Dear All,
I was hoping for some help with filling in the gaps in a transcript I made from the 1710 will of Richard Puttick (otherwise Puttock or Puddock).
I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post an image of the original will but it can be found on Ancestry here:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/437444:1704?tid=&pid=&queryId=124f5db7-0578-4225-b75b-2ef6fcd321a2&_phsrc=TKa4353&_phstart=successSourceI'd be particularly interested in: (i) ascertaining the word at the end of the fifth line down from the top ("churchyard of [...]"), (ii) filling in the significant gaps towards the end, and (iii) confirming the married name of his daughter.
Anyway, here is what I've got (be it right or wrong).
[torn off] the twenty-fifth day of October in the year of our Lord [illegible] 1710 I Richard Puttick of
[torn off] yeoman being [illegible] in body and well in mind [illegible]
[torn off] of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do [illegible] make and
[torn off] last will and testament in manner and form following First of all I give and [?recommend]
[torn off] hands of God that gave it and my body to be buried in Christian burial in the parish churchyard of [illegible]
[torn off] like manner at the discretion of my executor nothing doubting but at the general resurrection
[torn off] the same again by the mighty power of God, and as touching my [?worldly] estate wherewith it hath
pleased God to bless me in this life I give and [?dispose] of the same in following manner and form Imprimis I
[?give] & bequeath John Puttick my son the sum of fifty pounds in one year after my decease to be paid him by Jane
my wife or her assigns Item I give unto Joane my wife whom I make and ordain my [illegible] and sole
executor of this my last will and testament all and singular my lands messuages and tenements [illegible]
Item I give unto Jane Bucker my daughter the sum of fifty pounds [illegible] and ten pounds after my
decease And all the rest of my lands and goods and chattels [illegible] I give and [?bequeath] [illegible] my wife
whom I make my sole executor [?till] my son John Puttick [illegible] to the age of one and twenty
years And then all my land ground and barns stables and stalls [illegible] shall be [illegible]
to John Puttick my son by Joane Puttick my executor paying her ten pounds [illegible]
[illegible] [?revoking] [illegible] all and every other
[illegible] former wills and legacies and executors by me in [?any way before] [illegible]
named [illegible] and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my
last will and testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal the day and year above written.
[illegible]
in the presence of
Ann [?Bolding]
her A mark Richard Puttick
his mark
Mary [illegible]
her mark
Walter Knight
Thanks!
Richard