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Will of George Tomkins

Date of will 26 November 1616
Status  
Abode when will written Hanslope, Buckinghamshire
Date of probate 7 December 1616
Summary of will Bequeathed estate to his 14 children. Request to be buried in Hanslope churchyard 
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
Thomas Tomkins Son    beneficiary   Left a bed and £6 13s 4d 
George Tomkins Son    beneficiary   Left £6 13s 4d 
Henry Tomkins Son    beneficiary executor   Bequeathed residue of estate 
Septimus Tomkins Son    beneficiary executor   Bequeathed residue of estate 
Ellen Tomkins Daughter    beneficiary   Left £6 13s 4d A cupboard and a chest 
Margarett Tomkins Daughter    beneficiary   Left £6 13s 4d 
Jane Tomkins Daughter    beneficiary   Left £6 13s 4d 
Susan Tomkins Daughter    beneficiary   Left £6 13s 4d and a bed 
Amye Bosanet Daughter    beneficiary   Left 6s 8d 
Elizabeth Tomkins Daughter    beneficiary   Left 6d 
Joane Tomkins Daughter    beneficiary   Left 6d 
Alice Tomkins Daughter    beneficiary   Left 12d 
Dorothie Tomkins Daughter    beneficiary   Left 12d 
Phillip Tomkins Daughter    beneficiary   Left 12d 
Willyam Doocke     beneficiary trustee/overseer   Left 12d 
Thomas Bull     beneficiary trustee/overseer   Left 12d 
Thomas Travell     witness   The elder 
Ellis     witness   First name unclear 
Source:  Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference  probate copy D/A/We/26/196; original D/A/Wf/21/195
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/26/196; original D/A/Wf/21/195
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:  The 26th of November 1616 I George Tomkins of Hanslopp in the countie of Bucks: being sicke in bodie,  but of good and perfect minde thankes be unto god, doe make this my last will and testament in forme as followeth:  first I bequeath my soule to the allmightie god through Christe my onely redeemer, and saviour, and my bodie to be buried in the churchyarde of Hanslopp:  ffirstly I give and bequeath unto my sonne Thomas Tomkins Lvj  xiij s iij d  Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne George Tomkins L vj  xiij s iiij d  Item I give and bequeath unto Ellen my daughter L vj  xiij s iiij d  Item I give and bequeath unto Margarett my daughter L vj  xiij s iiij d  Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane  Lvj  xiij s iiij d  Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Susan  Lvj  xiij s iij d  Item I give unto my daughter  Amye Bosanot vj s viij d    Item to my daughter Elizabeth vj d  Item I give un to my daughter Joane vj d  Item I give unto my daughter Alice xij d   Item I give unto my daughter Dorothie xij d  Item I give unto my daughter Phillipp  xij d   Item I give unto my sonne Septimus  xij d  Item  I give unto my daughter Ellen my best cubberd, and one cheste payinge unto my daughter Jane and my daughter Margarett vj s viij d apeece.  Item I give to my sonne Thomas, my bedsteede in the parlour which is the best:  Item I give unto my youngest daughter Susan my best bedsteede in the little chamber:  All the rest of my goodes unbequeathed I give unto Henry Tomkins and Septimus Tomkins my two sonnes, whome I make and appointe to be my whole and sole executors, to see my debtes and funerall dischardged;  I doe appointe Willyam Doocke and Thomas Bull to be my overseers, to see this my will performed, and to give them xij d a peece for theire paines;  Signed the 26th November in the presence of us Thomas Travell the ellder       Ellis, John Doocke and Willyam Ashbye

Proved 7th December 1616

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