Test[amentu]m henrici

Sawer nup[er]

de Brotton de

functi

1. In the name of God Amen the twelthe day of June 1578 I henry Sawer of Brotton

2. w[i]thin the countie of yorke husbandman of p[er]fecte Remembrance lawde & prayse be unto

3. almightie god do mayke ordene and constitute this my laste will & testamente in manner &

4. forme folowinge that is say Firste I bequithe my sowle to almightie god the maker & creator

5. therof and my bodie to be buried in the churche yearde of Brotton Item I give to Elener

6. Sawer my wyfe the righte title intereste & posession of my farminge duringe her

7. widowheade & assone as she shalbe maried or assured to any other man Then

8. I will that Will[ia]m Sawer my elder sone shall have the righte title & lease of

9. my farminge duringe my yeares Item I give to the poore folkes of the p[ar]ishe of

10. Brotton iijs iiijd Item I give to my bayse begotten doughter Elizabeth Sawer two kye and two stottes,

11. and yowe & one Lambe to be delyvered at the nexte Springe tyme all the reste of my goodes bothe

12. moveable & unmoveable my debtes paid legacy & fun[er]all expences discharged and done I give

13. to Elener Sawer my wyfe Will[ia]m Sawer Thomas Sawer and Agnes Sawer my children

14. qhom I mayke and ordene my executors This beynge witnesses George [? Stowpe] Thomas

15. Aire and Rowlande Sawer w[i]th others Et secundo die mensis Octobris Anno d[omi]ni pre-

d[i]c[t]o d[i]c[t]us

16. decanus certificavit app[ro]bac[i]one huioi[us] test[amen]ti p[er] omnes testes in eod[e]m

test[ament]o no[m]i[n]a]t[is] iura[men]tos &c

17. com[m]issaq[ue] fuit admi[ni]strac[i]o bonorum eiusdem Elenore rel[i]c[t]e def executrici in

eodem test[ament]o

18. no[m]i[n]a]to iurat &c Salvo iur cuiuscumq[ue] res[er]vata p[otes]tate consilem

admi[ni]strac[i]onem com[m]ittend

19. Will[i]mo, Thome, et Agnetis liberoris dic[t]I def[uncti[ coexecutoribus in eodem test[ament]o

no[m]i[n]a]t[is] cu[m] ven[er]int

20. eandem in forma iuris in [? se--------ur]

The Latin endorsement says the same things as in previous ones, in that the Dean certified the proof of the will and granted the administration to the widow Eleanor and power was also reserved to the three children William , Thomas and Agnes who were not in Court.

PS

The meaning of the word Stotte?

The Old English Dictionery gives various spellings of stot, stott, stotte, stoote, stot and stote.

From OE stot;

the root may be OTeut. stut.

stot- A young castrated ox, a steer. north.

- A heifer. north.

and Arnold Kellett in his "The Yorkshire Dictionary" has:

stot - a bullock.