Last Will and Testament of William Prior

TestatorWilliam Prior
OccupationLabourer
PlacePirton
Date created26 January 1674
Probate date 
Bequest Total£15 5s 0d


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People mentioned in the document

Name Relationship to testator Details Signed or Mark Function
William Prior Self Occupation: Labourer, From: Pirton, County: Herts Marked  Testator
Thomas Prior Brother Bequest Money: £0 5s 0d   Legatee
?? Prior Niece Bequest Money: £5 0s 0d
Comment: To be paid when she reaches 21, daughter of Thomas Prior (testator's brother)
  Legatee
William Prior Nephew Bequest Money: £5 0s 0d
Comment: To be paid when he reaches 21, son of Thomas Prior (testator's brother)
  Legatee
John Prior   Bequest Money: £5 0s 0d
Comment: John Prior alias Shepheard, son of Elizabeth Shepheard, late living at Kingsbury, Middlesex
  Legatee
Elizabeth Shepheard   From: Kingsbury, County: Middx
Comment: Elizabeth Shepheard, late living at Kingsbury, Middlesex, mother of John Prior alias Shepheard
  Other
Jane Sherly Wife From: Ickleford, County: Herts, Bequest: All ready money and all moveables except those in loft   Legatee
William Newman   From: Ickleford, County: Herts, Bequest: All goods in loft   Executor
Nicholas Sex     Signed  Witness
Robert Groome     Signed  Witness

Database record number: PROBH-367
Record from Probate documents at HALS, identifier [103HW71]


Last Will and Testament:
Will conveys real (immovable) property ie land to heirs after an individual's death. Testament conveys personal (moveable) property to heirs. The term will eventually referred to both a Will and a Testament. A registered Will is an official copy made by a court clerk which is enrolled in a book.

Inventory of William Prior

TestatorWilliam Prior
OccupationLabourer
PlacePirton
Date created30 January 1674
Probate date 


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Items in the inventory

Agricultural Value£4 16s 0d
CropsGrain, hay
Animal Value£4 0s 0d
Animal Details1 cow
Barns1+
Money Value£60 0s 0d
Clothes Value£1 15s 0d
Household Goods£11 6s 2d
Rooms5
Room DetailHall, chamber next to hall, loft over chamber, kitchen, chamber next to kitchen
Inventory Total£81 17s 2d

People mentioned in the document

Name Relationship to testator Details Signed or Mark Function
William Prior Self Status: Deceased, From: Pirton, County: Herts   Testator
Bennit Collison     Marked  Appraiser
John Killbey     Marked  Appraiser
Nicholas Sex     Signed  Appraiser

Database record number: PROBH-368
Record from Probate documents at HALS, identifier [103HW71]


Inventory:
Inventory lists belongings and their values, including such items as household goods, tools, and personal items. Occupations are often mentioned.

About Probate documents: Each will or inventory has a unique record number, each person mentioned in that will is linked to the unique record number.

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