Name in Register

[rla10]

Hi, this name should be Marion Lake - would you agree? Also, it looks like it says 'sometyme wyfe of...' What exactly does this mean?

Thanks 

[Marmalady]

"sometime wife of" would mean that at one time she was the wife of ...

Most likely her husband has died and she has remarried so she is no longer described as widow of ...

[rla10]

I also have another one if no one minds helping me. It's the name I can't read - "? daughter of Thomas..."

 

[rla10]

"sometime wife of" would mean that at one time she was the wife of ...

Most likely her husband has died and she has remarried so she is no longer described as widow of ...

Thank you, Marmalady. Would you also agree that it is indeed 'Marion'?

[Marmalady]

It actually looks like "Murder" to me -- the middle letter looks like a "d" --  but as this is unlikely to be her name, i guess i could find Marion instead!

And i have no idea what the name in your second example is

[Colin Cruddace]

The first one doesn't look much like Marion, more like Merloe 
Sometyme wyfe of Wm Lake, doesn't sound as though she re-married, so perhaps separated.

The second looks like Ann but checking for another capital A might help.

Colin

[rla10]

The first one doesn't look much like Marion, more like Merloe 
Sometyme wyfe of Wm Lake, doesn't sound as though she re-married, so perhaps separated.

The second looks like Ann but checking for another capital A might help.

Colin

Hi Colin, the reason I am somewhat adamant that it is Marion is that I have Marion Lake (from the same place as this register is) from 1555 which is the year that burial is. In it, she mentions her husband and that his will should be fulfilled - so a widow -  but does not mention him by name. One of her sons was called William and he seems to be the eldest from what she left him, so perhaps named after his father.

I agree that it doesn't look like Marion though, it just seems like it should be.   

[Colin Cruddace]

Many people did not go by their proper name, so whoever made the entry might have known her by this name. Everything you have seems to point to Marion, widow of William, and many different terms are used to describe a widow.

Colin

[veeblevort]

I think it might say 'Wedoe Lake' i.e., 'widow'. Not a chance of it saying Marion, I
would suggest.

vv.