Person:James Almond (3)

Information from the presentments on the the Court Leet Rolls, (assuming it all refers to the same James Almond, -- the only plausible one in the parish registers):

James Almond was charged with assault in the 1630s. In 1657, there was a presentment against him for trading in the town on weekdays, not being a burgess. In 1658, there was a presentment against John Whittle for "abusing" James Almond. James Almond was a toll taker at Hallgate in 1658 and 1659 and a gatewaiter at Hallgate in 1661 and 1662. In 1670 there was a presentment made against him for "mechandizing in grossary", not being a freeman. In 1681, James Almond "did sell by false measures."

(There is a transcription of the Court Leet Rolls made available online at wiganworld.co.uk. The material was supplied by Wigan Heritage Services.)

A transcription of his will:

In the name of god Amen I James Almond of Wigan in the County of Lancaster Labourer being sicke & weake in body but of sound & perfect mind & memory praised bee Almighty god of the same Doe make this my last will and testam’t in maner & forme followeing (that is to say) first my will & mind is that my just debts if any such there bee my Funerall expences & probate of this my last will & testam’t shall bee first paid & discharged forth & out of the whole of my personall estate and after my said debts shall bee soe paid & my funerall expences & probate of this my last will & testam’t shall bee soe discharged as aforesaid then I give and bequeath all thee Rest residue & remainder of all my goods & personall estate unto Grace my loving wife whereas I the said James Almond now am and doe stand lawfully possessed & interested of and in All that one Messuage or burgage & tenem’t with thappurtenances in the halgate in Wigan aforesaid now in my possession for the remainder of the tearme of Fowerscore & nynteene yeares if William Almond and Roger Almond my twoe sons or either of them shall fortune soe long to live now my mind & will is And I doe hereby will Devise give assigne & bequeath, one moity or halfe part of the said Messuage or burgage & tenem’t with thappurtenances unto the said Grace my wife during the tearme of her naturall life if the teamre & estate herein before mensoned & reported shall soe long continue & endure, And imediatly from & after the death & decease of the said Grace my wife then I give Devise assigne & bequeath the said last mentioned moiety or halfe part of the said Messuage or burgage & tenem’t with thappurtanences unto Raphe Almond my son & his assignes for & during all the rest residue & remainder of the aforesaid tearme of Fowrscores & nynteene yeares as shall bee then to come & unexpired determinable as aforesaid. And the other moiety of the said Messuage or burgage & tenem’t with thappurtenances not herein before limited assigned given or bequeathed unto the said Grace my wife imediatly from & after my decease I give devise assigne & bequeath unto Elizabeth Almond Anne Almond & Sarah Almond my three daughters for & during the tearme of the naturall life & lives of the survivour & longest liver of them if the tearme estate herein before mentioned & recorded shall soe longe Continue & endure and if the said Elizabeth Ann & Sarah shall respectively keepe themselves sole chast and unmarryed & not otherwise and imediatly from & after the death & decease marriage or miscarryage of the said Elizabeth Ann & Sarah Almond as aforesaid Then I give devise assigne & bequeath the said last mentioned moiety of the said Messuage or burgage & tenement with thappurtenances unto the aforesaid Roger Almond my son & his assignes for & during the rest residue & remainder of the afores’d tearme of fowerscore & nynteene yeares as shall bee then to come & unexpired Determinable as aforesaid, I give to my son William Almond & to my Grandson James Almond eich of them twelve pence And I doe hereby revoake & make void all former will or wills by mee heretofore made, And lastly I doe nominate & appoint my loving wife Grace Almond sole Executrix of this my last will & testam’t In witness whereof I the said James Almond have hereunto putt my hand and seale the seaven & twentieth day of June Anno RRS Car sidi sunt Augs xr xxxiiii Annoque Dm: 1682 James Almond his marke

Sealed published & declared to bee the last will & testam’t of the abovenamed James Almond In presence of Alexander Pennington Jonathan Standish Tho: Bancks

27 April 1688 Gracia Almond vidua relict et unica Executrix suat fuit [...]

A true and perfect Inventory of the goods and Chatles of James Almond late of Wigan deced Apprized by us Roger Almond John Townley and Ralph Almond the xxvi day of April Anno Regius dmi: Jacobi Sidi undie Regis Augs [...] Annoque diii 1688

Imprimis Three Jorne Groates -- 00--02--06

Itm One Standing Bedd and Two halfe headed Bedds --- 00--16--00

Itm One Caddow Two Chaffe Beddes --- 00-07--00

Itm One Fither Boulster & three Cushons -- 00-05-00

Itm Two Cubberts One Chest & three Cheares - 00-16-00

Itm One Table Two clatons -- 00-05-00

Itm One Iron Crowe One paire of Tongs - 00-00-06

Itm Two Tresss One Caddowe - 00-04-06

Itm One paire of Flaxen Sheetes - 00-02-06

Itm One Chest Three stoles - 00-01-06

Itm Two pewter Bouals two pewter Chamber potts - 00-02-00

Itm One Morter -- 00-01-00

Itm Two Ladles -- 00-00-02

One Lease

[total unclear]

Aprized by us the day abovesaid Roger Almond his marke John Townley his marke Ralph Allmond

1. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast)
   index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N5Q1-LYV : accessed 28 Jan 2014), James Almond, 09 Nov 1613.
2.   Calendar of Wigan Borough Court Leet Rolls. (on WiganWorld, material supplied by Wigan Heritage Services.)
   Roll 1, Roll 13, Roll 14, Roll 17, and Roll 49.