The Will of William Leedes
 

In the name of God Amen……………Pulborough then 5th day of July…………year of the reign of our sovereign lady Elizabeth by the grace of god Queen of England, France and Ireland………….William Leedes………Pulborough…………..of Sussex, husbandman being sick in body but in good and perfect memory thanks be to Almighty God do hereby and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following viz First I give and bequeath my soul unto Almighty God my…..and….my body to be buried in the earth. Item I give to the…….thereafter…6d. Item I give to the poor….. Item I give to Richard my son one..to be…unto  him at the day of his marriage or at eighteen years of age. Item I give to (Ann?) my daughter one cow to be delivered unto her at the day of her marriage or at eighteen years of her age. Item I give to Margaret my daughter one….to be delivered unto her at the day of her marriage or at eighteen years of age. Item I give to my (daughters ?) son John one …to be delivered unto him at the day of his marriage or at eighteen years of age. Item I will that……of my said…..deposit the…..before them…..married or accomplished the said age of eighteen years before mentioned and declared………Then I will that the ……..of him or her……to be divided among the last that do then remain alive of them. Item.the residue of all my goods not then and now bequeathed…….and I make and ordain John Collen(?) and ..of this my last will and testament….. Witnesses  William……..,Robert………., John………., John Leedes, Robert Cudmore     (W.Sussex R.O. STC1/12 f.1436 MF173)