Richard Crombleholme of Goosnargh 1689 (WILL Ref RC NR / 19) [Cro0103]

WILL [NR 19]

Will made : 13th August 1683 : Proved 19th September 1689

Name : Richard Crombleholme [103] (<link to page)

Residence : Crombleholme Fold, Goosnargh, Lancashire

Occupation : Yeoman

Wife : Elizabeth [Cro0104] (Note : nee Clitherall - not in will)

4 No Children : Sherburn [105], Richard [106], William [109] and Ellen [110] (she was under 21 years of age in 1683)

Executors : Sons - Richard [106] & William [109]

Signature : see below

Inventory : Total value of £200 : 13s : 2d - see full transcription below

Will of Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] of Crombleholme Fold, Goosnargh, Lancashire. (RC Ref NR19)

In the name of God Amen the thirteenth day of August 1683 according (?) to the ..... (?) of England, I Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] of Goosnargh in the County of Lancshire Yeoman beinge of perfectt memory and remembrance ....(?) too God for the same doo make and ordian (?) this my last will and testament in manner and forme following viz :

First : I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God my maker hoping that through the montorious death and passion of Jesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer to receive free pardon and forgiveness for all my sins and as for my body to bee buryed in Christain buryall at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named; As for my reall estate I give and bequeath as followth :

Item - I give unto my sonne Richard Crombleholme [Cro0106] one moiety or halfe of my housinge and lands now in my possession lying and beinge in Goosnragh within the County of Lancs. that is to say all my new buildings and the garden lyinge upon the east side of the same buildings ( ......ings (?) one Row of beds (?) whith .... (?) after the Lane side and one other bed ralles(?) the grass plot lyinge upon the North side of the old (?) buildings ......(?) ) the Cow shippon, the higher side of the doore bay in the barne with libty(? and rome and goo to fodder beasts in the said shippon. The formost bay in the said barne with one end eohinge(? adjoining to it, the .......(?), the croft adjoining to the clofe (?) hedges, the croft (croft - piece of enclosed ground for tillage or pasture usually arable area near house) next to the sollyate (?) the Knaveshill (....?) the higher rooms (?) the great meadow . the new(?) ground lyinge at the bottom of the said meadow , the one halfe of all the fields (?) with all waies (ways = access tracks) to the said grounds woodfull (?) or romonment (?) to rome and goo with cart or carriage at anytime ......(?) his home at his will and pleasure to have and to hold all the said housinge and landes (except my wives part during her life) for the spare (?) or forme of customs and nineteen (?) years for to rome after the death of me his said father for the said Richard payinge my daughter Ellin Crombleholme [Cro0110] the summe of fifty pounds when she shall attain the age of one and twenty yeares or marry whether shall first happen or tenne pounds a yeare for seven yeares altogether after the first happen to bee. And to pay consideration for the same after my death unto the said Ellin untill shee attaine to age or marry and after to pay unto my oldest sonne Sherburne Crombleholme [Cro0105] or his heirs one peppercorne onto once a yeare (?) at St Martin the Bipp (?) (St Martin day - 11th November) in ......(?) if the same bee lawfully demanded and all other rents (?) that are due or assestomable (?) for the same purpose (?) which the said Richard shall enjoy.

Item - I give unto my sonne William Crombleholme [Cro0109] the other moiety or halfe of my housinge and lands now in my possin lyinge and beinge in Goosnargh in the County of Lancs that is to say All my Old Buildinge from bay adjoining to new buildings, the Ox shippon the staffolds (?) over both shippons the halfe of the Range, the one halfe of the doore bay being the lower (?) half next to the lane with one bay adjoininge to it in the barne. .......(?) the grass plot in the garden and one row of beds next to the Lane side in the same gardens, the garden upon the backside (?) of the barne , the barnecroft, Salbury (?) crofts, the calfe (?) crofte, the wood crofts, the lower wood, the too little meadows, the longe meadow, the too moffes (?) and my halfe of the pitcroft (?) with all waies (ways) there onto belonginge.

The halfe of all the ......(?) to have and to hold all the said housinge and lands (except my wife's parte during her life) for the spare (?) or form of fourscore and nineteen years (ie 20x4 = 80 +19 = 99 years) for to rome (?) after the death of me his said father too the said William payinge to my daughter Ellin the summe of fifty pounds when she shall attain the age of twenty one yeares or marry whether shall first happen or tenne pounds a yeare for seven years together after the first happen to bee and to pay consideration for the same after my death till she attain to age or marry and also to pay my oldest sonne Sherburne Crombleholme [Cro0105] or his heirs one peppercorne onto once a yeare at St Martin the Bipp (?) (St Martin day - 11th November). in .......(?) if the same bee lawfully demanded and all othere rents (?) that are due or assestomable (?) for the same purpose (?) which the said William shall enjoy.

Item : I give unto my oldest sonne Sherburne Crombleholme [Cro0105] all the remainder of my reall estate to him and his heirs payinge all rents due and assessmable for the same after my .......(?) and the .......(?) of the forme for to ....(?) lyinge and beinge in Goosnargh in the County of Lancs. As for my personal (?) estate after debts and funerall expenses bee paid I divide unto three equall parts as followeth

Item I give unto Elizabeth [Cro0104] my wife one third parte and another third parte to my foure children Sherburne, Richard, William and Ellin equally to be divided amongst them and the last third parte which is my .....(?) to dispose of I give onto my two sonnes Richard and William to be equally divided between them and I doo constitute and appoint my two sonnes Richard and William my sole executors of this my last will and testament. Revokinge all other wills and ......(?) I doo declare and publish these words to bee ........ and the ......... of the forme for to ......? . ......(?) whereof I have here unto set my hand and .....of both the said sheetes of paper the day and yeare ..... above written.

Hugh Kighley (copy of signature below)

Thomas Breaves ?

William Lamgster

Below this signature is the proof of probate which is very difficult to read except for the fact that it is dated September 1689.

Comments :

This will names Richard's wife as Elizabeth.

Richard was born 30th March 1625 and he died 2nd September 1689 at age 64 years.

Sherburne C (bap 2/9/1657) is noted as the oldest son. He was married three times and is the father of Rev Richard C (of St Michaels on Wyre).

Richard C the second son born ?? but died intestate 1690 (Will ref NR 18) brother William named as his executor.

William C (of nearby Fairsnape Bleasdale) the third son (the will notes them in this order)

b = ?; married Margaret (Parkinson d/o John P of Fairsnape) prior to 1694. He died in 1729 will ref NR16. They had 2 sons and 2 daughters. My line descends from his eldest son another Richard b c 1694.

Ellin C was under 21 years of age in 1683 so must have been born in C 1663 at the earliest. Nothing more known about her at present.

The property : Rooms mentioned in inventory - Kitchen, Butterie, Milkhouse, Parlour, Great Chamber, Green Chamber, little chamber, garrets (attics) and little room under stairs.

Probate was granted in September 1689 and signed by sons Richard & William :

Attached to the will is a detailed

Inventory :

A true and perfect Inventorie of all the goods and chattells and personal estate late belonginge unto Richard Crumbleholme (spelt with a "u") of Goosnargh deceased. Viewed and prised by Robert Earley (?), George Duddoll, Lawrence Bloafield (?) and Edward Homor the tenth day September in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred & eighty nine (1689)

Imprimus : (in the first place) £ s d

Two gangs (?) of oxen & three other oxon 23 - 00 - 00

Ffower (4) Gloores ? 08 - 10 - 00

Ffower (4) Heifers 05 - 00 - 00

Three Glirkes ? 03 - 00 - 00

Three calves 02 - 00 - 00

Eight cowes 16 - 00 - 00

Two Mares and one Nagg 06 - 00 - 00

Corne on the ground 15 - 00 - 00

Gro.....? in the ark (chest) 02 - 05 - 00

Meals and Malt 00 - 10 - 00

Hay in the Barne and Stable 05 - 00 - 00

Carts wheeles, plows harrows, yoakes, ...oams ?

and other husbandry ? goods 03 - 06 - 08

Ladders and loose (?) wood 00 - 05 - 00

One ark in the barne 00 - 06 - 08

..... ? in the barne 01 - 00 - 00

Stone trough and grindstones 00 - 03 - 06

In the Kitchen :

Two arkes and two chests 02 - 05 - 00

One ......(?) and all wooden vessells in the kitchen

with fower meal....? two ..... (?) stone shelfs and ....stone 01 - 00 - 00

One salt chest and salt 00 - 03 - 00

In the Butterie :

Three barrells one stand & one pigin 00 - 06 - 00

(piggin - small wooden vessel or pail with stave handle)

Shelves dishes cans nogins & one bason 00 - 03 - 00

(noggin - small drinking vessel holding 1/4 of a pint)

Earthen mottoll ? white mottoll & glasses 00 - 03 - 00

Pewter " " 00 - 13 - 04

One great brass pan, one great brass pot

and all other brass mottoll 02 - 00 - 00

In the Milkhouse :

Shelves and earthen mottoll 00 - 03 - 00

One lowthorn ? one case of knives and one ringe 00 - 03 - 00

In the Parlour:

One stand bed, one feather bed and feather bolster with furniture 02 - 00 - 00

One long table one sooled ? cubbord (cupboard) one sooled settle

and fl......? 01 - 10 - 00

One sooled chase three hower ? chase and fower 4 suithons ? 00 - 04 - 08

(another page) (sub total) 102 - 00 - 10

In the parlour (cont'd ?)

Two paire of Linshools ? fower pairs of Caubas ? shoots ?

two roas.. ? clothes three pillows : boards and dozen and half

of napkins with other lining 01 - 10 - 00

(linen or underwear worn one on each leg !)

Wiskels ? and Raskols ? 00 - 01 - 00

In the Great Chamber :

Two stand beds two feather beds two feather bolsters, fower (4)

pillows, fower pillows with coverings and curtains & vallances

& blankets 04 - 10 - 00

One sooled ? Chise ? 00 - 13 - 04

One table and forme ? 00 - 04 - 00

Three chairs and two quishans (= cushions) 00 - 05 - 00

In the Greene ? Chamber :

One paire of bedforks ? one caddow ? two blankets

and one chasbed ? 00 - 10 - 00

One Chist ? 00 - 04 - 06

In the Little Chamber :

One paire of bedforks & bedringe ? 01 - 00 - 00

One paire of little bedforks with forme little bedrings ? 00 - 05 - 00

Three chists ? and one little chase 00 - 05 - 00

In the Garrets :

Eight .......? 00 - 05 - 00

One paire of bedforks 00 - 02 -00

boards 00 - 06 - 00

One cradle & lother ? & other things 00 - 02 - 06

One woodway beams & boards 00 - 01 - 00

In the little room under the stares :

One little chasebed ? with other bedinge 00 - 04 - 00

In the Howse ?

One table, one cubbord & one settle 00 - 13 - 04

Two chases and ten quishans (= cushions) 00 - 03 - 04

One griddle & spit, one paire of tongs, one frying pan,

two spitts with other small iron ware 00 - 08 - 00

Hanging shelves 00 - 02 - 00

...... ? and Reason ? 00 - 02 - 00

In the Garden :

One cheese press and all other s.....? things not here mentioned 00 - 05 - 00

Three loads of grotes ? all peston ? 01 - 10 - 00

One desparate debt due from Mr John Clifton

late of Fairsnape deceased 74 - 10 - 00

One other desparate debt due from Richard Lissat ? of ...... 03 - 06 - 08

Owinge by Mrs Anne Whitmore of ...... in ready money 02 - 00 - 00

(Note : Anne was his half sister - this debt of £2 seems strange as she was a wealthy woman by this time)

One silver watch all his books & apparrell 05 - 00 - 00

Appraised by us whose names hereunto subscribed the day & yeare 98 - 12 - 04

within written. 102 - 00 - 10

(Total) £200 - 13 - 02

(signed) Robert Earley (?), George Duddoll, Lawrence Bloafield (?) and Edward Homor