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 swafhᷓmmket
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 euy of the ıııȷ ords 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 vꝉı 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 bfactos 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 euy 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 reuy ın su ꝑt of ıt to the dwelly of my brother
nycolas wyff thehole tyme of hyr wedowhede J com̄ytte assıgne ye ordyr dıstbuco 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 euy of these my
legatꝭ forsayı as ıt shalbe thow̄ght to th ꝯuenyent · Wıttenessx of these pmyssx Edwar hegge ꝑson
of sent benetꝭ chyrch y cābry Rychard sylues felow of ye college forsayde wt othe