Nothing as exciting as the will of Henry VIII's goldsmith! Just a simple Yorkshire husbandman's will with a few words I can't decipher. Here's what I have thus far:
In the name of God, Amen. I George Merry of Thornton in
Pickering ______ in the county of Yorke husbandman at this time being
In full remembeance though being sick and weak I do make
this my last will and testament in manner and form following
____ ffirst I comit my soule unto God who saved it and my body
to the earth to be devoutly interred where my dear wife
______ pleased within the church or church yard of _______________
in Thornton aforesaid and for that small estate whereinth
it hath pleased God to bless me I doe give and dispose?
_______and ________ I give and bequest unto George
Merry my sonne the dwelling house with the ___________ wherein I
doe now inhabit (?) with all my lands (?) in Thornton aforesaid to him and his
heirs forever Item I do give unto Elizabeth Merry my
Daughter the____ and full half parte of all my ________ plate____________
and the half of my goods and chattels moveable and immoveable
I doe give and bequeath unto Mary my dear and loving
wife my debts ______ and funeral charges discharged
whereof I do herby make __________ this my last
will and testament witness my hand and seale this fourth
day of December in the fourth year of the Reign of our
gracious sovereign Lord _______the second 1688.
Thanks mucho!
Louise in CA
