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Will of William Hougton
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Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,
reference Probate copy: D/A/We/3/380 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 Ame[n] in the yere of o[u]r Lorde god 1540 & the seconde daie of october I will[ia]m hougto[n] seke in body but hole in mynde make my testame[n]t and last will after this man[ner] fyrst I bequeth my soule to allmyghty god w[hi]ch hathe redemed me & putteth me holly untill his m[er]sy to ordre my soule after his will and plesure & not after my deserts Also my body to be buried in the Churchyard of hanslapp In primis I bequeth to the mother church of lincoll[n] ijd It[e]m I bequeth to the hie alter for tythes forgoten iiijd It[e]m I bequeth to John my sone & Thomas to have and occupy halffe my croppe w[ith] my wife w[ith] termes and all man[ner] of thing[s] that [be]longs to husbandry I bequeth t[o] Ezabell my Daughter a calffe It[e]m I bequeth to p[ar]nell a calff It[e]m I bequeth to george a calffe It[e]m I bequeth to John my son a pot and Thomas my son a pane The resydue my goods to be orderyd and dysposed be my wyf[e] & Richard houghton my brother Whom I make my full execut[or] to ordre & dyspose it for my soule helth and to my power childern & for the[ir] wante p[ro]vyded alway that all singuler debtts that I have be payde out of all my hole goods that ys to saye xvjd to Thurstan **ythe xjd to Andrew Tatam ijs to Nycolas tatam ijs to will[ia]m travell It[e]m for my hole yere rent xls vjd to henry travell iijd to Thomas presse xvjd to John Houghton iijd ** to Thomas ylam xijs vjd to Robert Russet thees beying Witnesse[s] Richard houghto[n] Richard Cocks Edward Knaysborough prest w[ith] other mo[re].
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Line 15 - "power" may be a variant of "poor"
Line 22 - "prest" is probably a contraction for "present", but could be a variant of "priest"
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