ABP/R12/14

Folio 14 - Will of John Colling of Stapellfurth in the parish of Luton.

made 2 Sept. 1547 pr. 17 Jan. 1547/8

From: 1547 To: 1548

Burial in the churchyard of Our Lady in Luton. To the high altar in Luton church for tithes forgotten 12d.. To wife Jone his house and lands with appurtenances while she live single, but if she remarries then testator's eldest son William Colling to enter into his house and lands paying yearly to his mother for her lifetime half the rent of house and lands. William to pay to everyone of testator's children 4 sheep, and to every child which has no money a bullock. The wood growing in his close called Dell Crofte is to be sold the money to be distributed among all his children. Executors wife Jone and son William Colling, to whom the residue to pay debts and bring up his children. Witnesses sir Robert Bysshoppe priest, John Jonson priest, John Bowstred and Richard Swhenfourd.

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Colling, John,
Colling, Jone,
Colling, William,
Bysshoppe, Robert,
Jonson, John,
Bowstred, John,
Swhenfourd, Richard

John will: Colling, burial, churchyard, tithes, HOUSING, Staplehurst fields, estate leases, cattle, wood, debt, Staplehurst, LUTON