Will of William Tomkins of Tysoe, Warwickshire

[K Rees]

Need a second opinion or more to help, especially with monetary transcriptions

Will of William Tomkins, Yeoman of Tysoe, Warwick[shire]
   Written: 27 Jul 1625        Proved: 27 May 1637

   In the name of God Amen, the twenty first day of July 1625.
   I William Tomkins of Tysoe, in the County of Warwick, yeoman, being weak or sick in body but perfect in my mind and memory, thanks and praise be given thanks and praise to God, herefore do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following:

   Firstly, I bequeath my soul into the hands of almighty God, my maker and redeemer, and my body to be buried  in christian burial in full and  certain hope  of  resurrection to external life and those worldly goods my God of his goodness has given me I bequeath as followeth:

   Imprimis  I give to every poor household of this town  …….    …….  …….  – ten pounds
   Item  I give unto my wife 20 pound
   Item  I give unto my son Richard and to his son William ten shillings between them
   Item  I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Darlow ten pounds  and to her children 20 pennies a piece
   Item  I give unto my daughter Joan Somerton ten pounds and to her children twenty pennies a piece
   Item  I give unto my daughter Margaret, Robert his wife three pounds [Maybe Robert Tysoe]
   To Henry that dwelleth with me, I give 10 shillings and two sheep not paid legacy of my will is paid …. …… to be …….   ……  after my decease.
   All other my goods, residue and so bequeathed, my debts paid, legacy and charges and funeral expenses deceased I give and bequeath unto my son Nicholas Tomkins whom I make my full and sole executor.
   In witness several of  I give full to my hand  and seal this  day and year above written
   In the presence of                                                             Signed  William
   John S……..                                                                                  Tomkins
   Thomas Hall

[K Rees]

Maybe the Inventory  might give a second view of the monetary amounts

[goldie61]

…full and certayne hope of resurrection to eternal life …….


…every poore houshould^er of this
Towne {   }  Towne xij^d. It(em) I give unto my wife xx^s
It(em) I give unto my son(n)e Richard Tomkins, and to his son(n)e
William x^li betwixt them.
It(em) I give unto my daughter Elizabeth darlow xij^d, and to
her childre(n) xx^s a peece.
It(em) I give unto my daughter Jone Somerton xij^d, and to her
childre(n) xx^s a peece.
It(em) I five unto my daughter Margaret Robert his wife
Three score poundes.
It(em) to henry that dwelleth w(i)th me I give x^li and Ten
sheepe, All w(hi)ch sayd legacyes my will is shalbe payd
w(i)thin one whole yeare next after my decease

d = pence, so xijd is 12 pence - ie one shilling
s = shillings, so xxs is 20 shillings, so £1
li = pounds (from the Latin ‘libra’ for pound), so xli is £10
a ‘score’ is twenty, so three score is £60


Still trying to work out what comes between the two 'Towne' words.

[Bookbox]

Still trying to work out what comes between the two 'Towne' words.

… of this Towne vide(li)c(e)t* Church Towne – xij^d

* videlicet = namely

[goldie61]

Maybe the Inventory  might give a second view of the monetary amounts

This is the Inventory of his goods.
The other clip was his monetary bequests in the body of his will.

It's an interesting Inventory though.
It mentions 'ready money' - ie cash in his pocket or at hand - x li - 10 pounds;
'houshould goodes stuffe'; 'horses, beastes, sheepe, pigges; 'corne and grasse'; 'cartes, ploughes, harrowes'; etc
 
The total of his goods, 'Sum(m)a totalis', is CCv^li 8^s iiij^d
I can only presume that's an '8' for shillings. I can't think that it's any Latin numeral.

I love all these 'marks' of the appraisors!
It's a bit of a myth to say everybody made a cross for the mark for their name.


 

[goldie61]

Still trying to work out what comes between the two 'Towne' words.

… of this Towne vide(li)c(e)t* Church Towne – xij^d

* videlicet = namely

Thanks Bookbox.
I thought it must be some Latin word!

[goldie61]

You've not posted the first or last bit of the will K Rees.

In your transcript of the whole thing in your first post, near the end you have written
" In witness several of  I give full to my hand ", which doesn't seem quite right.
If you'd like to post that bit, we can have a look.

[K Rees]

Page 2 of Will

Thank you very much to both for your great assistance (and solutions).
Keith

[goldie61]

The line reads:
in witnesse whereof I have set my hand and seale


The date the will was written is the 27th day of July, not the 21st as you have written.
xxvij = 20 + 5 + 2