Contributed By: Carol Ann Smith 2 · 16 July 2016 · at https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/27482409

Transcribed by Irene Marlborough, 2008

Typed and added by Carol Ann (Grose) Smith July 16, 2016

Formatting of names added by Wesley Johnston 24 Aug 2017

The Last Will and Testament of Nicholas Grosse of Luxulyan

This Will was made the 28th day of June An Dom 1643

“In the name of God Amen I commend my spirit into the hands of almighty God and my body unto the holy earth, beinge in my perfect sense and memory.

Imprimis: I give to Jane my wife one cowe and four year old heafer one mare tenn sheep the best crock and best pann one caldron and the pann which was her owne thre platters one oudden bol and other small things.

Item: I give to my wife the living to Corken (?) Yeat (?) [WJ: William J. Grose reads this as Lockengate, in his book, pp 11-12] As longe as shee live if the two kine (kine) live soe longe.

Item: I give to my wife one beed furnished and one but (cut?) Of beds.

Item: I give to my sonne Robart Grosse thirty shillings.

Item: I give to Robart Grosse his children twenty one shillings being (?) Shillings to each of them.

Item: I give to George Grosse his datter Jane one two year ould heafer.

Item: I give to my two sonnes George Grosse and Ambrus Grosse being made Executors alkie all the rest of my Goods and Livings and have heare unto put my hand the day and yeare first abovve writen.

The sine of Nicholas Grosse

A true inventory Invented of all the goods Chattalls and Chattles of Nicholas Grosse late of Luxulyan in the County of Cornewall yeoman deceased praised and valued XXIXth day of December Ano Dmi 16 (omitted but probably 43) by Walter Pooley and Thomas Willams as followeth:

Imprimis his purse girdle knife sheath money in his purse and wearing apparel (pound) 1

Itm 1 bed 1 3/4

Itm 1 other featherbed furnished (pound) 1

Item 2 flaskett (?) And 2 coffers 2/-

Item 9 platters 8/- Itm his spoones and one candelstick 2/-

Item keves 2/-

Itm 1 panne 10/-

Itm 5 old panns (pound) 1

(*His vitualls

A cage and stooles and 1 forme

2 oxen and 2 steeres His woode)

Itm 4 acres of corne in the grounde wheat and rye (pound) 5

Itm 4 kyne (cows) (pound) 8

Itm 5 yong Bullock (pound) 6-5-

Itm 1 horse or Nagg (pound) 1-10/-

Itm 1 old mare and colt (pound) 1-5/-

Itm 1 other mare 10/-

Itm 5 weaning calves (pound) 2-10-

Itm the corne in the mowhay (cut and stacked) (pound) 12

Itm 10 sheepe (pound) 2

Itm his hoggs and piggs 1 3/4

Itm his pultery 1/6

Itm 1 cow and a heifer (pound) 3

Itm 2 panns & 1 crock 1 caudron P& 1 wooden boule (pound) 1

Itm 10 sheepe (pound 1-5/-

Item for forgotten goods if any be 1/-

The totall sum is (pound) 60-2/2

[Note: Information in () provided by William James Grose shown with the inventory of the will of Nichollas Groose, page 12, in his book “The Grose Family In Cornwall 1538-2006" The date of the Will Probate was also provided on page 11 “Nichollas died, aged about 67 and was buried on 25 December 1643 in Luxulyan Parish Churchyard. He left a will (1643), made 6 months abefore he died, for which probate was granted on 18th January 1643/4 to his sons and executors George Grose and Ambrose Grose."]