Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies DAWf: 17 101

Richard Smyth 1606
Missing twelveth day of marche in the yeare missing computation of the Church of England 1605. I missing [Lynf]ord Parva in the county of Buck beinge sicke in missing thankes be to god therefore doe make and ordayne missing testament in manner and forme followinge that is to say missing my soule to almighty god and my body to be lay. missing great Lynforde. Item I doe geve unto my kynes[men] missing Sixe poundes thirteen shillinges and fower pence of missing Englyshe money. Item I Doe geve unto thomas Shepard missing ffrancis tenn shillinges. I doe geve to William Seare missing my servante five shillings. Item I doe geve to Edward missing servant ladd five shillinges. I doe geve to my mayd servant Susan Rawlyns five shillinges. I doe geve to mary Merill my maydservant five shillinges. I doe geve unto the poore people in the towne wher I lyve twenty shillinges. Item I doe geve to Richard Malyns of Great Lynford thre shillinges and fower pence Item I Doe geve to Mary Smyth of great Lynford my Kyneswoman thre shillinges and fower pence. Item I Doe geve to Elizabeth Coleman of great Lynford my Kyneswoman tenn shillinges. Item I Doe geve to Johane Blond of great Lynford Wolston my Kyneswoman tenn shillinges. Item I Doe geve to my brother Ashbey and my sister his wyfe xls Item I Doe geve to my brother John Travell the younger xs. Item I geve to my brother William Travell tenn shillinges. Item I Doe geve unto my Kyneswoman Agnes Lyne of Bradwell tenn shillinges and to her Children xs. And I geve to the Church of great Lynford tenn shillinges. All the residue of my goods and chattels my legacies beinge payde and my funeral expences Discharged I geve unto my beloved wife Isabell Smyth whom I make sole executrix of this my laste will and testament And I make overseers thereof John Smyth and Danyell Smyth my sonnes. Witnesses William Hodgkin William Martyne

Probate 8 day May 1606