County: Cambridgeshire
Code: D6017
Reference: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Archives: 588DR/T342
Function: Will




Jn the name of god amē · The fyrste daye of the moneth of octobe  the yere of the ȷncarnacon̄ of o lord god
1516 · J · ıoħn seyntwary clerke ꝑson of the ꝑısch chyrch of landbech ın ye dyocessx of Ely beyn of goo 
hole mynde  remēbraw̄ce make my testamēt yn thys man folowȳ Fyrste · J · beqweth my sowle to almygħty
god to or blyssy lady sent marye  to all the holy cōpany of heven my body to be burye ın ye chapeỻ
wtın sent benettꝭ Chyrch · yn cābry yf ıt schal plese go my sowle to deꝑt fro my body yn cābry forsayı
and yf ıt schal plese god my sowle to deꝑt fro my body ın landbech the J wyl my body to be buryı
yn that chyrch ȷ beqweth to ye reꝑacon̄ of the chyrch of sent benet y cābry x ııȷ ıııȷ ȷ beq̄th to ye hye
awter there x ȷ beq̄th to ye ꝑysch chyrch of landbech xx ȷ beq̄th to ye ꝑısch chyrch of swafhᷓmmket
xx ȷ beq̄th to ye college of corꝑıs crıstı  or blyssy lady ȷn cābry lııȷs ıııȷ towar ye maky  orde⸗
rȳ of ye howse for there munymētꝭ  y other vtēsylys ȷ beq̄th to euy of the ıııȷ ords of freerꝭ yn cābrı
ııȷ ıııȷd~ · J wyll a pryst to syn fo me  my fryndꝭ by the space of a ȝere yf ıt c be made of my goodꝭ
 then ȷ wyỻ he haue for hys stípende vı vȷ vııȷ ȷ wyỻ aỻ my dettꝭ ꝓuy be payı  cōtent J wyỻ
the howse wherey henry gylso now dweỻyth · whereof ȷ haue of late geuy my ꝑt to ye collage forsayı
be orderyd  applye to ye cow̄fort of my sowle  of my bfactos by thaduyse  mynd of  Jamys Curso
of cawnt᷑bury  peter nobys   ȷoħn Mareys  þt ye howse now yn byldȳ be set ou ye sayıd ten̄tꝭ  ꝑfygthı
yn halfe ye costꝭ  chargꝭ by my executors aft my agremētꝭ wt  ȷamys Curso forsayı · ȷ beq̄th to the
Master of ye college forsayı xs ȷ · beq̄th to euy actuaỻ felow of the same college v J · wyl yt  ȷoh Mareıs
haue ye vse of my Masse boke  chaless dury hys naturaỻ lyff /  aft hys deꝑty yıs worlde yt same boke 
chaless to remayne to ye college forsayı ȷ beq̄th to  ȷamys Curso forsayde my spetaculs enclosyd yn sylu
ȷ beq̄th to  thomᷓs smart my boke callyd catholıcon ȷ beq̄th to ȷoh bryce of cābry ye yong my schort
blewe gowne ȷ beq̄th to robert tree x · ȷ wyl the howse late of my brother Nycolas seyntwary be sold by my
executors to pay the dettꝭ of my sayde brother  yf Rychar seyntwary of swafehᷓm cā agre wt my execut᷑s
for ye sayde howssx wtın half a yere next aft my decesse · then ȷ wyỻ he haue prefermēt before al othyr to ıtt
or ellys my executors to seỻ ıt at there lyberte reuy ın su ꝑt of ıt to the dwelly of my brother
nycolas wyff thehole tyme of hyr wedowhede J com̄ytte  assıgne ye ordyr  dıstbuco of al my goodꝭ
mouabuỻ  on movabyỻ to  peter Nobys   Joh Mareys wħo J ordeyne  make executors
of thıs my last wyỻ  testament to dyspose the to ye dyscharge  weeỻ of my sowle as ıt schalbe see
to there dyscrecoūs And ȷ gyff to ether of th for there laborys xl And also ȷ gyf to my sayde execut᷑s
fuỻ auctoryte  power as ȷ haue now o my owne ꝑso to alter  transpose aỻ  euy of these my
legatꝭ forsayı as ıt shalbe thow̄ght to th ꝯuenyent · Wıttenessx of these pmyssx  Edwar hegge ꝑson
of sent benetꝭ chyrch y cābry   Rychard sylues felow of ye college forsayde wt othe