County: Kent
Code: D2794
Reference: Maidstone, Kent History and Library Centre: PRC 16/2/1515/353
Function: Will
Jn the name off god Ame / / The xvȷ daye off June ın þe yere off owre god Mꝉ CCCCC an xv / / J Thomas
Goodgrome off þe ꝑycħ off stockebere ın þe Coun off Kentt husbondm wt a hole Myn an a
good Memory be gynnytħ my testame ín thys wysse / / Fyrst J be quetħ my sowle to go and
to owre blessyd lady þe vgy and to aỻ þe holy Company off hevy and my body to be beryy ı̄n
þe Churcħ yer off syntt Mary Mawdele ın þe ꝑycħ be Forsay / / Aỻso J be quetħ to þe ‸ hye awtt off þe same
ꝑycħ Churcħ For my For Goty tythys an Oblacyons neclegently For goty xıȷ aỻso to
owre lady lythe off þe same Churcħ My beste kowe Jt to þe Crose lythe off þe same Churcħ xıȷ Jt
to Mary Mawdele lytħ ın þe same Churcħ xıȷ J to syntt Ely lytħ xıȷ Jt to synt Nycolas
lytħ xıȷ J to þe trynyte lytħ xıȷ
Thys ys þe laste wyỻ off me þe For say Thomas Goodgrome Made þe daye an yere a boue say / / Fyrst J wyỻ
þt Thomas plott schaỻ haue A kowe and my best Gowne / / Aỻso J wyỻ þt Joħn goodgrome my brothy schal
haue ıȷ peyre off schetꝭ nothy off þe beste nor off þe werste / / Aỻso my brothy Joħn Goodgrome schaỻ haue
my nexte beste gowne my Cheste / / Aỻso J be quetħ and Geue to my Mothy to my syst Elızabetħ aỻ
my Jnstuffe eqaỻy to be devydy be twene them / / Aỻso J wyỻ þt My Mothyr schaỻ haue xxvȷ s vııȷ d
off good an lawffuỻ Mony off ynglon / / J J wyỻ þt Elızabetħ my syst schaỻ haue a kowe and
xxvȷ s vııȷ off lawffuỻ Mony off ynglon / / Aỻso J wyỻ þt myne executo schaỻ Cawse Tryntaỻ
to be seyd o songe ın þe ꝑycħ Churcħ be Fo say att my beryng att my Monytħ Mynde o as schortly
as hytt maye be afft / / Aỻso J wyỻ þt my executo schaỻ haue lııȷ s ıııȷ to kepe a Obytt ın þe ꝑycħ
Churcħ off Stockebery þe space off vııȷ yere euy yere vȷ s vııȷ / / Aỻso J wyỻ þt my executo schaỻ
Cawse my pyỻgrymage to be done to owre lady off waỻsynga to syntt Awdrye off Ely / / Aỻ so
J be quetħ to my ıȷ god chyỻdry ııȷ off my wyffꝭ í qᷓters an a haỻffe off barley / / aỻso J wyỻ þt
Myx owys þt betħ to Ferme wt Thomas Cokelett ın Medyatly afft lamas nexte Cōmyn to be delyuyd
[...] to þe Churcħ off Stockebery haỻffe to þe ꝑycħ Churcħ off haỻstow / / and xx owys wt Man off [...]
x owys wt Joħn yonge off Raynam afft lomas haỻffe to Stockebery churcħ haỻffe to haỻstow churcħ
[dorse]The Resedew off My goodꝭ natt be quetħ My dettꝭ an my be questꝭ pay J Geue an be quetħ
to Joħn Goodgrome my brothyr the wyche J ordene An Make myne executo and he to
dyspose hytt Fore my sowỻe heltħ My wyffꝭ sowỻe aỻ goo Crysty Sowỻꝭ wyttenes
Roberte byỻto vykery off Stockebery Rychar Kemyslay Thomas plott Joħn Goodgrome
the yonge an othy Moo