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Will of Thomas Brice

Date of will 25 April 1674
Status Yeoman 
Abode when will written Hanslop, Buckinghamshire
Date of probate 16 April 1675
Summary of will Left his lands and cattle to his son and property to his daughter 
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
Hellen Brice Wife    beneficiary executor    
Bartholomew Brice Son    beneficiary   Receives 4 acres of land 2 cowes a heifer and a haycock 
Elizabeth Brice     beneficiary executor   Left the cottage Bartholomew lives in and land 
John fforster     witness    
Edward Church     witness    
Source:  Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference  D/A/Wf/48/96
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 D/A/Wf/48/96
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 the ffive and Twentieth day of April Anno Dom 1674 I Thomas Brice of Hanslop in the County of Bucks yeoman being Sick in body but of good and perfect remembrance thanks be to Allmighty God doe make this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following first I give and bequeath my Soul to Allmighty God my maker trusting to be saved by my Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ and my body to be buried in the Churchyard of Hanslop aforesaid As for my worldly Goods I give and bequeath them in manner following First I give and bequeath unto my Sonne Bartholomew Brice all that my foure Acres of arable Land in Richards field in Liew of that foure Acres of Land in Longstreet fields

Item I give unto the said Bartholomew Brice one browne Cow, one dunne Cow and one heifer and also halfe the haycocke standing in a close called Bandies Blounte at Michaelmas next after my decease

Item I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Brice that Cottage or Tenement wherein the said Bartholomew now dwelleth and also one acre of land in Waldrons field and one Pightill in Woodend Lane  And I doe make my wife Hellen Brice and my said Daughter Elizabeth Brice my Executors of this my last Will and Testament joyntly together, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale in the presence of John fforster Edward Church (signed by) Thomas Brice

Proved 16th day of April 1675

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