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Will of Elizabeth Coxe

Date of will 27 February 1614, the year being according to the old style calendar in which the year ended on 25 March, Lady Day.  Thus this year corresponds to 1615 by the modern calendar.
Status widow 
Abode when will written Hanslop, Buckinghamshire
Date of probate 8 November 1615
Summary of will Left goods and chattels remaining in Chaunter house to Anne Coxe her granddaughter, and other goods and chattels to daughter Alice Ellis. 
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
Anne Cox Granddaughter    beneficiary   Left her Goods and Chattels remaining in Chaunter house 
Alice Ellis Daughter    beneficiary executor   Wife of ffrancis; Left goods and chattels 
ffrancis Ellis Son in Law      Husband of Alice 
ffrancis Clifford     witness    
Aice Ellis Granddaughter    witness    
Notes Transcription provided August 2010 based on work done in 1973 by Andrew Cox, a descendant.
Source:  Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference  D/A/Wf/21/25
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/Wf/21/25
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

Transcript of the will

registrat[um] ./.

In the name of god Amen. the xxvijth daie of ffebruarie And
in the yere of o[ur] lord god 1614. I Elizabeth Coxe of hanslop
in the county of Buck[s] widowe being weak in bodie, but of
good & p[er]fecte mind & remembrance (blessed be god) doe ordaine
and make this my last will & testam[en]t in manner & forme following
ffirst I comend my soale into the protection of almighty god, the
father sonne & holie ghost, fully beleeving that in & through the
precious death & obedience of my only & aloane lord & saviour
Christ Jesus all my synnes & offences are p[ar]doned & forgiven
me, of the free mercy of god in Christ. my bodie I comitt
to the earth therein to be buried & remaine in hope until the
resurrection therof unto everlasting lief & happines. It[e]m
I give & bequeath unto Anne Coxe my god daughter and
grandchild all such goods & chattells that are mine remayneing
in the Chaunter house where sometymes I dwelt : It[e]m I give
and bequeath unto Alice Ellis my daughter the wief of
ffrancis Ellis all & singuler my Goods chattells houssole stuffe
and utensiles whatsoever, in whatt place or places & in whose
hands use or occupat[ion] soever they or anie of them be excepte
before given & bequeathed by theis p[rese]nts It[e]m I doe ordaine
and make the aforesaid Alice Ellis my daughter the sole
Executrix of this my last will & testam[en]t. In witnes
whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale disanulling
all former wills & testam[en]ts whatsoev[er] : do hereby publishe and
declare this to be my last will & testam[en]t in the pr[esenc]e of thes
whose names are hereund[er] written ffrancis Clifford
& Alice Ellis daughter of Alice Ellis aforesaid

Transcript of the probate

Probatu[m] fuit hu[ius]mo[di] testamentu[m] cora[m] nobis
Johanne Smythe ** LL Bacch Comissar[**] Arch[idiaconatus]
Buck[s] : viijo die mensis Novembris a[nn]o d[omi]ni
***** ** 1615 : ***** approbat **
commissa bonoru[m] dic[tae] def[unctae] *** executrici
in hu[ius]mo[di] teste[mentum] ***** ** forma juris jurat[*]
Salvo Jure ********

Translation of the probate

This will was proved before us
John Smith LL.B. Commissary for the Archdeaconry
of Bucks : 8th day of the month of November A.D.
***** ** 1615 : ***** approved **
granted of the goods of the said deceased *** execut????
in this will ***** ** in the form of law sworn
????? ???? ********

Notes:

[ square brackets ] surround parts of abbreviations/contractions which have been expanded

underscoring and/or asterisks ***** indicate content which is uncertain or not transcribed

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