[transcribed by Emma James]


1633_7 – Isable [Quay als Cordeige als] Wright will transcription 1633 possibly KK Michael


(The top left and right corners are missing with ragged edges. There is a fold down the page which hides some letters.)

..... amen. the ..... Januarie .....
..... [I]sable Wright sick in bodie but .....
..... and pfict memorie --nde and pra....
..... [almi]ghtie god doe make this my last will .....
..... as followeth It. first I bequeath my
..... [soul into?] [t]he hands of almightie god my Creator &
[Redee]mer and my bodie to Christian buriall: It I 
[leave] to the poore one boule malt half furlett meale 
and half furlett wheate & two sheepe. Itm I leave to
my grand Children John, Margarett, & Jony Cordeige
one sheepe & one lambe. It I leave to Jony Quay one
gray peticoate. It I bequeath to Ann Caghen one lambe.
It I leave t[o] my sonne William Cordeige 6d legasie
alsoe I bequeath to my daughtir An a fledge & an old pet-
Coate. It I l[e]ave to my grandchildren Gylbert Cordeige
and John Quay one quarter of a heffer. It I bequeath
to my sonne [i]n lawe Gilbert Caghen one quarter of a Cr-
oape of Coar[n]e wch hee had by bargan of Contraction wth
my husbands Consent & my owne Consent. It I leave to
Ffinlo Quay [a]nother quarter of a Croape of Coarne wch I have
duringe[?] my [o]wne[?] life[?] and the said Ffinlo not to have poss-
ession of it [u]ntill hearvist nor of any thinge that be-
longeth unto ... the said quarter of Coarne: likewise it is
my will th[at] the Coarne & meale above mentioned bee
out of the [s]d[?] quarter, I meane the Coarne left to the
poore. Item I doe Constitute & ordaine my lawfull ex-
ecutor my [dau]ghter Isable Cordeige of all my goods moe-
vable & un[m]oveable.

Wm Corde[ig]e hath sworne that the decedents will was that
the funer[al] Charges of Corne & meale be taken out of ye
Crop left [t]o FFynlo Quay. 

pbatu est et solvit   x...

Witnesses
Patrick Cannell minister     Jurati
Ffinlo Quay
Isable Cordeige
An Cordeige

debts due Isable Wright
due from John Woods
of Balin---- 10s. due from
Gilbert C[ag]hen my sonne
in lawe fiv[e?] shillings that
I forgive [hi]m & thinke it
two litle ... him

Invent d[u]e the next
Chaptr ... sub pena 5s.


[Isabel Wright buried KK Michael 20th Feb 1632/3]
[Archdeacon Wills 1626 Court Proceedings Michael gives John Quay aged 70 or thereabouts and his wife Isabel Wright of the same age testifying about church seats belonging to the farm of Ballyrey. (From Joyce Oates’s Arch Wills transcriptions.)]