Norfolk Record Office
NCC will register Alexander 209
207.
Thomas Wantling
In the Name of God Amen I
Thomas Wantling of Great Ryburgh in the County of Norff
Miller being indisposed in body but of p-fect sound mind and
memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same doe this twenty
third day of March Anno dni One thousand seaven hundred &
four And in the fourth year of the Reign of …...most gratious
gratious Sovereign Lady Queen Anne by the grace of God of
England Scotland ffrance & Ireland Defender of the ffaith etc
make & ordain this my last Will & Testam-t in manner & forme
following that is to say Impr-is I com-end my Soul into the hands of
Almighty God my creatour assuredly trusting in & thro the meretori-s
death & passion of my ever blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ to have
free pardon & remission of all my sins And my body I com-itt
to the ground to be buried in decent Buryall at the discretion of
my Exec.x hereafter named And as to that worldly Estate & goods it
hath pleased God to blesse me with I doe give & dispose thereof as
followeth Item I give and devise unto Sarah Wantling my loveing wife
All my Messuages lands Tenem-ts hereditam-ts & premises both ffreehold &
copyhold with their & any of their appurte-nts rights members & p-viledges
whatsoever for & during the time & forme of her natural life And after
her decease I give & dispose thereof as followeth Item I give & devise
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All that my Estate & farme All that my Estate & farme with their
& any of their rights members & appurte-nts situate lyeing & being in
Althorpe in the County afores-d & now in the occupaton of John Major
or his Assignes unto Thomas Wantling my Son & to his heires forev-r
And alsoe I give & devise unto my said son Thomas Wantling & his
heires forever All that close or inclosure of pasture ground conteyning
by estimacon four acres more or lesse situate & being in Gately in
the said County w-ch I lately purchased of John Everet Item Igive and
devise all those my Messuages lands & p-mises late Moneyments
situate lyeing & being in great Ryburgh afores-d & now in the occpacon
of Henry Batch & Robert Taylor together w-th one acre of land lyeing
in Ryburgh field w-ch I purchased of Thomas Wase unto Pheby Wantling
my daughter & to heires forever Item I give & devise unto my daughter
Sarah Wantling & to her heires forever All that my Messuage land
& p-mises w-th th appurte-nts situate lyeing & being in great Ryburgh
afores-d & now in the use & occupacon of John Kerrison or his Assignes
Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary Wantling the sume
of One hundred & fifty pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid
to her by my Exec.x hereafter named when she shall attain to the age
of one & twenty years Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter
Sarah Wantling the sum of One hundred & ten pounds of lawfull
money of England to be paid by my Exec.x hereafter named when
she shall attain to the age of one & twenty years Item I give and
bequeath unto my daughter Pheby Wantling the sum of fifty pounds
of lawfull money of England to be paid to her by my Exec.x hereafter
named when she shall attain to the age of one & twenty years Item
I give and bequeathe unto my Grand son Thomas Lane the sum of ten
pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid by my Exec.x within
six months after my decease into the hands of John Lane of ffakenham
M’cer his ffather & he to give security unto my Exec-s until my said
Grand son shall attain to the age of one & twenty years Item I give
& bequeathe unto my son Thomas Wantling my Clock & Jack as it
stands plus all the rest of my goods cattle chattels moneyd bills bonds
securities household stuffe & implements of household whatsoever I give
& bequeath unto my loveing wife Sarah whome I make & ordain to be
sole Exec.x of this my last will & testam-t She paying my debts legacis
& ffunerall charges And keeping & maintaining my children until
they shall severally attain to the age of one & twenty years
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or dayes of Marriage Item my minde & will is that if any of my
said children shall depart this life before they shall attain to this age
of one & twenty yeares that then the legacy or legacies Estate
or Estates of him or them soe dyeing shall be equally divided
& shared amongst the surviving Brother or Sisters And I alsoe
nominate & appoint my loveing ffriends Henry Eglenton of
Bawdeswell in the County afores-d Gent & John Lane my Son in law of
ffakenham M’cer to be my Supervisors of this my last Will and
Testam-t And doe hereby impower them to call in my debts and
moneys & see that the same be put out at Interest upon good land
or other securities for the payme-t of my Legacies above bequeathed
unto my children as they shall severally attain to the age of one
& twenty years And I doe hereby give to each of my superviso-s
five Guineys a piece to be paid by my Exec.x within six months next
after my decease for their trouble & time of getting my debts
& assisting my said Exec.x in putting out her moneys & other
bussinesse And further my mind & will is that my said wife shall
keepe & maintain all my houses yards fences & premises during
her life in good & Tenantable repair & not to com-itt any Strope
or waste upon any of the same And doe hereby declare that what
is contayned in this one sheet of paper doe conteyne my last Will
& Testam-t In Witnesse whereof I the said Thomas Wantling have
hereunto put my hand & seale the day & year above written
Tho: Wantling
Signed sealed published & declared to be the last will & Testam-t of
the Testator in the pr-sence of us Henry Batch
Chr Langood. Wm Manning
Notes
Thomas Wantling married Sarah Batch in Elsing on 28th February 1681
The following children are recorded in the St. Andrew's Registers:
Elezebeth Wantling baptised at St Andrew’s 15/10/1682
Mary Wantling baptised at St Andrew’s 13/6/1690
Thomas Wantling baptised at St Andrew’s 15/7/1692
Sarah Wantling baptised at St Andrew’s 15/10/1693
Pheby Wantling baptised at St Andrew’s 26/11/1695
John Lane (Mercer) of Fakenham married eldest daughter, Elezebeth
on June 27th 1701 at St John Maddermarket, Norwich
Child: Thomas Lane born and baptised 6 May 1703 at St Andrew’s
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Norfolk Record Office
DN/INV 70/2
A true & perfect Inventory taken and made
the Eighteene Day of March in the yeare of our
Lord God one Thousand Seaven hundred & Eight,
of all & Singular the Goods Cattles Chattles and
household Stufe of Thomas Wantling of Riburgh
Magna in the County of Norfolk Miller, late
Deceased, being Seene Valued & Aprized by us
whos names are here under written-------------
Impri-s:
His wearing Apparell _____________________________________ 015:00:00
His Libre _______________________________________________ 001:05:00
In Ready Mony __________________________________________ 102:17:06
In Bonds _______________________________________________ 382:00:00
In Booke Debts __________________________________________ 093:14:08
In Desperate Debts _______________________________________ 036:14:00
In Plate _________________________________________________010:00:00
In the Parlor
2 Tables, 10 Leather Chairs a pr Anirons_______________________ 002:10:00
tongs, a still & a Gotch Bearer________/
In the Parlor Chamber
1 Bed as it standeth _______________________________________ 007:00:00
3 Small tables & a Neast of Drawers __________________________ 002:05:00
7 Cane Chairs & 2 Other Chairs ______________________________001:15:00
A Looking Glass, a Cushing, Anirons Sivpan ___
Tongs, a pr bellows, Earthenware & Glasses on___ ______________ 001:05:00
the Chimmy piece & a Morter & Earthenware ____/
Bottles & 2 Candle Sticks in the Clossett _______/
In the Chamber next ye Parlor Chamber
1 Bed as it standeth, 4 Chairs & 2 Cushings_____________________003:01:06
In the Passage & Presse Chamber
A Coate Presse, a Tereene & a Desk __________________________ 001:05:00
In the Kitching Chamber
3 Beds as they standeth ____________________________________ 008:10:00
1 Small Table, 3 Chairs, 1 Stoole, 3 Cushings___________________ 000:17:00
a Small Boyes, a trunk & a Chest ___________________________/
In the Closett a Large trunk 2 Cases within _____________________ 001:00:00
Knives & Forks, & Other Small things _______________________/
Bed & Board Lining _______________________________________ 025:00:00
Parlor Dishes, Plates & Other Pewter __________________________004:00:00
In the Chamber next ye Kitching Chamber
1 Bed Stead with ye beding on it, 6 Chairs & a Table ____________ 004:00:00
In the Garretts
1 Bed__________________________________________________ 001:00:00
a Chest, Sidesadle, & Bed Stead____________________________ 000:15:00
a Small parcell of Hops____________________________________ 001:00:00
3 Kittles. 3 Scilletts_______________________________________ 002:10:00
Stone Bottles & Glass Bottles In a Baskett_____________________ 000:02:06
Old Iron _______________________________________________ 000:12:06
In the Kitching
3 Tables, 5 Chairs, 4 Joynt Stooles, 8 Other Stooles______________001:05:00
& a Small Neast of Drawers__________________/
One Clock, a Jack, a Leather Couch & a Tall Boy_______________ 002:00:00
4 Speets, 2 Pr Anirons, 2 Dripen pans, Suspan____
tongs, pair Candle Sticks, Candle Box, a Gun__________________ 002:07:06
a Warming pan, 2 iron potts, a Kittle_____________/
a Casting nett Earthenware & Small Ironware_____/
In the Porch Rooms & Porch
1 Table, 1 old Cubbard, 2 Sadles 3 Cushons___________________001:00:00
& Cloth a Settle, 2 iron Boxes & a Cane ___________/
In the Cellers
11 Brass Vessells, a Meate Sickle & a Table___________________001:10:00
In the Pantry
A Dresser, a Brass Kittle, Iron Pottmeale?____________________002:00:00
Sickel & Tinnware & Earthenware___________/
In the Brew house
A Copper Cooler & brewing Vessells________________________009:00:00
Malt Querns, Cheese presse a kittle, Coles__________________ 002:10:00
Beame & Scales, & hesign_______________/
_____________
732:00:02
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In the Dayery
4 Milk Leads, a halfe Barrell Churne ________________________004:10:00
Cheese press & Tubs____________________________________/
In the Brew house Chamber
a Truckle Bed, Matresse ???? & a Chest ____________________ 004:00:00
In the Dayery Chamber
15 Co[ombs]:Rye & a Parcell of Cheese _____________________020:00:00
In the Meale house
a Bing & Meale, a Corne Tereene, 25 Jacks 2 Iron_____________003:04:06
Cro[m]es, 6 Iron Wedges, & Turnip seed___________________/
In the Barns
2 Busshells, 2 ffanns, 3 riddles & a whisk ___________________001:00:00
Att Hilderveston Shopp
Scales & Weights & Meale ______________________________001:00:00
In Hainses ffeild
13 Biggest Stears_____________________________________052:00:00
18 Middle Sorte______________________________________ 047:05:00
16 Ditto Smaller ______________________________________024:00:00
29 Thewling Weathers _________________________________011:10:00
In the Core Yarde
21 Milch Cows _______________________________________047:00:00
In the Stable
7 Horses ____________________________________________026:00:00
In the Meadowes a Mare & foale_________________________. 001:00:00
In the Stye 2 fatt hoggs ________________________________ 004:00:00
In the Yarde 5 horses? _________________________________003:15:00
2 Carts 2 Ploughs, 1 pr harrows _________________________ 011:00:00
Harness for Cartes & Plough ___________________________ 003:00:00
In the Barne & Other Places
Barly_______________________________________________019:02:06
15 Co[ombs]: of Ordinary Wheate _______________________ 006:15:00
10 Co[ombs]: of Better Sorte ____________________________010:15:00
A Stack of Hay in the Meadows & house __________________ 013:15:00
32 Acres of Wheate & Rye _____________________________ 032:00;00
Wood in the Yarde & house & ye Poultry __________________ 001:00:06
348:12:06
Other Side _________ 732:00:02
Total Sum_________ _ 1080:12:08
Henry Eglinton
Eleazar Durrant