Archdeacon Will 1699/1700 #61, Lezayre, of Robert Allen: KK Christ Lezayre, died 1st November 1699:

ROBERT ALLEN departed this life about the 1st xxxx last intestate whereof the Church having intexxx hath decreed his two CHILDREN vizt., THOMAS and JANE sole and joint Administrator of all his goods moveable and unmoveable whatsoever, the next of kin vizt., THOMAS ALLEN, SAMUEL ALLEN, ELIZABETH and ROBERT CHRISTIAN supervisor and a legacy to the wife upon sight of the Inventory.

ALL THE SUPERVISORS excepting Elizabeth are sworn in Court in form of Law as also the wife.

AN INVENTORY OF THE GOODS AND CHATTELS of ROBERT ALLEN deceased the xxx of November 1699, prized by the Sumner and four sworn men, vizt., William Crow, Edmund Crow, William Quayle, and John Corlett, as followeth: Imprimis, The dead's part of three cowes 2 pounds 0 shillings 0 pence; Item, The dead's part of half a steer 0:7:4; Item, The dead's part of one mare 0:17:4; Item, The dead's part of 2 cows and one ox that is sold 2:18:10; Item, A cow in calf promised by Mrs. ALLEN to her son prized by the consent of her SON MR. THOMAS ALLEN to thirty shillings the dead's part 1:0:0; Item, The dead's part of fifteen betwixt sheep and muttons & three yearlings 0:18:0; Item, The dead's part of six and forty pound of pewter 0:19:2; Item, The dead's part of eight pounds of old pewter 0:4:0; Item, The dead's part of 3 old candlesticks, a tin tundish and three old sickles 0:2:0; Item, The dead's part of six pound of linen yarn 0:2:0; Item, The dead's part of eight pound of hakin yarn with four pound of hemp 0:3:0; Item, The dead's part of eleven pound of combed worsted 0:5:6; Item, The dead's part of five pound lamb wool 0:0:10; Item, The dead's part of thirteen pound russet yarn 0:3:3; Item, The dead's part of five and thirty pound of wool 0:5:6; Item, The dead's part of eighteen pounds kear wool 0:3:0; Item, The dead's part of fourteen yards coarse flannan 0:5:3; Item, The dead's part of three feather beds two boulsters and some new feather 1:2:8; five white new blankets 0:10:0; Item, The dead's part of two new gray blankets 0:4:0; Item, The dead's part of two coverlets 0:10:0; Item, The dead's part of three new fledges 0:12:0; Item, The dead's part of seven yards of collered flannan in curtains 0:3:6; Item, The dead's part of five new wainscot chests with three small boxes 2:0:9; Item, The dead's part of 3 old blankets and 2 old fledges 0:5:0; Item, The dead's part of three and twenty yards of russet 0:15:6; Item, The dead's part of eleven yards of medly with four yards of keare cloth 0:13:8; Item, The dead's part of three yards of callamancha, five yards of colored sarge & one yard of chamlett 0:6:10; Item, The dead's part of eight yeard of huggaback 0:3:4; Item, The dead's part of seven yards of coarse linen cloth 0:2:0; Item, The dead's part of ten yards of fine linen clothe 0:6:0; 1st subtotal 17;20:10; Item, The dead's part of four fine sheets 0:6:8; Item, The dead's part of four coarse sheets 0:3:4; Item, The dead's part of four coarse sheets more 0:2:8; Item, The dead's part of three table cloth 0:3:0; Item, The dead's part of fifteen napkins 0:3:9; Item, The dead's part of 3 napkins more and a yard of flannan 0:2:1; Item, The dead's part of trippets spit and frying pan 0:4:9; Item, The dead's part of one fine lock 0:3:0; Item, The dead's part of six chxxxxx 0:5:5; Item, The dead's part of 2 pots & kettle a griddle & a pair of tongs 0:7:6; Item, The dead's part of the cupboard & cradle 0:7:0; Item, The dead's part of three old beer cashe, 3 small firkins, 3 old barrels & old kieve and stoole 0:7:0; Item, The dead's part of one saddle & bridle 0:1:6; Item, The dead's part of two old hogsedds with the small wooden vessels 0:4:6; Item, The dead's part of the earther vessels 0:2:6; Item, The dead's part of the corrough timber 0:2:6; Item, The dead's part of two dozen of threnchers 0:1:0; Item, The dead's part of one par stock cards an old pair of worsted combs & old woolen cards & old chafing dish 0:2:0; Item, The dead's part of two old barrels and a tub 0:1:3; Item, The dead's part of a wheel barrey and old carr an small ladder and loose piece of timber and another piece timber 0:2:4; Item, The dead's part of a smoothing iron with other small implements 0:1:9; Item, The dead's part of about a bowl of salt 0:2:0; Item, The dead's part of twenty seven dayles 0:12:4; Item, The dead's part of a rack a small pitchfork & about half a curragge of stores 0:0:6; Item, The dead's part of two locks 0:0:10; Item, The dead's part of one tanned skin and about two pair of soales of Irish leather; Item, The dead's part of a carpet & a old pair of curtains 0:1:6; Item, The dead's part of six & fifty punch & panels & eight pieces of small square oak 0:6:0; Item, The dead's part of six barrel staves with other small bits of sticks 0:0:6; Item, The dead's part of four old sacks p:1:6; Item, The dead's part of one English spade & Manks spade a trape and a lime stone hammer 0:2:0; Item, The dead's part of two old linen wheels and a woolen wheel );2:6; Item, The dead's part of ten pottles of rye 0:2:11; Item, The dead's part of three bowls of malt 1:2:2; Item, The dead's part of sixteen oak boards 0:6:8; Item, The dead's part of a pillion 0:0:6; 2nd subtotal 6:17:6. Item, The dead's part of the hay 0:7:6; Item, The dead's part of the hirsfe 0:6:0; Item, The dead's part of the dung 0:2:0; Item, The dead's part of fifteen pound of iron 0:1:3; Item, The dead's part of a swine 0:2:0; Item, The dead's part of 2 small pieces of the side of an old boat 0:0:6; Item, The dead's part of 3 small panels with other pieces of old boards the bake stone stores of withing 0:0:9; Item, The dead's part of one bundles of flax and two pottles of flax seed with two pieces of old ropes 0:0:4; Item, A broad clothe cloat a dest & a pair of breeches of Irish stuff 1:0:2; Item, A medley coat a pair of new breeches and an old vest 0:14:0; Item, his wearing coat vest and breeches 0:5:0; Item, six shirts and an old freltian waist coat 0:10:0; Item, his riding coat & two waistcoats 0:6:0; Item, two old coats 0:1:0;; Item, his stockins 0:3:0; Item, a pair of new shoes two pair of old shoes and an old pair of boates 0:9:0; Item, a worn hat and an hold hat 0:2:0; Item, his neck cloths and two handkerchief 0:4:0; Item, The dead's part of two white skins and an old bible and some damprified paper 0:1:7; Item, The dead's part of an old Bible & old common prayer booke & an other book 0:2:0; Item, The dead's part of 3 dozen of old buttons old knives and a rasor a pocket looking glass and an old wig & a little pocket bottle 0:1:2; Item, The dead's part of one taper oager 0:0:4; Item, The dead's part of three oager moar 0:0:10; ten plain bits 0:0:8; Item, The dead's part of six plain stocks 0:1:8; Item, The dead's part of a tenant saw 0:0:5; Item, The dead's part of a hand saw 0:0:9; Item, The dead's part of a whip saw and the file 0:1:6; Item, The dead's part of an ox 0:0:5; Item, The dead's part of four chisels 0:1:4; Item, The dead's part of some small stamps and formers 0:0:4; Item, The dead's part of one hammer and gimleds 0:0:3; Item, The dead's part of some mouldings plan 0:1:3; Item, The dead's part of eight pounds and half of old irons 0:0:9; Item, The dead's part of apiece of steel 0:0:2; 3rd subtotal 5:0:xx. Item, The dead's part being 7 bowls and half of oats at 3s 6p per bowl 2:6:3; Item, The dead's part being 10 pottles & half of wheel at xx shillings per bowl 0:8:9; Item, The dead's part being once bowl and seven pottles of barley at 13 pence per bowl 1:0:7; Item, The dead's part of two heifer one of them two years and the other one year 0:8:4; Item, The dead's part of half anheifer 0:9:0; Item, The dead's part of a cow 0:16:8; Item, The dead's part of two planks 0:0:8; Item, The dead's part of three bills of mortgages in the lands of William Quayle 13:10:0; Item, The dead's part ofthree bills of mortgage in the lands of Edm: Crow 10:0:0; Item, The dead's part of light money being 37 ounces and three quarters at 5 shilling per ounce 9:8:9; Item, The dead's part of milled monies valued at 5s 8p per crown 10:10:0; Item, The dead's part of more monies 0:18:0; Item, The dead's part of monies due from Edm: Corlett as appears by his bill 3:5:0; Item, The dead's part of monies due from Merchant Caisment as appears by his bill 2:0:0; Item, The dead's part of monies due from John Kneen as appears by his bill 1:7:3; Item, The dead's part of light monies being 18 ounces and half and half quarter at 5 per ounce 4:q5:1; Item, The dead's part of Item, The dead's part of half a byde p:1:6; 4th subtotal 60:5:10. SUM TOTAL 90:3:1.

THE LEGACY ALLOWED THE WIFE with the consent of the Supervisors is 5 pounds 0 shillings 6 pence to be deducted.

THE CHILDREN & GOODS IN THE WIFE'S hands and tuition who hath given pledges in form of Law Mr. THOMAS ALLEN and Mr. EDMOND CURLETT. Captain THOMAS CHRISTIAN of Jurby is xxxx xxxx steat of Mr. THO: ALLEN in form of Law, whereupon Mr. Allen is xxxx. MORE ADDED TO THE ABOVE INVENTORY as follows: Item, The dead's part of half one horse 0:10:8; Item, The dead's part of half one steer 0:4:8; Item, The dead's part of half one heifer 0:5:4; Item, The dead's part of half one heifer in steps custody 0:6:8; Item, The dead's part of the sheep in KK Maughall 4:18:8; Item, The dead's part of the book debts 7:9:5. Total xxxxx.

APRIL 23, 1720: I ACKNOWLEDGE to have this day received from my STEPFATHER and MOTHER JOHN CORLETT AND MARGARET CORLETT the full and just sum of forty nine pounds nine shillings and three pence farthing, being the whole of my part of goods due to me by the death of my own deceased FATHER ROBERT ALLEN; For which sum of 49 pounds 9 shillings and 3 pence farthing, I do hereby fully acquit and discharge my above STEPFATHER AND MOTHER, As witness my name the day and year above mentioned. [signed] THOMAS ALLEN. Witnesses: Henry Allen, Edmund Kneen.

FEBRUARY 24TH, 1724/5: RECEIVED THIS DAY and before from my FATHER IN LAW JOHN CORLET of Cleonagh the full sum of fifty pounds sterling, being the goods due to JANE CALLISTER ALS ALLEN my deceased wife, and the portion promised me in Contract Bargain: of which said sum, and all other claims and demands in that behalf, I do hereby acquit exonerate and discharge him the said JOHN CORLET his heirs executors administrators and assigns fully and amply by these presents. As witness my name dated as above said [signed] JANE CALLISTER. Witnesses William Tear, Matthias Curghey. February 25th, 1724/5: JOHN CALLISTER acknowledged this receipt before me, Wm. Gell, Register"