County: Essex
Code: D2674
Reference: Chelmsford, Essex RO: D/DBa T3/10
Function: Will
[Latin: Jn deı nōí̄e ame] the ıııȷ day o decēbír In the yere of owyr lord god Mꝉ CCCCC xv J katery levynthorp wedow o hatfeld kynggꝭ wt ín the díocesís lundo the beyng
ın good menede memorí to god do make thys mȳ Testamēt last wyỻ ın thys Maner of fourme folowyn fyrst J bequethe my sowle on to alle Myghȝtí god to
hys modyr Seent Maríe to alle the hole cūpeny of he my body for to be beríyd wt ın the Chapeỻ o owyr blessyd lady ın the Monenesterí [sic] of hatfıeld foreseyd by my
husbon̄d also J geve bequethe onto the seyd Monesterí of hatfeld foreseyd my bes chalys also J wyỻ that euy brodyr of the seyd Monesterí o the foreseyd hatfeld ther
beyn prystys schaỻ have xıȷ d a pece also J geve be quethe onto the hye alt of the ꝑyscħ chereche for ony tythys or oblacíōns neclygently forgoty or done
ııȷ s ıııȷ d also J geve be quethe o to the cherche of bramha ín the díocís o yorke ııȷ s ıııȷ d also J geve be quethe on to wyỻm my sone Jane hys wyfe
a salt salyr wt a covyr o [...] [...] sponys a chalys ꝑceỻ gyltt whyche chales J lent on to Joħn [...] when that he went to waltom crosse also
ıȷ Canstykys of latyn for an awt᷑ [...] for hys tabyỻ a portose ín prenetyd myne nowne Sawtyr a presse my grete Chest a fedyrbed wt a [...]
the sparvyr of myne owne bed [...] [...] ín o Red wt alle the hanggyngꝭ of the same of Red bothe ín my chamebyr also ín the halle Cofyr that myne
evídens be ın a ches at my beddys fete also a celyr a Testyr of grene that hanggytħ ín my ꝑlur alle the grene hanggꝭ that ys ín the seyd ꝑlur a peyyr of
fustoons ıȷ pelowys a coulyght o red ylow the laregesteof my cowntyrpoyntꝭ a tabyỻ clothe of dyapyr ıȷ towellꝭ of díapyr the tabyỻ ín the halle
the trestyllys a cheyyr a basy an ewyr of pewter alle my pewtyr vesellꝭ that J have a brasse panne on bulld the grete Cawdyrne that stondytħ
ın the furnes a Spete the Rakkys that J Roste wt ther to the potte hokys the pott hanggyllys the awnd yerne ín the halle also J geve bequethe onto
my dowght Coty my crosse of goold that J were o a lon pelow of downe my legent aury also J wyỻ that my Sone Coty my dowght hys
wyffe for alle the dute that y s be twene the bothe me of an old rekenyn J wyỻ that they schaỻ have a pryste for to prey for my husbn
Sowle for my sowle where that they wyỻ have he syng at ther owne a synemēt as they may do ytt att ther ese not hurtyng the
selfe at dyuse tymys on to the valow of v Mark ín Mony also J wyỻ that my dowght katery schaỻ have a peyr of bodys of whyte
amobyr gawdyyd wt goold ⸫ also J wyỻ that my dowght Anne schaỻ have my flatt pece my gobelett wt the covyr my lytyỻ Salte Saly
o Syluyr the grene tapettꝭ ın the Chamebyr ouyr the parelyr a fedyrbed a bowstyr that lyytħ ín the ꝑlur the cowntyr poynt ın the
Same parelyr my furryd gowne my Spruce cofyr a braspott that ys ín my Chamebyr the grete panne ín my kechy the grete trevett the
almery ín my halle the old ketyỻ a Schyp cheste also J wyỻ that my Sone buknaỻ anne hys wyfe schaỻ have my howse that J
hol o the covent o hatfel foreseyd be ın dent᷑ duryn the tereme of myne ın dent᷑ ⸫ also J wyỻ that Secely thornehyỻ schaỻ have
a demysent of Syluyr gylte a Cheste that stondytħ ín my ınnar chemebyr a Matras a bowstyr a peyr of blankkattꝭ a peyyr of flexy schetys and
a pelow a couylyght o Red yelow a celyr of whyte a test ıȷ canstykkꝭ of laty a bras pott a skelett wone of my gownnys a trevett a gredeyerne
a cofyr at my beddys hed ııȷ tredyu kerechurs also J wyỻ that y wodyr ıııȷ kerechurs be delyd [sic] on to ıııȷ pore folke at the cherche gate also
J wyỻ that the scha be delyd onto v pore folke at the daye of my beryaỻ ıȷ d a pece be syde the that hold torechys ín thys J do ordy
make my sone wyỻm levynthorp mast vykyr of the foreseyd hatfeld myne excecutys [sic] for to se thys my wyỻ fulfellyd the beyng
wytnes Syr wyỻm wod Joħn Clerke wt odyr moe
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