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Will & Inventory of William Poritte, Hartlepool, Co. Durham, Gentleman.
Will, Dated 9.1.1664.
In the name off
God Amen I William Poritte of Hartinpooll in the Countie of durham
gentleman being now of parffitt memerey and understanding taking into
my consederation that all Flesh is mortall and that nothing is more
Carten than death and yet nothing more uncarton than the time of death
And being desierous now whilst I am in parfitt memorey and
understanding to setell and despose my temperall estaitte wheare wth
God hath blesed me In that as I happrehend to be to gods glorey ye
h..... of my memory and ye good of my Cheldring kindred & Frend Do
make ordaine and publish this my last will and testemt in mannere and
Forme Following
First I give my Soule to Allmightie God who gaive it unto me
Item
I give my Body to the Earth From whence it came And I commend my Sou..
and Body to my sweate saver Christ Jesus and truste that by his death
and passion of that my sweate saver and by his merittes my soule shall
be saved and that at the daye off Judgmt my soule & bodie shall be
reunited and rise to the etarnall joyes and glorey of heaven there to
Reine Etarnalley wth God our Blesed Ladey the Angells and Saintes
And For my parsonall and temperall Estaite I devise bequeath and dispose itt in manner and Forme Followinge
That
wheareas there is the some off Forty Five poundes dew to me From Mr
Ralph Gorlson off Lumly Castle payabell upon the daye off my death to
my Childring or to such other parsons as I by my Last Will &
testement should give & bequith the same unto
Item I doe
devise and bequeath and dispose out of the above sayd som of 45£ to
Richard Clark my sone in Law the some off twenty poundes in Full of my
dowghter Mareyes part & portion and in Full satisfaction of my Bond
wch my sone Richard Clarke hath for the payment of my sd daughter
Mareyes portion his now wife
Item I devise give and bequeath unto
my daughter Dorothey Poritt the some of Five poundes in Full of all her
part & portion off all my goods and Chatelles what some ever I dey
seased upon
Item I devise give and bequeath Fouere poundes to be
disposed upon by my daughter Ann Poritt as I by my word or writing
shall give her orders at my death to despose of to such ?eufrs? as I
think Fit & shall declayre to here
Ittem I give & bequeath unto Mr William Hodshon to bestow in a morning Ringe ye some of tenn shillinges
Ittem I give & bequeath to such power wedows as I shall appoint my daughter Ann Poritt to give it two tenn shillinges
Ittem
I give & bequeath unto my dawther Ann Poritt tenn poundes in money
my blacke Cow wth all my housald stuffe & other goods what som ever
I dey seased upon at ye hower of my death
Ittem my will is that the
Five poundes remaining undesposed upon shall goe to descharge my
Funerall expences And my will allso is that if possibell it cane be
that my bodey shall be bureed in ye Churchyard wth in ye Frieridg at
Hartinpooll
Ittem I nomenatt constetut & appoint my dawther Ann
Poritt to be my Full Executerx of this my last well and Testement
desiering here to get this my will parformed in all thinges as well as
the estait wch I leive well beare In Wittnes wheareof I have heare unto
put my hand and seale and allso publshe & declaire this to be my
last will and testement this ninth day of January in the yeare of oure
Lord God one thousand six hundred sixty and Four
William Porrett
Wittnesis heare off
Willm .......
Richd B..ttes
Inventory.
Hartlepooll
A
true and prfect Inmitory of all the goods & Chattells off William
Porrett late off Hartlepooll deceased and in the County Pallantine off
Durham apprized by us whose names are hereunder written this 23rd day
off Februarye Annoque Dom 1670 videlicett
Ipr:
£ s d
his purse and Apparell ________________________ 45:00:00
one bedd steade ______________________________ 00:05:00
one table & frame ____________________________ 00:02:06
one furme ____________________________________ 00:01:00
two old stooles ______________________________ 00:01:00
one Litle Cubbord ____________________________ 00:02:06
one old ?sponse? _____________________________ 00:01:06
one flock bedd ________________________________ 00:01:00
one happin one old Coverlidd _________________ 00:01:00
one bowlster & a Codd _________________________ 00:01:00
one Iron pott with pott lips __________________ 00:01:06
one frying pan one paire tost Irons ___________ 00:00:06
one Reckin Crook one paire tongs ______________ 00:01:00
one paire off Iron barrs ______________________ 00:00:10
two trayes two dishes & 3 trenchers ___________ 00:00:08
one black Cow _________________________________ 01:06:08
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47:07:08
a bond off 4£:10s:00d wch is desperate debt 04:10:00
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Som is 51:17:08
The debts oweing by Wm Porrett
Ipr for his funerall Expences _________________ 05:00:00
To Robartt Buttery ____________________________ 05:10:00
To Robartt Routlidge __________________________ 00:04:00
To Mathew Bentley 2s to Ric Moore 4d __________ 00:02:04
To Joseph Speeding ____________________________ 00:05:00
In legacies to be given _______________________ 05:00:00
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16:01:04
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Rest to ballance ____________ 35:16:04
Appraisors
Richard Moore
Thomas Robinson
Robart ?Courkon?
Joseph Speeding
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Dave King, published 22.5.2009