Nicholas Woolffe 1539
In dei nomine Amen the xxxv tº [sic] daye off aprell in the yere off our lorde god M ccccc xxxix ti [1539] I Nicholas woolffe off grafton in the counte off Northampton beynge syke in bodye & holl off mynde lovyd be Allmyghty god Doo ordyne & make thys to be my present testament & last wyll in manner and forme folowyng first I bequeath my solle to allmyghty god & to the gloryos vyrgyn hys mother our laidy saint mary & unto all ye celestiall comppane off hevyn & my body to be buryd within ye churche yard off our laidye in grafton I[tem] I wyll & bequeath to the mayntenance of … taper beffore the blessyd sacrament in the churche of Grafton iijs iiijd [3s 4d]. I[tem] I bequeath to the maintenance off the Roodde lyght xxd [20d] Item I [bequeath to] the sepucre light xxd [20d] Item I bequ[eath] …. ffyve prysts to seye messe ….. ffor my solle & all Christten solls … daye off my buryall ijs vjd Item I bequeath to iij Ryngars the same daye that doo Ryng for me xijd Item I bequeath to every one off my gode chylderyn iiijd the Resydew off my goodds movable & unmovable nott gevyn nor bequeathed I gyve & bequeath unto augnes my wyffe whom I doo ordyn & make to be my sole executrix & she to dysposse them for the helth off my solle & all Christien solls as she shall think ytt mo[st] best & nesessary allso I doo order & make to be overseers off thys my present testament & laste wyll Sir John Day parson of grafton Wylliam Maryatt & Jamys Wadyngton thes beyng wyttnes Sir John Daye before namyd Wylliam Maryatt & Robert the..[with] other moo Item I bequeath to All.. Woolffe one blacke cowe