Test[ament]um Leonardi

Saier de broughton

in Clevelande

defunct[i]

1. In the name of God Amen in the yeare of oure lorde a thousand fyve hundrethe fyftye & nyne

2. the viijth day of the monythe of September I Leonarde Sayer of Broughton of Clevelande

3. in the countye of yorke gentillman of good remembrance makethe this my last will and

4. testamente in forme as heare Followythe, Fyrste I offer my soull to the almyghtie

5. god and to his Sonne J[e]hus christe my onelye Saviour and redemer my redemer my bodye to be

6. buriede in my p[ar]yshe churche of Sainte Au[gu]styne at kirkebye I tem I geve and bequyth

7. to my sister Elizabethe Crawthorne iijli vjs viijd and a gray meare Item I gve and

8. bequyhthe to John Sayer my nevie Sonne one younge horse and to all other of his

9. children and to ev[e]ry one of theyme xxs Item I geve to Ann Asley xxs and a cowe

10. wythe a calfe Item I geve and bequythe to all the children of my nevye Thomas

11. Crawthorne and to ev[e]ry one of them xxs Item I gev and affyrme fermehold

12. in Stokesley w[i]t[h] all profytt[e]s and Comodities belonginge the Same at this daye to my

13. brother Frauncys Sayer so longe as my lease Shall indewe Item I bequythe

14. to [ illegible] Frauncis Aslaye ether of them xxs Item I give and assigne all my Fermehold called

15. broughton [? ----inge] wythe all partes and p[er]sons p[er]taynynge the Sayme wher soever they be or lye in

16 the [? -----] feldes of greate broughton in and upon wiche fermehold Ido dwell at the present daye

17. to George Sayer to have the same fermehold so manye yeares as is specified in my leasse and

18. I will that my brother Thomas Sayer have the occupat[i]on of the Same fermeholde to thuse and

19. proffyt of the said George Sayer yf he will take payne for hym. Item I will that my brother

20. Frauncys shall Instelye paye eight yeare durynge my lease to the pure prople of Stokeslay vjs viijd

21. Item I wyll theire be payde out of my fermeholde at great broughton yearlie durynge my leasse to

22. the poore people of this p[ar] yshe vjs viijd Item I give yearly toe the voicare to pray for me xxd

23. Item I geve to John Crawthorne my gray meaire or xls Item I geve to peter Crawthorne

24. a blacke graye fellye or xls Item I geve to Rauffe westrope my godson two ky[n]e w[i]t[h] theire calves

25. Item Igeve to Agnes westrope xxs, Item I geve to Will[ia]m Sayer of Rudbye one cowe w[i]t[h] a calfe

Item I geve to barberie [? hill] one whie of two yeares olde [above insertion mark]

26.. Item I geve to James Sayer and hys wyffe two whyes of thre yeares old ^ Item I geve to

27. John milbourne one cowe and xiijs iiijd o money. Item I gebe to leonarde milburne xs, Item I

28. geve to Elynore Crathoren xxs, and to nyce Agnes Conyers xxs Item I give to my Curate

29. vjs viijd Item I geve to Richarde Sayer one cowe w[i]t[h] a Calfe I will th[a]t Anne Sayer shalle

30. be [? dezed] as my nevie John Sayer thynk be so Item I geve to all my god childrynge &

31. to ev[er]y of them ijs Item I geve to the poore mens boxe iijs iiijd Item I geve to the rep[er]ac[i]ons

32. off my p[ar]yshe churche vjs viijd, The reidewe off all my good[e]s my will fulfilled my debt[e]s paide

33. and my fun[er]all expenses deducted I geve to my brother Thomas Sayer and George Saier

34. whome I make myne executors, I[n] wytnes herof John Sayer of Worshall esqwyre Frauncys

35. Sayer and James Allane Item I make sup[er]visors of this my last will my neve John Sayer

36. and my neve Thomas Crawthron and geve to my neve Thomas Crawthron xs for a

37. [? coten] Et eod[e]m vicesimo quarto die mensis Februarij anno d[omi]ni predict[us] d[i]c[t]us

decanus certifica =

38. vit se approbasse test[amentu]m prescript[um] virtute com[m]issionis etc per o[mn]es testes in

eod[e]m test[ament]o

39. no[m]i[n]at[is] iurarat &c Com[m]issaque fuit admi[ni]strac[o bonor[um] eiusde[m] Thome Saier Executor

40. eod[e]d test[ament]o no[m]i[n]ati in forma iuris iurarat et c Teseruat p[otes]tate consilem

admi[ni]strac[i]onem

41. com[m]ittend Georgio coexect[or] in minor etate existen Salvo iure cuiuscumque etc

The endorsement -

"And the same 24th day of the month of February in the aforesaid year of the Lord the said Dean certified as to the probate of the aforewritten by the virtue of the commission etcby all the the witness in the the same testament being sworn. Thomas Sayer was appointed administrator of the goods as the co-executor, Geore, was in his minority. etc."