THOS1559.doc [6832] My handwritten number 4A/4B
Received from Bedfordshire Record Office 26th September 1996
Their reference ABP/W1559/74 (BOTLE/BOTLEYE/BOTTLEY)
.... of .... ye yere of our lorde god 1558 ye xjth daye ye month of october I
Thomas
.... husbandman dwelling in ye parish of Carlton in ye County of Bedford
beying
.... of mynd and of good memorey make ye last wyll & testament ....
.... .... & forme following fyrst I bequeath my solle to allmyghty god & [to
all?]
.... blessed company in .... my body to be buried in ye Churchyard
of Carlton by my frends. [Item?] I bequeathe to ye mother .... [Gurse?] of
[Lyncolne?]
.... It[em] I bequeath to ye .... .... of .... for my .... ....
.... [Item?] I bequeath to John Fysher? my eldest sonne my [howse?] & lande &
medowe [with?]
all ye belongyngs there unto to .... & to .... .... yf he dye without
isew yt shall Remayne to ye eldest next & [so?] furthe frome one
to a nother kepeng ye name of ye fyrs.... I wyll ye .... [shall?] have
.... .... .... .... ye .... a [furne?] and .... .... ye best ....
with [one?] bedstede ye best [mattres?] & all ye [belongeys?] there unto ....
next ye best & ye best .... [pot?] It[em] I bequeath to Nycolas my son(n)e a
horse
& a .... of a yere olde & .... & .... .... & a mattres a Kettell next ye
best ye best .... & .... & a [Kyndlyn?] ye best .... It[em] I bequeath to Hewe
my son(n)e ye
.... & one Cowe & ye .... & .... .... a best .... a .... of .... A
.... & a blancket a [spone?] a [haye?] It[em] I bequeth to Henry my son(n)e a
Cowe & my shepe a pot & kettell & ye best cupes It[em] I bequeth to Agnes my
Dawgher... a cowe & my shepe ye best .... & a kettell & an .... a .... a ....
a fryeng pane a a .... a [tube?] It[em] I bequeth .... all my holle ....
beeynd
.... among all my v childrens... [parted?] by ye .... all my holle
.... of this my last wyll & testament I make John Fysher and Nycolas my
two sones my executores & Rychard Allyn & Henry Grene Sup(er)vyseres .... &
thaye
[to?] se my last wyll .... & .... my .... .... [expences?] ....
.... Wytnes there of Richard Wyse Wylliam Allyn Thomas Be ye .... ....
.... ....
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