Will of John Coke of Shipton, 1467 (proved 1468)

Herts RO 1AR121

[translated from Latin]

In etc. On 4 April AD 1467 I John Coke of Shypton in the parish of Wynselowe, sound of mind, make etc. and my body to be buried in the churchyard of the parish church of Wynselowe aforesaid. Item I bequeath to the high altar 2 bushels of barley. Item to the light of St Mary 1 bushel of barley. Item to the light of St Mary in purification 1 bushel of barley. Item to the light of St Nicholas 1 bushel of barley. Item to the light of St Thomas the martyr the same amount. Item to the light of the holy cross 2 bushels of barley. Item for the repair of the torches 2 bushels of barley. Item for the uses of the small bells [campanul'] the fruit of one acre of barley. Item for the maintenance of the porch 12d. The residue indeed of all etc. I give and bequeath to my executors. And William my brother and Stephen Tomlyns I ordain, make and appoint my executors to dispose etc.

[Probate granted 10 June 1468]

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Notes

John Cok had a wife called Alice when in 1460 they sold a shop in the butchers' market (WMCB p.704). John bought it as a plot of land from Stephen Thomlyn in 1456 (p.690). John and Alice acquired a messuage and about 9 acres of land from John Maundevyle in a deathbed surrender in 1448 (pp.631-2), and John alone received a messuage from him in 1442 (p.611). In 1429 John refused to take a toft and half-acre of land on the death of his father John Cok (pp.517-18).