County: Buckinghamshire
Code: D5024
Reference: Aylesbury, Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies: D/22/8/1
Function: Will
[Latin: Jn deı nomíne Amen]The xxıııȷt day o Januarıȷ ın the yere of owre lord god Mlo CCCC lxxxxo J Paule dareỻ Squíer beyng
hole and o good mynd havyng the vncerteyn houre of dethe evır suspecte whıch no mortaỻ Creature may flee And laste
here aftır J were occupıed wyth the day o dethe and softe or schort tyme to make my Testament and myte nat haue hıtte
Therfor now mevyd of thıs wolsom thouth make my testament ın thıs wys Fırste J gıve and bequethe my Soule to almyte
god my maker and redemer oure lady Seynt Mary and to aỻ the Seyntıs ın hevyn my Body aftı the Sowle ıs Departıd
to be buryed ın the chaunceỻ o lyllyngston Dareỻ where J haue schow assıgned the place Also J bequethe ın the name
of ony pryncıpaỻ suche as the law o the Chırche requíryth Also J bequeth to euy yute ın the Chırche o lyllyngsto
Dareỻ v Also J bequethe toward the reparaco of the Torchıs vȷ vııȷ also J bequethe to euy man suᷓnt ın my house
beyng ııȷ ıııȷ also J bequethe to Thomᷓs levyng besıd hıs, ııȷ ıııȷ a beste feshe as my sonne Thomᷓs Dareỻ [...]
Delyu hym also J bequethe to pore Pepuỻ to be dalte and dısposıd at the tyme o my Buryın̄g to prey my Soule and
Cryste Surlıeȝ x marke ın pense pense o ıȷ The resıdue o my godys nat bequethed nor dısposıd J gyve and bequethe
to Thomᷓs Dareỻ my Sonne and heyre ordeyne and make my [...] to fulfılle and ꝑforme thıs my laste wıỻ and
to dıspose for me here aftır as he thynkyth beste And J ordeyne and assygne to be ovırseerꝭ to see thıs, my testament
fulfyllı and ꝑformyd wıllᷓm Rysley Joh Pygotte and Maystır Joh Bryg parson o lekehamsted Jn wytnes, whero to thıs
my testament and very wílle J haue Setto my Seale yevon the day Monytħ and yere above wryto