William Cooke will

Date of will

20 September 1643

Status

yeoman

Abode when will written

Hanslope, Buckinghamshire

Date of probate

4 November 1647

Summary of will

Left houses livestock land and household goods to his youngest son William and his daughter Margaret Parrott Left 5 shillings to his eldest son John.

Persons mentioned in will:

Name	Relation	Abode	Role	Notes
William Cooke	Son		beneficiary executor	Left house in Church End and livestock with Margaret Parrott
Margaret Parrott	Daughter		beneficiary executor	Left house inn Church End and livestock with Will. Cooke
Richard Parrott	Daughter's Husband	Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire	trustee/overseer witness	Blacksmith
John Cooke	Son		beneficiary	Left 5 shillings
Thomas Bell		Ashton, Northamptonshire	trustee/overseer
Jo Parrey			witness
William Fawson			witness

Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, reference probate copy: D/A/We/37/52
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Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, reference probate copy: D/A/We/37/52
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 William Cooke the elder of Hanslapp in the Countie of Bucks yeoman being in perfect memory (blessed bee God) doe make and ordaine this my Last Will and Testament in manner and forme following ffirst I comend my Soule in to the hands of Allmighty God And my Bodie to bee buried in the Churchyard of Hanslapp aforesaid Item I give and bequeath to my youngest sonne William Cooke and Margarett my daughter the now wife of Richard Parrott of Hanslapp aforesaid blacksmith that Messuage or Tenement with all and singular the profitts comodities and appurtenances belonging to the same situate and being in Church end in the parish of Hanslapp aforesaid equally to be divided betweene them lying next ... the house of Thomas Finnall North and Henry Newman South Item I give and bequeath to my said sonne William and my said daughter Margarett all my Cowes Bullocks and sheepe equally to bee divided betweene them Item I give to my said daughter Margarett the biggest pott of brass in my house, one of the biggest brasse pans a warming pann, a spice mortar, a Chafing dish an Iron dripping pann, a cheese presse which is in the house of Edward Coy the younger, a saltinge trough and one of the Chestes Item I give to my eldest sonne John Cooke 5 shillings Item I give to my said sonne William halfe part of the house wherein I now live with halfe of th'arrable land, meadows, closes, pightells, commons profitts and comodtiies whatsoever to the said house belonging for the terme of three yeares after my decease Item I give to my said sonne William all my Cart,s Ploughs, harnesse and horses and alsoe the hovells about my said house and yards Item I give to the poore of Hanslapp 10 shilling to bee distributed unto them by my said sonne William and Margarett my said daughter whom I make Executors of this my last will and Testament And for my Overseers of the the same Thomas Bell of Ashton and Richard Parrott of Castletropp Blacksmith In Witnesse whereof I the said William Cooke the elder have hereunto sett my hand and seale the nine and twentieth day of September 1643 Sig William Cooke Senior Sealed and delivered in the presence of To: Parrey William ffasson Richard Parrott.

Proved 4th November 1647