1530 (April-May)
Testamentum Willelmi Fox de Bennyngton [Longa].
[L.C.C., 1520–31, f. 152.]
10 April, 1530. Ego Willelmus Fox de Bennyngton, husbandman,
condo testamentum meum in hunc modum. Inprimis lego animam
meam Deo Patri omnipotenti beate Marie ac omnibus sanctis curie celestis,
corpusque meum sepeliendum in cimiterio sancti Swythuni de Bennyngton predicta. Item reparacionibus ecclesie de Lincoln'. Item
summo altari de Bennyngton xijd. Item lego cawsy iiijd. Item lego
Thome Atkynson vnam ouem ouiculam cum agno. Item Thome Pauson
vnam ouem ouiculam cum agno. Item lego capelle de Stanton viijd.
Item lego Alicie Fox pro mercede sua vnum vitulum. Item lego noue
campane viijd. Residuum vero bonorum meorum non legatorum do
et lego Elizabethe vxori mee. Emote matri mee vnam vaccam. Et
vt Elizabetha vxor mea disponat et ordinet pro salute anime mee sicut
ei melius videbitur expedire. Datum apud Bynnyngton predictam die
et anno supradictis. Hiis testibus domino Roberto Barnesley capellano
Johanne Hunt et Roberto Pauson cum aliis.
Proved before P., at Lincoln, 8 May, 1530.
[The testament of John Busshy of Scothern].
[Stow, 1530–52, f. 231d.]
In Dei nomine in the yer of our Lorde God a m (fn. 1) cccccxxx the xv daie
of Aprill. I John Busshy of Scothorn of hoole mynde and goode remembraunce makith my last will and testament in fourme folowyng. First I
bequeth my saule, etc. I will that ther be doon a trentall of masses for
my saule. Item I bequeth to the hye aulter of Scorthorn iiijd. Item to
our Lady werk of Lincoln iiijd. Item to sainct Hugh heed iiijd. Item
to the graye and the freres at the Grise fette on stryke of barly. The
residue of my goodes not bequeth I giff unto William Busshy to paye
my dettes and to performe my will [etc.], whom I make myn executour.
Thies beyng wittenesse Richard Pykryn and William Kyrk with other
moo.
[No probate act.]
The testament of Richard Pollys [of Kirton in Holland].
[L.C.C., 1520–31, f. 204d.]
5 May, 1530. I Richerde Pollys of Kyrton in Holand makes my
testament and last wyll. My body to be buryed in the churche yerde of
the appostellys Peter and Paule in Kyrton, wt my mortuary as the lawe
shall require. To the reparacions of our mother church of Lincoln' iiijd.
To the orphanys in saynt Catheryns iiijd. To the reparacions of my
parysh churche in Kyrton iijs. iiijd. To euery alter in the sayd churche
iiijd. To the Trinite alter in Kyrton churche on vestment of xls. price.
To Agnes my wyff vij mylke kye and vij calvys and ij amblyng merys
wt ther folys, xxty yowys, and xxty lammys. To Phylip Lyster ij yong
kye. To Nicholes Lyster ij yong kye, and to Grace Lyster iij yong
kye and ij yowys wt ij lammys. To Richerd Clypson my god sun on
ewe wt a lamme. To Richard Thomson my godsun on hogge wt a lamme.
To Thomas Richerdson my seruaunt a gray meare, and [folio 205] on
burlyng rede brandede. I will that John my sonne haue my furryd
gowne, and Phylip Lyster my beste cote, and Robert my sonne my
russyt gowne. And yff so be tht my wyff be wt chylde yff it be a man
chylde I will that it haue iiij kye ij marys and vj yowys, and yff it be a
woman chylde I will that Robert and John my sonnys gyff to her at the
day of her mariage xxty nobyllys. I will that my wyff haue halffe of
my rye tht is on the grounde, and Robert and John my sonnys the other
halffe. I wyll that my wyff haue on acre of whete, on acre of barly, and
on acre of benys. I will that Robert my sonne haue iiij acres pastre
namyd Mantyllyng, the wich was hys mother joynter. All the rest of
my landes I will that they remayn to my wyff towarde the fyndyng off
John my sonne at schole to suche tyme as he comme to the age of xxjty
yeres, and then I will that all my landes excepte the iiij acres before
namyd be equally deuydyd betwyxt Robert and John my sonnys and the
chylde tht my wyff is wt yff it be a man chylde, and so to remayn to them
in fe simple; and I will that my house in Willyngton wt my horse mylne
at the diuision of the sayd landes be in Robertes parte; and yff any of
them fortune to dye wt in the age of xxjty yeres then I will tht hys parte
tht is ded bothe landes and goodes remayn to them that survyvis, and
so eche of them to be others heyres. To Robert my sonne on matteres
on pare of schetys wt all other thynges necessary to the sayd bed. To
John my sonne on fetherbed wt all other thynges necessary to the sayd
bed, and to ich off them on brasse potte, on brasse panne, and on chyste.
To Robert my sonne my shodde carte, my plough, wt all the gerys that
pertenyth to them. I will that the reste of my croppe on the grounde
vnbequethyd be solde be the discrescion of my executor to pay my rentes
and my dettes and yff the sayd croppe vnbequethyd will not pay all
my rentes and my dettes then I will tht it be takyn of xiiij of my [folio
205d.] fatte neytt so miche as shall be nede to pay the resydewe of my
dettes. I will that the resydewe of my catellys not wytt be equally
devydyd betwyxt Robert and John my sonnys, and I will that Thomas
Poolys haue Robert my sonne in hys kepyng wt hys stoke, and the sayd
Thomas to receyve the rente of the forsayd iiij acres yerly to the vse and
profyt of Robert my sonne to suche tyme as he shall cum to the age of
xxjty yeres, and then to delyuer to the sayd Robert hys stoke and hys
goodes as it shalbe praysyd wt the forsayd lande and all the proffyttes
therof renewyng. I will that Agnes my wyff haue in her kepyng John
my sonne wt hys stok to suche tyme as the sayd John shall cum to the
age of xxjty yeres, and then she to delyuer to the forsayd John hys stok
as it shall be prasyd, and yff so be that Agnes my wyff do not kepe my
sonne John at scole then I will that Thomas Poolys take him to hys
kepyng wt hys landes and goodes, and he to fynde hym at scole wt the
proffyttes renuyng therof duryng the yeres before namyd, and then to
delyuer to him hys stok as it is before playnly expressyd. The resydewe
of my goodes not wytt I putte them in the disposicion of Agnes my wyff,
whome I make my executrix to dispose them to the most pleasure of
God, to pay my dettes, [etc.], and I make Thomas Poolys supervisor,
and I gyff hym a red dowyd cowe wt a fleckyd calffe. Thes beyng wytnes,
Thomas Cheny prest; sir George Lincoln'; sir Thomas Est; William
Walker; wyth other moy.
Proved before P., at Freyston, 11 August, 1530. Administration
granted to the executrix.