Will of Joan Mumbray

of Deal, Kent

I give to my sonne Stephen Mumbray the sume of thirtie pounds of good and Lawfull money of England
Item I give unto William Mumbray my grand sonne my halfe part of ye house where John Arnold lives
Item I give unto my daughter Susann my part of the house called by the name of the Cross Keyes and Twenty pounds of good and lawfull money of England
Item I give to my daughter Pittock the Sume of Five pounds
Item I give to my sonne[-in-law] Richard Mullett the Sume of five shillings
Item I give to my sonne John Mumbray my part of the house that I now dwell in and all the stock and moveables thereunto belonging
Item I give unto my granddaughter Elizabeth Pittocke a bedd and a paire of shoes and a chest of Drawers

And Lastly for the true p[er]formance and payment of the aforesaid Legacies herein contayned I doo appoint my sonne John Mumbray aforesaid to bee my sole executrix [executor] to pay the said Legacies within the space of one yeare and a halfe after my decease
Ratifieing and confirmeing all and singular this my p[re]sent deed of gift against any manner of person or persons whatsoever which shall oppose any thing to the contrary notwithstanding

In Witness whereof I hereunto sett my hand and Seale the tenth day of August in the eighteenth yeare of the reigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the faith etc And in the yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand six hundred sixtie and six I Joane Mumbray

.... sealed and Delivered in the presence of
John Goodsonn - Sarah Sneade her marke - Dan'll Smith

Probatum fuit [Latin] will proved 25 March 1667
An inventory of her goods was taken in 1667 (PRC27/19/105).

A true & perfect Inventory of [all] & Singular the goods chattells & credits of Joan Mumbrary of Deale in the County of Kent widdow deceased had taken & apprized this Fifteenth day of July Anno Dni 1667 And in the nineteenth yeare of the reign of or most gracious sov[er]aign Lord King Charles the second By Richard Underwood & Robt Ockman both of Deale aforesd apprizors as followeth vizt

Inp[rimi]s												£	s	d
	Her purse girdle & ready money									cxx
Item	Her Apparrell both linnen & woollen								v
Item	Depts Sporatt & desperato									liiii  viii  ii

		In the Chamber over the hall where shee dyed/
Item 	One joynd beadstead one feather bead, matt and cords, curtins & valance, one feather bolster 
two feather pillows, two blanketts one green rugg, one table, one green rugg, one looking glass 
seaven small pictures Seaven small peeces of Leghorn earthen weare, one little 	chayr four wraught 
stooles, two great chayres, one payr of iron clopses?, one payr of cobirons Tongs firepan and fork 
one chest of Drawers & one small table									x   v
		Over the shopp
Item	Two old beadsteads one bead two green ruggs two bolsters four pillows four blanketts one 
coverlett four chests one coverlett More six blanketts & foure pillows					vi  iii
		Over the entry						
Item	One old cloase beadstead & bead & one old press 						1
		Over the parlor
Item	One joynd beadstead Curtins Valance matt & cords one feather bead one feather bolster 
one feather pillow, three blanketts one old coverlett one carpet & joynd table five joynd stooles 
four chayres one form one enskin?: six payr of sheets six tablecloathes eighteen diap napkins, one 
small diap table cloath one holland tablecloath, six course napkins four payr 	of pillow bers 
& one fine sheet All apprized at 									viii   vi   ii
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		In the parlor
Item	Four leathren chayres one joynd table one forme six earthen plates four fruit dishes 
& twelve glass bottells 										ii  i
		In the kitchen
Item	Three small silver cupps one silver bowle two joynd tables Seaven chayres one joynd stoole 
one warming pan Fifty ponnd weight of pewter, sixty five earthen dishes & potts, two small cupboards, 
one glass case, one handjack three spits one brass sonmer[?] one iron pott two brass potts 
three brass skillets three pewter chamberpotts, one grid.... one box iron, two heaters one payr of 
Grates, two payr of cobirons two firepans two payr of tongs one payr of pothooks one fork one payr 
of bellows, one brass chaferndish three old pictures four pewter potts & one looking glass 		ix  xvi  ii
		In the Corn Loath?	
Item	Gronne & ungronne two seames & an half of wheat							ii  xvi
		In the shop
Item	Severall sorts of small weares beames scales and weights and measures				viii  ii
		Item in the Yard	
Item	In fagotts & pooles to the vallue of 								x
		In the stable
Item	One Roade saddle, one pillion one bridle and about half a load of hey vallued at 		i   iii   vi
		In the Seller	
Item	Severall old tubs & old raggs						     			      x
	Old lumber & things not worth writing down							1

Richard Underwood his R mark	Robert Orkman  Apprizors			Sum totall is:        £ccxxxix : xvi s

Notes:
Joan Mumbray nee Sampson was widow of William Mumbray, baker of Deal (Will 1662)
She was buried at St Leonard's Deal 15 August 1666.

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