Will of William Hoare of Gloucester, 1640

[in the name of God Amen, the ... day of] February ... ,
[I, William Hoare,] of the p[ar]ish ... these present ... sound & p[er]fect memory ... make my last will & [testament in manner and form] following.
First I [bequeath my soul to] my blessed saviour Jesus ... [and my body] to the earth ...
[And as concerning my temporal] estate, I bequeath [and dispose thereof as follows.]
First I give unto the poore [of the parish of] ... shillings.
Item I give [unto] ... my pott, posnett, & unto her sister [my] pewter platters.
Item I give & bequeath [the term] of the Lease of my house, which I hold [of the] Deane & Chapter of Glouc[este]r, unto ... Barrett & Hester Bennett.
All the [rest] of my goodes whatsoever, my debtes paid [and my] funeralls discharged, (my best Cloake & clothes ex[cepted], which I give unto Thomas Barber), [I give] & bequeath unto Thomas Barrett, He[ster] Bennett & Elizabeth Barber, widow, to be equally devided betweene them,
And I ma[ke] the said Thomas Barrett my Execu[tor].
In wittnes whereof I have hereunto p[ut] my hand & seale the day & yeare above written.

the marke of
William Hoare


Sealed, subscribed & acknowledged in the presence of
Thom. Hewson
the marke of John Carpenter.

[Probatum fuit] huiusmodi T[estamentu]m apud ... nono die mensis ... anno d[omi]ni 1640
Coram ... Baber legum [doctorem et per eun]dem approbat[um et insinuatum]
[Com]missaq[ue] fuit etc [administratio omni]u[m] et singulorum etc ... ... ... Jurat[o] etc, salvo Jure [cuiuscumque] etc

[This will was proved at ... on the ninth day of the month of ... in the year of our Lord 1640
Before ... Baber, doctor of laws, and by him approved and favoured,
And administration of all and singular etc [was granted to ... ... ...], he/she being sworn etc, saving all right whatsoever etc.]