WELL,WELL,WELL WHAT A WILL!!

[elizabethjones1]

Have found this in the will of a very distant relative 1538 !!!---TO WIFE MARGARET.80 SHEEP+20 LAMBS,2 HORSES,2 OXEN,2 BULLOCKS 5 QUARTERS OF WHEAT & 5 BARLEY(AND ALL SHE BOUGHT WITH HER ON MARRYING)
TO SON RICHARD ALL THE RESIDUE OF THE ESTATE.
TO SON THOMAS THE BED "WHCHE MY MAIDENS LYSE IN" 40 SHEEP,A COW AND A BULLOCK.
TO SON SYMOND "THE BED BEHIND THE STREET DOOR" 40 SHEEP, A COW AND A BULLOCK.
Bequethe to every one of my ""goodchyldren""! 2 sheep each
What a lot of bullocks he hadEliza.

[Jan1954]

What a fascinating document.

Makes me wonder how I can make mine more interesting...

(Unfortunately, I have neither sheep nor bullocks...)

[ChristineR]

THE BED "WHCHE MY MAIDENS LYSE IN"

[yorkshirecath]

Thats fabulous!
Where on earth did you find that??

[*bunty*]

That is a neat will! I love the language used!

[elizabethjones1]

Thats fabulous!
Where on earth did you find that??

It was on the jolly old net and as I am always putting in the odd name just to see what I come up with, I too was really surprised.Mind you this is a huge,huge family branch and a very active one with some truly extraordinary skeletons in the cupboard!!!

[yorkshirecath]

Ah the ways of the internet. What would we do without it!!