A few words in 1545 will John Gylman

[goldie61]

Hi
Can anybody help me out with a few words please?

‘ to Raffe gylmon my sonne a bu?  ? also I be quyth to alys gylmon a lamme also I be quyth to jone gylmon a lamme also I be quyth to elisabeth ^ mort^ a lamme also my ?  ?   & my ?  ?  ?  ?  the rest of my gods not be quyth “

Bushell oats??
Many thanks

[GR2]

busshell otts

also my detts payd and my bode brought forth honestle

i.e. debts paid and his body given an honourable burial

[arthurk]

I agree with GR2 on more or less everything - the only thing I would point out is that the symbol at the end of "otts" and detts" is actually a contraction used at the end of a word, representing the letters "-es" (or "-is" or "-ys"), so it's actually "ottes" and "dettes".

This is mentioned in TNA's palaeography tutorial at:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/where_to_start.htm#abbreviations
They give "oates" as an example - as you're no doubt aware, spelling varied enormously in the 16th century, from one part of the country to another, and quite often within the same document. So no problem with finding "ottes" here.

Arthur

[goldie61]

Many thanks to you both.

Interesting it was that 'double t' that threw me twice!
I'll be on the look out for it next time 
Not sure I would have thought 'otts/ottes' was oats though even then. Thanks for the link to TNA.