County: Essex
Code: D2703
Reference: Chelmsford, Essex RO: D/P 16/25/29
Function: Will




Jn the name of god Amen . in þe Fyrst day of þe Monythe of August ; in þe yer̕ of our̕ lord god . Mo-CCCCCvjto J Agnes Fan of Thaxsted in þe dyoc̕ of london hole of mynde & of good remembraunce
beyng̕ make my present testament in this maner of forme foluyng̕ Fyrst / J bequethe my saule to allmyghty god to our̕ most blyssyd lady þe Mother̕ of mercy & of pyte . and my
body to be beryed in þe Chyrche yerd of þe pariche Chyrche of Thaxsted beforseyd Also J bequethe to þe heygt aulter of þe same Chyrche for my tythes & my offerynges forgotyn xx d
also J bequethe to þe Cathedralle Chyrche of seynt Paule of London̕ xij d also J bequethe to þe lyght of seynt Jamys in þe Chyrche of Thaxsted beforseyd xij d . also J wylle desyr̕ &
hertyly requyr̕ thos men þt be my Fefforys & infefffyd in alle þt Mesuage þt J now dwelle in wt my ij howses & þe gardynes on þe baksyde . and of & in my landis Callyd Drynerys
Croftes Hongrewelle & brettiscroft wt alle þer apertynences to them belongyng make a sufficient state in þe lawe as in þer demene as of Fee to suche onest men as helyn my doutyr
wyf of John proptor wylle chese to her ovne vse & to her chyldyrnes vse John & Rychard So þt J wylle þt the seyd helyn my doutir haue & pesybly holde alle þe forseyd Mesuage
housis gardynes & þe landis beforseyd called Dryneris hongrewelle & brettis fo alle þe terme of her lyf and aftyr her discesse J wylle þt the seyd Mesuage wt houses gardynes & þe forseyd
landis remayne to þe forseyd John & Ryc̕ sones of þe seyd John proptor & halyn my douter to hold to them to þer heyres & to þer assigneis for-euyr-mor̕ . and yf happe þt thes ij childir
deye befor̕ þe seyd helyn my douter Then J wylle that þe seyd Mesuage houses gardynys & þe seyd landis be att þe wylle of ye fornamyd helyn my douter to geue to selle or to do wt them
what she wylle att her owne pleasur̕ . and yf it happe any of þe forseyd childir to deye before þe seyd helyn my douter þt that chyld then beyng̕ on lyve pesybly possesse and
haue alle þe forseyd Mesuage houses gardynes wt þe seyd landis to his ovne propir vse foreuyr-mor̕ and yf happe þt the seyd chyldir lyue bothe after þe discesse of þe seyd helyn̕
my douter Then J wylle þt the Forseyd Mesuage housis gardynes & þe seyd landis be euynly deuydid betwnn þe forseyd John & Ryc̕ sones of ye forseyd John proptor & helyn
his wyf to haue & to hold to them to þer heyres & to þer assigneis for-euer-mor̕ also J bequethe to þe seyd helyn my douter ij Maserys my best gyrdylle my best bedis wt ryngis and
brochis on them as they be my table-clothe of diaper & ij towelis of þe same my best couerlett also J bequethe to Ric Fan my godson my best maser̕ iiij siluyr sponys a couerlett a per̕ of shetes
a table-clothe of Flexen clothe þe wyche J latly sent hym a basyn & an Gur̕ on þs condicion þt þe seyd Ryc̕ Fan shalle neuer troubylle vexe nor greue myn Executoris yf at so be
that þe seyd Ryc̕ troubille vexe or greue or cause to be troubylyd vexid or greuyd my seyd excutorys by hym-self or by any othir persone Then J wylle þt þe seyd Rychard
shalle haue none of tho thinges þt J haue geuen hym . and mor̕-ouyr J charge myn Executoris & J geue them my fulle pouer̕ to recouyr alle þe thinges a-geyn of hym þt J haue
geuyn hym or þe valu of them as they wylle answer be-for̕ god also J bequethe to agnes & alys þe doutyrs of þe same Ryc̕ to eche of them a seluer spone also J bequethe to
harry wryght of Gyfton iij s iiij d or þe value of it & J bequethe to agnes his wyf a seluer spone & a peyr̕ of shetes . also J bequethe to Johan Gweyn of Broxhed my
russett Govne also J bequethe to Agnes Taylour̕ my goddouter a seluer spone . also J bequethe to John & Ryc̕ þe sones of John proptor be-forseyd to eche of them a seluyr spone The
residue of my goodis not of me bequethid after my dettes payed & my costes funeralle done J geue & J bequethe to þe forseyd helyn my douter to her̕ ovne propir vse for-euer-more
The wyche seyd helyn of þis my present testament J make my trewe & feythfulle executrice and wt her J ordeyn Nicholas Gace to be my trewe executor̕ to
whom J geue for his labour̕ a Brasse panne . By thes wyttnessis syr Ric̕ houton prist Ryc̕ wydow Edmond Cobbe and other . made on the day and in
the yer̕ beforseyd ~~~
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