Brunt, Thomas, of Hole Carr, Heathylee, will 1591

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In the name of god Amen, the xxijth daye of marche Anno Dm 1590

I Thomas Brunte of the parish of Alstonfeild sick in bodye, but of good & perfect memorie the Lord therfore be praised, make and ordayne this my laste will & Testament in manner & forme followinge:

firste I Commende my Soule unto Almightie god my maker & Creator & unto Jesus Christe my Savior & Redeemer And my bodye to be buried in the parishe Churche of Alstonfeilde aforsayd

Item I geive & bequeath unto the poore people at Longenor iiijd

Item I geive & bequeathe unto John Froste my soninlawe my medleye Jerkin

Item I will that my M[aste]r and Landlorde shall have my best beaste for my heriot

Item I will that the debts which I owe & my funerall expence shalbe payd & discharged of my whole goods And then the reste of my goods I will to be equallie devyded into three parts

The firste parte whereof I give unto Alice my wife

And the other Two parts I will to be equallie devyded amongst Lawrence Brunte, Henrie Brunte, Richard Brunte, John Brunte & Thomas Brunte my fyve sones

Revokeinge & utterlie disanullinge all former wills, Legacies and bequeasts whatsoever I Constitute ordayne & appoynte Alice my Wife & William Olyver the elder my trewe & lawfull executors to see the execution & performance therof as my truste is thei Will

Theise beinge wytnes: Rycd Smith Cler and Thomas Olyver

Debts owinge by the aforsaid Testator

• unto John Brunte his sone xl s
• Unto Ricd Wodwarde his soninlawe xxij s
• for the bringeinge of hym home xxiiij s
• Unto Ricd Brunte his sone xiij s iiij d
• Unto Lawrence Brunte his sone iij s iiij d

In this Indented inventorie is Conteyned & declared particularlie the whole & inst Summe of all the goods & Cattels quicke & deade maneable And Commonable which did appurtaine & belonge unto the Late disceassed Thomas Brunte of the hole carre in the parishe of Alstonfeild seine & praysed the first daye of August Anno regni Domine nostre Elizabethe etc. xxxiijth By Us John Ryde John Brunte John Stanfeild & Renoulde Scrigleye, Anno Dom 1591

• One Cowe and other little beastes vj li
• One ould meare x s
• Sixe sheipe xvj s
• For hennes & gyse ij s
• For one hundred thrave of otes by estimatis iiij li
• For heaye & gresse gottenn & ungottenn xxvj s viij d
• For puter & brasse xxvj s viij d
• For his beddinge xiij s iiij d
• For his apparell vj s viij d
• His Ironn ware iij s iiij d
• All his woodenn wares xiij s iiij d

Transcribed by Stephen Heathcote from probate records of the Dioceses of Lichfield and Coventry viewed on Find My Past: "Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860"
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Thomas Brunt probate in 1591-1592. Residence Alstonfield, Staffordshire, England.