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Will of Anne Parrett

Date of will 15 May 1638
Status widow 
Abode when will written Hanslopp, Buckinghamshire
Date of probate 5 May 1638
Summary of will Left all her goods and chattels to her children and grandchildren 
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
Robert Parrett Son    beneficiary witness   Left household items and a lease of an acre of land 
Mary Parrett Grandchild    beneficiary   Daughter of Robert Left a sheet and plate 
Margaret Parrett Grandchild    beneficiary   Daughter of Robert Left a sheet and plate 
Mary Daughter    beneficiary   Left brass pot a petticoat and cloak Family name not given 
Anne     beneficiary   Left a sheet and plate Daughter of Mary 
Margaret     beneficiary   Daughter of Mary Left a sheet and a plate 
Mary     beneficiary   Daughter of Mary Left a sheet and plate 
Jane     beneficiary   Daughter of Mary Left a sheet and plate 
Luke Parrett Son    beneficiary   Left money 
Anne Daughter    beneficiary   Family name not given Left household items and an old gown 
Mary     beneficiary   Daughter of Anne Left a sheet and plate 
Dorothy     beneficiary   Daughter of Anne Left a sheet and plate 
Anne     beneficiary   Daughter of Anne Left a sheet and plate 
Dorothy Travell Grandchild    beneficiary   Left items of furniture and bed linen 
Isabell Daughter    beneficiary   Left 5 shillings and her best gowne and 1 apron 
James Parrett Son    beneficiary executor   Left the residue of the estate 
Jane Travell Grandchild    beneficiary   Left a sheet and plate 
Henry Hall     witness    
Source:  Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference  probate copy: D/A/We/32/211
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/32/211
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 AmenI Anne Parrtt of Hanslopp widd[ow] sicke of bodie but of perfect memory thankes bee to God therefore doe make this my last will land Testament the 15th day of May Ano Din 1638 in manner and forme followinge   Imprimis I comitt my soule into the handes of allmighty God and my bodie to bee buryed att the discreccon of my ffriendes. Item I give to my sonne Robert Parrett the biggest brasse kettle and one greate tubbe one iron crowe one pecke-axe  And to his two daughters Mary and Margarett each of them one sheete and one platter within one yeare after my decease.  Item I give to my daughter Mary one brasse pott and to her foure daughters Anne Margarett Mary and Jane each of them one sheete and one platter within one yeare after my decease.  Item I give to my sonne Luke Parrett  y shillings within one yeare after my decease. Item I give to my daughter Ann  one bedd in the chamber with one mattress 2 blanketts one bolster one kettle one posnett and to her 3 children Mary Dorothie and Anne each of them one sheete and one platter within one yeare after my decease.  Item I give to Dorothy Travell my grandchild the bedd which I now lye upon with all the furniture belonginge to it and one coffer with foure part of the best sheetes and all the rest that is in it exceptinge the rest of the sheetes and one cupboarde one little table two bordes one tubbe one kiver one kettle and 2 formes within one yeare after my decease.  Item I give to my daughter Isabell 5 shillings to bee paid within one yeare after my decease.  Item I give to my sonne James his six daughters each of them one sheete one platter and one candlesticke within one yeare after my decease.  Item I give to Jane Travell my grand childe one sheete and one platter within one yeare after my decease.  Item I give to my sonne Robert Parrett one  Lease of an acre of lande duringe the whole terme.  Item I give to my sonne Robert Parrett the bedstedes in the Chamber.  Item I give to my daughter Isabell my best gowne and one apron and  I  give to my daughter Mary one petticote and one cloke and one apron and to my daughter Anne my old gowne within one monthe after my decease.  Item I give to Dorothy Travell one greene blankett one white blankett one pillow and one little stoole within one monthe after my decease.  Item I give to my sonne Robert Parrett my bushell within one monthe after the will is proved. Item I give to Mary Anne and Isabell to eache of them a smocke within one monthe after my decease.  Item I give to my daughter Anne one russett petticoate within one monthe after my decease. The rest of my goodes unbequeathed my debtes beinge paid and my legacies discharged I give to my sonne James Parrett whome I make Executor of this my last will and Testament  In wittnesse hereof I have sett my hande and seale first above written   Anne Parretts marke These beinge wittnesses  Henry Hall Robert Parrett

Proved 5th June 1638

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