T[estamentun]

Saer

1. In dei no[m]i[n]e amen The xxviijth of May in the yeare of our Lorde god I Will[ia]

2. Saer of South Kilvington in the countie of yorke yeoman sicke in bodie but of good and perfect

3. remembrance praised bee god do ordeine and make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following

4. First and before all thing[e]s I give and bequeath my soule to almightie god my maker and In Jesus Christ my onelie

5. saviour and redeemer and my bodie to bee buried in the Church Southlevington aforesayed. It[e]m I give and

6. bequeath my whole title and Interest of my farme in Kilvington aforesayed unto John my sonne, in considerac{i}o[n]

7. of his child[e]s porc{i}on. It[e]m I give unto my master M[aste]r John Saer xxs. It[e]m I give unto M[aste]r George Saer

8. xs and to wife xs and to M[ist]res Westrop xs. It[e]m I give unto M[aste]r Richard Saer[e]s eldest sonne

9. iijli vjs viijd. It[e]m I give to my brother Frauncis Saer[e]s children 2 xli. It[e]m I give unto my sister

10. Elizabeth Gowland xs. It[e]m I give unto my brother Leonard [? Cust[er] ] the lease of his farme at Rounton

11. which he made unto me, which is in the keepinge of James Watson of Snayton. It[e]m I give unto my

12. mother in lawe Smith and her two daughters Elizabeth and Alice everie of them xx s. It[e]m I give k [interlined after S of "Silvington"]

13. to the poore of Silvington and Thorneburrgh vs. It[e]m I give unto Elizabeth my daughter my

14. fowre greate oxen The rest of all my good[e]s moveable and unmoveable the thirdes excepted w[hi]ch

15. belonge unto Margaret my wyfe and my debt[e]s legacies and funerall expences discharged & deducted

16. I give unto Elizabeth my saied daughter whome I make my full and sole executrix of this my will

17. It[e]m I com[m]itt the tuition of my sonne John Saer and his porc[i[on unto my m[aste]r master John

18. Saier yf it please him to take him It[e]m I com[m]itt the tuition of my daughter Elizabeth and

19. her legacie and porc{i}on unto R[o]b[er]t Tholthropp of Threske and Elizabeth his wyfe and yf

20. my saied master master john Saer shall refuse to take uppon him the tuition of my saied sonne

21. then I com[m]itt the tuition of him also and his porc{i}on unto the sayd Robert Tholthroppe & Elizabeth

22. hi wife and lastlie I will that when my sonne John Saer shall come to twentie yeares of age

23. he enioyinge my farme as I he shall that shall give unto my saied daughter Elizabeth

24. twentie poundes of Good and lawefull englishe money to amend her marriage withall Wytnesses

25. hereof John ma[n] Curate of kilvington Et sexto die mensis Augusti Anno d[omi]ni mill[esi]mo quingen[te]n[si]mo

26. nonage[nsi]mo septimo mag[ist]ro Saunderson decanus decanatus de Bulmer cert[ificavit] de probac{i}one

27. h[u]m[o]di test[ament]i per testes nominat{i} iurat{i} &c Comissaque fuit [ad[ministrati]o bonor[um] eiusdem Rob[er]te Colthropp

28. de Thraske ad usum Elizabethe Saier filie d{i}c[t]i defunct{i} soli executore in d{i}c[t]o test[ament]o no[m]i[n]at[e] in minori etate

29. existen &c Salvo iure cuiuscumque &c

The Latin endorsement,which followed the will stated:

"And on the 6th day of August in the year of our Lord 1597 Master Saunderson dean of the Deanery of Bulmer certified the probate of the same will through the named sworn witnesses and committed the administration of the goods to the same Robert Colthropp (sic) of Thirsk for the use of Elizabeth Saier the daughter of the deceased the only executor named in the will during her minority."