Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    ABP/R13/8
  • Title
    Folio 5d - Elisabeth Alen of Eversholte widow made 6 pr. 27 Nov. 1556. Soul to almighty God, to our lady St. Mary and to all the holy company of heaven, and burial in churchyard of Eversholt. To mother church of Lincoln 2d.. To Elisabeth Garrold her best red kirtle, 2 smocks, and her painted cloth hanging in the hall called the halling. To goddaughter Mary Garreld a featherbed and the bolster, a brass pot, my best candlestick. To Richard Bayley a mattress, a coverlet, a pair of sheets and a kettle with a bale. To Frances Bayley the daughter of Richard Bayley a brass pot and a [?sawser]. To Thomas Wrighte’s wife one sheet. To J. Brackley a gown which was a priest’s gown, he paying unto testator’s executors on her burial day 3s. 4d.. To the same John Bruckley’s wife a kercher, a napkin, a smock. To Agnes Brackley a pewter platter, a pewter dish, a basin. To Ellyn Purrat a smock and a napkin. To Alis Fard a smock and a napkin. To Joane Gaskyne a smock and a napkin. To Margaret Urlam widow testator’s black kirtle , her best petticoat save one, a pair of sheets. To Michells wife and Jone Wolman a sheet betwixt them. To Elisabeth Nycolson a petticoat and a smock. To testator’s daughter Elizabeth Alen her best petticoat, a smock, an apron, a kercher and a rail. To Joan Cowper the daughter of John Cowper a pair of sheets, a towel, a pewter plate, a pewter dish and a candlestick. To the poor people inhabiting Eversholt on day of testator’s burial 10s.. To Anne Davy the best coverlet and beads. Residue to John Arnold otherwise called Cowper and William Garrold who are executors, to dispose for her soul’s health and for all Christian souls. Witnesses R. Carter and John Whitmore with others.
  • Date free text
    6 - 27 Nov. 1556
  • Production date
    From: 1556 To: 1556
  • Level of description
    item
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