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 · Mꝉꝉ 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 pste vȷ J to syr wıllyam charneỻ pste
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 pmer 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 þof aftur þe dıscrecıon̄ of hıs moder
þe remeland [sic] to be sol by þe dıscrecıo of my wyf hıs moder / Also þıs a blake qᷓyer þ ın be many makyngꝭ
of dıus metes dıuse 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 Beuley 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]