Cosford, George

WILL: In the name of god Amen the nynth daie of Aprill the yeare of ourLord god 1601 in the fortie and third yeare of the raigne of our sovergneLadie Queene Elizabeth I George Cosford of Watford in the Countie ofNorthampton husbandman being sick in bodie yet of pfect mynd and memory Ithank my god do make this my last will and testament in manner and formefollowing ffirst I commend my soule to god almightie and my bodie to befuried in the churchard of Watford Item I give and bequeath unto mydaughter Elizabeth one cowe and twentie marks of lawful money of Englandto be paied to her by five marks yearelie until the said whole some oftwentie marks be (illeg.) unto the said Elizabeth And if she shall happento be married before all the said payments be discharges in manner andforme aforesaid then my will and mynde is that al the money beheld andnot paied unto the said Elizabeth of the said some of twentie marksshalbe paied unto her in and upon the day of the marriage of the saidElizabeth Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne John five pounds of likelawful money to be paied unto him whin two yeares next after my deceaseItem I give to my sonne Gifford tenn pounds of like lawful money to bepaied unto him wthin foure yeares next after my decease Item I give to mydaughter Marie twentie nobles to be paied bo her in and upon the daie ofher marriage and if she be not married before to be paied unto her at theage of thirtie yeares Item I vive to my daughter Clemence twenty noblesto be pied at such tyme as she shalbe willing to depart from ordiscontinue her abode wth her mother and brother Henry or either of themItem I bequeath unto my sonne Willm five marks to be paied wthin fiveyeares next after my decease Itemmy will and mynde is that the agreementin wrytinge between me and Thomas Rogers my soninlawe dated the eightdaie of October 1596 shalbe pformed according to the true intent andmeaning thereof by my wife Margaret Cosford and Henry Cosford whom I makemyne executrs of this my last will and testament and unto whom (my debtspaied and the legacies in and by this my will bequeathed pformed) I givethe rest of my goodes and chattels moveable and unmoveable ungiven andunbequeathed and I make mine overseers John Davis vicar of Watfordaforesaid to whom I give two shllings for his paines wth me and RobertButcher and John Wills my brother and in repect thereof I give to themthree sixe penie apiece In wytnesse wherof: John Davis John Wills hismarke (proved 15 May 1609)