Thomas Hatley will

Date of will

4 October 1618

Status

Abode when will written

Hanslope, Buckinghamshire

Date of probate

11 January 1619

Summary of will

Bequeathed items of clothing to his godsons and the residue to his wife

Persons mentioned in will:

Name	Relation	Abode	Role	Notes
Anne Hatley	Wife		beneficiary executor	Left residue of estate
Lawrence Cowper	Kinsman		beneficiary	Left 5 shillings
Edward Parkins			beneficiary	Godson Left a jerkin breeches and best hat
Griffin Bromsgrave			beneficiary	Godson Left a jerkin and breeches
Henry Windmill			beneficiary	Left a doublet and a pair of breeches
Francis Harmman			beneficiary	Godson Left stockings shoes a shirt band and an old hat
Henry Newman	Kinsman		beneficiary trustee/overseer witness	Left 12 pence
Thomas Lillingstone			trustee/overseer witness	Left 12 pence
Thomas Church			witness

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Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, reference D/A/We/27/182
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 Thomas Hatley of Hanslopp in the countie of Bucks: beinge sicke in bodie, but of perfecte remembrance, thankes be given to allmightie god, doe make and ordaine this my laste will and testament, the fourth daie of October in the seaventeenth yeare of his majesties raigne of England ffrance and Irelande and of Scotland the three and fiftieth as followeth; ffirste I give and bequeath my soule into the handes of allmightie god, my maker, my saviour, and my redeemer; and my bodie to be buried in the churchyarde of Hanslopp aforesaide; Item I give unto my kinsman Lawrence Cowper, and to his brother to either of them vs a peece, to be paide within one twelfe moneth after my decease; Item I give to every one of my god chilldren whearesoever they are xiid a peece, to be paide within one twelfe moneth after my decease; Item I give unto Edward Parkins my godsonne my best ierkine and my best hatt, and my best breeches; Item I give unto Griffinn Bromsgrave my godsonne my second jerkine and breeches; Item I give unto Henry Windmill, my best dublett, and one paire of breeches; Item I give unto Francis Harmman, my godsonne, one paire of stockinges one paire of shoes, and a shirte band, and an ould hatt; all the rest of my goods and chattells whatsoever, I give and bequeath unto Anne my wife whome I make my whole and sole executrix of this my laste will and testament; moreover I doe make and ordaine, Henry Newman my kinsman and Thomas Lillingstone to be my overseers of this my last will and testament, giveinge unto either of them for theire paines twelfe pence; sealed and delivered in the presence of Henry Newman, Thomas Lillingstone and Thomas Church.

Proved 11th January 1619