County: Essex
Code: D2465
Reference: Worcester, Worcester Cathedral Muniments: B. 1700
Function: Will
Thıs ıs the laste wıỻ o me Joha Rusto the wyf o Joh Rusto made att Berkyn þe vııȷth day o Septemƀre the
yere of yo᷑ our lorde god A · Mꝉ · CCCC · lxxııȷ · Fırst my wıỻ ıs þt Joħn Rusto my husbon have and enıoye my tenemente
att lıtelhetħ wt aỻ my oþe londes and tenementıs rentıs and uıces wt Aỻ þe app᷑tenᷓnces the tme o þ ııȷ · yere next
sewyn aft my dıscese wt aỻ þe ꝓfıtes þt may be take vpo þe same as ın fellyn and sellyn o wode · except only
þt he fell no husbondıs oþe wıse callı pollardıs be þe grovnde duryn þe seı tme o ııȷ · yere · Also my wıỻ ıs þt
my feffenıs whıcħ þt bee enfeffı ın my londes and tenementıs Att Boxwortħ delyue anoo aft my dıscese to þe foreseı
Joħn Rusto my husbonde pesıble state and possessıo o þe same londes and tenementıs to have and to holde to hym to
hıs eıres and to hıs Assıgneıs forevırmore · Also my wıỻ ıs þt aft þe foreseı tme of ııȷ yere · þt Anneys my doughter have
my foreseı tenemente att lıtelhetħ wt aỻ þes londes þt ıs to sey Abrahᷓms Rychers Smythes Gerveıses Rolfıs
two grovettıs oo att þe ponde hede And a noþe att þe west sıde of Bardelovestrete and þe Ryde · Also my wıỻ ıs þt
she have my house callı Brewers house wt þe londe þt longıtħ þeto to have to hır and to hır eıres for eumore
Also my wıỻ ıs þt Alıce my dought have my londes ten̄tıs callı Gayshᷓms Aft þe foreseı tme o ııȷ · yere to hır to
hır eıres and to hır Assıgneıs for eumore Also be þe lıcence of my seı husbon J geve and bequethe vnto þe foreseı
Anneys my [...] my [...] develıse gov furrı wt grey my grene huke my vıolett govn newe forrı and my
furrı frende · Also vnto Alıce my doughter A gov clothe o grene and A murrey kyrtıỻ · Also to Anneys þe douȝter
o þe foreseı Joħn Rusto my husbonde my best gov my bla kırtıỻ and my grene govne · Also my wıỻ ıs þt my
seı husbon leve ın my place att lıtelhethe my doser hangyn ın my haỻ Att þe hye deıse wt þe banker · And
þe lede ın the kechy · Jn wıtnesse whereof J have putt to my seale · thes wıtnessıs Roƀt waleys vykery
o þe ꝑısshe o Berkyn · Joħn horeỻ henry Chesema and oþe moo yove att Berkyn aforeseı the day
and yere aboveseı