Will (1584) of Anne Parry of Tattershall, Lincolnshire

Date: 26 Oct 1584 to 2 Dec 1584
Location: [unknown]

Will of Anne Parry or Parra
This is a transcription of the register copy of the Will of Anne Parry of Tattershall, Lincolnshire. It was written on 26 October 1584 and proved on 2 December 1584. ^[1]

Transcription conventions:
Spelling, punctuation and line breaks are as per the original document.
Crossings through have been included struck out
Paragraph breaks at change of bequest, and bold text are my own for ease of reading.
Where present, the obsolete letter Thorn has been rendered as th, and ff has been rendered as F.
Abbreviations and breviographs have been expanded in [square brackets]
The image quality was good and the writing very legible.
Non standard spelling as per usual for this time period, which has been transcribed verbatim.

Persons mentioned

• Anne Parry Testatrix
• Nicholas Thatcher brother in lawe
• Jeffrey Parra brother
• Atturney
• Witnesses: Nicholas Thatcher, Anthony Snoden?, George Browne

Transcription

In dei nomine amen, Memorandum that Anne Parry of Tatt[er]shall
in the Countie of Lincoln singlewoman about the six and twentith daie of October Anno Domini
one thousand fyve hundred eightie faure: being sicke in body yet perfect in remebrannce, didd
constitute and make her last will and testament nuncupatiue in manner and forme following. First
shee gave and bequeathed her soule to the handes of allmightie god ^[margin note: & her body to the grounde].

Item
gave vnto Nicholas Thatcher her brother in lawe one Obligation wherein her brother
Jeffrey Parra standeth bounde to her for the payment of Fyftye poundes: vsing these
speeches (my brother Jeffrey gapeth? for my deathe) but I pray yowe brother Thatcher
(according to the ?? Atturney w^ch youe haue of me) sue out this Obligation and take the
money into your hande w^ch I gyve youe: And all the residue of my goodes whatsoeuer ./
Witnessed hereof the sayde Nicholas Thatcher & Anthony Snoden? and George Browne./

Secundo die mensis Decembris Anno Domini mill[esi]mo quingentesimo octage[si]^mo
Quarto. Juramento Emanauit commissio Nicholas Thatcher de Tattershall in Comitatu
Lincoln gen??: ad administrandum bona iura et eredita dict defunct iuxta tenorem testamenti
nuncupatiui suprascript pro eo q[uid]? nullum omino no?ia?dif executorem, de bene etc Jurat./

Research Notes

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Anne Parry or Parra

   Reference: PROB 11/67/487

   Description: Will of Anne Parry or Parra, Single Woman of Tattershall, Lincolnshire

   Date: 2 December 1584

   Held by: The National Archives, Kew