Hamlet Dove of Hose 1605 Will
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/I/227 page 22
In the name of god Amen in the yeare of our Lord god 1605 I Hamlet Dove of Hoose in the Countie of Leic sycke in bodye but wole in mynde & of good & perfecte Remembrance, thanks be geven to god, I doe ordayne & make this my last wyll & teastament in manner & forme followinge
Fyrste I bequeth my sole unto All myghtye god my Creator & Redeemer & my bodye to be buried in the Churchyard of Hoose
Itm my wyll is that all my goods & Chattells moveable & unmoveable shalbe devided Equally into three Parts, whereof I wyll that my towe Chyldren shall have tow parts of all my foresayd goods And Halse [Alice?] my wyfe whom I make my sole Executrix of this my last wyll & teastament shall have the third part
& I doe appoynt Thomas Hand of Harbey overseer of this my last wyll & teastament
Wytnesses Jhon Hicling minister & Thomas Hand
Probate Melton Mowbray October 1605