Annie Edes will

Date of will

1625

Status

Abode when will written

Hanslope, Buckinghamshire

Date of probate

1626

Summary of will

Left goods and chattels to be divided between her two daughters

Persons mentioned in will:

Name	Relation	Abode	Role	Notes
Anne Edees	Daughter		beneficiary executor	Left goods and chattels to be shared with sister Elizabeth
Elizabeth Edees	Daughter		beneficiary	Left goods and chattels to be share with her sister Anne
Ann Whitacre			beneficiary	Goddaughter left Â£6
Dorothy Cooke			beneficiary	Goddaughter Left a pewter dish
Edmund			beneficiary	Husband's godson left a pewter dish. Family name not given
Henry Newman			trustee/overseer
Richard Carter			trustee/overseer

Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, reference D/A/Wf/27/73
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Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, reference D/A/Wf/27/73
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] Annie Edes of Hanslapp in the Countie of Bucks beinge weake in body but whole[ in mind do make] this my last will and testament January 1625 in manner and [forme followinge] ffirst I give and bequeath my soule[ into the handes] of Allmighty God the ffather the sonne and the Holy Ghoste and my body to be buryed in the churchyard of Hanslapp aforesaide Item I give unto my twoe daughters Anne and Elizabeth all my goods and Chattells whatsoever ether in mine owne custody or els to be equally devided betwixte them: Item I give to my Goddaughter Ann Whitacre sixe pounds. Item I give unto my goddaughter Dorothy Cooke one pewter dish I give un to my husbands godson Edmund one pewter dish Also I doe make my Eldest daughter Anne Edees my whole executrixe to see my debts paide and my funerall discharged and my Goodes and Chattells to be equally devided betweene her and her sister Elizabeth as aforesaide I appoint my well beloved in Christe [kinsmen] Henry Newman and Richard Carter my Overseers of this my laste will and Testamente.