County: Hertfordshire
Code: D4170#8
Reference: Hertford, Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies: ASA/1AR, fol.70v, item 2
Function: Will
[line 9][Latin: Ricun Fox>]
[Latin: Jn dei nomine amen] / A . Mlle-CCCC-.-liiijti . yerys of oure lord / and of þe reigne of kyng harry the syxte xxxij .
yere that J . Richard Fox of þe house of seint Albon̕ simple seruant the x day of May in gode mynde and
sumwhat wt avysement ordeyned made & wrote myn̕ owne testament in this world &c̕ . Fyrste . j
bequethe my soule to almyghtty god & to his blessyd moder seint mary & to alle þe holy companye of heuene
And my wrecchid and syneulle body to be beryed by lycence of my lord & þe couent in þe west ende of þe
body of þe chyrche in þe gret porche Jt̕ j . bequethe to þe couent þt bery me vj s viij d Jt̕ to þe sekesten̕ for
brekyng of þe ground vj s viij d Jt̕ to þe clerkes of þe chyrche xvj d Jt̕ to þe vicory my goftly fader xij d
Jt̕ to syr John walsshe prest vj d Jt̕ to syr John Candelle preste vj d Jt̕ to syr willyam charnelle preste
vj d Jt̕ to þe Ankeres of seint petres vj d Jt̕ to þe Ankeres of seint Miche vj d Jt̕ j . bequethe to John
my sone goddes blessyng & myn̕ & my lytelle primer heled wt rede leder Jt̕ j . bequethe to my sone . vj
bounde bokes & a boke þt is in quayers . xxv . for þe more parte wryte redy Of þe . vij . bokes abouesaid
þe on̕ is of seint Albonns lyffe / The begynnethe wt seint Edmundys lyffe þe kyng The 2 . begynnethe
wt [Latin: duem ne in furore] The 4 . begynnethe wt brute . / The 5 . begynnethe wt Elfrede & Alfrede kyngges and
so forthe cronekeles . / 6 . begynnethe of þe tales of gower / & alle my quayers þt may stonde hym in stede . j wylle
þt he haue hem & specially a quayer heled wt rede lether wher-in be many contentes as þe wayes to Rome
& alle þe stasions of Rome & of Jerusalem bothe / Also j wylle he shalle haue my longe boke of [Latin: stymeles con
syensye] & of þt longethe to my body of weryng harnes j wylle he haue þerof aftur þe discrecionn of his moder
& þe remeland [sic] to be sold by þe discrecion̕ of my wyff his moder / Also þer is a blake quayer & þer-in be many makynges
of diuers metes & diuerse festes & mony a gode vers / As of þe remeland of my bokes lette chese whyche he
wylle haue mo & þo þt he leuethe let Chicheley haue somme & somme to my Cosyn̕ Robert / Also j bequethe
to þe pryoras of þe pray & to her susters too bokes of legenda aurea þt on begynneth wt ada̕ & Eve
þ-helde wt rede leder / þe secunde is held wt wyte leder & begynneth wt seint cristoffre Jt̕ j . bequethe
to seint Andrewes chyrche werke . xxx s & to be payed yerely as þe werk gothe vpward somme at
o tyme & somme at a-noþer tyl þe somme abouesayd of xxx s be payed alle þe residewe of my godes wt-
in & wt-owt j put in-to my wyuys dispocicon̕ to pay my dettes & to do for me as she wold y shulde do
for her / And preying my gode frend & felowe Thomas Beuerley to be helpyng to my wyff & she to
reward hym . iij s iiij d for a peyre hosen̕ & j wylle & charge þt þe Archedekyn̕ haue my signet of gold
þt j haue vsed to were dayly opon my fynger / & this my testament & my last wylle y make & ordeyne
myn̕ executrix Annes my wyff so þt she dispose my godes as is rehersed beforn̕ / yeuen̕ at seint
Albons þe day & yeres afore-sayd Jn wytnes of whyche y set to my sele to þs psent testament
[Latin: probat̕ xij die menser Augusti Ao suprad . & dimisser est]