County: Leicestershire
Code: D0427
Reference: Leicester, Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland: 44'28/83
Function: Will




Jn the name of god Amen the xııȷtħ day of the monetħ of Juy ın the yere of or lor god M CCCCC xııȷtħ and ın the Fyfte yere of the Reıgne o kyng hen the vııȷtħ / J Robert
vyncent of Bradgate ın the Countíe of leycest Gentılma beyng hoole ın body and of a good remembraunce make my testament ın thıs man / Fırst J gyve  bequetħ my
soule to Almyghty god ou lady Seınt Mary and to all the holy company of heve / my body to be burıed ın holy Churcħ burıaỻ where ıt shaỻ happe to plese god
Also J be quetħ ın name of my prıncıpaỻ my best Best / Also J bequetħ to the Cathedraỻ Churcħ of lıncoꝉn xıȷ  / Also J bequetħ to the ꝑısshe Churcħ of Newtowne lynfor
towar the reꝑacıons x  / Also J bequetħ to my broder walter lysley my best gowne my best doblett and my Crymse velwet ȷakett / and to my Syster hís wí a kowe
the best that she Wıỻ chose / Also J bequetħ to Joħn Chamberley of leycest a kowe / Also J bequetħ to my god Doughter Margaret May the Doughter o walter May
o leycest to her marıage vȷ  vııȷ  / Also J bequetħ to god doughter wattons doughter of Newtowne xl  or ellꝭ ȷ hayfar / Also J bequetħ to euy uᷓnt that J haue wt
me at thıs tyme ma woma and chılde ȷ hayfa / Also J bequetħ to Rauf pees my uᷓnt that gothe wt me oo of my horses wt Sadyỻ  Brıdeỻ and all that
longıtħ to ıt Also J bequetħ to my brother hugħ vyncent oon of my best gownes and oo of my best Dobelettꝭ / Also J bequetħ to Thomas Kyng of Thurmasto
oo of my gownes / Also J bequetħ to Rıchar Elyott of leycest a noder of my gownes / Also J bequetħ to Chaundeler my uᷓnt ıȷ oxe bullokkꝭ of ıȷ yere ol · /
Also J bequetħ to Anne my Bastar Doughter ın money or money wortħ after the dıscrecıo of my executos Sıxtene poundꝭ s / Also J bequetħ to my
hostys Mastres Grene at londo xx  / Also J bequetħ to Maıster Covıỻ subdeane of the kıngꝭ Chapeỻ my best horse or colt after my prıncıpaỻ that
he wıỻ chose or any for hym · / Also ȷ bequetħ to wıllıa vyncent my bastar sōne xxıxı vȷ  vııȷ  towar hıs fyndyng to the Lawe / Also J bequetħ to
Margery my wíf all my londꝭ and tetꝭ wt theır apptenᷓncꝭ ın the Townes and Feldꝭ of Thurcasto and Rotheley for tme of her lıf / and after her decesse the saıd
londꝭ and Tetꝭ wt ther apptenᷓncꝭ to remayne to wıllıa vyncent my bastar so / And J yeve and bequetħ aỻ my other londꝭ and tetꝭ to the saıd
wıllıa vyncent my bastar sōne and to hís heírs laufully begote foreu / and for lak of ıssue of the saıd Wıllıa laufully begote for eu / J woỻ that aỻ the saıd
londꝭ and tenementꝭ wt ther apptenᷓncꝭ remayne to Anne my bastar my do ughter and to her heírs of her body laufully begote for eu / And for la of ıssue of the
Anne laufully begote then to remayne to the rıght heırs of me the saıd Roƀt vyncent for eu · / Also J bequetħ to the saıd wıllıa vyncent my
bastar sōne aỻ my Chapeỻ stuf as Chalıs bookꝭ vestementꝭ and Awter Clothes wt aỻ other thıngꝭ to the Chapeỻ belongyng · Whıcħ ıs ın kepıng at
thıs tyme wt Maıstres Shepey of Swythlan and also a sılu salt Coue a sılu goblett and a dose sılu spones / Also J bequetħ aỻ my other plate after
the decesse of Margery my wı to Anne my bastar Doughter / Also J bequetħ to Rıchar Stookꝭ of leycest a kowe / Also J bequetħ to Susan / walter
lyles bastard Doughter a kowe / Also J bequetħ to my lor Marques aỻ my harnes and byỻꝭ / Also J bequetħ to my broder harvy of pekulto a bay /
ambelyng Colt now at thís tyme ayerelyng the best Colt J haue / Also J bequetħ to xp̄ofer Byrchenaỻ a Ambelyng Fylly / Also J bequetħ to a
honest prest to syng for my soule and my good doers a hole yere ın the Churcħ of Newtowne vııȷ markꝭ stlıngꝭ / Executours of thís my
Testament J ordey and make Sır Gefferey prıor of wulfscrofte  Joħn ꝑsons / ꝑsone of lutterworth / and wıllıa vyncent my bastar sōne
to dıspose for my soules heltħ as aforsaı · / The resıdue of my goodꝭ not bequest after my dettꝭ paıd and funaỻ costꝭ done and ꝑfome of my
buríaỻ J gyff and bequetħ to Margery vyncent my wı and after the decesse of the saıd Margery J woỻ that aỻ sucħ goodꝭ be devıde bıtwene
wıllıa vyncent my bastar sōne and Anne my bastar Doughter · / Jt J bequetħ to  Gefferey walley prıo of Ellescrofte xx  / Jt J bequetħ
to  Joħn ꝑsons ꝑsone of lutterwortħ xx  / Jt J bequetħ to Joħn Edmondꝭ of leycest a Colt / Also J bequetħ to euy chano ꝓfest ın Ollesscrofte xıȷ 
Jn wıtnesse wherof to thıs my pt Testet and last wyỻ J haue setto my Seale yove the Day and yere abovesaı These wıtnesse beyn
psent Sır Robert Browne ꝑso of Neylso hugħ Orlan Rıchar Deco of Cley Cotto Joħn Euar of Noneto Maıster Dauıd~ Cowper
R and Joħn uᷓnt to Joħn Worsopp̄ Notary wt other Moo /