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Will of Richard Coke

Date of will 22 July 1538
Status  
Abode when will written Hanslope
Date of probate 1538
Summary of will Bequeathes house and land to son Robert; small sum to son William (who has previously been given land, and who is bound to pay off his father's debts); small sums to other children Richard, Thomas and Elizabeth; and residue to wife Alys. Schedule lists people in surrounding area to whom Richard owes money. 
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
Robert Coke Son  Hanslope  beneficiary   Bequeathed house and land at Church End 
William Coke Son    beneficiary executor   Bequeathed table, tablecloth and 5s. Bound to pay debts. 
Richard Cooke Son    beneficiary   Bequeathed/Owed 10s 
Thomas Cooke Son    beneficiary   Bequeathed/Owed 20s 
Elzabeth Cooke Daughter    beneficiary   Bequeathed/Owed 10s 
Alys Coke Wife    beneficiary executor   Bequeathed residue 
Thomas Newton     witness    
Bartram Bussell     witness    
William Kislinbury     witness    
Thomas Byrchmore   Totall    Owed £3 13s 
Thomas Ellys   Bullyngton End    Owed £2 6s 8d 
(Mistress) Malyns   Great Linford    Owed 18s 
Richard Troghton   Stony Stratford    Owed 13s 4d 
Thomas Coursse   Hanslope    Owed 8s 1d 
John Freman       Owed 4s 4d 
Henry Travell       Owed 1s 8d 
William Shyrlley   Hartwell    Owed 1s 8d 
Thomas Pryche   Hanslope    Owed 1s 8d 
Source:  Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference  Original provided to obtain probate D/A/Wf/1/29
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 Original provided to obtain probate D/A/Wf/1/29
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 dei no[min]e Amen xxij die July A[nn]o D[omi]ni mill[ess]imo qingintesimo xxxmo octavo
I Richard cok[e] off hanslop seke in body but thankes be Allmyghty god
hole In mynd And off p[er]fect remembrance mak[e] this my last wyll or
testament under forme And maner here Aft[er] foloynge fyrst I be queth
my soule to our lord Jesus Crist the whych hath boght it w[i]t[h] his p[re]cius
blood and thrught the meretts theroff I trust and fethfully be leve
I shall be savyd It[em] I wyll my body to be burid w[i]t[h] in ye church yard off
hanslop It[em] I be queth to my son Robert coke my house In ye church end
At hanslop w[i]t[h] ye lee off land ther to be longynge they whych house I did
frely gyffe unto ye said robert Afore sufficient record off indifere[n]t
men xxtiv day off october xxtivj yere off ye reyne off our most noble
Kynge henry the viijth It[em] I be queth to my son William coke my beste table
After the decesse off his mother w[i]t[h] ye table cloth the which my father dyd
be queth hyme Apon his deth bed It[em] I be queth to my son rychard coke
x s in money or money worth It[em] to my son thomas xxti s in lyk[e] maner It[em]
to my daghter elzabeth x s in lyk[e] maner It[em] All the residue off my goods my
body honestly beryd I be queth to my wyffe Alys coke It[em] I make the said Alis
And my son william my full executors to receve & pay my detts And farthermor
I bynd the said William my son Acordynge to his owne p[ro]mes that he shall
yerely kepe & cause A dierge w[i]t[h] A masse off req[u]em to be songen for my fathers
soule my mothers soule for my soule my wyffs soule Alys & All crystyne souls off
his p[ro]per costs ye value? yerely xxtid And he at his dep[ar]tynge to bynd his heres
his executors & his assynes to p[er]forme the sayme p[er]petually at ye costs and
charges off ye lands ya[t] I have geffyne to ye said William Thes beryng
wytnes Thomas newton p[re]st bartram bussell william kyslingbury w[i]t[h]
dyv[er]s other[s] It[em] my son William byndyth hym** selff Apon his fidelite A
fore the sayme record that iiij yers Rents off his lands shall go to ye
paynge off my detts .~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~

 

Thes be the detts that
I Rychert cooke do Avyth		           £   s   d
In primis to thomas byrchmore off totall   iijli xiijs     3 13 0
It[e]m to thomas ellys off bullyngton end     xlvjs viijd   2 6 8
It[e]m to maistres malyns off mych lynford     xviijs       18 0
It[e]m to rycherd troghton off stony stratford     xiijs iiijd     13 4
It[e]m to thomas coursse off hanslop     viijs jd     8 1
It[e]m to william cooke my son     vs       5 0
It[e]m to john freman     iiijs iiijd     4 4
It[e]m to henry travell       xxti d     1 8
It[e]m to william shyrlley of hartwell       xxti d     1 8
It[e]m to thomas pryche of hanslope       xxti d     1 8
It[e]m to thomas cooke my son     xxti s     1 0 0
It[e]m to richerd cooke my son     xs       10 0
It[e]m to Elzabeth cooke my daghtter     xs       10 0
In totals   xli xiijs vd   10 13 5

 

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Line 9 - "lee off land" : possibly a variant of ley land, ie pasture
Line 10 - "sufficient record off indifere[n]t men" : sufficient independent witnesses
Lines 11/12 - "xxtiv day off october xxtivj ... Kynge henry the viijth" : 25 Oct 1534
Schedule Item 3 - "maistres malyns off mych lynford" : Mistress Malyns of Great Linford
     (perhaps the wealthy widowed landowner, Elizabeth Malyns, who lived at Great Linford)
Schedule - Arabic equivalent values shown on this transcription do not appear in the original



 

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