Thomas Coye will

Date of will

20 April 1613

Status

yeoman

Abode when will written

Hanslope

Date of probate

15 July 1613

Summary of will

This appears to have been a nuncupative will (will expressed orally), written down after death with administration granted to son Thomas. Left money to son Richard, one sheep each to each of children of son Thomas who was left residue of estate.

Persons mentioned in will:

Name	Relation	Abode	Role	Notes
Richard Coye	Son		beneficiary
Thomas Coye	Son		beneficiary executor
Thomas James			witness
William Wright			witness

Notes

Transcription provided by Andrew Cox

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Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, reference D/A/Wf/20/31
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 nuncupative will, dated 20 Apr 1613, of Thomas Coye
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Registrat[um]

The last will & testam^[en]t nu[n]cupative of
Thomas Coye the El^[de]r late of Hanslope
in the county of Buck[s] deceased by him
uttered in his lieftyme by word of
mouth, & after his death put into writing
as followeth

The said deceased being of p[er]fecte mynd & memory
did upon the xx^th daie of Aprill in the yere of
o^[u]r lord god 1613, in the p[res]ence of Thomas James
Will[ia]m Wright & others, utter his mynd touching
the disposing of his goods to the effecte following
ffirst he gave unto Richard Coye his sonne the
money w[hi]ch M^r Troughton did owe him. Also he
gave unto eache of the children of his sonne Thomas
one sheepe All the rest of his goods & chattels
whatsoever he gave unto Thomas Coy his said
sonne ~ ~ ~ ~

Transcript of the grant, dated 15 Jul 1613, of Thomas Coye
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xv^o die mensis July A[nn]o d[omi]ni 1613
* * testator * * *
* * * * * *
* * * Thome Coy filio *
* ad administrand[o] * * *
* * * * * * *
* * * *

Translation of the grant

15^th day of the month of July in the year of our Lord 1613
* * testator * * *
* * * * * *
* * * Thomas Coy the son *
* to administer * * *
* * * * * * *
* * * *