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In the name of god amen the first day of viii m in the yer of our lord god m iiiii liix I Richard Gower of hadsor in the dyoces of worsr make my last testament in the manr & forme following fyrst I do give & bequethe my soule to allmyghte god and my body to be buryyd in the churchyd __ _______ of hadsor I geve and bequethe to ane psons & Jane smythe one (shype?) betweyn them I do geve to thomas bell my second besst cote Itm to robort my _____ my ____ ____ Itm I geve and bequethe unto John westod my best letherne yerkin & my sword Itm __ _______ ________ a new payr of ______ Itm I do geve to my brother john gower my _ ____ I do geve to s wyllm chese one heyfer I do geve and bequethe unto Margaret my wif __ ___ of the farme of hadsor whych I have by lease of sr thomas packyngton knight _________ yere yet to cm as in the lease _____ at large both ___ if she so ____ __ and if it happen she do not so long lyve then my will ys that the rest of the yere to remayneth unto John my sonne & if John my sonne do not so long lyve then the rest of the yere to remanne to thomas my sonne and if thomas do not long lyve then my wyll is that the residow of the yere in the (lease?)____to cm to ____ ____ unto elnor my dowghtor & hir ass(i)gnes I do geve & bequethe unto my iii chyldren John elnor & thomas all my goods my debts payd & my ___ ___ _____ & all other charge above my wyll disthargyd & I do geve the _______ ____ sold only to my wif towarde the brynging up of my chyldren my wil_ ____ my wif shall have the custodie & use of my chyldrens goods as longe as she keppeth thay ______ my wyll is that John westwod & s wyllm chese shall have the use & custode of my chyldrens goodys to the chyldrens use untyll they cm to lawfull age immediatly after my wif happen to mary agayn and if it happen any of my iii chyldren aforesaid to die before they cm _____ full age then thyr pte of my goode to (reassygne?) amongst the survyvor or (asygnor?) of them I make my executors margaret my wif & John westwod my brother in lawe to performe this my last wyll & testament I desyr my brothers John gower & s wyllm ___ to overse this my last wyll & testament pformyd & kept witness to thys my last will & testament s wyllm chese thomas hunt and thomas bell debts & mony unto me Itm in ___ john ______ vs Itm _____ of hamp__ lovet vvi Itm mr John _ytiton xxvs Itm _____ _____ ___ _____ iis viiid Itm george _____ xiiid Itm simond smythe xvid debte whych I owe Itm _______ to walter gaw xl Itm to thomas lent iiil Itm to willm _____ xxvis viiid Itm to ____ ____ of wych xixl vid Itm to henry osborn xiiis iiid Itm to the goodwyf ______ xxxviiis Itm to wyllm tyll liiis iiid Itm to s wyllam chese xlviis Itm to thomas bell xxiiis Itm to sr thomas packyngton knight xlvs xd __ Itm to the yonge ______ of ______ __ __to ________ _____xis Itm to _______ Jeynes iis __ Itm to sr Thomas packyngton knight xxs pbartn __ vorgocy cord nobis Thomas powell Regum doctret I_li xs lvd P dvonn _r norgocy op_ v_cauo quali _ x July 1560 comsar__ adminstra _ executer __ rcfrate ptate |
| Persons named in this will: wife: Margaret Gower, son: Thomas Gower, son: John Gower, daughter: Elinor Gower, brother-in-law: John Westwood, brother: John Gower, brother: William Gower. Anne Parsons, Jane Smythe, Thomas Bell, Robert ?, William Chese. Sir Thomas Packington - knight, Thomas Hunt, Walter Gaw, Thomas Lent, Henry Osborn, Thomas Powell; and others whose names are unclear. |
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Photocopied by Rick Yarnell 14 January 2006. Transcribed with particular attention to reproducing original spelling - with special thanks to Derek Yarnall. |
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