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Will of Thomas Coxe

Date of will 25 April 1613
Status weaver 
Abode when will written Hanslope
Date of probate 12 May 1613
Summary of will not available
Persons mentioned in will none
Notes Transcription provided August 2010 based on work done in 1973 by Andrew Cox, a descendant.
Source:  Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference  D/A/Wf/20/30
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/20/30
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

Transcript of the will

  Regestratu[m]
In the name of God, Amen: The ffive & Twentieth Daye of Aprill In ye yeare of
our Lord God, One thousand sixe hundreth and thirteene I Thomas Coxe of Hanslape
in the Countie of Buck[s] Weiver being sicke in Bodie : but of good & perfecte remembrance
(thancks be to God for ye same) Doe ordaine & make this my last will & Testament in mann[er]
& fourme following ffirste I bequeathe my soule into the mercifull protection of Almightie
God, ye ffather, Sonne, & Holy Ghoste, in full asseurannce of ye free pardon of all my sinnes,
& of everlasting liffe in glorie, in & by ye pretious Deathe & obedience of my onlie & alone
Lord & Saviour Christe Jesus : My Bodie I com[m]end unto ye earth there to be buried, &
remaine in hope untill ye Resurrection of ye Juste. Item I geve & bequeathe unto Ellen my
welbeloved wife, One Bed ffurnished.                   Item I geve unto my said wife ye use, &
Benefitte of halfe the house & ground, w[hi]ch I hold by lease fro[m] the Towne Bayliffe for
ye time being of y mannor of Hanslape aforesaid, for & during her liffe (yf ye lease afore-
said so long laste). All ye rest of my Goods & Chattells of what sorte soever unbequeathed,
(my Debts & funeralls first satisfied, & paid) I geve unto Griffyne Coxe my naturall
Sonne, whome I make ye sole & whole executor of this my laste will & testam[en]te, And I ordaine
& appointe Robert Hocknell gent, & Anthony Batteson yeoman ye overseers of this my said laste
will & testament to see ye same trulie performed. In witnes whereof I have to this my said
last will & testam[en]t sett my hand, ye Daie & yeare above said, in p[rese]nce of thos[e] whos[e] names are
hereunder written - - -
H

Robert Hocknell
The m[ar]ke O of Anthony Batteson
The m[ar]ke ff of ffrancis Ellis

Transcript of the probate

Probatum fuit hoc testam[en]t[um] cora[m] nobis Johne Smithe
in LL Batt ** Arch** Bucks *sse xijo May an[n]o D[omi]ni
1613 ** * nos approbatu[m] Comissa bo[norum] D[icto] Def[uncto] **** Executric
** hu[iu]s test[am]ento ****** ** forma juris jurat Salvo
**** **** ***** Dat sub ***** ***** **

Translation of the probate

This will was proved before us John Smith
LL.B. ** Archdeaconry of Bucks *** 12th of May A.D.
1613 ** * We approve Grant of the goods of the said deceased **** executor
** this will ****** ** in the form of law sworn *****
**** **** ***** *** *** ***** ***** **

Notes:

[ square brackets ] surround parts of abbreviations/contractions which have been expanded

underscoring and/or asterisks ***** indicate content which is uncertain or not transcribed

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