In the Name of God Amen the xviii daye of February in the year of our lord God one thousand fyve hundred and fiftie and  three I CUTHBERT WALKER of Richmond in the Countie of York hole of mynde and perfect Rembembrance make this my last will and testament in maner and forme following first I comende my sowle to Almighty God and to blessed ladye seynt marye and to all the companye of heaven trustinge faithfully that by the merit of criste passion to be saved and to some to everlasting lif And I will my bodie to be buried where yt shall please my executors Also I will and bequeath to my sonne WILLIAM WALKER nowe being with me in my house at Richmonde that my house sett and ?lienge? at Davygate within the parish of seynte Michael Peter ?...? within the Citie of London to hym and to hys heyres of hys bodie lawful begotend for ever And if yt happen the said WILLIAM dye without such issue then I will the said house to the next heyre of me the said Cuthbert Walker. Also I give to the same WILLIAM a gilte cuppe with a cover with the Trynytie upon yt and my second fether bedde with a bolster Also I bequeath to my brother SIR WILLIAM WALKER priest now being with me in house likewise one standing cuppe with a cover of silver and gilt and my best fether bedde with all thereunto belonging. Also I bequeath to my brother SIR RICHARD WALKER priest one toher cuppe of silver and gilt with cover I bequeath to EDWARD CORNEY my second gown I bequeath to THOMAS my servant my Ridinge cote one payre of hose my fustian doblett and a cappe I give to AGNES my servant my gown faced with Chamlett the lesse Cawdron one litle Brasse pott a litle pannme a litle cowlette? that she bought herself iij of the newe cusshons my best shirte a diaper table cloth all my kerchiefs and xx s in money I bequeath to my cosynne DOROTHY CORNEY the three other cusshons and a diaper table cloth. I bequeath to the poor people of the parish of Richmond and Kirby Ravensworth £vi xiii s iiii d I bequeath to JOHN ?PEND....? vi s  viii d I bequeath to JOHN BACKHOUSE xx s I bequeath to JOHN CROSBIE all my batons of gold I bequeath to RAUP COLLINGES wife vi s viii d

I will and bequeath my farm in ?Congesbury? Somersettshyre where I holde of the lands alte belonging to the Bishopp of Bathe and welles to the said WILLIAM WALKER my sonne during my yeres therein upon condicon that he paie to my said brother SIR WILLIAM WALKER eighte pounds thereof during his natural lif to my brother SIR RICHARD WALKER £iiii and to my sister AGNES ANDERSONE foure pounds for terms of their lives lykewise Alsio I will that the paiment ? of the same ?....? to THOMAS CORNEY xl s and to EDWARD CORNEY other xl s for the space of x yere next after my decease And if yt happen the said THOMAS CORNEY or EDWARD CORNEY fo dye before the said tenne yeres shall be xpyred then I will that the legacie of eyther of theym so dyenge returne to myne executors or executour that shall survive or theire or his assigns And if yt fortune the said WILLIAM WALKER my sonne to dye before he shall come to his lawful age or be maryed The I will that the said farme of Congesburne? be at the disposition of my said Brother SIR WILLIAM WALKER and his assignes durying my saide yere therein The residue of all my goodes not bequested in this my testament I give and bequeath to my said sonne WILLIAM WALKER and to my brother SIR WILLIAM WALKER whome I do ordeyne and make myne executors of this my last will and testament And I will and desyre Mr Doctor DAKYN to be supervisour hereof and he to take the governance of my saide sonne WILLIAM WALKER and of all such lands and goods as shall belonge top hym and set the said WILLIAM well brought upp and his said landes and goodes as conserved and kept to his proufett during his nonage And to be truely and faithfully restored to hym his reasonable chardge allowed at suche tyme as he shall come to his lawful age. And as for his paynes herein to be taken I bequeath to the saide Doctor Dakyn one Flatt ?bell...? gilte  which he hath in his kepinge of myne desyringe hym as my truste is in hym to be good m...? to my saide sonne WILLIAM WALKER these be mye witnesses Richard Crosbye of Richmond, gentleman, John Crosbye his sonne, John Moyser

Probatum ... tertio die mensis Februarii Anno Dmo 1559 

PROB 11/42A