and a receivers no th iij old dyshes | viij sh |
| Item vj candle stickes & j plate candlesticke | |
| Item xviij payre of flaxon sheetes | vi sh |
| Item viij payre of hempen sheetes | viij sh viij d |
| Item viij payre of nogyn sheetes | viij sh |
| Item ij dyeper meat clothes & no th flaxon meat clothes | iij sh |
| Item v towelles, and eight pillow busrs | xx sh |
| Item viij table napkins | iij sh |
| Item j standlige cup of sylver and golde ij bowles of sylver and golde, j boule of sylver, ij goblet of sylver and gold no th j cover one salt of sylver & gold, no th a cover & j other salt of sylver & gold one spon of sylver & gold & xiiij of sylver | lxxiij li |
| Item j cheine of gold & iij ringe | xxxj li |
| Item his apparrell | x li |
| Item iiij costumes of velvet imbrothered with golde & ij of selke | xxx li |
| Item vi payre of almoy... , ij jackes & a pomyplate coote | iij li vj sh |
| Item iij stases for hoursing, a pole axe, ij berinnge billes,iij black bllles | xiii |
| Item I yron & iij cupboards with j racke | lvi sh |
| Item vj sarkes for corne | vj sh |
| Item iij saddles, iij bridilles | xxxiii sh iiij d |
| Item iij thousand of woode | iij sh |
| Item ij axes, ij billes, ij shovilles & a spade | v sh |
| Item iij bales of flaxe | x sh |
| Item viij oxen | xx li |
| Item vj fatt beast | x li |
| Item x kyne & a bull | xvij li |
| Item ix small beast | ix li |
| Item x stoce sheepe & x old sheepe | xxx li |
| Item xxviij swyne | v li xiij sh iij d |
| Item v hundred strikes of rye | j li |
| Item hey | vij li |
| Item a hundred strikes of barley | v li xvj sh viij d |
| Item iij stoce strikes of malt courne | iij li |
| Item waynes, plankes & all that belongeth them unto Item iij geldings, a mare & a colt | |
| Item all kind of pultery | |
| Item iij swannes | x sh |
praysed by Walter James
? Astons
Sm total cccxxxx li
? Courazyes
Richard Hague
The ? of Whitstone cc li (?)
The ------- c li
The ------- --- xxx li (?)
The ... Astley (?) wodde x li
Gr total ccccccccxxxvi li xvj d