Will (1646) and Probate (1646) of Henry Cowper of Marston Sicca, Gloucestershire - Glos GDR/R8/1646/37

Date: 7 Sep 1646 to 13 Oct 1646
Location: Marston Sicca, Gloucestershire, England
Surname/tag: cowper

Consistory Court of Gloucester, Wills and Probate; GDR/R8/1646/37; Gloucestershire Archives

Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014; Entry for Henry Cowper (accessed 25 January 2023) Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 4294 #128804

Transcribed by Nicholas Adams

This will has particularly poor handwriting.

Contents 1 Will 2 Probate

Will

In the name of God Amen. I Henry Cowper of Marston sicca in y^e County
of Glouc[este]r yeoman being weak in body but of p[er]fect mynd & memory doe make and declare my
Last will and Testament in maner and forme following. ffirst I commend my soule into the
hands of Allmighty God my Creator relying upyn the alone merits of Jesus Christ my
Redemer for Salvation. My body I committ to Christian burial according to y^e discretion
of my Executors hereafter named And touching my worldly estate and goods whereof
God hath blessed me I despose the Same as followeth Inprimis I give to the
p[ar]ish of the Church of Marston Sicca aforesaid the summe of three pounds to be paid to
the Churchwardens according as there shalbe cause found for y^e necessary or convenient disbursion
thereof Itm I give to the poore of the said parish Twentie shillings. Itm I give to each
& every one of y^e children of Thomas Underhill and Anne Underhill nez Cowper my daughter
of Admington w[ith]in y^e p[ar]ish of Quynton the summe of ffive pounds. Itm I give and
bequeath to Edmund Cotterell y^e younger my Grandchild, sonne of Edmund Cotterell &
Joane Cotterell nez Cowper my daughter of Sainbury the summe of Ten pounds, &
to each & every one of the children of the said Edmund and Joane being in ?
five ?besules the said Edmund Cotterell the younger the summe of five pounds. Itm
I give and bequeath to each & every of my domesticall servants twelve pense
Itm my will is that all the Lands and Tenem[en]ts that I have and possess in
Marston sicca aforesaid or wherever else shalbe equally divided betweene my two
Grandchildren Mary Cowper and Hanna Cowper daughters of Thomas Cowper my
sonne deceased , to whom I give and bequeath the forsaid Lands & Tenem[en]ts
To have and to hold to them & to their heires & Assignes for ever. Itm I give &
bequeath all my p[er]sonall effects and goods (not bequeathed, nor hereafter by this my
will to be bequeathed, my debts paid & Legacies discharged) to the said Mary &
Hanna Cowper to be equally divided between them. Itm I give and bequeath
to Mary Cowper my loving daughter in lawe the stock of Cattell ? her Two
yards Lands ?ture in Marston feild according to y^e properties that y^e a[foresaid] Lands in
y^e said feild a[foresaid] above. And I doe hereby nominate and appoint the said Mary Cowp[er
my daughter in Law y^e Sole Executrix of this my Last will & Testament. In
witnesse whereof I have hereunto putt my hand & seale y^e Seaventh day of
September Anoo d[omi]ni 1646. y^e m[ar]ke of
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Henry Cowper

[In the left margin]
Item I give unto my
daughter Anne, y^e wife
of Thomas Underhill
The sum[m]e of five pound
Item I give unto my
daughter Joane y^e wife
of Thomas Edmund
Cotterill the sum[m]e
of tenne pound.

Sealed subscribed and declared
i n y^e pre[sen]ce of
John Bucklew John Knight
Jo: Stephens Richard Collett Joseph Cooper.
y^e mark of y^e m[ar]ke of
Eliz. 0 Bushell . John J Perry
y^e m[ar]ke of
Thomas W Cowper

Probate

Probatum fuit hu[ius]mod[i] testamentu[m] apud Glouc decimo tertio die Octobres
Anno D[omi]ni 1646. Coram Edwardo Williames Presbytero Surrogato ven[erabi]les
viri ffrancisci Babe\r legum doctores R[everen]di patres ? Glouc Ep[iscop]i Vicaris
in Sp[irit]ualibus gen[er]alis &c Ac per eius approbatum &c Commissaq[ue] fuit et
est Aministraco &c Executoric[em[ &c debite pr? (rogore Commissionis in
ea parte emanat[um]) ad Sancta dei evangelia iurat[um] Saluo Jure &c

This testament was proved at Gloucester on the thirteenth day of October
Anno Domini 1646. Before Edward Williames Substitute Priest for the venerable
Francis Baber doctor of laws Revenend father ? Bishop og Gloucester Vicar
general in Spiritual matters &c And also by his approval &c And Administration was and
is Granted &c the Executrix &c due ? (by right of the Grant issued
about that part) sworn upon the Holy gospels of god Preservibg the Rights &c