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Transcribed by Stephen Swailes, 2008.
William Burbage - Will 1529

In dei nom Amen the yere of our lord god M cccc xxix …
Monas May I Wylliam Burbage make my tetstament &
last wyll under forme & man[ner] folowyng. First I bequeath my
sowll unto almighty god our lady saynt Mary & to the co[m]pany
of hevyn & my body to be buryed within the churche yard
of our lady of Rusheden. Item I bequeath unto my mortuary as
the custome is there. Item to the highe altar of our lady of Rusheden
xl d. Item to the mother churche of lyncoln iiij d. Item to our
lady light of Rusheden xx d. Item to the gyld off our lady
Saynt Kateryn yn Rusheden iij s iiij d. Item ...
Item to the torche light to by ij stoks & ij sta___rds ...
v s. The rest of my goods not bequeathed I gyve & begqueth ...
Burbage my son whom I make my full executor of ...
& he to do for my sowll & al crysten sowlls as shalbe most (conveni)ent
& comfort therto This test~ Sir Wyllm gibbons curate ...
Margetts theld[er] Wyllm Baron cum alys

Note : This will is damaged on the lower right side.


NRO Ref: N W 1st Series Book D 597
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