Hello Chris, I have again done a full transcription as it works better for me that way - especially as I am 2 screen working at the moment....... 1. I com[m]itte bodie to the ground and my 2. my soule into the handes of allmightie to my only 3. saviour in Jesus christ from all my sins secondlie 4. my wordlie estate I geve and bequeth as Followeth 5. I geve to my sonne Edward Busbye xxvli. Itm I geve 6. to Averie one of my godchildren a sheepe Itm I geve 7. {everie one of - struck through} to the parishe church of {Wescot - interlined} Barton xs 8. Itm I geve to my sonne Edward a pan w[hi]ch lieth at 9. Will[ia]m Busbeis, and also I geve unto the said my sonne 10. Edward my full land to wit the third part of the 11. Yard Land w[hi]ch I occupie when he shall come to 12. Lawfull Ye[a]res and in the meane time to be in the occu 13. pac[i]on of my weif xpian Bushbey, and if my sonne 14. Edward shalll dye w[it]hout yssue I will that my land 15. after my sonnes deceased and his mothers {remaine - interlined} to Walter Heiden 16. Itm I make my wife xpian Busbey my whole and 17. last will and testam[en]t {witne - struck through} witnesses whose names are 18. subscribed {May 1619 - interlined} (Richard Gregson . Phillipp Turn[e]r his 19. marke Sampson Offield his ma[r]ke . {Moreov[er] my - struck through} 20. {detters Richard one - struck through} Moreov[er] I will that if my sonne 21. Edward Busbey die before he come to lawfull ye[a]res 22. his porcon remaine to his mother my onelie ex[ecu]trix of this 23. my last will and testament May jo [primo] 1619 {? - illegible} 24. witnesses hereof Phillipp Turn[er] his m[ar]ke Joan Chadpelle 25. hir m[ar]ke my detters Richard Kinge oweth me xxs Thomas 26. {Tho - struck through} Pachett oweth me xxvs Richard Coleman oweth me 27. xls w[hi]ch I freelie forgive./ I hope that this is of use, Best regards, Martyn Chris Bartlett <woodcom@ihug.co.nz> wrote: Hello everyone Thanks to anyone I may have missed replying to for the help with Agnis Bartlett's will. The will of John Busby of Westcott Barton in Oxfordshire is quite short compared to hers but there are more queries here as the writing and some words seem to be beyond my present abilities despite a lot of looking. I have placed it at the following web address and would appreciate some help in sorting it out. http://www.angelfire.com/bc3/woodcom/page20.html I have not included transcriptions for pieces crossed out except for the possible word at the beginning of line 6 which seems to start with the name of the Godchild I cant read in line 5 regards Chris Bartlett ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== Going away for a while? Don't forget to UNSUBSCRIBE! OLD-ENGLISH-L-request@rootsweb.com