Dated 8 Feb 1549, Proved 8 Nov 1550   In dei nomine amen  The viijth daie of the moneth of february in the iijth year of the Reigne of our Soueraigne lorde kinge Edwarde the Sixte by the grace of god kinge of Englande ffraunn [France] and Irelande defender of the faithe / and in earthe of the churche of England and Irelande the supreme hedd / And in the yere of our lorde god a Thousande fyve hundreth fourtie and Nyne / I Edmonde Walsingham knight being hole of mynde and in good memory thanks be to Almightie god do make ordeyne and declare this my testament and Last will in manor and forme folowing / ffirst I bequeathe and comende my soule vnto Almightie god my Creator Redemer and maker of the worlde / And my bodye to be buried in the pshe [parish] churche of Cheselhurste in the Countie of Kente / or els where yt shall please Almightie god / But if god send for me [within] Twentie myles of the said pshe then to lye in the Tombe within the Chappell there Where my self haue vsually siten / And also I giue and bequeathe to the pishe churche of Cheselhurste aforsaid if my bodye be there buried fourtie shillings / Also I will that my sonne Thomas and his heires and all other heyres after hym and his heires, whiche shall happen to be owners of my Mannor House and Landes in Cheselhurst aforesaid shall bestowe yerely forever xijs. to be distributed and deuyded [divided] in forme folowing. in the lent season yerely that ys to say to xxijs. of the poreste [poorest] folkes being householders within the said pishes of Cheselhurste ffosescraye and poles Craye to [every] house vjs. viz. ijs. in brede ijs. in redde hering and ijs. in white hering yerely in the Lent / To be Distributed by myn Executours and ouseers [overseers] / And I will that my Executours and Overseers shall Imploy and bestowe vppon bridges and highwayes most vsede [used] and that shall haue most nede to be mended wtin the pisshe of Cheselhurst fourtie shillings / Also I giue and bequeathe to one William            my kynnesman nowe in the custodie and keping of John Sutton my lease for terme of yeres yet to come of Tytyng [tithing] besides Gyleforde in Surrey the lease of Standground in the Countie of Huntyngton. with all my right tytle and interest from the same / Also I giue and bequeathe to the same William my Annuyte [annuity] or Anniall [annual] rent of Seven poundes with all my interest right and title in the same the whiche was yerely paide vnto me by Walter Cromwell alias Willyams / and nowe paid by th’executoures of Sr Richarde Cromwell knight / oute of the Howse and cyte [city?] of the late Monnastorie [monastery?] of Thorne and other Landes belonging to the said Late Monnestery / As more large may appere by apayre [a pair] of Indentures together with a grannte of the same Annutie made by the said Walter Cromwell / Also I giue and bequeathe to the said Willm                       certeyn Landes the whiche I bought in Wales of Morgyn ap precard lying and being / in the lordshippe of Beell with all the hole stock of mares and coltes theron / To haue to hym and to his heyres of his bodye Lawfully begotten / And for default of suche yssue the same Landes in Wales to remayn to the right heyres of me foreuer / Also I will that Thoms Saunders my sonne in Lawe his Executours and assignes shall yerely from yere to yere receave pceve [?] & take vpp all the profytts and revenues of the said loanes of Standgrounde tytyng to gether wt the saide Annuitie / and also the hole yerely rents and proffytts of all the saide lands and stocke in Wales with all other suche Leasses as I haue within the Realme of Englande not hereafter willed given by this my Last will and testament / And all the same rents proffytts and revenues to Imploy and put in stock to his most profytte and advantage towards his fynding vntill the said William              comyth to the Age of xxi yeres / Then I will myne Executours and Overseers as my trust is in them to see all the said stock and profytts of the premisses ouer and besides his Scoling [schooling] and fynding / Delyuered to the said William                    According to the trewe [true] meaning of this my last will and testament / And ferder [further] I will and myn expresse mynde and intente ys that Thomas Saunders my sonne in Lawe shall haue the order rule educacion correction & govnement of the said William                      Vntill he shall accomplishe the full yeres of xxj. taking necessary allowance for his Scowling [schooling] learnyng Reayment [raiment] meate and drynk and other necessaries / And if it shall fortune the said William                         to dye before that he shall come to the full age of xxi yeres or at any tyme after having then no child of his bodye Lawfully begotten or lyve Then I will that the said leases of Standgrounde tyting and the yeres of the same / And the said yerely Annuitie or Annuall rente of vij? for to gether with the hole stocke and profytts of all other Leases then receaved to the use of the said William                shall fully and holye [wholly] Remayne and be delyvered vnto Thomas Walsingham and Walsingham Saunder yonger sonne to Thoms Saunder my sonne in Lawe / Also I giue to Thomas Combes Richarde Badgeroste / Humfrey Badgeroste my sonne Morgayne my brother Ayloff and Anthony Ashely to euery of them one suche of my garnaments [garments?] as myn Executours and Overseers shall think most meate [meet] for them Also I will that dame Anne my welbeloued wyfe shall haue the moyte [moiety] and half of my houshold stuf within my house at ?? (?? vesselles tobbes [tubs] vates [vats] troives [?] barrettes great standerds and one garnyshe of pewter vessell there onely excepted and refues to Thomas Walsingham my sonne) All whiche said moite and one half of houshold stufe before rehersed and appoynted to the said Dame Anne / I wold shulde egally [equally] be deuyded [divided] by the indeferent [indifferent] discreacions of [Sir Thomas] Barnerston: Thomas Saunders and two other of the said Dame Annes frendes / and after whiche devision [division] so made except before excepted / I will that Thomas Walsingham my sonne remove & voyd from thense [the use?] all the other pte of napery Linyng [linens] and peater [pewter?] / at all tymes at  his pleasure And I will forder [further] that the same Thomas my sonne pmytt [permit] and suffer all the residue of his parte of housholde stuf aforesaid to remayne and be in the said house of yokes / thertobe resonabley vsed and occupied by the said Lady Anne during her lyf naturall without wasting distructyng and spoylyng of the same / all whiche parte and portion of houshold stuf before appoynted to the said Thomas Lynnyng Naperey and peater vessell (only excepted / I will shall be delyuered to the said Lady Anne by Inventorie indentyd betwene the said Thomas and her / in advoyding of all manner of contencion / And if it happen the said Thomas Walsingham to dye withoute Issue of his bodye Lawfullye begotten / Then I will and my full mynde ys that all my goodes and Cattalles remayning at Scadbery be egally devided betwene my daughters my brother Aylyffe children & the said William                        / Item I will that the same dame Anne Gray my wyfe shall haue all suche goodes Juylles [jewels] and plate as she brought vnto me fully and holly / and all suche houshold // stuf of hers as she brought remayning at the black ffryers or ells where / and all other stuf of myn that she brought not remaynyng at the black ffriers at the tyme / all the bay salte [?] nowe there being and all myne Apperell only excepted / And yf it happen me to dye after our Lady daye next comyng / or after Mighelmas [Michaelmas] daye next / then my vxy [?] will and mynde ys that the said Dame Anne shall receave ffourtie poundes of M~ Drewre as of my free gift wtoute comptrolment of myne Executours / over and beside Sixe siluer Trenchors. wh all suche Chaynes Juylles [jewels] and Rynges whiche she hath of myne (my greate chayne the chayne of the Trinitie and my fflagyn chayne only excepted and alwayes reserved to my sonne Thomas All whiche said Juyles Tranchars and Ryngs (except before excepted / I do absolutely give to the said Lady Anne / Myche trusting to her gentell remembrance towards my Children as they shall shewe cause to her / Item I will and give to the said Dame Anne all her leases of her lodging and gardyns of the black ffriers at London in as Large and ample manner as she hold them before mariage with me / any clause mater article or centence within this my Last will and testament to the contrary not wtstanding / And further I will and give to Thomas Walsingham my sonne all my lease and terme of poles Cray whiche I holde of Sr Chrofer [Christopher] Danby knight being dede / And my lease also of Darteford in Kent I giue vnto the said Thomas Walsingham / And if it fortune my said sonne Thomas to dye withoute yssue male of his bodie Lawfully begotten / Then I will all my Landes in Cheselhurste poles Cray Sainte Marycray ffosescray and bromley shall remayne to ffrannces Walsingham my brothers sonne and to the heyres males of his bodye Lawfully begotten / And for default of suche Issue male of the bodye of the said ffrannces I will that all the said landes and tents [tenements] shall remayne to the right heyres of me the foresaid Sr Edmonde [forever] / And I will and give to my sonne Morgayne all my lease and interest of Marterhill in the Countie of Surrey wt thendentors [the indentures] of the said Lease / And also my full mynde intent and will ys that all my Sernntes [servants] shall haue meate drynk and Lodging in my Mannor House at Cheselhurste / one quarter of ayere [a year] next after my decease / yf they will so longe tak yt so that they do from tyme to tyme delygently [diligently] their [service] and attendannce vnto the said Dame Anne and to my sonne Walsingham and the rest of my Overseers when they come thether / And I will and give to euery one of my [servants] whiche haue ben wt me aboue one yere half ayeres wages / And some them to haue a quarters wages or lesse by the appoyntment and discretion of myn Overseers / And what order [soever] myn overseers shall take therin / I will my sonne Walsingham shall pforme [perform] the same accordingly / And I will and give vnto Bakrs wydowe all the money she doth owe me because she ys very power [poor] / And to Humfrey Bagecrofte I give also all the money he doth owe vnto me And vnto John Coke myn olde [servant] I give yerely during his lyf ffyve poundes vjs vijd to be paid to hym quarterly by even porcions by my sonne Walsingham by ye discreacions of my overseers / And vnto Gellybromle my [servant] for his honest service above his wages of  half ayere. I giue vj[£] xijs iijd  / And vnto my lady my wyfe I giue foure horses and one olde gelding / And to Margaret Corkrell her mayden whiche never toke wages I giue ffyve pounds And to ffraunnces Hall an other of her maydens I guie fourtie shillings / And to George Horskeys [?[ I giue a bay stoned nagge and twentie shillings in money wt aquarter of barley / And to Robert Scot twentie shillings in money / and half a quarter of barley / And to euery of my daughters a syluer potte their names wrytten in them / And to Greysell Watton [servant] to yong myster Peckham I giue Tenne poundes whiche I would shulde be delyuered to her / and ymployed by her frendes towards [the advancement] of mariage / Item to Gouldfrode my [servant] I guie xxs And the Residue of all my goodes Moveables and vnmoveables not specially bequeathed nor Lymited within this my present Testament / as cons??yng my last will my funeralles and buryalles fynished / my debtes paide my legacies fulfilled Accordingly / I will that they shall remayne to my saide sonne Thomas Walsingham Whome I make ordeyne and constitute my sole Executour of this my pnte [present] testament concernyng my last wyll / and that he fully accomplishe euery thinge herein coteyned [contained] according to his bondon [bounden] dewtie / And the trust I haue put in hym and the trewe meanyng therof wt the advyse of my said welbeloued wyfe my sonne in Lawe Thomas Saunder and my sonne in Lawe Sir Thomas Barnerdyston knyght Whome I make constitute and ordeyne my supervisours and [overseers] of this my testament concernyng my last will / And I will that my said sonne Thomas Saunder shall haue for his paynes taking my black satten gowne furred wt marteryns / And my sonne Sr Thoms Barnerdystone for his paynes taking / my gowne of M?rry veluet ffurred with Sables / And yf any ambyguite dowte or question happen to growe or ryse vpon any clause worde centence or matter conteyned wtin this my last will and testament / Then my full mynde and intent ys that the same beconstrewyd [be construed] exponded [expounded] and declared by the said Thomas Saunders and suche as he shall call to counsell for the same in advoyding all contention expenth and stryffe that might els arise the vppon [thereupon] / In witnes whereof to this my present Last will and testament I haue subscribed my name with myne owne hand and put to my seale the daye and yere first aboue writen. Revoking and renounsing all other willes and testaments heretofore at any tyme by me the said Edmonde made spoken written or declared [per?] me Edmnde Walsingham mami propra [with my own hand]   Probatum fuit testamentu cora duo Sant Archiepp apud lomby Octauo die Mensis Nouembris Anno die apillan?? quingentesimo quinquagesimo Juramento Willm Walber proper Thome walsingham. Dui hior…..