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Will of Edmund BELCHER of Little Tew
Will 20 Aug 1548 Probate 24 Nov 1548 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I Edmund Belcher of Little Tew ... husbandman ...
Inventory value: £63 8s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Testamentum Edmundi Belcher de Lytle Tew In dei no'i'e amen the xx'ti daye of Auguste In the yere of our Lorde god 1548 I Edmund Belcher of lytle Tew w'thin the paryshe of Mychell Tew in the countie of Oxford husbandman beynge of whole mynde and p'fet remembrannce make my laste wyll and Testamente in man'er and forme folowing ffyrste I bequeth my sowle to allmyghtie god and my bodie to be buryed in the churche yarde of Mychell Tew aforesaid Itm I gyve to the cheste? in the churche of Mychell Tew aforesaid for the sustentacon? of the po__rt__ ijd Itm I gyve to Isabell my wyffe my beste coverled and allso the same? fetherbed bolster and fyne? shets the which she brought w' her unto me at our mariage Itm I gyve to John? Belcher my sonne my beste cote my beste panne? my beste __sor my beste broche my beste Iron bounde carte and my querne the whiche carte and querne I wyll that Isabell my said wyffe shall ____ duryinge her wedowhod and as sone? as she shalbe maryed my said sonne John to have and enioye them Itm I gyve to Margaret Belcher my daughter my beste brasse potte her mothers best _ppe? and weddyng? Rynge?? Itm I gyve to Agnes Belcher my daughter her mothers whyte p___ Itm I gyve to Jone Belcher my daughter her mothers beste violet? kyrtle? Itm I gyve to Alice Belcher my daughter vs sterlinge Itm I gyve to Helenor Belcher my daughter my redde heyferd Itm I gyve to my father in lawe John Androwes my beste doublet? Itm I gyve to Wyllyam Ba_is my s__te a flenoles? cote Itm I gyve to Richard? Belcher my brother the reste of all myne apparell Itm I gyve to Wyllyam Belcher my cosyn ij ewes Itm I gyve to our Vicar? a chylner lambe Itm I gyve to Edward? Belcher my nephew a lambe Itm I gyve to Humfreye? E__ halffe a busshell of malte and to Thomas Crofts halffe a busshell of masklyne Itm to Thomas Turner? and to Henry Hall everye of them halffe a busshell of malte Itm to John Hall halffe a busshell masklyne Itm to Jane? Lynt_yns? and? to Thomas __seye? everye of them a peck of malte Itm to everye of my godchyldren a penye a pece The reste of all my goods moveable and unmoveable not gyven nor bequeathen I gyve and bequeth the one moitie or halffe therof to Isabell my said wyffe and thother moitie or halfe therof I gyve and bequethe to fyve of my foresaid chyldren that is to saye to John Margaret Agnes Jone and Alice equally to be devyded amongs them by my within undernamed overseers when they shalbe of the age as here after folowith that is to saye my said sonne John to have all his said porcons gyfts and bequests delyvered hym when he shalbe xviij yeres of age and my said four daughters Margaret Agnes Jone and Alice to have their said porcons gyfts and bequests delyvered them when they shalbe xx'ti yeres of age or ells? at the daye of their mariage if it fortune them to marrye before they be xx'ti yeres off age And in the meane season? I wyll that my within undre named overseers shall at the moneth daye of my buryall or before (yf they so wyll) take into their custodie and kepynge aswell? my said fyve chyldren viz John Margaret Agnes Jone & Alice as? allso all their said moitie of goods and gyfts and bequests safely kepynge the same for them and to see my said chyldren well and honestly __red & brought upp w' all things necessarye untill they shall be of the age aforesaid and then well and trewly to delyver to everye of them all his or their porcons gyfts & bequests as is aforesaid Itm I wyll that if anye of my said v chyldren fortune to dep'te this transitorie lyffe before they shalbe of thage aforenamed that then the longer lyvers or lyver of them to have thothers bequests and gyfts amongs them And if it happen as god forbyd that all my said fyve chyldren shall deceasse this presente lyffe before they shalbe of the age as is aforesaid That then I wyll my within undernamed overseers to dispose all their gyfts porcons and bequests after their discretions Itm I doo ordeyne and make Isabell my said wyffe and my said fyve chyldren that is to saye John Belcher Margarete Agnes Jone and Alice the executors of this my laste wyll & Testamente to see me honestly buryed my detts payed this my laste wyll proved and to ordre? & dispose for my sowle after their discretions Itm I doo ordeyne and make the said John Androwes my father in lawe of Kydlyngton and Richard Belcher my brother aforesaid the overseers of this my laste wyll and Testamente well and trewly to be p'formed and fullfylled and ev'y of them to have for his labour xxs sterlynge ffurthermore forasmuche as my said fyve chyldren coexecutors with my said wyffe be not of sufficiente discretion for lack of age to execute this my laste wyll and Testamente I wyll that my abovenamed overseers shall execute and minister in their behalffe in and upon all & sing'ler maters? and __ses? that my said chyldren ought to doo in this my laste wyll & Teatamente Witnesses herof Hugh Woods? Edwarde Bull John Bull Wyllyam Belcher with other moo Probatum erat hoc Testamentum coram ....................... an'o n'ro domino Edwardo sexto dei gra' Anglie ffrancie et Hibernie Rege' etc xxiiij'to die mensis Novembris Anno d'ni 1548 ............. administracis omn' et sing'lor' bonorum suprascript' def' Isabelle Belcher uni executr' in p'sona Hugonis Woods de Michell Tew et Johi Androwes et Ric'o Belcher tutor__ in dicto Testamento no'i'ate ceteris executoribus viz Ric'o Belcher in p'sona propria et Johanni Androwes in p'sona dicti Ric'i Belcher procuratores? .......... Inventarium iij xx iij li viij s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||