Thomas Todd of Rufford - Will 1672

Date: [unknown] to 27 Apr 1672
Location: Rufford, Lancashire, England
Surname/tag: Todd Caunce

Thomas Todd of Rufford - Will 1672

Thomas Todd of Rufford – Summary of Will 1672

Held at Lancs.Archives

Made: Date missing

Burial : Abt Feb 1671/2

Inventory: 19 Feb 1671/2

Proved: 27 Apr 1672

Executors: Margaret Todd (wife); John Todd (brother).

· First part of will missing.

· Soul to Almighty God .........body to earth, to be buried ... in chapel or chapel yard of Rufford, as near to father as earth will allow.

· To wife tenement and all parcels and closes of ground hereafter named; first Cuttle (?) yard, about an acre; secondly great Moss Hey, about two acres and one rood; an acre land called Ricke/Dicke(?) Hey and an acre of the park moss lying out at Martin Mere Side.

· Excepts one acre called ‘Toby Hey’, which he assigns to eldest daughter Sisley Todd.

· After wife’s decease, all closes aforementioned, except Toby Hey, to be divided equally amongst children.

· Goods to be divided into three parts. First for self; second for wife and third for children.

· After all debts and funeral expenses paid out of whole of his part, then remainder to be divided equally amongst children, SisleyTodd, Emlin Todd, Margaret Todd, Susan Todd and Ellin Todd, daughters of aforesaid Thomas.

· Mentions various debts owed by him:

o To daughter Emlin Todd £5.

o To brother John Todd £4.15s.

o To William Wilson £3.

o To George Emond £4. 16s to be paid 24 shillings yearly.

o To Robert Banks £6.

o To Henry Yate 40 shillings. Also 29 shillings more to Henry Yate.

o To daughters Sisley and Emlin 40 shillings left to them by Susan Asborne deceased.

· .Also leaves an additional 45 shillings to Sisley and Emlin, given to them by aforesaid Susan Asborne.

· Feather bed, bolster, pillow, two coverlets and pair of sheets given by Susan Asborne to Sisley and Emlin, or to whichever ‘fortune to be married first’.

· Owing to daughters Sisley Todd and Margaret Todd, for a heifer which Thomas bought and kept until sold for 50 shillings. If worldly goods extend to pay debts, then 50 shillings be paid to them. If not, then 25 shillings of the 50 shillings to his executors.

· Appoints wife Margaret and brother John as joint executors.

· Revokes all other wills and bequests heretofore made in writing or otherwise and declares this his only last will and testament.

· Puts hand and seal day and year above written.

· Witnesses Henry Bank and John Disley

· Signed with mark.

· Executors Margaret Todd and John Todd sworn 27 Apr 1672. Probate issued same day.

· Inventory taken 19 Feb 1671/2 by Robert Bank; Edward Hosker; Henry Yate; Henry Forshaw.

Total Value £68.0s.2d. - mainly livestock and grain.