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Will of Henry Jenkins

Date of will 25 January 1637, the year being according to the old style calendar in which the year ended on 25 March, Lady Day.  Thus this year corresponds to 1638 by the modern calendar.
Status labourer 
Abode when will written Hanslapp, Buckinghamshire
Date of probate 19 May 1638
Summary of will Request to be buried at the discretion of his friends. Left his wife and children his goods and chattells. 
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
Charitie Jenkins Wife    beneficiary executor   Left the residue of estate 
Henry Jenkins Son    beneficiary   Left money and a sheep  
Ann Jenkins Daughter    beneficiary   Left a sheep 
John Jenkins Brother    beneficiary   Left money 
Henry Bull     beneficiary   Left money 
Henry Hall     witness    
Source:  Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference  pobate copy: D/A/We/32/246
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 pobate copy: D/A/We/32/246
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 Henry Jenkins of Hanslapp in the county of Bucks Labourer  Sicke of body but of perfect memory thankes bee to god therefore doe make this my Last will and Testament the 25th of January Ano Din 1637 in manner and forme followinge  Imprimis  I comitt my Soule into the handes of Allmighty God and my bodie to bee buryed att the discrecon of my friends  Item I give to my Sonne Henry Jenkins x shillings if his mother marry againe with any other man or els ... if shee keepe herselfe widowe I give him one sheepe within one month after the will is proved. I give to my daughter Anne one sheepe within a monthe after the will is proved.  Item I give to my brother John Jenkins  xyd within one monthe after the will is proved. Item I give unto Henry Bull v d wthin one monthe after the will is proved The rest of my goodes unbequeathed my debtes beinge paid and my legacyes discharged I give to my wife Charitie Jenkins whome I make Executrix of this my Last will and Testament  In Witness whereof I Henry Jenkins have sette my hand the day and yeare first above written These beinge witnesses Henry Hall

Proved 19th May 1638

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