Will of Tobias Gyles

[londonscorpion]

I am having extreme difficulty reading the will of Tobias Gyles. Can anyone please help - it is not very long (19 lines plus another 7 for the probate part). Tobias lived in Alfriston in Sussex.

[londonscorpion]

And the last part.

[philipsearching]

A start on snippet 1

In the name of God amen. The seaventh day of November one thousand
fyve hundred and ffifteene I Tobias Gyles of Alfriston in the Countie of Sussex yeoman beinge
sicke in body but of good and perfect remembrance thankes be given to God for the same, doe ordaine
and make this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following, that is to say ffirst and
principally I bequeath my soule into the handes of Allmightie God my onely Saviour and Redeemer
And my body to be Decently buryed in Christian buriall.  Item I qive and bequeath to the poore
of Alfriston Twentie shillinges.  Item I give unto my neece Rebecca Hommerton(?) Ten pounds
to be paide to her within one yeare after my Decease.  Item I give unto Joane Woode my goddaughter

(and so on)

Philip

[londonscorpion]

Brilliant stuff, Philip. The will transcript in ANC gives a probate date of 24 April 1616 and I have found an FindMyPast burial record for Tobias of 29 January 1616. Given that Tobias was "sicke in body" when he made this will could the date of the will be 1615 rather than 1515? I do note that the S of "Sicke" is very similar to the first character of the first word on the preceding line which you have as "fyve".

I look forward to part 2!

[horselydown86]

Just to clarify a couple of matters in Philip's transcript:

The niece is most likely Rebecca Pemmerton.

The first word of the second line is indeed sixe.

[horselydown86]

...ffive Poundes to be paide her within two yeares after my Decease. Item I give unto my daughter

Margrett Glidde ffyve Poundes to be paid her with in one yeare after my Decease. Item I give

to my sonne William ffortie shillinges to be paid him in houshould stuffe within one yeare after

my Decease at my Executors Discretion Item I give to Edward Paine my grandchild twentie

Shillinges. Item I give to Gyles Glidde my grannd childe twentie shillinges.  All the rest

of my goodes and Chattles I give and bequeath unto Margrett my wife whome I make and

ordaine my whole Executrix of this my last will and Testament.  And I Desire Thomas

Glidde and John Payne my sonnes in lawe to be my Overseers of this my will.  And I give

unto either of them fyve shillinges.  In the wittnes whereof to this my last will and testament

I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the Day and yeare first above written.  Tobias Giles

Witnesses:  Richard Wadsworth and William Aldred

[londonscorpion]

Many thanks HHD for that bit. I had managed a few more (6) lines based on what Philip had done but with many gaps and none of the names.

Are there any more names in the probate section.

[philipsearching]

could the date of the will be 1615 rather than 1515?

Just to clarify a couple of matters in Philip's transcript:
The niece is most likely Rebecca Pemmerton.
The first word of the second line is indeed sixe.

My error - sorry!  It is indeed sixe, not fyve. 

I wasn't sure about Rebecca's surname. (I'm still not sure  ) 

As always, horselydown86 - nice work 

My Latin is too rusty to transcribe/translate the probate properly,

Philip

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Probatum fuit Testamentum suprascriptum apud London' coram venerabili

viro Domino Johanne Benet milite legum Doctore Curie prerogative Cantuariens(is) Mag(ist)ro

Custode sive Comissario legitime constituto Vicesimo quarto Die mensis Aprilis Anno Domini

millesimo sexcentesimo Decimo sexto Iuramento Margarete Giles Relicte dicti defuncti et

executricis in eodem Testamento nominate Cui com(m)issa fuit Administrac(i)o bonorum Iurium et

Creditorum dicti defuncti De bene et fideliter Administrando &c ad sancta Dei Evangelia

vigore Com(m)issionis in ea parte al(ia)s Emanat(e) Jurat(e)  ex'

The above-written will was proved at London before the Worshipful Master John Benet, knight, Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted, on the twenty fourth day of the month of April in the year of the Lord one thousand six hundred and sixteen by the oath of Margaret Giles, the relict of the said deceased and the executrix named in the same will, to whom was granted administration of the goods, rights and credits of the said deceased, to well and faithfully administer etc.; sworn on the Holy Gospels of God, by power of commission otherwise issued in that respect; examined

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I also think Rebecca's surname is Pemmerton. Compare the capital P in Pound(es) at the end of the same line.