• Reference
    ABP/R11/5
  • Title
    Folio 3d - Jone Kechener widow of John Kechener of Shytlington made 16 Apr. 1543, pr. 15 Aug. 1543. Burial in the churchyard of All Hallowes in Shitlington. To the mother church of Lincoln 2d..To the high altar for tithes forgotten 4d. To the Fraternity of Jesus 2 bushel of malt. To her sister Elezabeth a red kirtle, one of her best petticoats, a pair of harden sheets, testator's best bonnet, best apron, 2 kerchers and a harden smock. To Thomas Barbor a pair of harden sheets, a brass pot, "a pott haggelles" (a pot hanger) and the pot hooks, a harden table cloth, a cow, a mattress "unstopped", 2 pillows (a better and a secondary), a bolster and a blanket, a coverlet, a bedstead, a pan, a little kettle, 2 pewter platters, a candlestick, and the best table. To Julyan Heyre 2 pair of harden sheets and 2 pillows (a better and a worse), a blanket, the best kettle, the second kettle, the milk kettle, a posnet, a frying pan, the second table and a cow, a banker, the best harden table cloth and a sackcloth undercloth, a kircher next the best, and the coffer at the bed's foot, a gown, testator's best rail, a brazen ladle, the best platter, 2 candlesticks (a better and a secondary), and the bedstead in the loft. To every godchild a bushel of malt, or the value of it. To John Stot a green coverlet and a mattress, a coffer, a bolster, a table cloth (the best of three), a painted cloth that hangs over testator's bed. To Joanne Smyth the second kirtle, and a harden smock. To Agnes Threder the best harden apron, and best workday kercher. To Mathew Pryor a bullock and a chair and a little kettle. To six poor folks half a bushel of malt a piece. Residue at disposition of John Scot and John Threder, executors, each to have 5s.. Supervisor Thomas Pryor, he to have 12d., and an "ambre" (ambry). Witnesses Francis Mylner priest, Thomas Smyth.
  • Date free text
    16 Apr 1543 - 15 Aug 1543
  • Production date
    From: 1543 To: 1543
  • Level of description
    item