Alice Bur de Rusheden

In dei no[min]i  Amen the xvj daye of Septembr in the year off o[ ur ] Lord god …. Alice Bur off Rushden wedowe being in good mynd to god make my testament ….man[er] wyse first I bequeath my soule my soule to Almighty god & to o[ur] ladye Saint Mary & .… blessed company off heyvn my body to be bured in o[ur] lady churchyard at Rushden .… to my p[ri]ncypall as the custome & the man[er] off the towne ys Item to the hyghe altar (for) tythes forgotten viij d. Item to o[ur] mod[er] church off Lincoln (ij) d. Item to the (torches) viij d … lady lyght iiij d. Item I bequeath to Ric’ bur the son[n]e off Thomas bur j cofer ij  _____ ij potts 1 kettull of ij gallons a panne of brass off 1 gallon & __ Item to the same Ric’ a panne 1 payre shets off flaxon 1 mat[r]es a b__dcloth off (__alle) __rdyn’ Item a spytt a coperd ix pewtur dyshys Item iij candylstykks 1 saltselar Item 1 basyn off (latyn) Item I bequeath to Th’ bur my son[n]e 1 (pasynet) of a gallon & (mor) Item I bequeath to the same Th’ (my) pentyd cloth in the hall & ij quoshynnes Item I bequeath to (Ric’ dey) of Sharnebroke __ & a forme Item I bequeath to Agnes Lynwad my syst[er] ij shepe Item I bequeath to Elizabeth … my Rede kertyll 1 (smok)e & my bed that I was wont to lye in (with all longyng)  to the seyd bed excypt the hanging Item to seyd Ezabell a petycote a ky(rty)ll a kercheff  a hard__ a grydyryne Item I bequeath to the wife of John R____ke my russet (kertyll) a cofer a pr___ & the hanging ov[er] my bed Item I gyfe and bequeath to Agnes Lucas a brasse pan that wyll mash 1 stryke of malte Item I gyfe & bequeath to (Joan) mason my daughter my (Russet) … & a smoke Item I bequeath to Maude Page my best kercheff also I gyve & bequeath to (Sir Wm) Roche prest my best brasse panne & to the same Sr Willm a cherstole & a (washe) (barell) I bequeath to Thomas Lucas my ….. & ij tresulls that longe ther to Item to ……….. Thomas vj new trenchers Also …….due off my good(s) (further mor not bequeathed … I am browte to the grownds I geff & bequeath to Thomas bur my sonne Item I gyffe to … (Medow) xx d & hy(m) I ordene & make my executor to se that this my p[re]sent …. be p[er]formyd & don thes beryng wytnes Sr Willm Roche prest Ly___ … Lucas & (mult’ alus)

Note: the edge of this will is decayed away. The underlines represent the missing letters or words. This will was originally indexed as Alice Bun of Rushton in an 1888 index but it is thought to be Alice Bur of Rushden, by the transcriber. No probate date is given but all others in this volume are proved between 1510 & 1520.