Reference
TW349
Title
Copy of will of Elizabeth Brewster, once the widow of William Aleyn, smith, made 7 Mar 1485/6
Date free text
7 Mar 1485/6. Copy made c.1487
Production date
From: 1485 To: 1487
Scope and Content
Body to be buried in graveyard of church of St.Paul of Bedford.
To high altar for tithes and oblations forgotten 40d; to the chaplain of the parish a best linen sheet and 8d; to the friars minor of Bedford for a trental 10s; to a chaplain to celebrate in church of St.Paul in Bedford for souls of testator, her husbands and all the faithful deceased 8 marks, if so much is available, otherwise at the discretion of her executors.
She desires her feoffees to convey her lands and tenements to her executors in order that they may be sold and the money divided between her three sons. Residue for her soul.
Executors: Henry Walker and John Grubbe.
Witnesses: John Barret, William Derlyng, William Danyel and others.
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