FILM 187655 6TH SERIES VOLC (1) WILL 15

WILLIAM COWPER OF THENFORD 1565

Item I give and bequeath to William Cowper my godson the son of Thomas Cowper my horse

Item I give and bequeath to Thomas Cowper my brother a yoke of bullocks

Item I give and bequeath to my brother Richard a cow

Item I give and bequeath to Robert Cowper the son of Laurence Cowper one cow

Item I will and bequeath to my brother Michael three wethers

Item I give to the children of Thomas Cowper 4 hoggerels

Item I give and bequeath to the children of my brother in law Michael George 3 hoggerels

Item I give & bequeath to my brother Laurence children 3 hoggerels and a cow and the said hoggerels to be indifferently parted among the children

Item I give to my brother Richard Cowper 4 cows

Item I give to the children of Thomas Cowper 4 cows and one to him & another to his wife

Item I give to Blabee's wife a cow and to her son Richard a sheep and to her daughter Katherine my best "theve" at Soulderne

Item I give to my sister Katherine Hall one "theve" which is at Soulderne

Item I give to my brother Thomas a goat?

Item I give to my brothers Thomas, Richard and Michael to every of them a flitch of bacon and to my sister Blabee a flitch of bacon

Item I give to my three bretheren 2 hogs to be equally parted betwixt them

Item I give to my godson William Cowper my iron bound cart, and my plough with cart rope and all things thereunto belonging.

Item I give to my brother Thomas Cowper all my horse harness and plough gears

Item I give to my brother Richard all my fetters and locks saving one lock which is upon my horse, the which I will to my godson William Cowper

Item I give to my sister Johan my featherbed

Item I give to my godson William Cowper a mattress, my best hilling, my best bolster and my best pair of sheets

Item I give to Anne George my other hilling

Item I give to my brother Richard..... harness.

Item I will and bequeath my 16lb of linen yarn to be equally divided betwixt my three bretheren and my sister Emme Blabee

Item I give to my brother Thomas & to my brother Michael to every of them a cart body and the rest of my timber to be equally parted betwixt my said bretheren

I will all my pewter to be equally parted amongst my three bretheren

Item I give to Johan Cowper the daughter of Thomas Cowper a "kymnell", a pail, a tub and a new peck

Item I will and bequeath all my dishes, spoons and trenchers to be equally divided among my three bretheren

Item I give to my brother Thomas my best pot and my brother Michael my best pan & my brother Richard my second pan

Item I give to James George a "possenet"

Item I give to Richard Blabee my other brass pot

Item I will that all my linen and other stuff not parted betwixt my brothers Richard and me ......... parted betwixt my three bretheren.

Item I will that my five Sturbrige "chese" to be equally divided among my three bretheren and all the rest of my cheeses saving [word missing] I will that Richard Hall shall have two and Emme Blabee two.

Item I will to Johan Cowper the daughter of Thomas Cowper one "mole"? and to Annis George one "mole" ?

Item I give to John George my great coffer and to my godson William Cowper my second coffer & the other two coffers my brother Richard to have

Item I will all my wool to be equally parted amongst my three bretheren

Item I give to Thomas Watts wife of Thenford all my .....

Item I give to every poor householder in Marston a peck of barley

Item I give to my brother Michael 4 sacks to my brother Thomas 2 sacks & to my brother Richard 2 sacks

Item I give to Emme Blabee half a quarter of barley and the rest of my barley and wintercorn to be divided amongst my three bretheren.

Item I give to Thomas Watts my peas & the straw of my corn

Item I do forgive Thomas Hall of Thenford all the money which he oweth me

Item I will all the rest my my goods and "cattalls" unbequeathed to my three bretheren whom I make executors to this my last will

In witness whereof to this my last will I have set my hand the 14th day of October Anno Regina Queen Elizabeth Tertio et....

William Cowper

witnesses hereof

Thomas Cowper

Richard Cowper

Richard Hall

Michael George William [sic]

Debts owing to the said William Cowper

Probate granted 26th May 1565 [NB. I believe Soulderne may be Sulgrave. However there IS a Souldern, quite geographicly close, in Oxfordshire. However if a parish mentioned is in another county, this is usually stated.]