Vicar James Withington

Dns Jacobus Withington v

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In the name of god amen the xv day of
February in the yere of our lord 1556 I James Withington
vicar of Ilmer make my testament & last
will in forme & maner here followinge ffirste I beq
my soule to allmightie god & ladie sanct mary
& all the holy company of heaven my body to be
buried in the church of Ilmer also I gyve to the
mother church of Lincoln iiijd It I gyve to the
church of Ilmer vjd I gyve to Andrew Dowell
my second fetherbed my second coverlet ij blankets
a paire of shete I gyve to the sayd Andrew
ij kine ij great platters ij potinger dishes & iiij
saucers of the metal sorte & ij potts & a panne
& a candlestick It I gyve to Agnes maide
a fetherbed a coverlet & a paire of shete
& ij potts & a panne It I gyve to mr olyver
withington of oxford a fetherbed a coverlet &
iij pairs of shete & my gowne It I gyve
to Richard ffreye ij quarters of barley iij pairs
of shete & a mattress & a coverlet & ij blankets
It I gyve to James Hale th[e] elder halfe a qrt
of wheate & to James Hale the yonger an other
halfe quarter of wheate It I gyve to Willm

Dowell of longwike a quarter of wheat &
a quarter of barley It I gyve to Edmude
maide a quarter of wheat & a quarter of
barley It I gyve to Robt Gobbe a comb & a
qrt of wheat & a quarter of barley It I
gyve to Thomas Withington of padvane ij
busshells of wheat & ij bz malte It I gyve
to Richard Drakins ij bz of wheat & ij
bz of malte It I gyve to mr parson
that I hand(?) viijd It I gyve to mr olyver
withington of Brasenose in oxford my
longe furred gownes & my furred gowne
w[i]thin w[hi]ch the wear of ffitches It I gyve
to John broke my longe gownes
lysted & my best cloke It I gyve to
mr oliv[er] withington of Brasenose in oxford
iij great pewter dishes iiij saucers ij silver
spones & my diary table clothes & my
napkins & a canves table cloth It I
gyve to Andrew Dowell a table cloth
& a silver spone It I gyve to Agnes
maide a table cloth & a silver spone
It I will to mr olyver that shall have
a fetherbed a bolster & a pillowe It I gyve

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to Richard White of walridge ij bz of wheat & ij
bz of malte It I gyve to John Riger his brothers
viijd It I gyve to s[ir] John ffrem[an] viijd It
I gyve to his sister Agnes a busshel of wheate
& a bz of malte It I gyve to Thom[as] selmon
to his ffiffte doughter & John bukkyne iij bz of
wheat & iij bz of malt It I gyve to Willm
dowell iij acres of wheat in lake furlonge that
liethe next to the longe pike waye It I gyve to
John Hale of Bledlowe viijd It I gyve
to Elizabeth my svaunt xijd It I gyve to Isab[e]ll
& Alis my svaunts either of them viijd
It I gyve to the parishe of bledlowe to be
devided to the poore people It I gyve to the
parishe of monkesrisborowe xijd to be devided
amongist the poore It I gyve to p[ar]ishe [of]
Wycombe xijd to be devided to poberte
It I gyve to the parishe of great hamden
xijd to poberte It I gyve to the parishe of
Olswike iij s iiij d to poberte It to the p[ar]ishe
of Aston sanford iij s iiij d It to the parishe
of Kingsey iij s iiij d to poberte It I gyve to the
Church of Towersy iij s iiij d to poberte It to

Ellis hache v marks sterlinge & to mr olyv[er]
that he hathe borrowed vj s viij d It I gyve
to mr olyv[er] withington of brasenose in
oxford xl s sterlinge It I gyve to Edmude
goodwin of Ilmer xijd It I gyve to Ric[hard]
ffree xijd It I gyve to James hayis xijd
It I gyve to mr olyver that the kypyn
for Rychard hale by my sister vj s viij d
It I gyve to Edmude mayde of Culverton
a marke It I gyve to Willm clarke John clarke
Thomas kupper John trippe Willm payne
Willm mayde James ferrer & James fgoodwin
svaunts to me eche of them iiij d a pece
It I gyve to Willm foster vj s viij d It I
gyve to John ffisher iij s iiij d It I gyve to
Anne Stevens iij s iiij d It to Rowland
Clarke my godson iij s iiij d It I gyve to
John Crooke viij s iiij d It I gyve to John
dowell of Ilmer iij s iiij d It I gyve to John
fgoodwin Edmuds sonne xijd It I gyve to
Thom[as] hale ij plates upon bay that
continuy that he will be one of the overseers
of my will It the Residue of my goods
unbeqed as (?) I gyve to mr withingto[n]
of bledlowe the p[ar]son of my will

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no accounts shall require more the[n] I have
gyve they[m] in my will so that the sayd Will[m]
make all the sayd expenses dessarges
deils(?) also not w[i]thstandinge the p[re]miss[es] that
mr oliv[er] withington of oxford iff he will make
dyme(?) a preste & take the benefice of Ilmer
shall have in woode ij quarters of wheat
& ffive quarters of malte & his p[ar]te
r[en]t[e] & all the glebe lande not gyve a forenamed
iij quarters of beans & those howshold or is not
gyve & my silver pece deils(?) alwayes that
for the p[ar]te that is gyve a fore to Willm
withington shall have all the howshold stuffe
not w[i]thstandinge mesuage male of
howshold stuffe to mr withington so that the
sayd mr withington of oxford may have
all the p[re]vile things afore beqed u[n]to h[im]
It I gyve to mr Clarke of halton to be one
of the overseers of my will xiij s iiij d Also I
make mr oliv[er] withington of brasenose in oxford
Willm withington of bledlowe & Edmude maide
of Culverton my full executors these beinge
witnesses John Crooke Edmude Goodwin & John

ffisher w[i]th others It pbat debent(?) per me(?)
Robertu[m] (?) pbat James butler de worche
It x d iij s iij d It that none of these
p[ar]isshe that I ame unto gyve
take it upon the othes that I have gyve
none

pbat fuit ap[u]d Wickh[a]m xxvj
Aprilis a[nn]o 1556 Coram m[ro] Joh[ann]e
may Comiss[arii] etc [cum] (?)
de p[ro]p[ri]o(?) etc p[er] p[ro]curat[ore]
ffranciscum murte p[ro] p[ro] (?)
etc