Thomas Kinnersley will 1592

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Will of Thomas Kynnersley 1592
proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 3 December 1593 ^[1]

In the name of god: Amen the fift/
day of Julye in the yere of oure Lorde god one thousande fyve hundred nynetie twoe/
and in the fower and thirtithe yere of the Raigne of our soueraigne Ladye Elizabethe/
by the grace of god of England ffrance and Ireland Quene Defender of the faith

I Thomas Kinnersley of Badger within the countie of Salop Esquire and of /
the Dioces of Hereford beyng weak in bodye but of good and perfect memorye /
I thank Almightie god for the same do make this my last will and testamente in manner/
and forme folowinge

ffirst of all I bequeathe my soule unto Almightie god my creator -/
faythfully trusting by the merittes of the passion of his deere son Jesus xriste^[2] my Redemer /
to be made a member of his heavenlye kingdome My body to be buryed in the parishe churche/
or chauncell of Badger aforesaid in suche convenyent place as shall like best my Executors

Item where I have before this tyme by deede in wrytinge Indented betwixt me on the one xte^[3]/
and Thomas Woodcocke of Bridgend within the sayed countie gentleman my sonne in/
lawe and Edward Kinnersley my second sonne on the other parte bearing date the tenth/
Day of June in the fower and thirtithe yere of the raigne of her sayed Maiestie^[4] as well/
for the intent of the performance and payment of certain Debtes and sommes of monye/
conteyned in a certeyne Schedule to the sayed wryting indented annexed as allso for many other/
reasonable considerations gyven graunted bargained solde and confirmed unto the sayed/
Thomas Woodcocke and Edward Kinnersley and to theire assignes for ever all and singular/
then my goodes chattels and cattells whatsoever yet nevertheless and forasmuche my/
Intent is that the matters in the said schedule conteyned shall after my decease be fullye/
performed And forasmuche allso as there be dyvers debtes and thinges in righte or accon^[5]/
due unto me which I could not passe from me by the sayed wryting indented Therefore/
my will is and I give and bequeathe to my executors the said debtes and thinges in righte/
for the intente aforesaied and do leave them and all other thinges to the order and disposition/
of my executors; And of this my last will and testament I make constitute and/
appoynte the sayed Thomas Woodcocke and Edward Kinnersley my true and lawfull/
executors to do and performe this my last will

In wytnesse whereof I have subscribed/
my name theise beynge witnesses (corrected in margin : these beareinge witnesse) Thomas Warter, William ffitzherbert, Willm/
Walter, Richard Martyn, Thomas Kynnersley

(in margin T Thome Kinnersley)

(three words in margin … boardinge …) unclear where these were to be inserted

Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury at London on 3 December 1593

Probatum fuit h[uius]mo[du]s Testament/
apud London coram Mag[ist]ro Willmo. Lewin legum doctore curi[a]e prerogativ[a]e Cantuarien[sis] -/
a Mag[ist]ro custode sive Commissario tertio die mensis Decembris Anno Domini millesimo quingen[te]s[im]o/
nonagesimo tertio termino Juramento Thome Fles Notarii publici procurator Thome Woodcocke et/
Edwardi Kynnersley Executorum in h[uius]mo[d]i testamento nominat. Quibus commissa fuit/
Administrac(i)o bonorum iurium et creditorum di[cti] Def[uncti] de bene et fideliter Administrand(o) ea[dem]/
ad sancta dei Evangelia Jurat

Transcription conventions

Original spelling and (lack of) punctuation. / = line ending. Paragraphs inserted for ease of reading

Sources

1. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"/
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 82/ Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #928684 (accessed 24 July 2022)/ Will of Thome Kinnersley of Badger, Shropshire, England, granted probate on 3 Dec 1593. Died Abt 1593.
2. ↑ Christ
3. ↑ parte
4. ↑ i.e. 10 Jun 1592, less than a month before the will
5. ↑ sc. a reference to “chose in action”, legal French meaning a personal right over property which can only be claimed or enforced by action, and not by taking physical possession