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




Jn the name of god amen . The fyrste daye of the moneth of october̕ & the yere of the jncarnaconn of our lord god
1516 . J . iohn seyntwary clerke parson of the parisch chyrch of landbech in ye dyocesse of Ely beyng̕ of good &
hole mynde & remembrawnce make my testament yn thys maner folowyng̕ Fyrste . J . beqweth my sowle to almyghty
god to or blyssyd lady sent marye & to all the holy company of heven my body to be buryed in ye chapelle
wtin sent benettes Chyrch . yn cambryg̕ yf it schal plese god my sowle to depart fro my body yn cambryg̕ forsayid
and yf it schal plese god my sowle to depart fro my body in landbech then̕ J wyl my body to be buryid
yn that chyrch j beqweth to ye reparaconn of the chyrch of sent benet yn̕ cambryg̕ x iijs iiijd j beqnth to ye hye
awter there xs j beqnth to ye parysch chyrch of landbech xxs j beqnth to ye parisch chyrch of swafham merket
xxs j beqnth to ye college of corperis cristi & or blyssyd lady jn cambryg̕ liijs iiijd toward ye makyg̕ & orde-
ryng of ye howse for there munymentes & yer other vtensylys j beqnth to euery of the iiij orders of freeres yn cambrig̕
iijs iiijd . J wyll a pryst to syng̕ for̕ me & my fryndes by the space of a ȝere yf it ca̕ be made of my goodes
& then j wylle he haue for hys stipende vli vjs viijd j wylle alle my dettes prouyd be payid & content J wylle
the howse whereyn̕ henry gylson̕ now dwellyth . whereof j haue of late geuyn̕ my part to ye collage forsayid
be orderyd & applyed to ye cowmfort of my sowle & of my bnefactours by th aduyse & mynd of Master Jamys Curson̕
of cawnturbury Master peter nobys & Master john Mareys & þt ye howse now yn byldyng̕ be set ouer ye sayid tenntes & parfygthid
yn halfe ye costes & charges by my executors after my agrementes wt Master jamys Curson̕ forsayid . j beqnth to the
Master of ye college forsayid xs j . beqnth to euery actualle felow of the same college vs J . wyl yt Master john Mareis
haue ye vse of my Masse boke & chaless duryg̕ hys naturalle lyff / & after hys departyg̕ yis worlde yt same boke &
chaless to remayne to ye college forsayid j beqnth to Master jamys Curson̕ forsayde my spetaculs enclosyd yn syluer
j beqnth to sir thomas smart my boke callyd catholicon j beqnth to john bryce of cambryg̕ ye yonger my schort
blewe gowne j beqnth to robert tree xs . j wyl the howse late of my brother Nycolas seyntwary be sold by my
executors to pay the dettes of my sayde brother & yf Rychard seyntwary of swafeham can agre wt my executurs
for ye sayde howsse wtin half a yere next after my decesse . then j wylle he haue preferment before al othyr to itt
or ellys my executors to selle it at there lyberte reseruyg̕ in sum̕ part of it to the dwellyg̕ of my brother
nycolas wyff the hole tyme of hyr wedowhede J commytte & assigne ye ordyr & distribucon̕ of al my goodes
mouabulle & on-movabylle to Master peter Nobys & Master John Mareys who J ordeyne & make executors
of this my last wylle & testament to dyspose them̕ to ye dyscharge & weelle of my sowle as it schal be seen̕
to there dyscrecouns And j gyff to ether of the̕ for there laborys xls And also j gyff to my sayde executurs
fulle auctoryte & power as j haue now on̕ my owne person̕ to alter & transpose alle & euery of these my
legates forsayid as it shal be thownght to the̕ conuenyent . Wittenesse of these premysse Master Edward hegge parson
of sent benetes chyrch yn̕ cambryg̕ & sir Rychard syluest̕ felow of ye college forsayde wt other̕