| Will of William Browne, husbandman of West Mersea 1644, transcribed from ERO D/ACW 14/188
Transcription by Meg Ross February 2022
Abstract
Date of will Easter week 1644
Date of probate 6 July 1646
Elizabeth Wood (sister), Thomas Browne (brother)
Mary Locke (fellow servant)
Joanne Lynn, Johannis Gale, Phillippi Johnson (witnesses)
Transcription
1 Memorandum. That in Easter weeke Anno
2 d[omi]ni 1644. William Browne of Westmersey
3 in the Countie of Essex husbandmnan being
4 sicke in bodie but of sound & good memory did
5 make & declare his last will & Testament
6 Nuncupative or disposition of his estate in
7 these or the like words followinge Vidze he
8 gave & bequeathed to his Sister Elizabeth
9 Wood Five pounds And to Mary Lock his
10 fellow servant for the care she had of him
11 in time of his sicknesse he gave & bequeathed
12 the summe of Fortie shillings. All the rest
13 of his goods & estate whatsoever he willed
14 & bequeathed unto Thomas Browne his
15 Brother. w[i]th or the like words he uttered &
16 spake in the p[re]sence & hearinge of Joane
17 Lynn & John Gale. And soone after that he
18 the said William Browne had declared his
19 will as above is specified and Philip Johnson
20 came to visit him And then againe the saide
21 William did repeate & declare unto the saide
22 Philip his will & minde \in words/ to the effect above
23 recited.
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Joanne Lynn
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Joh[ann]is Gale
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Phillippi Johnson
[Probate clause]
Proved at Kelvedon
6th July 1646 in the presence [coram] of Hector
Ford, Master of Arts, Surrogate &c on the oath [iuramento] of the said witnesses
and administration [of this testament?] granted to Thomas Browne
[the first executor?] to well & truly[?] &c sworn
NB Phrases like 'to well and faithfully administer the will' are often abbreviated to 'to well etc'
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