Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Gah, this will is so frustrating!
The lady who wrote it names a long list of people, and I have hoped that by tracking them and figuring out how they were related to her I would be able to figure out what I really wanted to know, but so far I have had absolutely no luck at all. *bangs head softly against desk*
This is the transcription I have, but I think it contains some mistakes so I am posting a snippet of the original will as well, just in case. Do you think Sir Edward is a Gosling, or do you think he might have any of the other names mentioned, or do we simply not know?
To my cousin Mildred Pilkington I give my chain of gold and a pair of three broad sheets
To my cousin Richard Butler I give twenty pounds
To my cousin Coldwell I give twenty pounds and a ring with a death's head
To my Cousin his wife my two gilt tankards and ten pounds of money and one of my upright bowls.
To my cousin Francis Gosling I give my parcel gilt bowl
To her daughter Marie twenty pounds
To my cousin Sir Edward Imley a piece of plate
To my cousin Mary Brinslie a gold ring with a ruby
To my Lady Goldsmith, her sister a ring with a Turkey
To my cousin Mary Robertson forty shillings to buy a ring
No wonder I couldn't find a Sir Edward Imley or Idney (I tried that too), lol.
Thank you so much again! This was great!
