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Transcribed by Sue Comont, 2009
Margarett Collrytt - will 1558

In the Name of God Amen the tenth daye of Novemer in the yere of our Lorde God on thousand ffyve hundred  ffyfty and eyght I Margarett Collrytt wydowe late wyff of Richard Collrytt of Russheden deceasing beynge sycke in bodye and in good and perfytt rembrance the prayse be given unto Almyghtye  God Make and ordeyn thys my present Testament and laste wyll in manner and forme folowynge that ys to saye ffyrst and pryncypally I comende my Soule unto Almyghtye God  Our Ladye Seynt Maria with all the holye companye of heaven and my bodye to be buryed within the parysshe church of Russheden as aforesaid bytween the ffont and the northe dore there also I wyll that the Churche Wardens ther shall have for the breakynge of the grownde 3s 4d towarde the Reparacion of the sayd Churche and also other iiis iiiid towarde the reparyon of the seyd  churche  and alsoeiiis iiiid towarde the pavynge of the seyd grownde  agyne soe sone as yt ys pavyed and nott before  also I gyve to the ---------------------- of the hyghe awlter of the same churche viid and a latyn candlestyke also I gyve to eny howseholde that kepyth no plowght nor horse within the parysshe aforseyd viid  Also I wyll that ther shalbe bestoyed at my buryall amongst pore people in breade and Drynkeiiis iiiid Also I gyve and bequethe to Wyllm Trygge  of Sandon in the countye of Herts labourer all that my intrest ryght tythe and terme of yeres wch I have yet to come in a mease buyleyd sett and beynge in Rowe Grene nowe in the tenure of the seyd Margarett with all the  lande meadowes and pastures to the same belongynge to have to hym and hys assignes durynge the seyd yeres  Also I gyve and bequethe to Margarett  Votyes my God Daughter two kyne the one called Cherye and the other Sterre and that she shall take her ffathers  advice in the bestoynge of them Also I gyve to the seyd Margarett  Votyes vi pewter platters and 6 pewter sawcers   ----------------------------  Also I gyve and bequethe to Denys Langborowe my mayd one cowe callyd Crumple Horne Also I gyve wyll and bequthe to Robt Holland of Sanden aforesaid my graye nagge or geldyng. Also I give to Thomas Wood my servant my redde bullock -------------------------Also I give to Chrystes Vycare Of Russheden one black bullock called Gentyll also I give to Luce Goodman a greate brasse potte and a brasse panne also I gyve to Mys Goodman my best ffrock also I gyve to Madelen Larke my god daughter ii Ewes to Brygett Smythe a potte and a panne Also I gyve to Edward Plank one Ewe to George Lawthbury one Ewe Also I gyve to Brygett Harmer one Ewe to John Sell one shepe to Brygett Edwards one shepe to Jane Ward one shepe to Brygett Trygge one Ewe to Mawdelen Trygge  one Ewe to Brygett Browne one shepe to Wyllm Hollande my god sonne one lambe Also I gyve to Robt Trygge one payer of greatte a winderus  Also to Wyllm Trygge one payer of small a winderus Also I gyve to the syd Margarett Votyes soo moche money as two ffetherbedds the bolster and coverlette be worthe wch shall be praysed by onest men and sold by my executors and she to have to money therof. Also I gyve to the sayd Margarett my beste cuverynge lying upon the great bedd in the parler and she to take yt awaye with her Also I gyve to Rychard  Twyn all the hangynge in the parlor the longe table and the forme and all the ioyned seetes wtin the seyd parler  and all the hangynge in the lofte over the parler and iii great chests in the same chamber and two other great chests in the chamber over the parler Also I gyve to Kateryne Lark one payer of fflaxen schets Also I gyve to Elyzabeth Porter one hutche in the greate chamber and one brasse potte. The Residewe of all my goods cattel and howsehold stuffe my legacye payed and fulfilled and the expence of my buryall done and discharged I wyll shalbe in the custodye and kepyng of Rychard Lincolne and Henry Wood whome I do make by thes presents my executors of thys my seyd laste wyll and testament and they to sell the seyd goods and to bestowe the money therof to pore people and in al my seede for to prayse my sowle and all christien sowles accordynge to theyr  concyans as my specyall tryste ys  in them And I gyve to eother of them for theyr paynes to be taken herein to Henry Woode a cowe called -------  and to Rychard Lyncolne one cowe callyd Brownne and also I doo make by thys [missing]  Vycar of Russheden afoerseyd the overseer of thys my seyd last wyll and [missing]paynes to be had and taken herein one black Bullock callyd [missing]  Wytnes Wyllm Trygge John Lark and Robert Holland with others

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