William Lynnell will

Date of will

6 January 1533

Status

Abode when will written

Hanslope, Buckinghamshire

Date of probate

11 March 1533

Summary of will

Bequeathed money to the church and also towards the mending of Castlethorpe bridge. Various amounts of money left to family members with the residue going to his wife Elizabeth

Persons mentioned in will:

Name	Relation	Abode	Role	Notes
Elizabeth Lynnell	Wife		beneficiary executor	Left residue of estate
John Stevyn			beneficiary executor	Left 10 shillings
William Becham			beneficiary	Left a year old calf
Elizabeth	Sister		beneficiary	Left 13 shillings 4 pence
Alys	Sister		beneficiary	Left a heifer
John Dalle	Brother in Law		beneficiary	Left a white gelding
Christopher Wren			trustee/overseer
William Yngman			witness	Castlethorpe parish priest Family name unclear
John Row			witness
Robert Oddy			witness	Family name unclear

Notes

Trental - Mass

Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, reference probate copy: D/A/We/3/30
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Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, reference probate copy: D/A/We/3/30
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

Testament William Lynnell de hansloppe

In the name of God Amen in the yere of our lorde god 1533 the vi day of Januari I William Lynnell seke in body and hole of mynde make my Wyll in this manner the fyrst I bequeath my sowle to god my body to be buryed in the church yard of Saynt Jamys in the p[ar]yshe of Hansloppe Also I bequeath to the mother churche of Lincolln ii d and to the hye alter of Saynt Jamys in the p[a]ryshe of Hansloppe vi d and so to .... auter the ii d Item to Elizabeth my syster xiii s iiii d and unto Alys my syster a heyfer of iii year and upward Also I wyll same donne for my sowle halfe a trygntall (trental) Also I bequeath unto the belles of Hanslope viii d and to the bell roppes iiii d Also unto the mendinge of the way in the cha... lane xx d and to the reparacon of Castylthorpe bryge ii s also I bequeath to John Dalle my brother in law a whitt gelding Also to William Becham and his systers to eyther of them a caulfe of a yere olde the reste of my gooddes nott bequeathed I gyve to Elizabeth my wyffe whom I make and ordaine with John Stevyn my true and lawfull executores to dyspose after ther dyscrecon for the helth of my sowle And I wyll that John Steven for his executorshype and payne takying with my wyffe in her nedys (needs) have x s and meddyll no further with her gooddes but for the p[er]formance of my wyll And I order and make master Christopher Wreyn provisor of this my last wyll that it be p[er]formed the daye and the year above wrytten thes wyttenes William Yngman thorpe parish preste John Row Robert Oddy

Proved 11th March 1533