Lancelot Hore - Will dated 28 Jan 1672/3 and 30 Oct 1674 - Transcription
by Wesley Johnston, first posted 12 Aug 2015, updated 14 Aug 2015
I have separately posted a PDF file of the image of Lancelot Hore's will on Ancestry at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12001386/person/27346944414/media/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid|pgNum
The PDF file consists of three pages:
The exact date of his death and burial is not known, since his burial record has apparently not survived.
There are four sections to the following transcription, separated by dashed lines. The first three sections correspond to the three pages in the PDF file. The fourth section contains my notes about the transcription.
Wesley Johnston
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Roch
30 octob. 1674
[Latin which I cannot accurately transcribe] … Launcelott Hore …
Hore
1674
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1. In the Name of God amen / The twenty eight day of January in
2. the year of our Lord 1672 I Lancelot Hore of ye Pish of
3. Roch in ye County of Cornwall yeoman, being Sick & weak of
4. body but of sound & pfect memory (praise be to God) & knowing
5. the uncertainty of this life & being desirous to ?have? things in
6. order, Do make this my last will & testament in manor & forme
7. following, That is to day, first I commend my soul to Almighty God my
8. Creator & my body to ye earth frō. whens it was taken to be buri=
9. =ed in such Devout manor as to my Executrix hereafter named
10. shall be thought meet & convenient, And first I do revoke &
11. make void all wills by me formerly made & declare & appoint this
12. my last will & testament.
13. Item I give unto my daughter in law Mary Hore between she & her children
14. the house she now liveth in ye Garden adjoining & ye Garden in the
15. Down ??? And also after my Decease between she & her children
16. the upper field next to Mathew Thomas his Down & park.
17. I” I give to my Son John Hore twelve pound.
18. I” I give unto my Son Nicholas Hore the house he now liveth in & ye Gar=
19. den below & ye Joye of ye sd house & alsoe I give unto my Son Nicholas
20. after ye Decease of me & my wife ye close called ????.
21. I” I give unto my Son Lancelatt Hore after ye Decease of me & my wife
22. the close called ye ?Treole?.
23. I” I give unto my Son Stephen Hore after ye Decease of me & my wife
24. the close called ye lower ?????.
25. I” I give unto my Son Thomas Hore after ye Decease of me & my wife
26. the close next above ?partenharvey?.
27. I” I give unto my Daughter Anne after ye Decease of me & my wife ye close
28. called ye upper ??? & ye house ye Henry Walky now lives in
29. wh. ye garden thereunto belonging after ye Death of Jane Walky
30. his wife.
31. I” All the rest of my houses goods & chattles whatsoever not formerly
32. hereby given or bequeathed I give unto Maud my wife upon condi=
33. tion that she shall pay all my Debts & Legacies and make her=
34. self Executrix of this my last will & Testament, In witness
35. whereof I have hereunto sett my hand ye Day & year first above
36. written
37. Signed in ye predences of X
38. John ?Clemens? Jun The sign of Lancelot Hore
39. the sign of T John Mulford
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40. An Inventory of all & singular ye Good & Chattles of
41. Launslott Hore Late of ye pish of Roch in ye County of Corn=
42. wall Dec’ed taken ????? & appraised by John Hore & John
43. Monford yeomens the third day of Aprill 1674
44. --lb? sh d
45. Imp.s his purse & wearing Apparrell -- 02 00 00
46. “ his household goods --03 00 00
47. “ 8 bullocks old & young --08 00 00
48. “ one horse & one colt --01 10 00
49. “ one little tenem.t --13 06 08
50. “ for goods unseen & unappraised --00 03 04
--27 00 00
51. The signe of
52. John T Hore
53. The signe of
54. John T Monford
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Transcription Notes by Wesley Johnston
My goal in doing the transcription is to transcribe the hand-written text exactly as it was written, without corrections or changes. I considered using square brackets within the text to complete abbreviations, but I decided against that, since I really want the transcription to be exactly as the original was written. So the following are notes on specific words on specific lines. Thanks to my cousin, Peter Keam in Australia, who proof-read my first draft and offered corrections.
By line number, here are my notes on the transcription.
2 P[AR]ISH
4 sound and P[ER]FECT memory
6 MANOR is modern MANNER
8 FRŌ. WHEN’S is modern FROM WHENCE
9 MANOR is modern MANNER
15 not sure what the word after Down is
18 and ye JOYE S[AI]D house – not entirely sure about joye
20 not sure what the close is called
22 ?TREOLE? – very unsure of this transcription
24 not sure what the close is called (same as the one in line 28)
26 PARTHEHARVEY appears to be one word, probably a place name – not sure of this transcription
28 not sure what the close is called (same as the one in line 24)
29 W[IT]H – not sure if this is the correct intended meaning of the abbreviation
38 ?CLEMENS? – not sure this is the correct transcription of the surname
41 P[AR]ISH
42 DEC[EAS]ED or maybe DEC[LAR]ED
49 TENEM[EN]T