WILL OF THOMAS NEWBURGH of Berkley Manor, Somerset

Dated 10 Mar 1511/12, Proved 4 May 1513

In the name of god Amen The x^th Day of March in the yer of o^r lord god [one thousand five hundred] and xj in the reigne of kyng Henry the viij^th   the iij^th [VIII]  I Thomas Newborowgh beying in my good mynde and memory thanked bee almighty ?? befor Thynkyng that transitory and passing Dayes of this wretched world and that nothing ys mor certeyne than Deth - ?? mor ??  than the Gaws? [jaws] Of Deth – wylling and Desyring the mercy of o^r god ?? ordeyne dispose and declare? Thys my present testament conteynyng my Last Will as to the disposicon [disposition] of all my goods mouable and unmoueable in the maner and fourme herafter ensuing / that is to say / ffirst I bequeathe and Recomend my soule to almighty god my Creato^ur and savio^ur and to his blessed mother o^ur Lady sainct mary quene of mercy and of grace and all the saynts of heaven and my body to bee buried at the gaunte by bristowe in o^ur Lady Chapell befor o^ur Lady wher it shall please the maister of the gyunte to assigne my place  Also my will is to bee buried without anny solempnitie of pride? immediately and as shortly as it may bee Done by the means of Alice my Wife myn hole executore and for Thomas tylar maister of the Gaunte myn overseer / Also I bequeathe to o^ur moder [mother] churche of woorcester xxd [20 pence] / Also if anny secular preeste bee at my ?? mynde I will that myn execcutrix my wife pay to [each] of theym comyng for Love? at their owne motive? saying masse for my soule vijd / Also I Dyvise my Lands in Mottecombe and in Gyllynggam to my sonne Cristofer during his life / and after to myn heire / Also I Devise my Lands in Wantage ?? Demayne to my sonne Thomas for terme of his life / And as my plaite? I will that myn executrix my Wife ?? duryng her life / and after to bee devided to myne her [heir] ensuying after me / Also if it ?? my wife to depart befor me / then I will that my lady Trapnell bee myne executrix performyng my will aboue whersed? / And if it please god to send for my lady Trapnell all my plate that comyth to hands of my Lady trapnell I will that it shall teerme? to my sonne and myne heyre ?? ?? of other ?? that it lest / In witnesse wherof this my present testament conteynyng theryn my Last will I the said Thomas Newborowgh have sette my seale the day and yer aouesaide / hys test? Thomas Tylar maystre De Gaunts Johne Newborowgh armiger / William Halte ?? et alys /

[Proved 4 May 1513 by Alice Newborwgh, relict and executrix]

"The youngest son of his father[, he] was born about 1445 in England, died 15 Mar 1512/13 in England, and was buried Parish Church of Berkley, Somersetshire, England.  The inquisition post mortem taken October 24, 1513 states that he died March 15, 1512/13, that by indenture of October 3, 1510 he had conveyed the manor of Berkley to feoffees for the use of himself and wife Alice for life and for their heirs and that John Newburgh was his son and heir, aged 28 years...As 3rd and youngest son, he did not inherit the Newburgh ancestral estates.  Thomas did inherit his mother's estate of Warmwell and others in Dorset.  He settled at Berkeley Manor, Somerset which was inherited from his mother.  A monumental inscription placed in Berkeley Church, Somersetshire, England in 1751 states that Thomas Newborough, cousin of Sir Roger Newborough, Knt., who died in 1515, was the first of the family who settled at Berkley and was buried in this church in 1513."