Reference
ABP/R6/20d
Title
Folio 20d - Richard Stapelow of the parish of St. Peter's of Temysford.
Date free text
made 16 Feb. 1539/40, proved 15 Mar. 1539/40
Production date
From: 1540 To: 1540
Scope and Content
Burial in the parish church yard. To the high altar for tithes forgotten 20d.; to the other altars 8d. each; to the Sepulchre light 20d.;to the bells 20d.; to the high altar for an altar cloth for the front of the altar both above and beneath 10s..
To daughter Agnes Cowper 40s. and a cow.
To godson Thomas Cowper a year old bullock.
To grandson Richard Stapelow a year old bullock.
To granddaughter Agnes Stapelow a year old bullock.
To the children of his daughterAgnes both married and unmarried a sheep each.
To his godchildren 4d. each.
To the children of his son Thomas Stapelowe a sheep each.
To the children of Thomas Merywether a lamb each.
To the child of Luce Maye a lamb.
To the child of Joanne Suddebery a lamb.
As soon as possible after his burial a priest shall sing and say masses for the souls of the testator, his friends and all Christians in the parish church for a quarter of a year.
20 loads of gravel are to be "layd a brode uppon the Doweway to the churche warde".
To the Causeway on Lampytt Grene 10 loads of gravel.
Residue to son Thomas Stapelow and to his son-in-law John Cowper, who are his executors, to latter to have 3s.4d..
Overseer Richard Parkeinge, to have 3s. 4d..
Witnesses William their curate, John [-------]ages senior of Sandey, Richard Cowper of Gamlegay.
Level of description
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