Hi Liz, 2 sixth , yeares 4 is a struck through 'l' or similar 5 &c 6 is seaven 9 Dors[e]t 16 litten - i.e. church yard 18 bee 19 rep[ar]ac[i]ons 21 Jeoylife ...... modern spelling Joliffe 23 eyther sheepe hogg[es] 27 appurtenanc[es] 28 necessarie comodities 34 lye 40 rent[es] 41 rep[ar]ac[i]ons 43 by 44 vertue of this my will shall remayne unto my 46 sonne John Crumpelher if he be livinge except All the best Martyn 2009/2/22 Elizabeth Agar <emagar@hotkey.net.au> > Hello everyone, > > Herewith my attempt at page 3 of Craig's merged document at > http://www.lordoflucies.com/tng/histories/Crumpler.pdf > > Comments and corrections welcomed. > > That's all from me till tomorrow -- feeding time and Charles Darwin > followed > by BBC's Cranford are on the box tonight. > > Cheers, > Liz in Melbourne > > Page 3 > 1. In the name of god Amen > 2. the first day of Aprill in the yeare of the reigne > 3. of our Sov[er]aigne Lord James by the grace > 4. of god [?] of England France and Ireland > 5. Kinge defender of the faith --?-- the twelfe and > 6. of Scotland the seaven[?] and fortieth Anno D[om]ini > 7. one thowsand six hundred and fourteene I Will[ia]m > 8. Crumpleher of Winterborne Kingston in the > 9. Countie of Dorset yeoman beinge sicke in body > 10. but of good and p[er]fect remembrance thanks be > 11. given unto almightie god doe make my last > 12. will and testament in mann[er] and forme following > 13. First I Comitt my soule unto almightie god > 14. my creator and redeemer by whose death > 15. and passion I hope to be saved and my bodey > 16. to be buried in the Church --?-- of Kingston > 17. aforesaid as neere unto the place as my father > 18. was buried as may be Item I give unto > 19. the rep[ar]ations of my p[ar]ish Church of Kingston > 20. five shillings. Item I give unto Will[ia]m > 21. Jean?eif, George Gould, Prudence Crumpleher > 22. and Margarett Fryers my Children's children > 23. to either of them a --?-- being --?-- Item my > 24. will is that my wife Edith Crumpleher shall have > 25. the use and p[ro]fitt of halfe of all my errable > 26. land lyinge within the three com[m]on feilds of > 27. Kingston afores[ai]d togeather with all the appurtenances > 28. thereunto belonginge and the Comoditie and p[ro]fitt > 29. of the fowerth p[ar]te of all my severall grounds > 30. and my --?-- grounds, and halfe the p[ro]fitt of the > 31. orchard, garden and all other --?-Farme comodities > 32. with sufficient howse roome bothe within dores and > 33. without to laye her Corne and hay in and > 34. howse roome to --?-- her beasts in, and the use and > 35. occupation of halfe of all my goods both within > 36. dores and without, bothe Corne as well within > 37. dores as in the barne, and likewise halfe my > 38. Corne in the fields; and halfe my beasts and > 39. sheepe to be enioyed by her duringe her life > 40. payinge the fowerth p[ar]te of duties rente and > 41. reparac[i]ons what soever during her life, And after > 42. her decease all the said goods and Cattels that > 43. my s[ai]d wife shall have the use and occupac[i]on of my > 44. [unreadable - most of line missing] > > > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/<http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Eoel/> > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks again, Matt. The corrected page 3 is below. I have made a couple of extra corrrections, in lines 29 & 30 -- ground[es] not grounds. A mistake I keep making! Page 4 later. Liz Page 3 1. In the name of god Amen 2. the sixth day of Aprill in the yeares of the reigne 3. of our Sov[er]aigne Lord James by the grace 4. of god of England France and Ireland 5. Kinge defender of the faith etc the twelfe and 6. of Scotland the seaven and fortieth Anno D[om]ini 7. one thowsand six hundred and fourteene I Will[ia]m 8. Crumpleher of Winterborne Kingston in the 9. Countie of Dors[e]t yeoman beinge sicke in body 10. but of good and p[er]fect remembrance thanks be 11. given unto almightie god doe make my last 12. will and testament in mann[er] and forme following 13. First I Comitt my soule unto almightie god 14. my creator and redeemer by whose death 15. and passion I hope to be saved and my bodey 16. to be buried in the Church litten of Kingston 17. aforesaid as neere unto the place as my father 18. was buried as may bee Item I give unto 19. the rep[ar]ac[i]ons of my p[ar]ish Church of Kingston 20. five shillings. Item I give unto Will[ia]m 21. Joeyleife, George Gould, Prudence Crumpleher 22. and Margarett Fryers my Children’s children 23. to eyther of them a sheepe being hogg[es] Item my 24. will is that my wife Edith Crumpleher shall have 25. the use and p[ro]fitt of halfe of all my errable 26. land lyinge within the three com[m]on feilds of 27. Kingston afores[ai]d togeather with all the appurtenanc[es] 28. thereunto belonginge and the Comoditie and p[ro]fitt 29. of the fowerth p[ar]te of all my severall ground[es] 30. and my --?-- ground[es], and halfe the p[ro]fitt of the 31. orchard, garden and all other necessarie comodities 32. with sufficient howse roome bothe within dores and 33. without to laye her Corne and hay in and 34. howse roome to lye her beasts in, and the use and 35. occupation of halfe of all my goods both within 36. dores and without, bothe Corne as well within 37. dores as in the barne, and likewise halfe my 38. Corne in the fields; and halfe my beasts and 39. sheepe to be enioyed by her duringe her life 40. payinge the fowerth p[ar]te of duties rent[es] and 41. rep[ar]ac[i]ons what soever during her life, And after 42. her decease all the said goods and Cattels that 43. my s[ai]d wife shall have the use and occupac[i]on of my 44. virtue of this my will shall remayne unto my 45. sonne John Crumpleher if he be living except ________________________________________ From: mjcl [mailto:mjcl111@googlemail.com] Sent: Monday, 23 February 2009 2:31 AM To: Elizabeth Agar Cc: OLD-ENGLISH@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OEL] Will of William Crumpleher 1614 Hi Liz, 2   sixth , yeares 4   is a struck through 'l' or similar 5   &c 6   is seaven 9   Dors[e]t 16 litten - i.e. church yard 18 bee 19 rep[ar]ac[i]ons 21 Jeoylife  ...... modern spelling Joliffe 23 eyther  sheepe   hogg[es] 27 appurtenanc[es] 28 necessarie comodities 34 lye 40 rent[es] 41 rep[ar]ac[i]ons 43 by 44 vertue of this my will shall remayne unto my 46 sonne John Crumpelher if he be livinge except All the best Martyn snip