Will Details

Will of John Knyght

Date of will 22 August 1532
Status gentleman 
Abode when will written Hanslope, Buckinghamshire
Date of probate 26 September 1532
Summary of will Request to be buried in Hanslope church in front of the roode Left the residue of estate to his wife Ann nee Mabley with bequests of money livestock and crops to his children and servants.  
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
William Lynnell     beneficiary   Left livestock 
Elizabeth Lynnell Daughter    beneficiary   Left livestock 
Thomas Leventhorppe     beneficiary   Left livestock Family name unclear 
Margaret Leventhroppe Daughter    beneficiary   Left livestock 
Thomas Knyght Son    beneficiary witness   Left Livestock 
Nycholles Knyght Son    beneficiary   Left 10 shillings and a mare and her colt 
Thomas Newell     beneficiary   Left corn a weaning calf and 2 sheep 
Ann Knyght Wife    beneficiary executor   Left residue of estate 
Thomas Lawe     trustee/overseer    
John Coke     beneficiary   Left 12 pence 
Wyllyam     beneficiary   Left 12 pence 
Fawson     beneficiary   Left 12 pence 
Richard Wale     witness   Esquire 
Wyllyam Yngman     witness   Curate at Castlethorpe 
Wyllyam Castyll     witness    
Jane Wyllson Daughter    beneficiary   Left livestock 
John Wyllson Son in Law    beneficiary   Left a grey mare 
Gryffyth     beneficiary witness   Left a yearling 
Agnes Rokeleye     beneficiary   Left 12 pence 
E Johnson     beneficiary   Left 12 pence 
J Adams     beneficiary   Left 12 pence First name not given 
John Coke     beneficiary   Left 12 pence 
Source:  Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference  D/A/We/3/5
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Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference D/A/We/3/5
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

Test[amentum] John Knyght gent de Hanslappe

In the name off god amen the xxxii day of august in the yere off our lorde god m[illessimo] ccccc xxxii  I John Knyght off hanslapp in the countie off Bucks gentylman beyng off hole mynd and goode rememberance ordeyn and make this my testament and wyll after the forme folowyng  ffirst I bequeathe my sowle to allmygti god my redemer our blessed lady mother off mercy and to all the holy company off hevyne my bodye to be buryed in the p[a]rysh churche off hanslappe in the mydle space before the Roode   I bequeathe to the mother churche off Lyncoln iiii d   I beqweath to the hye auter of hanslappe for negllygett  off tythes   Item I bequeathe to the churche of hanslappe vi s viiii  Item I beqweathe to the torches iii s iiii d  Item I beqweathe to the bells iii s iiii  d   item that emediatly after  my deth to have xiii  trentalls with all sped to be done in Northampton as well in the p[a]rysh churche as in the ffryers  Item  I wolde be buryed honestly wyth owtt pompe or pryd  Item I bequeathe to Wyllyam lynnell and Elizabethe my dawhter  xx  ewes xx  Sheaves  and xx  lames  Item I beqweath to Wyllson and Jane my dawhter xx shearlings....  and xx Ch  ...Item I beqwethe to Thomas leventhorppe and margett my dawgter xx ..... and xx  Cheneys   Item I bequeathe to them all my ......... to be eqally devyded emongst them  Item I beqwethe to my son Thomas Knyght xx  ..... and     ......  Item I beqweth to my sone Nycholes Knyght the black balde mare  and her colt and a yearlyng colte that  whas off her and x s   in monye  Item I beqweathe to my dawhter pry.....      vi li xiiii s iiii d in monye  Item I bequeathe to Thomas leventhorppe ii mares suche as my wyff wyll apoynt hym  Item I bequeathe to Wyllyam lynnyll my graye amblyng mare in Cublynton and my lyltell baye amblyng mare  Item I beqwethe to John Wyllson my graye Tennett mare in Cublynton  Item I beqwethe to  xiii pore  men   ij d a pece to holde xiii  torches  duryng all ..... tyme and to pray for my sowle and all chrystes sowles  Item I beqwethe to my kynsman Thomas  Knyght ii steers a cowe and x shepe  item to my sonne  Gryffyth a yerling and a cropy whyche I toke in hanslapp Courte off a close called Relynge  Item I beqwethe to Thomas Newell my s[er]va[n]t  di a quarter  off  myln corne a wenyng callffe and ii shepe  Item I beqwethe to John Wyllson my s[er]va[nt] iii s iiii d   Item I beqwethe Wyllyam  ..edye  John Coke  Agnes Rokeleye  J Adams and Em[ma] Johnson eyche off them xii d in monye  The rest off my goods nott beqwethed I gyve to ann my wyffe trustyng she wilbe good to my sowlle whom I make my sole executryx and Thomas Lawe to be Sup[er]visor off this my wyll    These beyng Wytnes  Richard Wale Esquyer  Wyllyam yngman thorpe Curat off the same  Wyllyam Castyll p[ar]son off  pycchett  Thomas Knyght         ...... Gryffythe

Proved 15th September 1532