In the name of god so be hitt the yere of our Lord m

ccccc xxviij the (xv) daye of the moneth of (Janiri) I Agnes Bell

of Rusheden hole of mynde and of good remembrance su[m]what

syke in my body fering the unc[er]tyn our of dethe on this

man[ner] I make my (testament) First I bequth my sowll to god

Almighty to his blessed mother our lady saynt Mary and

To all the hole saynts of hevyn and to be buried in the

churche yard of our blessed lady in Rusheden aforesaid

Item I bequeth to ____ my best good in the name of my

p[ri]ncypall Item I bequeath to the mother churche of Lyncoln iiij d

Item I bequeath to the highe ault[er] xij d Item I bequeath to our lady

gylde to the bells & to the torchis v s Item I bequeath to Ryc[hard]

my son a brase (basin) a cov[er]lett a shette & a knedyngtroffe Item

I wyll that ye said Rychard my son within ij yeres aft[er] my dethe

pay to the churche of Rusheden xxvj s viij d for to bye a blake

vestyment with all ___ within ij yerez next aft[er] that to paye

x s to a p[re]ste to synge a trentall of masses for my sowll & all

Christian sowlls The rest of all my goods I gyve & bequeath to Alben(a)*

my dowght[er] whom I make my trewe & faithfull executrice to

dispose my goods for the helthe of my sowll & all Christian sowlls

witness (hereof that) this is my trew & last wyll Sir Hugh Lancast[er] John

(barone) Thomas _____ with others.

*the last letter of this name is unclear and it may be that the scribe has attempted to insert a letter (i) after writing Albine or Albina the first time. My best guess is that it is Albenia. Withycombe’s Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names (2^nd Ed.) gives the feminine name Albina/Albinia as first appearing in England in 1604. Unless I have made a mistake in transcribing it, its occurrence here precedes that by about 80 years. The feminine name Alba has also been noted in 14^th century taxation returns.