An inventory of Goods etc for Roger Townsend of Penkhull of Roger Townsend Yeoman taken by Robert Smith and Thomas Elkin.
This relates to both his will and then the inventory of his assets at the time of death.
The last will and testament of Roger Townsend of Penkhull in the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, Yeoman. do make this my last will and testament in the manner aforesaid
This is followed by his Inventory.
The Last Will and Testament and the inventory of his estate
In the name of God amen Third day of March in the tenth yeare of the reigne of our soveraigne lord James by the grace of king of England France and Ireland defender of the fayth and Scotland the sixth and forthyth I William Turner the elder of Penkhull in the county of Stafford yeoman beinge sieke in bodie nevertheles of good and perfect memorie thankes be given to god therefore doe ordayne and make this my testament contayninge herin my last will in manner ans forme followingfirst and principally I comende my soule to almightie God my creator and maker and to Jesus Christ my onely savior and redeemer through whose meritte death and passion I doe surely trust to have forgivenes of all my synes and my body to be buried in the churchyard of the parish church of Stoke uppon Trent in the county aforesayd when it shall please god to call me forth of this mortal! life.
In the name of God, Amen. I, William Turner of Hanley, in the parish of Stoake upon Trent and County of Stafford, doe make this my last will & testament in manner and forme following :
First and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, hopeing to receive remission of all my sins through the meritts of Jesus Christ, and my body I commit to the earth, to be buried in such Christian like manner as my executors hereafter named shall think fit, and as touching the disposition of that temporall estate that it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I give and bequeath as followeth :
Thomas Ward of Lane End, Staffs ,Bricklayer 21May 1780 DL30/507/22 page 23 page 13 from the back.
Little would anyone know that Thomas Ward built Beech Grove, known now as The Grove and the road to the plot is called Thomas Ward Place.
This is his Last Will and Testament
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