Will of Dorothy Sloggett 1705

[DRH123]

The Cornwall OPC site has an index to Cornish Wills.
https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/extra-searches/wills-index/

If the will is available of Familysearch they give the film number and image range to help you find it.
The master index for the FS Cornish wills is at
https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/329778

David

[Trevellian]

Having more time this morning I followed up an instinct regarding this recordset - there is a full inventory for Dorothy in the images following your will.

Her records run from image 377 to 380.

The total of the inventory is 22 pounds and 16 shillings, so she was comfortable for her place and time.

Could I check a few words on the inventory please? I promise it will be "case closed" so to speak after this, thank you! Again anything I'm unsure of has been identified with a question mark.

"A true and perfect inventory of all the goods of Dorothy Sloggett of the Parish of Lanteglos within the County of Cornwall ? ? soon ? and Appraised? by us whose names ar (are) here subscribed that is to say Thomas Sloggett and William Porter the 12th of April 1706

Item her house ? and wearing apparel
Item one Cowe (cow) and one Heifer
Item four Ewes and Lambs
Item one Pigge (pig)
Item two Bras(s) pots & one iron pot
Item two litoll (little) bras(s) pans & 2 skellits (skillets)
Item 9 Litoll putor Dishes (little pewter dishes)
Item one Dust bead (bed?)
Item a Chest & 2 ?
Item one Litoll (little) ? & 2 ?
Item A Cobord (cupboard) one Tabel (table) and 2 Litoll side Tabell (2 little side tables)
Item one Grey ? one putor Candell stick (pewter candlestick)
Item all her Debts owing to her att (at) the Time of her Death ? ?
Item other things not sin (seen?) not proved(?)

Sume Totall (sum total) 22-06-00"

[Trevellian]

Having more time this morning I followed up an instinct regarding this recordset - there is a full inventory for Dorothy in the images following your will.

Her records run from image 377 to 380.

The total of the inventory is 22 pounds and 16 shillings, so she was comfortable for her place and time.

Could I check a few words on the inventory please? I promise it will be "case closed" so to speak after this, thank you! Again anything I'm unsure of has been identified with a question mark.

Inventory link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6FC9-MBP?view=fullText&keywords=Sloggett%2Cwill%20and%20Testament%2Cand&lang=en&groupId=

"A true and perfect inventory of all the goods of Dorothy Sloggett of the Parish of Lanteglos within the County of Cornwall ? ? soon ? and Appraised? by us whose names ar (are) here subscribed that is to say Thomas Sloggett and William Porter the 12th of April 1706

Item her house ? and wearing apparel
Item one Cowe (cow) and one Heifer
Item four Ewes and Lambs
Item one Pigge (pig)
Item two Bras(s) pots & one iron pot
Item two litoll (little) bras(s) pans & 2 skellits (skillets)
Item 9 Litoll putor Dishes (little pewter dishes)
Item one Dust bead (bed?)
Item a Chest & 2 ?
Item one Litoll (little) ? & 2 ?
Item A Cobord (cupboard) one Tabel (table) and 2 Litoll side Tabell (2 little side tables)
Item one Grey ? one putor Candell stick (pewter candlestick)
Item all her Debts owing to her att (at) the Time of her Death ? ?
Item other things not sin (seen?) not proved(?)

Sume Totall (sum total) 22-06-00"

[horselydown86]

Here are most of the issues.  A couple of uncertainties remain.
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...Cornwall Latle decesd seen taken and

Apprised by us whose nams ar here...

Latle = Lately


Item her Porse [Gerell?/herell?] and wearing...

Item A Chest & 2 bockes          [probably = books]

Item one Litell Kone & 2 [farkins = firkins?]

In the next item:  ...one Tabel bord...

Item one bras Kitell one puter...

In the next item:  ...Time of her death despret & others

Not sure of this one.  despret may be desperate?


Lastly:  ...not sin not prised             [ie appraised]

[Trevellian]

Here are most of the issues.  A couple of uncertainties remain.
***********************************************************************

...Cornwall Latle decesd seen taken and

Apprised by us whose nams ar here...

Latle = Lately


Item her Porse [Gerell?/herell?] and wearing...

Item A Chest & 2 bockes          [probably = books]

Item one Litell Kone & 2 [farkins = firkins?]

In the next item:  ...one Tabel bord...

Item one bras Kitell one puter...

In the next item:  ...Time of her death despret & others

Not sure of this one.  despret may be desperate?


Lastly:  ...not sin not prised             [ie appraised]

Thank you for your prompt response. It definitely is "Porse" and not house, I was mistakenly guided by what would make sense instead of what was on the page...

The same as you I read the line further down (11th in the list) as "bras(s) Kitell", but then what on earth is a Kitell?! Google says a Kittel is a type of Jewish, male clothing, so that's definitely not right for whatever this word is    All I can think of is kettle, but did they even use that word for their equivalent of a modern one back then?

Still, that is nearly all of it solved nonetheless, thanks again!

[goldie61]

'kitell' will be kettle. 

From the V & A website. Circa 1700

[Trevellian]

'kitell' will be kettle. 

From the V & A website. Circa 1700

Thank you for finding that! I don't suppose you have any ideas about the "Gerell"/"Herell" at the start of the list by any chance?

[goldie61]

As it's with her Purse and apparel. possibly a variant spelling of 'Girdle' with a missing 'd'?

A girdle would have been a belt of some sort at this stage. Possibly with keys or other tools hanging from it.

This is a nice site about 'purses'.
https://thepragmaticcostumer.wordpress.com/tag/girdle/
It mentions hanging them on your girdle too.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/198822
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/446716

[horselydown86]

As it's with her Purse and apparel. possibly a variant spelling of 'Girdle' with a missing 'd'?

I think there's a very good chance that goldie has solved this.  I took another look after reading her suggestion.

I'm now satisfied it is written Gerell.  The same capital appears in God in the will and the hands are almost certainly the same person.

Medieval girdle purses turn out to be a thing in the fashion world.

https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1583028381/medieval-girdle-purse-a-replica-of-a

https://www.dobraczech.cz/p/high-medieval-girdle-purse-from-dutch-city-of-hoorn-light-brown/