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Birth date is guesswork & only based on the parents marriage date & the will of Uncle John Dearnily.
see John Dearneley.

Birth date is guesswork & only based on the parents marriage date & the will of Uncle John Dearnily.
see John Dearneley.

John may have been born later. From his Will we assume that there were no children in 1737, and that his sister Mary was unmarried at that time.

Will of John Darnelly, Rushden 26 March 1737

In the name of God Amen I John Darnelly of Rushden
in the County of Northampton Yeoman being weak in Body of
sound disposing minnd and memory Blessed be God do make
and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner
and form following-------------------------------------------------------
Impris I give to my sister Mary Darnelly the sum of one shiling
And Whereas I have made a surrender whereby I have
surrendered into the hands of the Lord mann of the mann^r
of Rushden by the hands of Joseph May and John Hishon
two other customary Tennants of the s^d Mann^r all that
my messuage with the Close and Orchard adjoyning to the
same lying and being in the North end of Rushden and
those my seven and twenty acres and a half of arrable
Land and Ley ground and four swaths and five draughts
of Meadow ground lying and being disporciably divided
in the fields and meadow of Rushden, my will is that
the said premises so surrendered shall be to the use and
behoofe of my beloved Wife Elizabeth Darnelly and of
her heirs for ever According to the Custome of the said
Mann^r Item I give to my said wife my ffreehold Close
of pasture ground, in Rushden aforesaid to her and her
heirs for ever Item I also give to my s^d Wife Elis:
Darnelly whom I make sole executrix of this my last
Will and Testament All and singular my Goods and
Chattels, She paying my just Debts and ffunerall Charge
I do hereby make void all other Wills Rattifying this to
be my last Will and Testament, In Witness whereof I
have set my hand and Seal the Twenty sixth day of March
1737 ----------------------------------------------------------------


Signed Sealed published     }     
and declared in the presence     }
of us who saw the Testator     }          John Darnelly (signed) SEAL
Subscribe Seale and publish     }          25^th July 1744
the same               }          Elizabeth Darnelly the sole
Joseph May                              Executrix named in the above
John Ffisher                         written will was Sworn well and
John Woolaston                         faithfully to fulfill the same
                                             Before me
                                              G Reynolds
transcribed by Mark E Dearnley
December 2011


Inventory
 

An Inventory of the goods and chattels
of John Darnelly of Rushden in the
County of Northants Yeoman deceased
Taken and approved the 12th Day of
April 1744
	£	s	d
His purse and apparel	10	0	0
five horses 17£ five cows 12£10s	29	10	0
the Waggon and two carts	18	0	0
fifty five sheep	22	0	0
plows and harrows	1	10	0
the horses harnish	4	0	0
the hovels and straw	4	0	0
Wheat barley pease and oats	40	0	0
two hoggs	1	15	0
hay	1	10	0
Cow cribs hoggs troughs sheep cribs & hurdles	1	0	0
24 acres of grain in the high feild }
24 acres in the pease high field }	72	0	0
In the kitchen
peuter	2	18	0
brass	4	0	0
dresser and shelves	17	0	6
the jack and weights	0	10	0
Candlesticks spits Chairs and other things	1	0	0
In the Dairy
milk vessels Churns Chees press	1	5	0
and other things in the dairy
In the buttery
four barrels Drink stals and other things	1	0	0
In the parlour
A table seven Chairs and other things	1	0	0
In the best Chamber
A bedstead with the furniture	7	0	0
A case of drawers a table six chairs & other things	3	10	0
In the chamber over the kitchen
The bedstead and furniture
& other things	4	0	0
In the Chamber over the buttery
three cheese boards & other things	1	0	0
linen	6	0	0
In the old kitchen
a copper and tubbs & other things	1	10	0
the muck in the yard	3	0	0
	259	16	6
This Inventory was taken by us
whose names are here subscribed
Robt. Achurch
Joseph May

Transcribed by Pat Jenkins          NRO ref: N Inventory 25 Jul 1744 John Darnelly
see rushdenheritage.co.uk.

Inventory taken: 12 April 1744.

granted to John's wife Elizabeth Darnelly.

John Dernely of Rushden, 1721

1 In the name of God Amen the twelf day of October in ye year
2 of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred & twenty one I John Dernely
3 of Rushden in ye County of Northampton yeoman being weak in body but
4 of sound mind & memory thanks be to God do make & ordain this my last
5 will & testament in manner and forme following. Imprimis I give
6 and bequeath to my beloved wife Sibil Dernely all my movable
7 houshold goods that is to say all my brass pewter tubs barrills linin &
8 woolen & all other implements of houshold things excepting the
9 bedsted & bedding in the parlour and one cupbord that stands in the
10 wall in ye house. Item my will is that my executor hereafter named
11 shall pay or cause to be paid to my beloved wife the summ of foure
12 pounds a year of good & lawfull money of Great Britain as long as
13 she liveth and also one load of fiering every year worth fifteen
14 shilling & foure barrills of wheat every year during her life. Item I
15 I (sic) give & bequeath to my two daughters Mary & Susanna Dernely ?
16 summ of twenty five pounds a peece to be paid within twelve months
17 after my deceas if it so hapen that either of them shall die before
18 twelve months be expired there part shall go to ye survivor of them
19 and whereas I have made a surrender whearby I have surrendered
20 into ye hands of ye Lord of ye Mannor of Rushden by ye hands of
21 William French & John Wollaston two other customary ?tenements
22 of ye s[ai]d mannor all that my messuage w[i]th ye close & orchard ad
23 joyning to ye same going & being in ye north end of Rushden & also
24 also (sic) all those my seven & twenty acres & a half of arrable lands
25 & any ground and foure swathes and five draughts of meadow grass
26 lyeing & being dispercially devided in ye fields & meadows of Rushden
27 my will is tha tthe s[ai]d premises so surrendered shall be to the
28 use & behoofe of my sonn John Darnely & of his heirs for ever
29 according to ye custom of ye mannor of Rushden he paying out of
30 the same the legasies above named Item I give to my s[ai]d son John
31 Darnely my freehold close of pasture ground in Rushden afores[ai]d to
32 him & his heirs for ever item I also give to my s[ai]d sonn John
33 Darnely whome I make sole executor of this my last will and
34 testament all & singular the stock & crop and all implements
35 belonging to husbandry and also my gre?? he paying my just debts & funrall charges
36 and I do here by make void all other wills ratifying this to be my
37 last will & testament in witness whereof I here set my hand
38 and seal ye day & year above written
39 the mark of John Dernely
40 signed sealed published & declared
41 by ye s[ai]d John Dernely to be his last
42 will & testament in ye presence of
43 ye subscribed
44 William French
45 Wille Savidge
46 John Wollaston

transcribed by Marie Ball
April 2012.

'Sibell Darnelly widow. '