Alice Lumbard 1559

In the Name of God Amen in the year of Our Lord m v lix [1559] I Alice Lumbard widowe dwelling in Grafton in the countie of Northampton do make my last will and testament in maner and forme folowinge First I bequethe my soule to allmightie god my maker and redemer and to all the holye companye in heaven and my bodie to be buried in the churcheyard of Grafton I gyve to the church porche to the reparacions iijs iiijd Item to the bells xijd Item will that Agnes my maid shall have xxxiijs iiijd that was my husbands requeste and that my sonne henry shall paie it unto her Item gyve to Agnes ij pare of shetes a table clouthe a big platt and a lesse a Kettle brasse pott of ij gallons and a kettle of iij gallons a salte celler and a blacke heifr I gyve to Ellnor her sister a pare of shetes a platter and a shepe I gyve to Edward Coke my sonne Williams mare iiij shepe and a great platter Item to Agnes ij shepe Item to Edward Williams coffer Item to William Coke iij shepe I gyve to the hie waies iijs iiijd To every poore bodie that have no plowe gowinge halfe a strike of malt to my man a shepe to Edward the best diaper napkyn to Jone Ward a peticoate and a naperun and a lockram kercheiff to Agnes a russet kirtle and my best peticoate to Elizabethe my daughter ij of my beste kercheiffes my best smocke and halfe a quarter of maulte And to Agnes a table a forme and half an acre of barley and Edward Cooke halfe an acre of barley at the born ..uthe closse stile and to Agnes a mattres and a coverlytt Item to John Goodman's wiffe my redd cappe Item to slatears wiffe my waste coate to Margarett grace a new lockram kearcheiff To Jone Ward a lockram kercheiff Item to the parson ijs to Roberte Warde a cloke. The rest of all my goods unbequethed I gyve to henry my sonne all my detts paid and will fulfilled whom I make my full executor to have and to paie all willinge that my sonne shall distribute to the poore people in the towne Witnesses Edward Coke and Edward cole John Kirbie of the churche stile withe other mooe

Proved 19 March 1559/60