County: Hertfordshire
Code: D4170#8
Reference: Hertford, Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies: ASA/1AR, fol.70v, item 2
Function: Will




[line 9][Latin: Rıcū Fox>]
[Latin: Jn deı nōı̄e amen] / A · Mꝉ CCCC · lıııȷtı · yerys of oure lor / and of þe reıgne of kyng harry the syxte xxxıȷ .
yere that J · Rıchar Fox of þe house of seınt Albo sımple uᷓnt the x day of May ın gode mynde and
sūwhat wt avysement ordeyne made  wrote my owne testament ın thıs worl  · Fyrste · ȷ
bequetħ my soule to almyghtty god  to hıs blessy moder seınt mary  to aỻ þe holy companye of heuene
And my wrecchı and syneuỻ body to be berye by lycence of my lor  þe couent ın þe west ende of þe
body of þe chyrche ın þe gret porche J ȷ · bequetħ to þe couent þt bery me vȷ  vııȷ  J to þe sekeste for
brekyng of þe groun vȷ  vııȷ  J to þe clerkes of þe chyrche xvȷ  J to þe vıcory my goftly fader xıȷ 
J to syr Joh walssħ prest vȷ  J to syr Joh Candeỻ pste vȷ  J to syr wıllyam charneỻ pste
vȷ  J to þe Ankeres of seınt petres vȷ  J to þe Ankeres of seınt Mıcħ vȷ  J ȷ · bequetħ to Joh
my sone goddes blessyng  my  my lyteỻ pmer heled wt rede leder J ȷ · bequetħ to my sone · vȷ
bounde bokes  a boke þt ıs ın qᷓyers · xxv · for þe more parte wryte redy Of þe · vıȷ · bokes abouesaı
þe o ıs of seınt Albon̄s lyffe / The begynnetħ wt seınt Edmundys lyffe þe kyng The 2 · begynnetħ
wt [Latin: duē ne ın furore] The 4 · begynnetħ wt brute · / The 5 . begynnetħ wt Elfrede  Alfrede kynggꝭ and
so fortħ cronekeles · / 6 · begynnetħ of þe tales of gower /  aỻ my qᷓyers þt may stonde hym ın stede · ȷ wyỻ
þt he haue hem  specıally a qᷓyer hele wt rede lether wher ín be many contentes as þe wayes to Rome
 aỻ þe stasıons of Rome  of Jerusalem bothe / Also ȷ wyỻ he shaỻ haue my longe boke of [Latin: stymeles con
syensye]  of þt longetħ to my body of weryng harnes ȷ wyỻ he haue þof aftur þe dıscrecıon̄ of hıs moder
 þe remeland [sic] to be sol by þe dıscrecıo of my wyf hıs moder / Also þıs a blake qᷓyer  þ ın be many makyngꝭ
of dıus metes  dıuse festꝭ  mony a gode vers / As of þe remelan of my bokes lette chese whycħ he
wyỻ haue mo  þo þt he leuetħ let Chıcheley haue som̄e  som̄e to my Cosy Robert / Also ȷ bequetħ
to þe pryoras of þe pᷓy  to her susters too bokes of legenda aurea þt on begynneth wt ad  Eve
þ helde wt rede leder / þe secunde ıs hel wt wyte leder  begynneth wt seınt xp̄offre J ȷ · bequetħ
to seınt Andrewes chyrche werke · xxx   to be paye yerely as þe wer gotħ vpwar som̄e at
o tyme  sōme at a noþ tyl þe som̄e abouesay of xxx  be paye aỻ þe resıdewe of my godes wt
ın  wt owt ȷ put ın to my wyuys dıspocıco to pay my dettꝭ  to do for me as she wol y shulde do
for her / And preyıng my gode fren  felowe Thomas Beuley to be helpyng to my wyf  she to
rewar hym · ııȷ  ıııȷ  for a peyre hose  ȷ wyỻ  charge þt þe Archedeky haue my sıgnet of gol
þt ȷ haue vsed to were dayly opon my fynger /  thıs my testament  my last wyỻ y make  ordeyne
my executrıx Annes my wyf so þt she dıspose my godes as ıs reherse befor / yeue at seınt
Albons þe day  yeres afore say Jn wytnes of whyche y set to my sele to þs p̄sent testament
[Latin: ꝓba xıȷ dıe men Augustı Ao supᷓ .  dımıs est]