PARISH TEMPLATE STUDY - – ST STEPHEN IN BRANNEL Probate transcripton – will

Ref No / AP/L/1554/1
Title / LARKE, William, St Stephen in Brannel
Date of probate* / 17 Jul 1747
Description / [Will probably written at the deathbed of the deceased]
“August 4 1746 I William Larke of the parish of St Stephen in Branwell doo aknowlige this to be my Last Will and testament liing [lying] on a bead of sickness but in my perfect senses
Item I give onto my datter An the wife of William Lewarn ten ponds to be paid thirteen years after my Deseas
Item I give onto my Datter Grace Larke twenty ponds to be paid seaven years after my deseas
and as for my estate goods and Cattels I doo make my wife Rebecka Larke William Larke my son and Edward Lark my son holy and soly exceritors as witteness my hand the sign of William Lark”
No religious pre-amble.
Bequests:
-  To his daughter Ann the wife of William Lewarn £10 to be paid thirteen years after his death
-  To his daughter Grace Larke £20 to be paid seven years after his death
-  His estate, goods, chattels and credits to his wife Rebecka Larke and his sons William Larke and Edward Larke, all appointed as executors of his will.
Executors: Rebecka Larke, his wife
William Larke, his son
Edward Larke, his son
Signature/mark of testator: The mark of William Lark
Witnesses: The mark of William Lark
Signatures of John Blamey, Wm Blamey
Date of will: 4 August 1746
Date proved:17 July 1747
Endorsed: Administration granted to Rebecka Larke, the wife of the deceased, with power of granting the like to William and Edward Larke, to sons of the deceased an other executors named in the will “when they shall attain lawfull age to take the same”.
Inventory £90 8s 0d
Remember:
* CALM does not recognise double-dating, e.g. 1664/1665. Therefore, when you have a date between 1 Jan-25 Mar prior to 1752, in the date field enter the modern interpretation of the date, e.g. 1665, and give the double date in the description field.

PARISH TEMPLATE STUDY - – ST STEPHEN IN BRANNEL Probate transcripton – INVENTORY

Ref No / AP/L/1554/2
Title / LARKE, William, St Stephen in Brannel
Date / 6 Sep 1746
Description / INVENTORY
Appraisers: Nicholas Truscott, William Blamey
£ s d
Imprimis his Purse and Wearing Apparele 1 10 0
Item for Two Little Cows 5 5 0
Item for an Heifer of Three Years old 2 2 0
Item for Two Calves One Steer One Hiefer 1 10 0
Item for One Little Gray Mare 2 10 0
Item for Eleaven Gees 0 6 0
Item for Nine Platters 0 16 0
Item for Sixteen Plates and One Pasty Pan 0 10 0
Item for Six Brass Pans and one Skillett 2 5 0
Item for One Brass Crock two Iron Crocks 0 12 0
Item for One Tea Kittle one Iron Kettle 0 7 0
Item for Two old feather Bedds furnished
over the Kitchen 4 10 0
Item for One halfe Head Bead & Truckle Bedd 2 12 0
Item for one halfe head Chest & Two Boxes & one Little Table
0 4 0
Item for a Clock 2 2 0
Item for Two Table Boards and One Form four
Timber Chairs 1 1 0
Item for Two old pair of Shelves & Ten Timber plates 0 5 0
Item for Two Brandises Griddle frying Pan and Crook 0 4 0
Item for five Little Books 0 2 0
Item for Carpenters Tools 1 15 0
Item for One Plough & Tenns [Tines] belonging to a Harrow
0 10 0
Item for a Saddle & Bridle 0 5 0
Item for One Acre of Wheat 3 0 0
Item for one Little Hay rick 1 0 0
Item for things not Seen & Yet Appraised 0 5 0
35 8 0
Item for the Estate Vallie 55 0 0
Totall Sum 90 8 0