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Facts and Events
A transcription of his will:
In the name of God Amen The ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and fifty and six I John Cooke of Birbury in the County of Warwick yeoman being weak of body, but of good and perfect memorie , thanks be given for God's Callinge to mind the incertaine estate of this present life I doe make this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following: first beinge sorry for my sinnes past And desiringe forgiveness for the same I give and remitt my Soule unto Almighty god And my body unto the earth from whence it was taken to be buried in such a christian manner as my executors shall thinke meete and conveynient And now for the Setling of my temporall estate and such goods and chattels as it hath pleased god to bestowe upon mee I doe order give and dispose the same as followeth first I give to my Sonne George and to his heires that quarterne land of mine which lyeth in the parish of East Lemington but if hee marry and have not issue, After his life and his wives life then to my sonne John's eldest sonne and his heires forever. Item I give to my Sonnes' and daughter's children tenn shillings apeece to be paid within one year after my decease Item I give to my brother Robert twenty shillings And to my two Sisters tenn shillings apiece to be paid within half a year after my decease As for my wife and my Sonne George I make them Executors together And I leave all those goods and chattels which the Lord hath lent mee to them they only paying the forenamed legacies But if my Sonne George marry and they cannot agree to live together Then my will is that hee pay her Threescore pounds twenty within one month after shee goes from him and forty pounds within half a year after that if shee lives soo long In Testimony that this is my last will and Testament I have sette my hand The ninth of June one thousand six hundred fifty and six John Cooke [...ed] and subscribed in the presence of Timothy Cooke Mary Rose
This will was proved at London the six and twentieth day of the moneth of March in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred fifty and seaven Before the Judges for probate of wills and granting administration lawfull authorized by the oaths of Alice Cooke the relict and George Cooke the naturall and lawfull Sonne of the said deceased Joynt Executors named in this his last will and Testament To whom was committed administration of all and singular the goods chattels and debts of the said deceased They the said Alice Cooke and George Cooke beinge first sworne in due forme of law by vertue of a commission well and truly to administer the same
References
- ↑ Parish Register.
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