Horrible will to read from 1547 - part 4

[Edward Scott]

31.   * * to * * a * * and I *
32.   * Cottingham my Brother my * * and one
33.   feather dublet a pair of white * * a * *
34.   * I * to * * * * * *
35.   of all my goods not * nor bequeathed in this my
36.   wyll and last testament I * * yo Emme Cottingham
37.   my wyfe whom I ordain and maje my sole executrix
38.   of this of this my wyll and last testament to sole * at *
39.   * as the above * of John Cotingham my Brother
40.   Whom I make Supervisor of this of this my wyll and testa

[Bookbox]

31 Also I geve to marget(?) wade a cowe calfe and I geve

32 to Thom(a)s cottinga(m) my broth(er) my violet coit(?)* and one

33 fustian dublet a pair of white hose w(i)th a mole hatt

34 Also I geve to enye godchild th(at) I have – xij^d The Residew

35 of all my goodes not geven nor bequethed in this my

36 wyll & last testame(n)t I geve them to Emme cottinga(m)

37 my wyfe whome I ordeane & make my sole executrix

38 of this my last wyll & testament to use them at hir

39 descretion at the over sight of John cottingam my broth(er)

40 whome I make Sup(er)vis(or) of this my wyll and testa(-)

* = coat ? (also in part 5)

[Edward Scott]

Thanks you

Edward

[Redroger]

Just a suggestion, Doncaster FHS run a very good transcription service at a reasonable price which transcribed a 50 page document from the court of Star Chamber about a namesake of mine who had been involved in sheep rustling in the 1580s. Well worth trying if really stuck?