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ALICE LYNE OF EVERDON 1604

10th Feb 1603

My body to be buried in the churchyard of Everdon

To Thomas KIBBELL my son all my goods when 21 years

To the poor of Everdon 2 shillings

To four ringers 2s

To George NOBLE my brother one strike of mill corn & to his wife one white cotton waist coat.etc

To Alice ALLEN my best neckerchief

To Alice WARREN my next best neckerchief

To Joan PALMER my old red petticoat

To Ales HITCHCOCK one other neckerchief

To my sister Margaret my best petticoat

To Thomas ASHBY for making my will 2s

Roger Noble my brother to be my executor & he to have the bringing up of my child during his nonage

Overseers Richard OSBORNE William PURSER and John Allen & to each 12d

Witness Thomas Ashby & Richard Osborne, his mark, William Purser his mark, John Allen his mark sheep

the mark of Elizabeth Lyne

Probate granted 1st Aug 1604 £20.6.10

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CHRISTIAN PENN OF MIDDLETON CHENEY 1604

27th Dec 1602. Christian Penn of Middleton Cheney, widow.

To the repair of the church of Middleton Cheney two shillings & to the poor there 2 shillings

To my son Edward Penn 6d.

To the poor of King's Sutton 2 shillings

To my son Thomas Penn two sheep

To mu daughter Dorothy SILVERSIDE one sheep & to her sons John & Richard Silverside, one sheep each

To her son Griffin Silverside 12d & to her daughter Elizabeth Silverside 12d

To her daughter Hellen ILLIOTT [Elliott?] 2 shillings

To my son Richard Penn, his son Thomas Penn one

To the three children of Edward BASSE, viz., Edward, Christian & Ann 12d each

To the 6 children of Margery SAMON which she had by my son William Penn 12d each

To Thomas & Marie BEALE the children of James Beale, deceased, each 2 shillings

& to their brother Edward Beale 12d

The rest to my son Richard Penn, my executor

Overseers Mathew CAUDEN ? & William SUDYE

Witness Christian Penn her mark {appears to be no witnesses}

Probate granted 3rd Oct 1604 £13.14.8

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NICHOLAS PRATT OF MEARS ASHBY 1604

Nicholas Pratt of Mears Ashby, husbandman. Will made 9th April 1604

My body to be buried in the churchyard of Mears Ashby.

To my son Thomas Pratt all my land I bought of Robert FARROWE of Earls Barton, to enter when 21 years

To my son William Pratt £6 when 21 years

To my son John Pratt £6 when 21 years. Whereas my wife is thought to be with child. If a man child, then he to have £6 when 21 years. If a woman child then she to have £6 when 18 years

All the rest of my goods to my wife Ellen Pratt, my sole executor

‘' bringing my bodie decentlie to the ground desiring my father Thomas Pratt the elder, my father Thomas above the way, & my brother Thomas Pratt the younger to be overseers'' [transcribed verbatim as it is difficult to ascertain the meaning]

Witnesses John GARRETT, John ELLIS, Thomas Pratt the elder, John Pratt, Robert MILLS, William Ellis, Henry FOWKE, ‘'Thomas above the way'', Thomas Pratt the younger

Probate granted 6th Nov 1604 £27.11.0

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