John Fayle, 1637

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August 14th dei 
In the name of God Amen. I John Fayle ame sick 
in bodie but wholl in mind do make my last wyll 
& testament in manner Following  First I bequeath 
my soule into the hands of allmightie God who 
Created & redeemed me  And my bodie to Christian buriall.   
It, I bequeath to the poore 1 ferlet malt,  
iij quarts wheat, 1 gallaime[?] oate mealle and 1 sheep.   
It, I do constitut & ordaine Wyllm my sonne my true 
& lawfull execr  And if he die before he come to years 
of discretion then my will is that my wyffe and my 
brother Pattr Fayle shal be his execr. He was asked 
by his wyffe what ought then do wth the grommi[?], 
he sayd, where it ought to be.  Inasmuch as the brother 
is under yeares the grandfather is sworne Supervisor 
wth the mother who hath the tuicon of the child & 
his goods left by the testator as wittnesses hath deposed.

A true Inventorie of the goods of John Fayle prayst as followeth
[left side is in a fold]
Saxen[?] guerge[?] xij d,    
half fledge  iiij s vi d,    
It, flax and certain cloves of linin & wollen yearn  ij s,    
1 sheirt  iij s,    
1 sheat blanket of iiij yeards iij s viij d,    
an old blanket xviii d, 
old sickles iiij d,  
ij ronge sheits  xviij d,  
hemp  xij d,   
1 ----  xij d, 
another boule viij d,   
It, other small vessels  xx d, 
pitch  iij 
d ---, for ----es & 1 poole  xij,   
1 cowe viij d,   
harrows & other small sickles  iiij d,   
1 old plough ----d,  
for draogh ---iij d,   
half spaid  iiij d,   
1 iron band for the plough  ij--, 
---- cuter  xviij d,   
1 pott  iij s iiij d.

----alle goods in shep, muttons & hogs  xvi 
prayst to svi s.    
It, 1 oxe ten yeres ol, ----ther 9 yeres old, 
1 heffer iiij yeres old,  1 ox iiij yeres old, 
1 cow seven yeres old, And 1 cow 8 yeres old, 
all prayst to five pounds,  
ij ptes of a boore bige --- little saete,  
1 goose and two pte of the one half of another goose  ij s,  
the forth pte of the crop of corne of a quarter 
of ground, and two dayes moth for ----. 
Tho: McTeare et Wm Freere hath bound ymselves, 
their heires & executors for ye forth coming of 
ys Inventory & to secur ye office sub poena double valew.  
Note yt half ye Inventory is in ye hands of ye 
grandfather who hath ------[bottom line of page is too dark to read]


This came under written is due unto the execr of 
John Fayle in the hands of John Teare & Ketherin Brew 
the execrs mother  
1 boule barley, 1 ferlet wheat & 1 ferlet rie  
and ii bouls and ferlet oats.   
It, in the hands of --- John Fayle one of the execr  iij boules oats.
It, in hearing[herring] nets iiij ---
Serrems[?] both --pe & c--- unpr---
It in maniske stuffe iiij - yeards unprayst