Archdeaconal Will 1716 #5 Douglas, of William Flexney of Douglas:

"Douglas: In ye name of God, Amen. I Wm Flexney sick & weak in body but of sound & perfect memory (praised be God) do make this my last will and testament in manner & form following.
First I commend my soul to Almighty God, in hope of full & free pardon & forgiveness of all my sins, & my body to be Xtianly & decently buried.
Item, I leave to ye poor of ye Town a crown, which I order to be paid before my corpse be carried out of ye House.
It: I leave to Parson Can--- Vicar General ye choice mutton of mine which are in ye Nunnery House.
Item, I leave & bequeath to my son Wm my part of ye Houses & gardens (his mother’s part of ye same being left him before) ye whole being of ninepence yearly rent, he paying his two sisters Katherine & Mary four pounds betwixt them after his marriage.
Itm: I leave to my son in law John Claigue ye corn now in ye Haggard he sowing ye next crop out of it.
Item, I do order ye next year’s crop of Knock ne Shee to be prized, & ye value of it to be given my two daughters Kath: & Mary. The lime land and all ye rest of the crop, I entirely leave to my son in law John Claigue together with my riding horse, saddle & bridle. I leave also to my sd son in law & daughter Eliz: ye fourth part of all ye pewter, linen, and woolen in ye House, a new bed tick which is at ye weavers, & what new feathers there are in ye House to fill ye same.
Item, I leave ye xxx bedstocks in ye great loft to my son Wm with a furnished feather bed.
Itm: I leave to each of my two daughters Kath: & Mary a bedstock & furnished featherbed.
Itm: I leave to my son Wm ye biggest of my iron pots. The next to it to my daughter Kath: & an iron kettle & brass skillet to my daughter Mary.
Itm: I leave ye other three parts of my pewter, linen & wollen not mentioned before, equally betwixt my three children, viz Wm, Kath: & Mary.
Item, I leave ye benefit of my Bargain of BallaQuayle to my son in law John Claigue, after ye next year’s crop is sewed & disposed of, as before mentioned.
Itm: I do declare yt I agreed with Robt Kinley for my plowing this year in BallaQuayle, & paid him in part for ye same nineteen shillings & three pence, which I do allow & order my sd son in law John Claigue. I do also leave to my sd son in law my black suit of cloathes, riding coat, had & new shoes.
It: I leave what linen yarn & flax is in ye House betwixt my three daughters, viz, ye one half of them to Eliz: & ye other half betwixt Kath: & Mary.
It: I leave four choice sheep to my son Wm.
It: I do declare yt ye landside garden (leaving an half penny yearly rent) was promised in dowry with my daughter Eliz: to my son in law John Claigue, by me & my wife, and do here by my last will confirm ye same to him & his assigns forever.
It: I leave to my servant Wm Cannell my xxxx ax & adz.
It: I leave to my servant Wm Cottier my old wearing coat, vest & breeches.
It: I leave to my son Wm my brown suit of clothes, with ye tables, frames, formes, chaires, cupboard, dresser & shelves now in ye House. It: I leave what geese I have at Balla Quayle to my son John Claigue.
It: I Leave my bigger trunk to my daughter Kath: & ye less trunk to my daughter Mary.
It: I leave a chest to my son Wm.
Itm: I leave ye profit of my houses & garden to my son John Claigue until my son Wm arrive at ye age of fifteen or sixteen years, & then ye profit of them to accrue to my sd son Wm, in order to put & maintain him to a grade, & until then my sd son in law is to maintain my son Wm.
It: I leave what limestones I have, with firing to burn them, to my son in law John Claigue.
Lastly, I constitute & appoint my two daughters Kath: & Mary joint & lawful Executrices of all ye rest of my goods moveable & unmoveable whatsoever. And to witness this to be my last will & testament I have hereunto put my mark (not being able to write my name) this 11^th of December 1716, Wm Flenxney my mark W. Signed in presence of us: Robt Kelly, Robt Lewn, Wm Gell, jurati.

The Executrices being underage, ye son in law John Claigue is sworn in Court in form of Law, who has given pledges David Corlet & :Patrick Corkil. The Inventory within a month. Probatum est & Solvit.

A true Inventory of the goods of William Flexney of Douglas deceased xxxxxx appraised by four sworne men viz xxxx Cannell, Robert Kelly, Richard Killey and Wm Corlett the 2xth of Jan: 1716/7:

Imprimis, one mare & colt 1:10:xx;
Itm, one old horse 0:10:xx;
Itm, two old horses 0:0x:xx;
Itm, two cow & a calfe 2:10:0;
Itm, two paire of harrows 0:4:0;
Itm, old spades and a horse hack 0:4:0;
Itm, one frying pan 0:1:6;
Itm, old iron 0:1:6;
Itm, four old brass candlesticks and a brass chaffing dish 0:5:0;
Itm, hoopers tooles 0:6:6;
Itm, one old paire of worsted combs 0:0:4;
Itm, an old harness and a gridle 0:2:6;
Itm, old books 0:3:0;
Itm, one old sword and an old bell 0:1:6;
Itm, earthen ware 0:4:0;
Itm, old carrs and other geares 0:4:8;
Itm, old barrels and other wooden vessels 1:8:8;
Itm, rough hemp, rough flax, & 2 old wheeles 0:4:0;
Itm, one silk ringe 0:1:0;
Itm, two wheeles, old dishes, stoabs[?] & other small things 0:5:0;
Itm, one twine 0:5:0;
Itm, two dozen & five glass bottles 0:4:0;
Itm, hemp 0:2:6;
Itm, 12 napkins and a short table cloath of course hugaback priced to 5s 6d, the executors parts thereof 0:2:9;
Itm, seven coarse sheets priced to 9s 4d the half 0:4:8;
Itm, three old canvasses prised 2s xxd, half 0:1:0;
Itm, two xxxx table cloathes & two towels of the same priced to 5s 4d, the half 0:2:8;
Itm,, fifteen fine hubaback napkins marked MF and an old table cloathe priced to 10s the half 0:5:0;
Itm, fifteen pound of coarse tow yarne prices to 4s the half 0:2:0;
Itm, two old coverlets and an old blanket priced to 7s 6d, the half 0;3:9;
Itm, to one old coverlet price 2s, the half 0:1:0;
Itm, three bedstocks 0:9:0;
Itm, one old bolster 0:1:8;
Itm, one pairs of worsted combs 0:1:6;
Itm, one smoothing iron 0:7:4;
Itm, 23 sheep & mutton & yearlings computing good & bad together at 2s 9d, 2:6:0;
Itm, two small children spoones of sliver 0:7:0.

The appraisement of the goods left the Executrices Cathrine and Mary as in mentioned in the Will is here set down that when they come to age they may either chuse to take the goods therein mentioned or the appraisment: One feather bed and bolster with 80 pounds at xxx 1:0:0; One old feather bed & bolster with 40 xx at 2 xx, 0:6:8; One new coverlet 0::0; One old coverlet 0:2:0; Two blankets 0:5:0; Two pairs of sheets 0:8:0; Pewter the half thereof comes to 1:2:9-1/2. Goods left by the deceadent to his son Wm which are reserved in the xxxx pursuant to the Will: Two tables & frames with a large oval table, one cupboard and dressers, three formes, eiht chayres, one furnished feather bed & bedstead, one fir chest, one large pot, one cane, one common prayer book and a Bible, pewter the quarter thereof priced to 11s 4-3/4 d, woolen & linen the quarter thereof priced to 11s 5d. Itm, 4 choice sheep chosen by the praisers to be left to the sd child pursuant to the will. More to be added to the Inventory of Wm Flexney pursuant to ye Will: Itm, one hundred and xxxxx stooks of corn at 6 xxxxx xx xxxx at 4d per, 2:4:0; Deducted: 12 days plowing & a half at 1s 3d per diem 0:15:7-1/2;
Itm, shearing 35 dayes at 2d per 0:5:10; [subtotal] 1:1:5-1/1; Remaines 1:2:6-1/2. More to be added as recd in money 11:9:2. May 19^th 1732: I do hereby acknowledge to have received from the hands of my brother in law William Flexney the sum of five pounds Manks value which was left by my father in law and mother in law to my wife in their last will and testament xxxxxxxx John Cowley X. Witnesses: Robert Moore, John Claigue. Sept the 18^th 1732: The above John Cowley hath acknowledged the receipt of the above sum and doth acquit the above William Flexney and all others concerned for the same before me, John Curghy, Vicar General. John Cowley his name & mark X."

Braddan bur reg: Elizabeth Clague als Flaxen bur 17 Sep 1778