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Will of James Mouse

Date of will 26 August 1658
Status labourer 
Abode when will written Hanslope, Buckinghamshire
Date of probate 25 October 1658
Date of death 30 August 1658
Summary of will Left amounts of money and residue of the estate to his cousins and friends 
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
Elizabeth Tapin Cousin    beneficiary   Left £10  
Casander Baldwyn Cousin    beneficiary   Left £5 
Margaret Skeere     beneficiary   Left Twenty shillings 
Anne Bigg     beneficiary   Left Twenty shillings 
William Bigg     beneficiary   Left £5 
Alice Tapping     beneficiary   Left £5 
Alice Cross Cousin  Buckingham, Buckinghamshire  beneficiary   Left £5 
Jesse Bennett Widow    beneficiary   Left five shillings 
John Rawlings Friend  Green end Hanslope, Buckinghamshire  beneficiary executor   Left the residue of estate 
Marke Travell Friend  Green end Hanslope, Buckinghamshire  beneficiary executor   Left residue of estate 
Elizabeth Parrott     witness    
William Ashby     witness    
Notes Wife Isabella died in January the same year
Source:  The National Archives,  reference  PROB 11/282
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Source: The National Archives,  reference PROB 11/282
This image is displayed with permission of The National Archives.  It may be used only for information and research.  A high quality copy suitable for printing can be obtained from their web site (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline).

In the name of God Amen I James Mouse of Hanslopp in the County of Bucks beinge this Twenty sixth day of August in the yeare of our Lord God one Thousand Six hundred and ffifty eight very sick and weake in body butt blessed bee God for itt in perfect sense and memory doe ordaine this to be my last will and Testament in manner and forme following  ffirst I bequeath soule into the hands of Almighty God which gate itt mee and to Jesus Christ my saviour in whome I wholely rely for the redempcon thereof  And as for my body to bee buryed at the discrecon of my Executors hereafter named and as for my worldly goods which the Lord hath lent mee I bequeath as followeth  Item ffirst I give and bequeath to my well beloved Cozen Elizabeth Tapin the summe of Tenn pounds of goods and Lawfull money of England to bee paid within one yeare after my decease out of my estate  Item I give to my cozen Casander Baldwyn the summe of five pounds to bee paid forth of my estate  Item I give to Margaret Skeere of Breedwin the summe of Twenty shillings   Item I give to Anne Bigg the summe of twenty shillings  Item I give to William Bigge the summe of ffive pounds of like Lawfull money  Item I give to Alice Tappinge the summe of ffive like pounds of Lawfull money  Item I give to my cozen Alice Cross of Buckingham the summe of ffive pounds  Item I give to Jecce  Bennett Whiddow the summe of five shillings  Item my intent and meaninge is that my house and Close shall bee sould for the payment of those legacies above menconed  And all to bee paid within one yeare after my decease or buryall  All the rest of my worldly estate and goods unbequeathed I give and bequeath to my wellbeloved freinds John Rawlings Greenend and Marke Travell of the same end whome I doe make and appoynt and constitute to bee the full Executors of this my last will and Testament and to discharge all my legacies debts and funerall  In Witness whereunto I fix my seale The marke of James Mouse  And publish and declare this to bee the last will and Testament of mee the said James Mouse the day and yeare first above written in (the presence of) The marke of Elizabeth Parrott  William Ashby

Proved the 20th October 1658

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