CHRISTIAN MOLLEREAH als COWLE Will 1677 Maughold
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Maughall
March ye 6th 1676/7
The last will and Testamt: of Christian Cowle who being sick in body but whole in mind and of pfect memory did comitt her soule to God & her body to Christian buriall
She left to John Christian's wife her best Apron
It: to Christian Curlett her best Croshett & a coife
Itm: to Mally Callow two pinners and a coife
Itm: to Willm: Martin as much hurden cloth as would be him a shirt and lastly constituted and appointed her Husband Wm Mcleyrah sole executr: of all the rest of her goods, as well the house as wt other goods she was possessed of
Alsoe it was her desire that after ye death of her sd husband yt wt remained of her goods now bequeathed to him should return and be given to her next of kindred on ye mothers side (vizt:) ye Martins excepting her part of the house, to wch her sd husband hath assented and promissed to pform and this to be her last will and Testamt: revokeing all others
In presence of us
wittnesses Philip Corlett his mrk X} John Christian ..............} jurati
pbatum est et solvit xijd
The Invent: wthin 14 dayes subpaena xs[10s]
The Invent brought in May the 24th 1677
The Inventory of the goods of Christian Cowle priesed by foure swarne men &c: £ s d
Item for two new blankeds ........................... 00 - 7 - 6
for & ould blanked ...................................... 00 - 02 - 00
for halfe and ould chist ............................... 00 - 1 - 6
for two yards of linen cloath ....................... 00 - 0 - 6
for halfe of two pettycoates ......................... 00 - 4 - 6
half and ould sheet ...................................... 00 - 00 - 6
halfe and ould pettycoate ............................ 00 - 00 - 6
half and ould cadda ...................................... 00 - 00 - 2
for 3 quarters of cloath ................................. 00 - 00 - 9 for
one pound of yarne ............................... 00 - 1 - 2
for hafe a greate chist .................................. 00 - 3 - 4
for meale & corne ....................................... 00 - 2 - 4
for two barrels & half a tub ......................... 00 - 2 - 4
for oakem & fishing lines ........................... 00 - 2 - 4
for small wodden vessels ............................ 00 - 00 - 8
for halfe & ould fedder bed & } bouster and bedstock ........}2 - 4
for roapes towes & lags .............................. 00 - 1 - 10
for halfe the pott & ----ks ........................... 00 - 2 - 0
for hearing netts .......................................... 00 - 2 - 6
for half & ould chares and } a dalle board ................}00 - -- - 09
for half of two littell houses } of the yearly rent of 2d ...}1 - 00 - 00
pledges secundum forman legis Pat: Cotter and Edmond Cowle
theire is nothing menconed heare butt ye dead part
Debts to be deducted out of the Inventory aforesaide by the execer: of Christian Cowle in ffunnerall chardges & Court charghes and other debts which come to 8s - 6d
NOTES
- Christian Cowle buried 7 March 1676/7 Maughold
- Christian Cowle married William Mollereah on 9 July 1663 Maughold
- Will tends to sugget that there were no living children
- Speculation from Joyce Oates - husband William Mcleyrah / Mylrea, her mother’s family is the Martins (mother would be xxxx Cowle alias Martin), also: John Christian’s wife, Christian Corlett, Mally Callow, (?relative) William Martin
- Not the mother of David McYlerye & Margaret als Cowne in Braddan in 1680