Will of Elizabeth Emerlie of Helmdon dated 1657 (PCC)

[rkraeuatzd]

Could anyone please help with the name of the testator's daughter in this extract please (I suspect that it's a family name). Many thanks!

Full will available at Ancestry at: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/5111/records/995883?tid=&pid=&queryId=11e4c1cd-f1b1-499a-a7ff-452481b704aa&_phsrc=jlo272&_phstart=successSource

[Vance Mead]

Looks like Kelons, possibly Kelous.

[horselydown86]

I would say that Kewne is most likely.

Have a look at the final e in presence, just after her (copied) signature at the end of the will, and at the final e in what I think is Deere (with three types of e in five letters) in Deere and Loving husband in the last line of the first page.

[rkraeuatzd]

Thanks both for the input. To be honest I wasn't even initially convinced that the initial letter was a K, but you both didn't hesitate. I see the point about the impossibly numerous variations of the letter "e", but I think I've still a way to go before I can definitively cross-reference it with other documents.
THanks again,

[horselydown86]

To be honest I wasn't even initially convinced that the initial letter was a K, but you both didn't hesitate.

There's a will of one Anne Rowley on image 524 of the image set.  The Rs in her and her husband's surnames, and in Rosemarie (used in Rosemarie Lane about the middle) are all the same and distinctly different to the initial of your surname.

[rkraeuatzd]

I've been doing a bit of digging around, and I've found a number of people called Collis associated with the family. So, though I'm still not yet certain, I'm coming round to the idea that the name in the will is a phonetic rendering of Collis, such as "Kolous" so maybe more like Vance suggested.

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