1629 Will transcription request

[Peter Cockerill]

Dear Friends

Attached is the 1629 Will of Anne Davenport nee Homersley/Hamersley, wife of Raffe/Ralph Davenport of Lower Withington,Wheltrough, Cheshire. Her first husband was Ottwell Gardner with whom she had a son Ralph and grand children Lydia, Thomas, Jane ,Marie, Elizabeth.

I would be most grateful for any help with this. Thank you so much
Peter

[horselydown86]

Date:  21 December 1629

Testator:  Anne Devenport of Wheltrough in the County of Chester widow

She gives all her goods chattells and cattles moveable and unmoveable to John Davenport her son to bestow what parts thereof [not clear] he thinks to make amongst some of her friends.

The residue remains to John, he discharging the funeral expenses and paying unto Raphe Gardner her son, Richard Davenport her son, and Anne Davenport her daughter twelve pence in the name of their filial Child parts and part of all her goods.

She makes John Davenport the executor and Raphe Gardner the overseer.

One witness is Edward Hollinshed.  There may be another witness named Edward ok?.  This is cut off at the bottom.

[Peter Cockerill]

Thanks so much Horsleydown 86 I am most grateful.

Very best wishes
Peter

[horselydown86]

In nomen dei Amen vicessimo p(ri)mo ^die^ Decembris An(n)o Dom(ini) 1629  I Anne Devenport of Wheltrough [in]

the Com' of Chester vid(ua) being weake in bodie but p(er)fect in sence and memorie and Doubting the [?]

tyme of my Disolucion Doe make and ordayne this my laste will and testament in mann(er) and [forme]

followinge vizt  ffirst I give and bequeath my Soule to God Almightie confidentlie believing in the

meritt(es) [?] Jesus Christ to have free forgivnesse and remission of all my sinnes:  And my bodie to bee [b?]

at the dispose of my Executor herein nomi(na)ted:  Alsoe I give and bequeath All my good(es) Chattells and

Cattles ^Dept(es)^ movables and unmovables of what nature & quallitie soev(er) they bee in whose hand(es) & what

place soev(er) they remay(n)e to John Davenport my sonne to bestowe what p(ar)t(es) therof in [?]

hee thinketh meete among(e)st some of my frend(es):  [?] And therof and residue to remayne to him

the said John hee paying and discharging my funerall expenc(es) and lykwise paying unto Raphe

Gardn(er) my sonn(e) Richard Davenport my sonne and Anne Davenport my Daughter to [any?] of them

twelvepence for and in the name of theire filliall Child p(ar)t(es) and p(ar)te of all my Good(es):

Alsoe I make and ordaine the said John Davenport my true and lawfull executo(ur) of this my

laste Will to p(er)forme the same according to the trust in him I repose and I [Desire?] the said

Raphe Gardn(er) to bee ov(er)seer of the same to se it Duly p(er)formed  In Wittness whereof I have

hereunto sett my hand and Seale the Daie and yeare first written

[Peter Cockerill]

Dear Horsleydown86,

This is immensely generous of you and I am deeply grateful.

Thank you so much

Peter