Alton, Herewith Lines 26 - 50 26. bequeathe p[ar]ishe al[ia]s Lye 27. comma after "England" 28. shillinges "same" not "sum" 29. paied 30. Item 32. deceased 33. mark[es] paied 34. im[m]ediately - omission mark above "m" "decease" not "death" dame comma after "wife" "whome" not "I will" 35. I will shall enter bond to the saide Elizabeth, for paiement 36. thereof accordingly. The residue of all and singuler my good[es] 37. chatles, catles, plate, iewells, debt[es] to me owinge, ready mony[es] 38. utensils of howsehold whatsoev[er] not allready bequeathed, my 39. debt[es], legacies, and funerall charges beinge paied, & dischardged 40. bequeathe 41. comma after "Lechford" "decease" not "death" dame 42. Elinor, my wife, whome my will is shall have the use thereof 43. retaine in her hand[es] and custody the saide one 44. mark[es] bequeathed 45. naturall 46. dame Item ordaine dame 47. Testament, & 48. my very lovinge brother in lawe S[i]r John Morgan knight, & 49. John Theoball, Esq[ui]r[e] Overseers of the same, and I give to 50. either of them All the best, Martyn 2009/4/5 Alton Gilbert <alton_gilbert@hotmail.com> > With the kind assistance of Judith Werner the first page of the will of Sir > Richard Lechford has been posted at > http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oel/unsolved48.html<http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Eoel/unsolved48.html>, > the rest to be > posted shortly. Over the past two decades I've worked off and on > attempting > to transcribe it, and have made a little progress but there are many gaps > in > my efforts. The images of the will are somewhat fuzzy, but I guess you live > with what you can get - it's the best I have. The will is of direct > interest > to the Tillinghast descendants in America, of which I am one, since he was > the grandfather of the original Tillinghast immigrant, Pardon Elisha > Tillinghast of Providence, RI. I'd appreciate any help offered on filling > in the gaps. My modest efforts at transcription appear below. > > > > Alton L. Gilbert > > > > > > > > > >