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'Hannah Dernally of Bradbury Spinst^r was bur^d...'
St Mary Stockport Burials.     

Will of Nicholas Dearnelly of Manchester

Notes: Initial capitals have been removed except for names and the obvious start of a sentence. Punctuation has been removed as it is inconsistent. Layout of lines of text as in the original.

In the name of God Amen the twenty sixth day of December in the
yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred seventy seven I Nicholas Dearnelly
of Manchester in the County of Lancaster Cloath-maker beinge weake in body
but of sould and perfect memory praysed be God for the same considering the fryltye
of nature and certainty of death and the uncertayntye of the time and to prevent
all contentions amongst relations and other persons that may be concerned about
my worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me doe make constitute
and ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following
that is to say
I comitt my soule into the hands of Almighty God trusting in the alone merits
of Jesus Christ my saviour to have admission into the kingdom of heaven And my body
to be Christian burial in such decent manner as shall seeme good to my executor
hereafter named.
And touching my worldly goods after debts and ffunerall expenses discharged I
dispose of give and bequeath them as followoweth
Impris I give and bequeath unto my lovinge & deare wife the
sum of ffourty pounds over and above the two hundred and
threescore pounds contracted to be given at marriage which is in lieu
of all thirds and joyntures and in full of all that can or might
accrue unto her upon any account whatsoever
Item I give unto my esteemed friend Mr Henry Newcome of Manchester
the summe of five pounds
Item I give and bequeath unto my loveinge friend Mr Henry Finch of
Manchester the summe of five pounds
Item I give and bequeath to my good friend Mr Robt Eaton of Manchester
the summe of five pounds
Item I give and bequeathUnto my loving friend Mr Robt Constantine
of Oldham the summe of five pounds
Item I give and bequeath to my loving friend Mr Henry Pendlebury
of Houlcome the summe of five pounds
Item I give and bequeath unto Mr Jeremy Scholes of Salford the summe
of five pounds
Item I give and bequeath unto Mr Edward Richardson of Manchester the
summe of five pounds
Item I give unto Samuel Dearnelly five pounds p(er) annum duringe his life
to be payd out of a hundred pounds w(hi)ch hundred pounds I order and impower
my executor to lay out or dispose of to that end And if the sayd Samuel
dye before the hundred pounds be payd and leave noe children I give the
sayd hundred pounds to pious and religious poore according to the discretion
of my executor
Item I give unto the other three children of my brother William Dearnelly
the sum of ten pounds apiece or soe many of them as shall be livinge
after my decease
Item I give unto my brother Roger Dearnelly the summe of ten pounds And to
Joshua Dearnelly son of my brother Edward Dearnelly ten pounds And to
the other three children of my brother Edward Dearnelly ten pounds apiece
or so many of them as shall be alive after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto John Ffinch son of Henry Ffinch the summe
of twenty pounds And unto my brotherinlaw Samuel Jackson of Oldham
ten pounds And to my cosen Martha Tetlow that sometimes lived with me
ten pounds
Item I give to the ffree schole of Glossop in Derbishyre the sum
of thirty pounds to be disposed by the churchwardens of that parish from time
to time for the sayd use And to the use of the free schole of Motterham
in Cheshyre the sum of thirty pounds to be disposed by (the) church wardens
of that parish from time to time to the sayd use
Item it is my will and I doe hereby constitute ordayne and appoint my
loveinge friend Mr Henry Ffinch of Manchester Clearke executor of this
my last will and testament unto whom I give and bequeath the
remainder of my estate to be at his dispose excepting ten pounds to
the poore of Manchester and five pounds to the poore of Salford In
testimony whereof I hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare
above written

Nicholas Dearnely
his ND marke

Sealed signed and declared
to be the last will and
testament of Nicholas
Dearnelly in p(re)sence of
Jonathan Bridoake
John Jackson
John Andrew

Inventory not yet transcribed (total of more than £900 pounds).

Relatives named in the will
My lovinge & deare wife     known to be Elizabeth Scholes/Scoales born Salford
Samuel Dearnelly     son of brother William, with three unnamed siblings
Roger Dearnelly          brother
Joshua Dearnelly     son of brother Edward, with three unnamed siblings
Samuel Jackson          brother-in-law, brother of Nicholas' first wife Mary Jackson.
Martha Tetlow          cousin

Other beneficiaries, principally dissenting ministers (and some ejected in The Great Ejection 1662)
Henry Newcome is probably Henry Newcome 1627-1695
Henry Finch is probably Henry Finch 1633-1704, ‘ejected minister’.
John Finch son of Henry above.
Robert Eaton
Robert Constantine was a minister in Oldham, ejected 1662.
Henry Pendlebury (1626-1695)
Jeremy Scholes of Salford brother of Nicholas’s wife Elizabeth. Jeremy’s son Nathaniel was a dissenter.
Edward Richardson 1617 – 1677, ‘ejected minister’


JAD 2019.

Will of John Dearnely Jun of Padfield 1688/89
Names in bold. Guesses in italics. Abbreviations expanded thus: (and), or(dai)ne, rem(ain)es.

In the name of God Amen the 25^th D(ay) of December in the yeare of our Lord god one
thousand Six hundred Eighty (and) Eight I John Dearnely of Little Padfeild in the County of Derby
yeoman the unprofitable Servant of God b(ein)g weake in body but of strong (and) perfect memory
praysed be god for the same doe make (and) or(dai)ne this my last will (and) testament in manner and
forme following ffirst of all I give (and) beq(uea)th my spirit into the hands of God my ffather who
first framed (and) ffashoned me in my moth(ers) wombe makeing me a liveing (and) a reasonable creature
hopeing through the meritts of Jesus Christ onely saviour (and) redeemer that he will receive my
soule (and) place it amongst his blessed son (and) Angells next of all I give (and) bequeath my body to
the earth of which it was made nothing dou(bt)ing but att the greate and Generall day of Judgment
it shall againe be joyned unto my spirit my corruptible (and) mortall body as now it is but an
incorruptible (and) immortalll body which sha(ll)live (and) raigne with my Lord (and) Saviour Jesus Christ
world without end Now concerneing my w(or)ldly goods which god hath given me my mynde and
will is that my Harriotts debts (and) ffunerall expenses be paid out of my personall estate (then there is a crossed out section) (and) what rem(ain)es I leave towarde bringing up of my child Item my
will (and) mynd is if my child dye before hee attaines to the age of one and twenty years
or comes to preferment (another crossed out section) my will (and) mynd is that my ffather John Dearnely
his Assigne or Assignes shall have hold enjoy all my Lands (and) Tenements goods (and) chattels
Lastly my mynd (and) will is (and) I make and apointe my ffather John Dearnely And my ffather
in law George Ffearnes execut(or)s of this last will (and) testament In witness whereof I have
hereunto sett my hand and seale the day (and) yeare above written
John Dearnely
Sealed (and) delivered in
the presence of viz
Antho. Reddish
Tho. Hadfeild

Probate granted Chesterfield 15 October 1689

A true (and) p(er)fect Inventory of all (and) singular the Goodes
Creditts Chattells (and) Cattells of John Derneley the younger
late of Little Padfield w(ith)in the p(ar)ish of Glossopp in the
County of Derby yeom(an) Dev(ise)d (and) prized by us whose names
are subscribed the 17^th day of Jan(uar)y Ano Dom 1688
(note: this is the ecclesiastical year 1688 ie January 1689)

Imp[rimis]		ti	s	d
	In money in his purse [and] his apparel	05	00	00
Item	One Table six Chaires 2 Buffetts one       }
	little Table [and] Twelve quishonse in the }
	mansion or dwellinge house                   }	01	14	00
	One bed [and] 3 chaires	3	00	00
It[em]	One Bed w[i]th ffurniture [and] drape in [the] p[ar]lour chaires	04	00	00
It[em]	One Chest or Coffer	00	10	00
It[em]	Twelve stones of Wool [and] One stone }
	Weight of Yarne                                }	05	00	00
It[em]	One pair of Bedstockes [and] ffurniture for    }
	a Bed in the Chamber ov[er] [the] house     }	02	00	00
Item	One p[ar] cell of Malt [and] a little Barley	01	11	00
Item	Two Arkes	00	13	00
It[em]	Two P[ai]re of Bedstockes in the chamb[er] ov[er] }
It[em]	the little p[ar)]lor                                            }	00	10	00
Item	sev[er]all Dishes [and] of Pewter [and] Brasse	02	10	00
Item	Certainie beffells of wood	00	13	04
It[em]	Certainie Instruments of Iron	01	05	00
It[em]	Two pair of sheetes Three Pillow   }
	beers [and] Three Table Napkins   }	00	16	00
It[em]	Two Ould Table Clothes	00	01	00
It[em]	Salt Beefe Butter [and] Cheese	00	10	00
It[em]	Twenty six Bookes	00	06	08
It[em]	Two Oxen	07	00	00
It[em]	Ffive Twinters	08	06	08
It[em]	One Little Heifer	02	00	00
It[em]	Ffour Cowes [and] One Bullock	14	00	00
It[em]	Ffour Calves	04	00	00
It[em]	Sixty prime sheep	16	00	00
It[em]	One Horsy	17	00	00
It[em]	One Ganye of ffollyes [and] some Arkes sills [and] bord	00	05	00
It[em]	One Little Coffer [and] One Iron Cott	00	15	00
It[em]	In Lime [and] manure	00	10	00
It[em]	One Hackney sadle [and] One Pack sadle [and] Bridle	00	10	00
It[em]	Certene Little Spining Wheeles [and] One chest	00	03	04
It[em]	Some Husbandry Ware [and] all other Huslem[en]ts	00	08	00
		____________
	John Waterhouse	102	06	00
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Transcribed by Janet A Davies
February 2012.

Indexed as Hannah Dearneley.

'No.1833; Hannah Dearneley; Dukinfield; aged 45 yrs'
Stayley Parish Burials.