Scope and Content
"I bequeath my soul to Almighty God …."; for my mortuary according to the statute; to the mother church of Lincoln 4d; to the high altar of Dean for tithes forgotten 12d;
to son Robert, house which testatrix bought; he is to forgive his brother Walter 6s..8d out of 13s..4d left him by their father, charged on a farm which Walter occupies; Walter is to pay the other 6s..8d to his brother John
to daughter Alice, 10 pair of sheets (7 flaxen and 3 harden), best coffer, feather bed, "one of my harvest gyrdels", half her kerchieves, half her "best covering geare", 4 pillow beres (2 of white work and 2 of black work), and pillows to them, 1 of best pans, pot, posnet, 1 of best kettles, 2 of best candlesticks, charger, 6 platters, 6 pewter dishes, 6 saucers, 2 towels, 2 milch kine, 1 bullock, a coverlet and mattress, 6 sheep, 12 napkins, 2 board-cloths (1 of diaper)
to son Robert, 2 milch kine, a bullock, 6 sheep, 1 pair sheets, 1 blanket, a bolster, 6 pieces of pewter (2 platters, 2 dishes, 2 saucers), and a pot
to son Humphrey, 2 next kine, a bullock, 6 sheep, pair sheets, blanket, bolster, 6 pieces of pewter (as before), a pot
to son Richard, a cow, bullock, a pot, 6 sheep
to son Walter, a cow, bullock, 6 sheep, mattress, pair sheets, bolster, coverlet, blanket
to Thomas Dyllingham's children, each a sheep; to his daughter Alice, a bullock
to William Dyllingham's children - to John, a sheep, Henry, a sheep, Margaret, a sheep and a sheet
to son John, 40s
to Dean church, 2 candlesticks and enough money to buy a grail to sing mass
to each godchild, 3d
"I will that all the poor people shall have a drinking at my burial, and each one to have 4d and some 6d"
residue to son William who with son Henry are executors; sons Thomas and Walter supervisors
witnesses: Harry Murrye, clerk, parish priest; Harry Harryat of Wellingborough; John Streyme of Dean 26 Aug 1557
(ABP/W1558/282) proved 23 May 1558
[for another copy see PA197]