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Will of Edward Ayres

Date of will 7 January 1669, the year being according to the old style calendar in which the year ended on 25 March, Lady Day.  Thus this year corresponds to 1670 by the modern calendar.
Status  
Abode when will written Hanslope, Buckinghamshire
Date of probate 23 May 1671
Summary of will Left goods money and land to his children and money and livestock including an ell of woollen cloth to his many grandchildren (unamed) 
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
Ayres Wife    beneficiary   Left 1 shilling 
ffisher Daughter    beneficiary   Probably wife of Edward ffisher Left pewter jug & warming p 
Edward ffisher Son in Law       
Susan Maul Daughter    beneficiary   Left 1 bed and 1 bolster 
Edward Ayres Grandson    beneficiary   £5 at 21 years now in the hands of Edward ffisher 
Audery Sister    beneficiary   Left 6 shillings 8 pence Family name unclear 
George Maul Son in Law       
Thomas Ayres Son    beneficiary executor   Left all his goods at Whitlebury and Hanslope 
Robert Ayres Son    beneficiary executor   Left all his goods and land at Eakly 
John Wilkinson     witness   Senior 
John Wilkinson     witness   Junior 
Source:  Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference  DAWf:46/141
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 DAWf:46/141
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 Edward Ayres of Hanslop in the Countie of Bucks being in p[er]fect memory make this my last will and Testament following First I bequeath my Soule to god hoping for the pardon of my sinns through Christ Jesus Imprimis I give to my beloved Wife on shilling  Item I give to my Daughter ffisher one pewter jugg and one brass warming pan Item I give to my Daughter Susan Maull one fether bed on fether bolster Item I give to my Daughter ffishers six Children fifteen shillings apeece to buy them two yewes and lambes Item I give to my Daughter Susan Mauls seven Children fifteen shillings apeece to buy every  of them two yewes and lambes Item I give to my Daughter Jones three Children fifteern shillings apeece top buy them two yewes and lambes apeece Item I give to my Daughter Mary Jones her sonne fifteen shillings to buy him two yewes and lambes Item I give more to him an ell of woolin cloath to make him a coat to be given them within two monthes after my death By my Executors hereafter named Item I give to my sonne Thomas Ayres foure Children fifteen shillings apeece to buy them two yewes and lambes apeece  Item I give to my sonne Robert Ayres two Children fifteen shillings apeece to buy them two yewes and lambes apeece within two monthes after my decease Item I give to my Grandchild Edward Ayres five pounds which is in my sonne ffishers hand when he shall come to the age of one and twenty yeares but if in case he shall die before he shall come to that age my will is the five pounds shall be equally divided betwixt  ye rest of my Grandchildren that shall be then living Item I give to my Sister Audery ...  six shillings eight pence within two monthes after my decease Item my will and true meaning is that if my sonne Richard ......r shall put in any bodie else into ye ......... but ye child he hath by my Daughter Mary ........ my will is that my two sonnes in Law Edward ffisher  and George Mauls shall keepe five pounds in their hands to see ye bond uppon my Sone Richard ......r  Item I give to my Sone Thomas Ayres all my goods that I have at Whitlebury and all my goods that I have at Hanslop which are unbequeathed  Item I give and bequeath to my Sone Robert Ayres my funerall discharges all my goods and moneyes both reall and personall my land at Eckly to be equally divided betwixt my two Sons above writen whom I make my sole Executors of this my last will and Testament in witnes whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale ye seventh of Jannuary 1669 the marke of Edward Ayres in ye presence of John Wilkinson Sen John Wilkinson Jun.

Proved the 23rd May 1671

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