| Mally Lace als Radcliff, 1669
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| Submitted by: | Joyce M Oates
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| Date: | 19 June 2002
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| Original: | LDS: 0160201
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Andreas
This is affirmed to be the last will and testament of Mally [Lace]
als Ratcliff who departed this life the xth of November 1669
First commited her soule to God & her body to Christian burial.
She bequeathed to her husband Joh: Ratcliffe halfe a cow
To my brother Donll Lace a fir of barly. Item, to Richard Barxxx[?]
of wheat. It. to Tho: Lace 3 quarts of wheat. It. to my sister
Jony Lace one carchiff of mansk cloath. It. to my brother ...
Lace one ewe of a yeare old. It. to her daughter Jony one red pet
ticoat. It. to her daughter Bahee a coate of the cloath wch was [in]
milne. It. to her Tho: Lace Ratcliffe a petticoat. It. to her ...
John Ratcliffe the fourth part of the crop of corne, and axe ...
her pt of harrows, carrs, straddle hones, & all other necessary gears
wtsoever belonging to ye workinge of ye land. It. she constituted
& ordained her foure children vizt., Jony, Bahee, Margt &
Tho: Ratcliffe joynt executors of all the rest of her goods move
able & unmoveable wtsoever.
Two of ye Executors at lawful age
& sworne in court in form of Law
supervisors of the children under age
& ye eldest son is yet be sworne
Testes: Richard Brew jurati
Tho:Lace jurati pbatum et solvit js
Tho: Lace one of the witnesses
going out of ye Isle have taken
his oath before me J. Huddlestone.
The Invent within 14 days sub pena legis
The Invent of the said testatrix priced by Michall Kelly, Philip Cowley, Conll Sayle, & Tho: Lace, as
followeth:
Imprimis: 2 horses 4 cattle sheep & all things else
wtsoever moveable & unmoveable priced to £ 5 - 2s - 6d
It. a quarter of the crope of corne priced to 2 - 0s - 0d
All debts pd besides funeral charges, discharged
remaines due to the children debtless 3 - 10 - 0
The goods in the custody of the father who hath
given pledges secunda forma legis Michall Kelly, Phillip Cowley