In this week’s poser, taken from last will and testament of John Knox, the Reformer, from the Edinburgh Commissary Court’s register of testaments 1573 (National Archives of Scotland, CC8/8/2 page 527), we asked you who the executors were.

Answer: the rebel leaders were James Wallace & Joseph Lermont, who had swords pistols and horses.

Transcription
The testament testamentare & Inventare of the guid[is] geir sowms
of money & dettis [per]teining to vmq[uhi]le Johnne knox mi[n]ister of the evangel
of christ Jesus the tyme of his deceis quha deceissit vpoun the xxiiij
day of november The yeir of god jaivc lxxij yeiris Faithfullie
maid & gevin vp be him self vpoun the xiij day of maij the yeir
of god foirsaid and [par]tlie be m[ar]garet stewart his relict Quhome
w[i]t[h] martha m[ar]garet & elizabeth knoxis his dochteris he vpoun
the xiij day of Maij in his Latterwill vnderwrittin no[min]at his executor[is]
testame[n]taris as the sami[n] of the dait foirsaid beiris.


This poser was devised by Ciorstag, an archivist in Edinburgh.

You can see the entire testament and transcript on the Scotlands People website.

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Last week’s poser