Michaell Coles

Prerogative Court of Canterbury will made: 3rd April 1649
Probate Date: 4th May 1649
Proved by Phillippa Coles, wife of the testator
National Archive Catalogue reference: PROB 11/208

The original document is in the custody of the National Archives

Transcript

In the name of God Amen The Third daie of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred Fortie and nyne I Michaell Coles of Laighton bussard in the countie of Bedford yeoman being sicke in bodie but in good and perfect remembrance laud and praise be unto allmightie God, doe make, and ordeyne this my present testam[en]t Concerning herein my last will in manner and forme as followeth First and principally I doe commend my soule into the mercifull handes of Allmightie God my maker and redeemer stedfastlie trusting in him, and that through the meritts bitter death, and passion of his deerelie beloveing sonne Jesus Christ mine onelie Saviour I shall obtaine pardon and forgivenes of all my sins and life everlasting in the Kingdome of heaven And my bodie I doe committ to the earth in hope of a joyfull resurrecion And as touchinge my worldlie and temporall estate, which God hath lent mee in this world I dispose of it as followeth Inprimis I give and bequeath unto my sonne Edmund five poundes of good and lawfull money of England to be paid unto him by my executrix hereafter named towardes the payment of his Fyne, when hee shall take up his Coppiehould land Item I give & bequeath unto my Sonne John twentie poundes of good and lawfull money of England to be paid unto him by my executrix when hee shall accomplishe, and come to the age of one and twentie yeares Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Anne One hundred and twentie poundes of good and lawfull money of England to be paid unto her by my said executrix within three whole yeares next after after my decease, Item my will is that if my said daughter Anne doe die and decease before the time that I have by this my will appointed for her to receive her aforesaid portion without lawfull issue of her bodie That then my will is, and I doe hereby give and bequeath all her said portion of one hundred and twentie poundes unto my two sons Edmund and John to be equallie devided betweene them Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Marie twentie shillinges Item I give and bequeath unto my two kinswomen Thomasin and Winifrede Coles Fiftie shillinges a peece Item my will is, that Phillipp my nowe wife shall surrender and yeild up unto my sonne John and his heires for ever All her estate, right, title, and interest which shee now hath in and to one Cottage standinge in the midle Rowe in Laighton abovesaid called the Hornes and wherein one William Wesson nowe dwelleth with the appurtenances, when hee shall accomplishe and come to the age of one and twentie yeares which if shee the said Phillipp my nowe wife shall refuse soe to doe, and not release That then my will is that shee the said Phillipp shall paie unto my said sonne John eight score poundes at the age aforesaid All the rest and residue of all my goods cattells, and chattells whatsoever I have unbequeathed my bodie being buried, my Funerall expences performed, my debts and legacies paid I doe whollie give and bequeath unto Phillipp my loveinge wife for and towardes her mainten\a/nce, and to educate, and bring upp my children carefully, and in the feare of God untill they come to age and receive their portions And I doe make and ordaine her the said Phillipp my loveinge wife to be my sole and whole executrix of this my present Testament And further my will is, That if my said executrix shall happen to marrie againe That then my said executrix shall paie unto my three children vi[delice]t Edmund John and Anne, to each of them Twenty poundes a peece of lawfull Englishe money over and above the porc[i]on that I have before in this my will bequeathed unto them to be paid into the handes of Marke Wilkes gent[leman] Edward Elliott and Joseph Coles my brother at or upon the daie that shee my said executrix shalbe married to another man, And the said moneyes to be by them put out to the best use and benefitt, of my said three children unto they shall accomplishe, and come to the age of one and twentie yeares And I doe nominate and appoint the said Marke Wilkes gent[leman] Edward Elliott and Joseph Coles my Brother to bee my overseers of this my last will and testam[en]t Wittnes my hand and seale the daie and yeare first abovewritten. The marke of Michaell Coles Sealed signed and acknowledged in the presence of Stephen Martin his marke William Stapp his marke ./.