There are certainly a few problems with this Will of William Berryman.
I, too, have a copy (somewhere) from which I made a transcription some years ago.
Like yours mine showed signs of serious fragmentation and was very difficult to read but I will point out the main differences I can see before proceeding.
1. The first interesting point is that William made a bequest to the Church of ST IVES.
2. I did not find 'youngest daughter JOAN' - but that entry becomes significant.
3. My reading was 'Thomas Beryman sonne Nicholas Beryman' followed by
4. (godson) Wm sonne of Richard MANN of Tow_____
5. I had wife as Joan but could not find or make out the word 'executrix'
6. Witnesses were Nicholas Beryman, John Beryman and William Gilbart.
7. I did not make out the word 'overseer' but did find (my quote) "There are also ____ Beryman, John Beryman and Edward ______ mentioned in the Will but any description of them is missing."
Many of the missing parts of this Will are, as noted, on the right hand side of the page which may possibly account for a couple of our different versions of this Will.
Point 1. The ST IVES bequest is the only readable or remaining reference to any Parish and indicates the probability of a strong connection to that Parish.
Point 2. 'youngest daughter JOAN' becomes significant because of the mention in the Will of Nicholas (1616) of his "sister JOANE".
Point 3. I have obviously made some sort of error here but I am not certain exactly where.
However, my transcript of the Will in the page belonging to William Berryman reads as I have quoted.
BUT - in the 1622 Will of THOMAS BERRYMAN (I believe this to have been the son of William) I have noted the following:-
Named in his father's Will as 'youngest son Thomas Beryman'.
Also mentioned in William Berriman's Will was godson 'Thomas Beryman sonne Nicholas Beryman' which has been interpreted to mean that Nicholas Beryman was William's grandson.
Will proved 13th June 1622. (Thomas Berriman)
Further grant 11th January 1632
Named:-
son NICHOLAS
wife Katherine
daughters Margaret, Chesten and Lucretia
son Arthur
uncle George Berriman
I have no 'great' problem with the term 'godson' here.
I am almost certain I have other instances of this from different Wills where it has been proved with certainty that it was actually a grandson being named.
And also consider the use of terms like 'cousin' which have been discussed on another thread.
I also found no sign of the word 'of' when I transcribed the Will of William which is why I have Nicholas and Thomas the opposite way around.
To help my own thoughts was, of course, the Will of Thomas in 1622.
The one problem with the Will of Thomas is the mention of 'uncle GEORGE BERRIMAN'.
Point 4. 'godson Wm sonne of Richard Mann of Tow___' - was definitely apparent in my copy and I take the Parish to be Towednack. But who was Richard Mann and what was his connection, if any, to William.
Points 5, 6, 7. As noted I was unable to make out the words 'executrix' or 'overseer' from the copy I have but I was able to make out the Witnesses.
I also do not have a note of the actual BEQUEST TO THE ELDEST SON but it could prove significant.
It is possible that this son was Nicholas and he had already been 'looked after'.
As such he may have basically been acknowledged in the Will and was in a position where the job of 'overseer' could be undertaken.
And if I am correct regarding the Will of Thomas Berriman in 1622 then there is possibly more reason to consider that Nicholas really was a son of William.
Once again - A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE.