In 1649 William, a yeoman farmer, whose family had lived in Hexton for over a hundred years, left his farm to his son. He left 33 acres of land and other 'utensils belonging to husbandry' totalling £186.15s.od. including a mault mill, furniture, salting trough, grindstone, kneading trough, cartwheels for long carts and dung cart, ploughs, carts and harrows necessary to farm his 33 acres of arable land.
William's yeoman household according to his will consisted of a large parlour, an old chamber and a kitchen on the ground floor, three upper chambers and a loft. He owned six large beds and a trundle bed, and enough linen for them, including 22 pairs of sheets, bolsters and coverlets, 3 table cloths, napkins and "small linen" as well as large cupboards, chests, tables and stools. He had a bible and "other little books", and kept careful accounts and notebooks.
SOURCE: 'A Harvest of Hexton' by Anne Ashley Cooper
William Prudden |
WILLIAM PRUDDEN the sonne of RICHARD PRUDDEN/ www.findmypast.co.uk