Will of John Allan of Great Crakehall, yeoman, 2 November, 1596

My mynd and will ys that the lande which I should have after the death of my father and mother shall remayne ubto my daughter Elisabeth Allan, and that she at the entrie thereof & her mother shall paye to my brethren and syster twentye mark amonge them, and that my father woulde builde a house thereupon for my wife to dwell in & she to beare the charge thereof.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my saide daughter Elisabeth Allan twentie ewes, one browne whie and one read whie stirke, and my mynde and will is that if the deathe part of my goods will amount to the sum of twenty markes which this before mentioned and bequeathed, that my said daughter have it to legacie.
Item, I gyve and bequeathe to my brothers Francis and Richard Allan all my apparrell.
Item, the half part of wynter corne sowen with Henrie Mason I give unto my brother Francis Allan.
Item, I will that if my brothers Francis and Richard Allan will maike cost for the sowynge of the waire corne land I have to halfs part with Henrie Mason, that they have yt between them.
Item, I gyve and bequeth unto my brother Thomas one busshell of masshellione.
Item, I I gyve and bequeth unto my brother Marmaducke one ewe or else a gymber.
Item, I gyve and bequeth unto my syster Luce one ewe.
Item, I give and bequethe unto John Gyll one bushell of rie.
Item, the residewe of my goods movable and unmovable, my debts paide and funerall expenses discharged, I gyve unto my wifeand to my daughter Elisabeth Allan, whom I maick executors of this my last will and testament. And I ordayne supervisor heareof Briane Burton, and would have hym to have the overseinge of the legacis given to my dawghter to be let forthe for hir most comoditie.

Witnessed :
John Collinson
Thomas Whitton
Richard Allan
Christopher Watson




Inventory of John Allan, 1596, praised by John Gyll, John Collynson, John Beckwithe, Thomas Whitton.

Fower kye	£7
4 oxen & 2 stotes	£11 - 13 - 4
One browne whie & one yearyn calfe	33s - 4d
Fyve young bease	£4
Twentie ewes	£3 - 13 - 4
Eight shepe hogs	21s
4 horse & a stage	£6 - 6 - 8
Wynter corne in the barne	£9
In barlye	£7
Haye	£5
9 akers of wynter corne sowen	£8
One waine, one coupe, one teame & 2 yocks	43s - 4d
Swyne	6s - 8d
His purse and apparrell	20s
3 paire of sameron shets, 2 coverlets, 2
blanckets and one happen	10s
One cobert & one chiste	10s
6 pece of pewter & 1 pewter candilstickes	4s
One brasse pott, 3 brasse candilstickes,
2 kettils & one pane	10s
One spet, 1 axe, 1 reckan, 1 paire of polkilpes
and one brule iron	2s
In coles	5s
One aker of winter corne sowen to half part
and halfe a rude	20s
One bourde, one maskfat, i gilefat, 3 skeles,
bowles, dishes, with other husshellment	4s
SUM £71 - 12 - 8
Debts owen to him :
John Geldert	10s - 4d
Robert Apilby	6s
John Mason	17d
Thomas Humble	2s - 6d
Mr Beverley	20d
Thomas Dobson	10d
Debts owen by him :
To my brother Francis Allan	£7 - 11 - 0
to Adam Clapham	10s
John Collynson	16s - 9d
more in pcells of debt	10s
funerall expenses	41s - 7d