Will and Inventory of Thomas Cornow the elder, husbandman, of Towednack

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Towednack, Cornwall, England

Last will and testament of Thomas Curnow^[1]

Kresen Kernow Ref. AP/C/1074

30th of October Anno Dni 1643

In the name of god Amen, I Thomas Cornow thelder of the p[ar]ishe of Towednack in [the county]

of Cornewall husbandman, being sicke in bodye, but p[er]fecte in remembrance, (laude & pra[ise] …

Almighty god) doe make & ordaine this my p[re]sent testamente, contayninge herein …

will in manner & forme followinge, first I bequeath my soule to Almightye god my m[aker and]

redeemer, & my bodye to be buried in Christian Buryall, It[em] I give to the p[ar]ishe of …

3s 4d, It[em] I give to the p[ar]ishe of Towednacke 3s 4d, It[em] I give unto my sonne Henrye 10…

give unto my elder sonne John 40s, It[em] I give unto my younger sonne John 10s It[em] I g[ive unto]

my daughter Marye 13li 6s 8d, It[em] I give unto my daughter Jane 3li, It[em] I give u[nto my]

daughter Margaret 40s, It[em] I give unto my daughter Ann 10s, It[em] I give unto my d[aughter]

Willimot 10s, It[em] I give unto my daughter Thomasin 10s, It[em] I give unto my cose[n] …

Cornow 1s, It[em] I give unto my cosen Anthonie Cornow 1s, It[em] I give unto my …

Cornow 1s, It[em] I give unto my godchildren 6d a peece, It[em] I give unto my s…

Bottrall 1s, And all the rest of my goods, over & above my debts paide & my f[uneral]

expenses paide I give & bequeath unto mine executors hereafter named, And I d[o]

ordaine & apointe Thomas & Robert my sonns to be my full & whole executors yointly …

severallye, for the execution & p[er]formance of this my last will & testament. And …

herebye utterlye revoke & adnull, all & every former wills, gifts, legacies & …

whatsoever heretofore made.

William Rusell

William Hodge

Note: The right hand side of the page is damaged and words missing

24th of November 1643

A true invitorye takene (the daye & yeare above written) of all the goods & chattells moveable & unmoveable, of Thomas Cornow thelder late deceased of the p[ar]ishe of Towednake in the Countye of Cornewall husbandman, praised by John Parsons & William Cornow.

	lib	s	d
Imp[rimu]s the wearing apparell of the deceased	1
It[em] foure milch kine, praised	8	10	0
It[em] 3 calves, meane yearlings	1	4	0
It[em] 2 sows & 4 piggs	1	3	0
It[em] 2 naggs	5	6	8
It[em] one other old nagg & mare	1	3	0
It[em] corne in the mowhaye	3	0	0
It[em] 2 greater brasen pans	5	10	0
It[em] 5 lesser brasen pans	1	5	0
It[em] 2 brasen broken pans	0	2	0
It[em] 1 greater brasen crocke	1	0	0
It[em] 2 other lesser crockes of brasse	0	12	0
It[em] 9 pewter platters	0	9	0
It[em] 6 podgers of pewter	0	4	0
It[em] 3 old brasen candlesticks	0	3	0
It[em] five old silver spoones	1	0	0
It[em] one old mazure cup silver bound	0	16	0
It[em] bedding & bed clothes	2	0	0
It[em] 3 feather beds 4 bolsters & a pillow	2	0	0
It[em] 2 old cubbords	0	10	0
It[em] 3 old table boards wth some old formes	0	15	0
It[em] one old woollen table cloth & a linnen table cloth	0	2	6
It[em] wooden vessells, barrells, tubs & such like	0	7	0
It[em] earthen vessells	0	0	8
It[em] idle timber stuffe, as old planks	0	10	0
It[em] yron stuffe about the house, as 2 brandises, an axe, cleuer & hatchet, 9 harrow tens, 3 boriers, a shouell, an euill, 2 spitts, a bar of yron, furse hookes & reape hookes	0	10	0
It[em] 3 sacks wth a old winding sheete	0	5	0
It[em] truss roopes & halters & tresses	0	0	8
It[em] panniers & pack saddles	0	2	6
It[em] an old wheele barrow & bridele & saddle & gesses	0	3	0
It[em] butter & cheese	1	0	0
It[em] fire wood, as furse & turfes	0	5	0
It[em] dishes & trenchers	0	1	8
It[em] one old cheste	0	1	6
It[em] chattle tenure in Embla	1	0	0
It[em] debts owed by specialties & other contracts	20	0	0
It[em] one old muskitt wth a sword	0	8	0
It[em] a litle haye	0	2	0

In total 62l 14s 2d

the signe of John [I] Parsons

the signe of William [W] Cornow

Sources

1. ↑ Original wills, administrations and inventories for the Consistorial Court of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall. Wills, surnames beginning with C (nos. 866-1358), 1636-1649, 1660-1664. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-62PY-SD?i=938&cat=329778; AP/C/1074 (image 939-942), will & inventory of Thomas Cornow the elder, husb., of Towednack