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Will of Alice Reeve

Date of will 9 September 1650
Status widow 
Abode when will written Hanslopp, Buckinghamshire
Date of probate 8 January 1651
Summary of will Left various amounts of money and household items to her cousins and kinsmen and women The residue of her estate being left to her brother William Lee 
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
Alce Lee Cousin    beneficiary   Left 20 shillings plus a coat and household goods 
Anne Lee Cousin    beneficiary   Left 20 shillings plus a coat and household goods 
William Lee Brother    beneficiary executor   Left 10 shillings 
Susan Lee Sister    beneficiary   Left 10 shillings 
John Reeve     beneficiary   Left a cupboard Son of John Reeve 
Beatrice Reeve     beneficiary   Left a cupboard Daughter of John Reeve 
Alice Reeve Kinswoman    beneficiary   Left a pott and 10 shillings 
Susan Lee Kinswoman    beneficiary   Left 5 shillings 
John Reeve Kinsman    beneficiary witness    
Robert Harriss     witness    
Notes Humphrey Cooper's wife probably Anne cooper A bolting hutch is a bin or tub for bolted (sifting) flour or meal
Source:  Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference  Probate copy: D/A/We/38/213
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 Probate copy: D/A/We/38/213
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 the name of God Amen I Alce Reeve widdow of Hanslopp in the countie of Bucks beinge weake in body but whole in minde doe make this my last will and Testament the Ninth day of September in the yeare of our Lord 1650 in manner and forme followinge ffirst I give and bequeath my Soul into the hande of Allmighty God my Maker my Saviour and redeemer and my bodie to bee buryed in the Church or Churchyarde of Hanslopp aforesaid Item I give my two kinsewomen Alce Lee and Anne (Lee)  xxs (twenty shillings) a peece Item I give Humfrey Coopers wife xxs (twenty shillings) Item I give my brother William Lee and my Sister Luce Lee xys a peece  Item I give my kinsmans John Reeves two children John Reeve and Beatrice Reeve my cupbord  Item I give my kinsman John Reeve my .... and bolting hutch and ..anne  Item I give my Bedd and little Coffer which is att my kinsman  John Reeves to Alce and Anne Lee my Cosens  Item I give my kinswoman Alce Lee one chest one matress one blankett one bolster one sheete one kettle  Item I give my kinswoman Anne Lee one sheets one coate  Item I give my kinswoman Alce Lee one coate  Item I give my kinswoman Alice Reeve one pott p... and xs (ten shillings)  Item I give my Little kettle to Humfrey Coopers wife   Item I give my kinswoman Susan Lee 5s  All the rest of my goodes I give to my kinsman William Reeve whome I make my whole and sole Executor of this my Last will and Testament In wittnesse whereof I have sett my hand the yeare  and day above named   Alce Reeve her marke    In wittnes whereof we have sett our handes Robert Harris his marke  John Reeve

Proved 8th January 1650

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