Reference
ABP/R12/70
Title
Folio 70 - Will of Robert Dodd of Blownham.
Date free text
made 8 Dec. 1541, pr. 13 Dec. 1549
Production date
From: 1541 To: 1549
Scope and Content
"Furst I bequeth my soull to Allmeghtie God and to his mother Sanct Mary and to all the holy compeny of heven" and burial in the church or in the churchyard of St. Edmund in Blownham. To the high altar for tithes forgotten 4d.; to the bells 4d..
Wife Agnes to have his house and lands for the term of her life, and then both house and land to be sold and the money used for souls of testator and his wife and all their friends. However, should wife be in need, then she can sell the house and land and use half the money arising, and the other half to be used for their souls. To wife Agnes also all moveable goods to pay debts and pay for the burial.
Sole executrix wife Agnes, and overseer Richard Ward.
Witnesses Richard Ward, John Cowper, Thomas Bamford.
Level of description
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