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Testamentum Georgius Sawer
p{ar}och{i}e de Brotton
Aprilis . 21
1. In the name of God amen the fourth daye of
december in the yeare of o{u}r lord god / 1572 / I George Sawer of
2. Brotton Taylyer beinge p{er}fite of mynd
and in good rememberaunce laude and prase be to god makethe this
3. my last will and Testament in maner
followinge. That is to saye Fyrst I Com{m}itte my soull to
almyghtyie god
4. my maker and redemer, and my bodye to be
buryed in the churche earthe of Brotton It{e}m I gyve and bequethe
5. to the poore of Brotton xijd and to the
poore of Skynnyngrove xijd. It{e}m I gyve to {? -----} Sawer of {?
leverton}
6. my brother Fyve mark{e}s in money It{e}m I
gyve to will{a}m harte the sonne of Roger harte xs It{e}m
I gyve to John
7. harte, Rob{er}t harte, and Richard harte
the sonnes of the said Roger, ev{er}y of them vjs viijd It[e]m I
gyve I gyve to Katherine Sawer
8. my sister Thirtye thee shilling{e}s and
fowre pence / It[e]m I gyve Jenne Sawer my syster Thirtie thre
shillinge fowre
9. pence also I gyve to [Christ]ofer Sawer my
brother Twentye shilling[e]s Item I gyve to Richard Sawer my brother
all my
10. Rayment It[e]m my will is be honestlie
brought sinthe the daye of my buryall the Rest of my good[e]s not
before gyven
11. nor bequethed, my debtt[e]s paid my
funeralls discharged, and my will p[ro]ved I gyve and bequethe to
Richard Sawer
12. my Father and Alison Sawer my Mother whom
I make myne Executors of this my last will and Testament Thes
13. beinge wittness[e]s [Christ]ofer harte,
Rob[er]t Sander, henrye Sander and John [? hawkirbe] /// Eodem die
Anno d[omi]ni superdict[o]
14. idem decanus cert[ificavit] de approbacone
huioi[us] test[ament]i per o[mn]es testes superno[m]i[n]at[is] iurat
er Com[m]issaque sunt administrac[i]o
15. bonorum eiusdem Executor[e]s in eodem
Test[ament]o no[m]i[n]at[is] iurat et Salvo iure cuiuscu[m]q[ue]
et ///
The endorsement -
"The same day of the year of the Lord as
abovesaid, the same Dean certified as to the probate of this
testament through all the above witnesses being sworn; and the
executors abovenamed in the same testament were appointed
administrators of the goods", etc.
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