Will of Margaret Whoare of Chipping Sodbury, 1601
Margaret Whoare
In the name of God, Amen, the fift daye of Apryll anno d[omi]ni one thousand sixe hundred and one,
And in the three and fourteth yeare of the Raigne of o[u]r sov[er]aigne Lady Queene Elizabeth that now is,
I, Margaret Whore, of Shippinge Sodbury in the county of Glouc[ester], beinge sicke in body but of good and p[er]fect remembrance, thankes be unto Allmyghtie God, doe make this my last will and Testament in manner and forme followinge, that is to say,
First I com[m]end my soule into the handes of Allmyghty God, and my body to the earth.
Item I give and bequeath unto Amy my daughter three poundes sixe shillinges eight pence, w[hi]ch money is in the handes of William Keynes of Sodbury afores[ai]d, to be payd unto my sayd dawghter w[i]thin one moneth next after my decease.
Item I geve and bequeath unto my dawghter Elizabeth three poundes sixe shillinges eight pence, w[hi]ch money is in the handes of Will[ia]m Keynes aforesayd, to be payd unto her w[i]thin one moneth next after my decease.
Item I geve and bequeath unto my daughter Alice three poundes sixe shillinges eighte pence, w[hi]ch money is in the handes of the foresayd Will[ia]m Keynes, to be payd unto her w[i]thin one moneth next after my decease.
Also I geve and bequeath unto my daughter Alice the featherbedd which I now lye upon, one Blankett, one Boulster, one Pillowe, and a Redd Coverlett.
Also I geve and bequeath unto my daughter Alice one Pillowe flockbedd, and the two best pannes, and my biggest Croke [crock].
Item I geeve and bequeath unto my daught[e]r Amy my biggest panne of blacke mettell, and my best flockbed.
Item I geve and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth my second best flocke bedd, and my best [?]Orift Cov[er]lett, and the second best panne, and my two worst coverlettes.
Will of Margaret Whoare, 1601 - 2
Item I geve and bequeath unto Amy my dawghter my second best cov[er]lett.
Item I geve and bequeath unto my daughter Alice, the coverlett, that the warpe is linnen, and the [?]abbe Redd.
Item I geve and bequeath unto John Skeat my daughter's sonne my Cow w[hi]ch now I have.
Item I geve and bequeath unto Johane Skeake, my daughter's dawghter, my best petticoate.
Item I geve and bequeath unto Rachall Brill my dawghter's daughter my best Gowne.
Item I geve and bequeath unto Katherine Lane my sister's daughter my best frise [freize] gowne, my second best petticoat, and my best hatt,
And also 20s in money, to be payd unto her w[i]thin on moneth next after my decease by the goodwyfe Keynes and the goodwyf Warner the Baker.
Also I geve and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth my warminge Panne.
Item I geve and bequeath all my Pewter, and all my linnen, unto my three dawghters, to be equally devided by the discression of my overseers, vizt, sixe Platters, 7 Potingers, five saucers, three saltes of Pewter, foure Candlestickes, three quart pottes, a pynte pott and a spice morter, eight paire of sheetes, foure table cloathes, eyght table napkines, and one towell.
Also my will is that all the rest of my goodes and housholdstuffe not geven nor bequeathed shalbe sold by the discression of my overseers and deliv[er]ed unto my three daughters.
Also I desire my daughter Amy to be my executrix, or her husband Valentine Skeake, yf it be not lawfull that shee may.
And I desire my neyghbours Richard Noris and Will[ia]m Keynes to be my overseers,
And for their paines I geve them 12d apeece.
And also twelve pence a peece to Margaret Keynes and Alice Warner, and to the poore of Sodbury 10 shillings.
Probate of Will of Margaret Whoare, 1601/2
Probatum fuit Testamentum suprascriptu[m] coram venerabili viro M[agist]ro Joh[ann]e Seman legum doctore rev[ere]ndi in chr[ist]o p[at]ris ac d[omi]ni d[omi]ni Godfridi p[ro]viden[tia] divina Glouc[estriensis] ep[iscop]i vicario in spir[it]ualibus gen[er]ali
Vicesimo tertio die Februarii Anno d[omi]ni iuxta cursum et Computac[i]onem Eccl[es]ie Anglicane Milesimo Sexcentesimo primo
Ac per nos approbat[u]m et insinuatum
Com[m]issaq[ue] fuit et est admini[s]tratio omnium et singulorum bonorum iurium etc dict[am] defunct[am] et eius testament[u]m suprascript[um] qualitercumq[ue] concernent[ium] executr[ici] in eodem testament[o] nominat[e] primitus de bene et fideliter admi[nis]trando et disponend[o] eadem ad s[an]cta dei Evangelia vigore Com[m]issionis direct[e] Thome Goare Curat[o] de Shiping Sodbury iurand[um]
Dat[um] die anno et loco suprascript[is]
[The abovewritten will was proved before the worshipful Master John Seman, Doctor of Laws, Vicar General in Spiritual matters of the Reverend Father and Lord in Christ, Godfrey, by divine providence Lord Bishop of Gloucester,
On the twenty third day of February in the year of our Lord, according to the course and computation of the English Church, one thousand six hundred and one,
And by us approved and favoured,
And administration of all and singular the goods, rights etc whatsoever concerning the said deceased and her abovewritten will was and is committed to the executrix named in the same will,
[She having been] first [sworn], on God's Holy Gospel, by force of a Commission to take her oath, directed to Thomas Goare, Curate of Chipping Sodbury, well and faithfully to administer and dispose the same.
Given on the day, year and place abovewritten]
Probate of Will of Margaret Whoare, 1601/2 - 2
Testamentum
Testamentu[m] Margarete Whore p[ar]o[chi]e de Chipping Sodbury probat[um] etc Cora[m] Joh[ann]e Seman Canc[ellario] etc apud Glouc[estriensem] xxiijo die Februarii 1601 iuxta etc
Com[m]issa fuit ad[ministrati]o execut[rici] etc debite iurat[e] vigore Com[m]iss[ioni]s direct[e] Mag[ist]ro Goare Curato ib[ide]m etc
Will
The will of Margaret Whore of the parish of Chipping Sodbury was proved etc before John Seman, Chancellor etc, at Gloucester, on the 23rd day of February 1601 according to etc.
Administration was committed to the executrix etc, she having been duly sworn, by force of a commission directed to Master Goare, curate in the same place etc.]