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Will of Alice Emberton

Date of will 8 May 1620
Status widow 
Abode when will written Hanslope, Buckinghamshire
Date of probate 23 July 1620
Summary of will Bequeathed her goods between her three sons Request to be buried in the churchyard  
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
Edward Horne Son    beneficiary   Bequeathed £20 and household items + a hamper full of lasts 
Mathias Horne Son    beneficiary   Bequeathed £23 and household items 
Richard Horne Son    beneficiary executor   Left the residue of the estate 
William Orpin     trustee/overseer witness    
Bennett Birchmore     trustee/overseer witness    
Thomas Churche     witness    
Source:  Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference  D/A/We/28/54
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

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Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference D/A/We/28/54
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

Alce Emberton of Hanslop

In the name of God amen I Alce Emberton of Hanslop in the countie of Bucks widowe being sicke in bodie but of p[er]fect remembrance thanks be given to god doe make and ordayne this my last will and testament the eighth day of May Anno. Dom.1620 and the eighteenth yeare of his Maiesties Raigne as foloweth  ffrirst I give and beqeuath my soule into the hands of Allmightie god my maker and Saviour and my redeemer trusting to be saved by the onlie merits of his sonne Jesus Christ and my bodie to be buried in the Churchyard of Hanslop aforesayd  Item I give unto Edward Horne my second sonne twentie pounds of lawfull money of England, to be payd within sixe monthes next after my decease and two bedsteads standing in the Hall chamber and one great hamper full of lasts and all the furniture which doe belong to his trade being a shoemaker and a Coffer the best save one and the third part of all my linnen brasse and pewter as ye shalbe equalie devided betweene him and his two brothers   Item I give unto Edward my sonne my best coverlett and one blankett:  Item I give unto Mathias my youngest sonne three and twentie pounds of lawfull money of England to be payd unto him when he shall accomplishe the age of xxi yeares and one Cupbord standing in the haul and one bedsteed standing in the kitchin chamber one coverlett next to the best and one blankett, and the third parte of all my lynen brasse and pewter and one little table standing in the Hall and two ioyned stooles and one flock bed.  Item  I give more unto Edward my sonne one coffer more and one boulster filled with ffethers and one flock bolster and lynen   I give unto Mathias my youngest sonne one coffer standing at my bedsteede and an other coffer standing    of the chambers  All the rest of my goods and chatteles whatsoever I give and bequeath unto Richard Horne my eldest sonne to se my debts payd my funerall charges and other things finished whome I make my whole executor  my overseers of this my last will and testament  moreover I make and ordayne William Orpin and Benitt Birchmore my overseers and doe give them for ther paynes 3 shillings 4 pence to either of them   Sealed and delivered in the presence Bennett Birchmore William Orpin and Thomas Churche

Proved 23rd July 1620

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