Garth, Could the missing word in line 8 be 'corne'? The word seems to start with a 'c' amd corn would fit. Liz in Melbourne > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:old-english- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Garth Swanson > Sent: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 6:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OEL] Yorks will - 1559 - a synthesis > > Hello again > > Using your various contributions for which I am very grateful I have > synthesised a form of the transcription which I invite you to comment on. > Judith has seen this and has adjusted some of the typography to make it > consistent with list practice. Reference should be made to the original > manuscript at: > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/unsolved41.html > > > 1. In dei no[m]i[n]e amen the sixt[h] day of Ap[ri]le in the yere of > o[u]r lord god m ccccc lix I w[illia]m lenge > 2. of nether catton husbandman being of p[er]fecte mynd & good > remembrance do make > 3. this my last will & testament as in forme followeth First I give > & bequeth my soull to > 4. almighty god to the blessed virgen marie & to all the celestiall > company of heven & my > 5. body to be buried in the p[ar]ishe churche yerd of catton It[em] > I bequeth to the sacrament xijd > 6. It[em] I give to Ric[hard] lenge my son my fermhold It[em] to the > said Ric[hard] my draught my > 7. wayn plough & all things belonging to them It[em] to the said > Ric[hard] I give my crops > 8. of ___ of ?the ground & vj wandes of ynge in wilberfosse fild > It[em] I give to Jane leng > 9. my daughter all my shepe on[e] waie & a counter my bed & on[e] > mattresse w[i]t[h] all thinges > 10. belonging ther[e]to It[em] I give to Rob[er]t lenge on[e] bushell > of whete & on[e] white headed > 11. stott It[em] I give to thomas nelis my best gray Jakett It[em] I > give to Jenet my doughter > 12. one bushell of whete It[em] I give to Alison sanderson on[e] > bushell of whete Item to > 13. Agnes my doughter on[e] bushell of whete It[em] I give to the > said Ric[hard] one cowe Item > 14. I will that the said Jane my daughter shall shifte w[i]t[h] > Ric[hard] all my goodes w[i]t[h]in the house / the residewe > 15. of my goodes my dettes paid & my funeralls discharged I give to > the said Ric[hard] whom I make my > 16. Executor of this my last will & testament Thes[e] being > record[e]rs of the same will & testament Rob[er]t > 17. Clerke John Smeton John Clerke & Thomas A_eth clerke & Curate > ther[e] / > > a. Et xxij die ap[ri]lis > b. anno d[omi]ni Mccccclixo probat[um] fuit hui[usm]o[d]i > test[ament]u[m] p[er] duos ?ve[nerun]t testes iurat &c Com[m]issaq[ue] > fuit ad > c. mi[ini]straco[em] bonor[um] Ric[hard]o filio soli Excut[or] > no[m]i[n]ato iura[men]to &c salvo iure cuiuscu[m]q[ue] > > I gather from Judith that it is the will without the Latin lines that will > appear on the web page to replace my original attempt. Please feel free to > comment before it is posted. > > Again thank you. > > Garth

Yes, it could, Liz. It was suggested before but since there was so little to go on I thought I'd wait to see the film. However, I'll put it in on the web page with a question mark. cheers, Judith Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Administrator, OLD-ENGLISH-L http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ | Garth, | | Could the missing word in line 8 be 'corne'? The word seems to start with a | 'c' amd corn would fit. | | > 1. In dei no[m]i[n]e amen the sixt[h] day of Ap[ri]le in the yere of | > o[u]r lord god m ccccc lix I w[illia]m lenge | > 2. of nether catton husbandman being of p[er]fecte mynd & good | > remembrance do make | > 3. this my last will & testament as in forme followeth First I give | > & bequeth my soull to | > 4. almighty god to the blessed virgen marie & to all the celestiall | > company of heven & my | > 5. body to be buried in the p[ar]ishe churche yerd of catton It[em] | > I bequeth to the sacrament xijd | > 6. It[em] I give to Ric[hard] lenge my son my fermhold It[em] to the | > said Ric[hard] my draught my | > 7. wayn plough & all things belonging to them It[em] to the said | > Ric[hard] I give my crops | > 8. of ___ of ?the ground & vj wandes of ynge in wilberfosse fild | > It[em] I give to Jane leng

I had a chance to look at this will on the film and can confirm everything is as we thought, except possibly 'corne' since some of the letters are faded to nothing; however, as Liz said, corne fits what is there. The curate's name looks to be Acreth but I can't be sure of the second and third letters. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/unsolved41.html cheers, Judith Werner Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Administrator, OLD-ENGLISH-L http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/