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From: Renia <>
Subject: Re: John Browne (-1546) of West Hoathly
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 18:50:41 +0200
References: <179.1233d036.2b1f826d@aol.com>


Possible fillers for some of the gaps (based on a will written in
Yorkshire in the same yeare):

04 hole of mynd [and witt and wysdom]
05 I [beqwyett] my sole to almighty god [and to the] blessed
06 lady [and to all the howlly]
12 of Fletching wt the [fermhold] (long-shot guess)

Renia

wrote:
> At long last, I have obtained a copy of the Will of John Browne (dated 30
> April 1546) of West Hoathly, Sussex which I have mentioned in previous
> messages, and for which there was some interest.
>
> Unfortunately the will in the Archdeaconary records of Lewes is in a very
> poor state, and has suffered from water damage. The following is as much as
> I can make out so far (which had taken many hours):
>
>
> WILL of JOHN BROWNE of WEST HOATHLY
> 01 In the name of god amen [this] last day of April 1546 in the 38
> 02 yere of the reign of [our sovereign] lord Henry the viii by the grace __
> 03 I John Browne of [Westhothle] in the county of Sussex beyng soke of
> 04 body & hole of mynd _______ ____ thanks be to god do make & ordain
> 05 my testiment first I [bequeath] my sole to almighty god _________ blessed
> 06 lady __ _____ ___ the [holy] co'pany of hevyn & my body to be buried
> 07 in the church yard of Westhothle Itm I bequeath for the high altar there
> 08 iiijs Itm I [bequeath] __ ______ church of Chichester ijs Itm I will
> have
> 09 at my buryeng iij masses wt bread & drynke for poore people Itm I
> bequeath
> 10 to have lyke wise at my months day and twelvemonths day iii mass
> 11 & bread & drynke for poore people Itm I bequeath to Nicholas my son the
> 12 __________ ______ Hutchins? hands of Fletching wt the _________ Itm
> 13 I bequeath to the said Nicholas _______ ____ __________ the _______
> 14 of Jane my wife Itm I bequeath to ____ ___________ wtin one
> 15 year after the decease of Jane my wife. Itm I bequeath to Henry my son xl
> 16 to be paid when he is xx years old if he fayls before he is xx years
> 17 old to remain to the eyr Itm I bequeath to William my son iiii marks
> NEXT PAGE
> 18 to be paid to him at the age of xx years old if the said William fayls
> before
> 19 he is xx years old to remayning to the eyr Item I bequeath to Katheryn my
> 20 daughter v marks to be paid to her marriage Itm I bequeath to Margaret
> my
> 21 daughter v marks to be paid to her marriage Item I bequeath to Jane my
> daughter
> 22 v marks to be paid to her marriage __ if any of the ______ ______ happen
> 23 to dye the _____ their_____ that they _____ __________ to remayn wt
> 24 their eyr to dispose it at their ________ I will to Jane my wife
> 25 her chamber & the hole household stuff at her ________ to dispose
> 26 ____ the residue of my goods ________ paid the _____ ______ & my will
> fulfilled
> 27 I give to Jane my wife Executor my son Thomas _____ & make my lawful eyr
> 28 Itm I will & bequeath unt ______ that is to say ________ in the personage
> to
> 29 Jane my wife & xxli my son if it happen that Jane my wife doo dye
> 30 before _____ shall be _______ then I give & bequeath thae residue of the
> xxli
> 31 __ ___ _____ to Andrew my son witnesses _______ John Bryan, ______
> Foldwyke
> 32 _______ wt others & the said John Hounds the writer the wyll
> 33 &__________ his name _______
>
> Notes:
> Some of the "Jane"s may be "Jone"s
> The "N" of the two "Nicholas" is backwards, it looks more like the shape made
> by "VI"
> The T of "Thomas" looks more like a modern handwritten "w"
> It is tempting to assume "hands of Fletching" should be "lands of Fletching",
> but the first letter looks like an "h".
> "eyr" is heir; "soke" is presumably sick and what looks like "fayls" is
> presumably fails, ie dies.
> The text in brackets are assumed or partly assumed, the text being illegible.
> The "___" represent words I can not read and their approximate length.
>
> Adrian
>

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