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1.In the name of god Amen The eleventhe daye
of october in the yeare of our lord god one thousand
2. fyve hundrethe eyghtie seaven And in the
nyne and twentie yeare of the Reigne of our
3. sov[er]aigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace
of god Quene of England France and Ireland
4. defender of the faithe &c I Thomas
Stevenson al[ia]s Saier of [? Loonde] in the p[ar]ishe of
5. Braton and in the Countie of yorke Talior
sound in bodie and of good and p[er]fect remem=
6. brance thankes be geven to almyghtie god
makes this my last will and testament in manner
7. and forme followinge First and principallie
I Com[m]itt my soule into the hand[e]s of almyghtie
8. god my Maker and redemer trustinge by his
blood shedinge for me and all man kynd to be
9. saved And to have p[er]fect remission of
all my syn[n]es accordinge Articles of my belefe
10. And my bodie to be buried in the p[ar]ishe
Churche yeard of Braton aforesaid els wher
11. yt shall please god to Call me. It[e]m I
give to the executoures of this my last will and
12. testament thre shillinges fowre pence to
be bestowed and geven to the most needfull and
13. powre impotente people in Gaitfurth.
It[e]m I give unto Richard Fentiman Gervis Frances
14. and Margerie Fentyma[n] the Children of
Thomas Fentyma[n] deceased [eye - struck through] everie one of
15. them tenne shillinges. It[e]m I give unto
Effam harrison Agnes Alice and Marie harrison
16. the Children of Thomas harrison everie one
of the tenne shillinges. It[e]m I give to Effame
17. harrison a greate Candlesticke. It[e]m I
give unto Agnes harison my beast Brasse pott
18. It[e]m I give unto Alice harrison one of
dublers. It[e]m I give unto Marie harrison two
19. dublers next best. It[e]m I give unto
margerie Fentima[n] one great Chist. And I give unto
20. Richard Fentyman one Chiste next best.
It[e]m I give unto Gervice and Frances Fentiman
21. eyther of them thre shillinges fowre
pence. It[e]m I give unto Margaret my doughter one paire
22. of malt quearne and they to remaine at the
howse for ever. It[e]m I give unto Alice my
23. doughter one greate arke And I give unto
Thomas harrison one [? ---ble] Brasse w[i]th
24. Byttes unto yt mo[r]e or les. The Residue
of all my good[e]s my dett[e]s legacies and fun[er]alls
25. discharged my bodie honestlie broughte to
the grounde I give them to Margaret and Alice
26. my doughters and to their Children before
named whome I make Ioyntlie altogether my full
27. executor of this my last will and
testament. And I make Rob[er]te Bennet and Richard Stringer
28. the sup[er]visoures to se that my will be
fulfilled in everie poynte and article accordinge to the true
29. meaninge of the same. And I give to eyther
of them for their paines twelve pence.
Witnesses
30. Rob[er]te Bennet Richard Stringer George
Knowles and Rob[er]te Lakine w[i]th others. Et
31. vicesimo s[e]c[un]do die
mensis Novembris Anno d[omi]ni mill[esi]mo qui[n]gen[tes]imo
octogensimo septimo Probatu[m]
32. fuit huioi[us] testamentum
p[er] d[omi]nus ultimus testes supra no[min]at[i] iurat[i] &c
Com[m]issaq[ue] fuit admi[ni]strac[i]o
33. bonor[um] eiusd[em] Alicie Leake et
Margarete harrison execut[rices] in eod[em] test[ament]o
no[min]at[is] iurat &c
34. Salvo iure
com[m]issaq[ue]. Res[er]vat p[ro]t[est]ate [?
Consilem]
administracionem com[m]ittend Richardo
Fentyma[n]
35. Gervacio, Francisco, Margerie Fentyman,
Effamie harrison, Agneti, Alicie, et Marie
36. Harriosn coexecut[ores] in eod[em]
test[amen]to no[m]i[na]tis in minor etate existen
cu[m] ven[er]int eand[em] in forma
37. iuris in se script[is] ex[amina]tur.
PS. From the latin endorsement it would seem
that the Testator's daughters were Alice Leake and Margaret
Harrison, the other executors had not reached their age of majority.
The will was proved on 22 November 1587. The names of the places
are probably the following:
Loonde is Lund
Braton is Brayton
Gaitfurth is Gateforth
The parish is Brayton and the other two are
places within. All situated in the West Riding of Yorkshire just
south of Selby.
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