Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    ABP/R11/122
  • Title
    Folio 90d - Maryan Honor widow of John Honar of Eyton [Bray] made 13 Sep. pr. 16 Oct. 1545. Burial in church yard of Eyton. Her executors to be her father and mother Mathewe and Jone Pedder. To the high altar 2d.; to the bells 4d.; to the torches 4d.; to the Sepulchre light 2d.. To her brother Thomas "the same cow that my husband bought of my said brother". To her sister Elen a cow. The third cow she wills "to the child in my body" and if the child die, then the cow to go to her sister Elen. To her sister Jone a pair of flaxen sheets, her worst coverlet and a blanket with the best bolster save one. To her sister's child Jone her best kerchief. To testator's sister Alys a platter. To sister Elen her best gown, best kirtle, best petticoat, best coverlet, a blanket, a bolster with a mattress and 3 coffers. To her ghostly father 12d. Testator's part of the crop to be sold to pay her husband's and her own debts. Her horse and 5 sheep to be sold and used for her soul. The other half of the crop, that is the child's part (if the child does not survive) to be sold and used for souls of husband, self and all Christians at the discretion of her "gostely father" and her brother Thomas Cutlet. Her best sheet is to go to the font in Eyton church. A bushel of barley to her "Bee", and a quarter of barley that her husband's brothers have of hers is to be distributed to poor people in the parish of Eyton at the discretion of her ghostly father and her brother Thomas Cutlat. To Thomas Cutlat 2 store pigs. All her wood in the yard, and her part of the hay, and all her plough gear, her best cart, and the residue of her her goods, to her father and mother to dispose for her soul. Witnesses John Peryn curate, Thomas Croker, Mathew Pedler.
  • Date free text
    13 Sep - 16 Oct 1545
  • Production date
    From: 1545 To: 1545
  • Level of description
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