County: Leicestershire
Code: D0427
Reference: Leicester, Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland: 44'28/83
Function: Will
Jn the name of god Amen the xııȷtħ day of the monetħ of Juy ın the yere of or lor god Mꝉ CCCCC xııȷtħ and ın the Fyfte yere of the Reıgne o kyng hen the vııȷtħ / J Robert
vyncent of Bradgate ın the Countíe of leycest Gentılma beyng hoole ın body and of a good remembraunce make my testament ın thıs man / Fırst J gyve bequetħ my
soule to Almyghty god ou lady Seınt Mary and to all the holy company of heve / my body to be burıed ın holy Churcħ burıaỻ where ıt shaỻ happe to plese god
Also J be quetħ ın name of my prıncıpaỻ my best Best / Also J bequetħ to the Cathedraỻ Churcħ of lıncoꝉn xıȷ / Also J bequetħ to the ꝑısshe Churcħ of Newtowne lynfor
towar the reꝑacıons x / Also J bequetħ to my broder walter lysley my best gowne my best doblett and my Crymse velwet ȷakett / and to my Syster hís wí a kowe
the best that she Wıỻ chose / Also J bequetħ to Joħn Chamberley of leycest a kowe / Also J bequetħ to my god Doughter Margaret May the Doughter o walter May
o leycest to her marıage vȷ vııȷ / Also J bequetħ to god doughter wattons doughter of Newtowne xl or ellꝭ ȷ hayfar / Also J bequetħ to euy uᷓnt that J haue wt
me at thıs tyme ma woma and chılde ȷ hayfa / Also J bequetħ to Rauf pees my uᷓnt that gothe wt me oo of my horses wt Sadyỻ Brıdeỻ and all that
longıtħ to ıt Also J bequetħ to my brother hugħ vyncent oon of my best gownes and oo of my best Dobelettꝭ / Also J bequetħ to Thomas Kyng of Thurmasto
oo of my gownes / Also J bequetħ to Rıchar Elyott of leycest a noder of my gownes / Also J bequetħ to Chaundeler my uᷓnt ıȷ oxe bullokkꝭ of ıȷ yere ol · /
Also J bequetħ to Anne my Bastar Doughter ın money or money wortħ after the dıscrecıo of my executos Sıxtene poundꝭ s / Also J bequetħ to my
hostys Mastres Grene at londo xx / Also J bequetħ to Maıster Covıỻ subdeane of the kıngꝭ Chapeỻ my best horse or colt after my prıncıpaỻ that
he wıỻ chose or any for hym · / Also ȷ bequetħ to wıllıa vyncent my bastar sōne xxıxꝉı vȷ vııȷ towar hıs fyndyng to the Lawe / Also J bequetħ to
Margery my wíf all my londꝭ and tetꝭ wt theır apptenᷓncꝭ ın the Townes and Feldꝭ of Thurcasto and Rotheley for tme of her lıf / and after her decesse the saıd
londꝭ and Tetꝭ wt ther apptenᷓncꝭ to remayne to wıllıa vyncent my bastar so / And J yeve and bequetħ aỻ my other londꝭ and tetꝭ to the saıd
wıllıa vyncent my bastar sōne and to hís heírs laufully begote foreu / and for lak of ıssue of the saıd Wıllıa laufully begote for eu / J woỻ that aỻ the saıd
londꝭ and tenementꝭ wt ther apptenᷓncꝭ remayne to Anne my bastar my do ughter and to her heírs of her body laufully begote for eu / And for la of ıssue of the
Anne laufully begote then to remayne to the rıght heırs of me the saıd Roƀt vyncent for eu · / Also J bequetħ to the saıd wıllıa vyncent my
bastar sōne aỻ my Chapeỻ stuf as Chalıs bookꝭ vestementꝭ and Awter Clothes wt aỻ other thıngꝭ to the Chapeỻ belongyng · Whıcħ ıs ın kepıng at
thıs tyme wt Maıstres Shepey of Swythlan and also a sılu salt Coue a sılu goblett and a dose sılu spones / Also J bequetħ aỻ my other plate after
the decesse of Margery my wı to Anne my bastar Doughter / Also J bequetħ to Rıchar Stookꝭ of leycest a kowe / Also J bequetħ to Susan / walter
lyles bastard Doughter a kowe / Also J bequetħ to my lor Marques aỻ my harnes and byỻꝭ / Also J bequetħ to my broder harvy of pekulto a bay /
ambelyng Colt now at thís tyme ayerelyng the best Colt J haue / Also J bequetħ to xp̄ofer Byrchenaỻ a Ambelyng Fylly / Also J bequetħ to a
honest prest to syng for my soule and my good doers a hole yere ın the Churcħ of Newtowne vııȷ markꝭ stlıngꝭ / Executours of thís my
Testament J ordey and make Sır Gefferey prıor of wulfscrofte Joħn ꝑsons / ꝑsone of lutterworth / and wıllıa vyncent my bastar sōne
to dıspose for my soules heltħ as aforsaı · / The resıdue of my goodꝭ not bequest after my dettꝭ paıd and funaỻ costꝭ done and ꝑfome of my
buríaỻ J gyff and bequetħ to Margery vyncent my wı and after the decesse of the saıd Margery J woỻ that aỻ sucħ goodꝭ be devıde bıtwene
wıllıa vyncent my bastar sōne and Anne my bastar Doughter · / Jt J bequetħ to Gefferey walley prıo of Ellescrofte xx / Jt J bequetħ
to Joħn ꝑsons ꝑsone of lutterwortħ xx / Jt J bequetħ to Joħn Edmondꝭ of leycest a Colt / Also J bequetħ to euy chano ꝓfest ın Ollesscrofte xıȷ
Jn wıtnesse wherof to thıs my pt Testet and last wyỻ J haue setto my Seale yove the Day and yere abovesaı These wıtnesse beyn
psent Sır Robert Browne ꝑso of Neylso hugħ Orlan Rıchar Deco of Cley Cotto Joħn Euar of Noneto Maıster Dauıd~ Cowper
R and Joħn uᷓnt to Joħn Worsopp̄ Notary wt other Moo /