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Will of Richard Coke
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Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,
reference Original provided to obtain probate D/A/Wf/1/29 The original document from which this image has been taken is held by the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, County Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 1UU, UK. Copies may be made for private use, but anyone wishing to publish the will, in whole or in part, or to reproduce it on their website should contact the Centre. A photocopy of the will can be ordered from the Centre |
In dei no[min]e Amen xxij die July A[nn]o D[omi]ni mill[ess]imo qingintesimo xxxmo octavo I Richard cok[e] off hanslop seke in body but thankes be Allmyghty god hole In mynd And off p[er]fect remembrance mak[e] this my last wyll or testament under forme And maner here Aft[er] foloynge fyrst I be queth my soule to our lord Jesus Crist the whych hath boght it w[i]t[h] his p[re]cius blood and thrught the meretts theroff I trust and fethfully be leve I shall be savyd It[em] I wyll my body to be burid w[i]t[h] in ye church yard off hanslop It[em] I be queth to my son Robert coke my house In ye church end At hanslop w[i]t[h] ye lee off land ther to be longynge they whych house I did frely gyffe unto ye said robert Afore sufficient record off indifere[n]t men xxtiv day off october xxtivj yere off ye reyne off our most noble Kynge henry the viijth It[em] I be queth to my son William coke my beste table After the decesse off his mother w[i]t[h] ye table cloth the which my father dyd be queth hyme Apon his deth bed It[em] I be queth to my son rychard coke x s in money or money worth It[em] to my son thomas xxti s in lyk[e] maner It[em] to my daghter elzabeth x s in lyk[e] maner It[em] All the residue off my goods my body honestly beryd I be queth to my wyffe Alys coke It[em] I make the said Alis And my son william my full executors to receve & pay my detts And farthermor I bynd the said William my son Acordynge to his owne p[ro]mes that he shall yerely kepe & cause A dierge w[i]t[h] A masse off req[u]em to be songen for my fathers soule my mothers soule for my soule my wyffs soule Alys & All crystyne souls off his p[ro]per costs ye value? yerely xxtid And he at his dep[ar]tynge to bynd his heres his executors & his assynes to p[er]forme the sayme p[er]petually at ye costs and charges off ye lands ya[t] I have geffyne to ye said William Thes beryng wytnes Thomas newton p[re]st bartram bussell william kyslingbury w[i]t[h] dyv[er]s other[s] It[em] my son William byndyth hym** selff Apon his fidelite A fore the sayme record that iiij yers Rents off his lands shall go to ye paynge off my detts .~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~
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Line 9 - "lee off land" : possibly a variant of ley land, ie pasture
Line 10 - "sufficient record off indifere[n]t men" : sufficient independent witnesses Lines 11/12 - "xxtiv day off october xxtivj ... Kynge henry the viijth" : 25 Oct 1534 Schedule Item 3 - "maistres malyns off mych lynford" : Mistress Malyns of Great Linford (perhaps the wealthy widowed landowner, Elizabeth Malyns, who lived at Great Linford) Schedule - Arabic equivalent values shown on this transcription do not appear in the original
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