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Title: 1628 will
Post by: AH on Saturday 27 September 25 16:13 BST (UK)
I am having great difficulty reading this will & would appreciate any help
I can see:

twenty shillings. Item … …. give and bequeath unto Thomas
Bllocks …. …. xx s and to … …. …. …. …. ….
Robt Dowthwaite and Thom Gaskarth and to … ….
… …. …. …. …..
Title: Re: 1628 will
Post by: horselydown86 on Saturday 27 September 25 16:58 BST (UK)
Here is the early part.  Some of this is quite tentative (uttocks, 13 and some) but I post it for whatever it's worth.

It(e)m shee doth geve and bequeath unto Thomas

uttocks 13 children xxs and to be bestowed of some beast by...

This suggests it was a nuncupative will.
Title: Re: 1628 will
Post by: AH on Saturday 27 September 25 20:46 BST (UK)
Thank you very much for your kind help
Title: Re: 1628 will
Post by: Bookbox on Saturday 27 September 25 23:27 BST (UK)
I can't help much with this, but I don't think it is written Gaskarth, because the last letter doesn't seem to be h. Perhaps Gaskeard ? Maybe that is a variant spelling of Gaskarth ?

Some very tentative suggestions for the 2nd part:

… Rob(er)t Douthwaite, and Thom(as) Gaskeard[?] and to goo fforward to ye

use of ye said childern. It(em) shee doth geve and bequeath

unto Elizabeth Gaskeard[?], Thomas eldest daughter iijli vjs viijd ...

Title: Re: 1628 will
Post by: AH on Sunday 28 September 25 09:04 BST (UK)
Thank you for all your help. I am managing to decipher about 1 letter per day so all your help is greatly appreciated