Testamentum de Willm Curtis de Rushede[n]
In the name of god Amen in the yere of o[ur]
lord god 1558 the xviij daie of August I Wm
Curtis of Rusheden being sicke of body & of
p[er]fect mynd unto god make my testame[n]te and last will
after this man[er] and forme folowinge First I bequethe
my sowle to almightie god my saviour and redem[er] &
my bodie to be buried in the church yard of Rusheden
in the countie of Northampton I bequethe to o[ur] mother
churche of Peterboroughe ij d I bequethe to Henrye
Curtis my sone a pare of shood whelis* & a bullocke
of ij yeres old iiij shepe and xiij s iiij d of good & lawfull
money of Ingland I bequethe to Jane Curtis my
daughter a bullocke of ij yeres iiij shepe and a
pare of flaxon shets I bequethe to Elizabeth Curtis
my daughter a bullocke of ij yeres old iiij shepe and xiij s
iiij d of lawfull money I bequethe to Agnes Curtis
my daughter a bullocke of ij yeres old iiij shepe &
xiij s iiij d of lawfull money I bequeath to (Margett)
Curtis a bullocke of ij yeres old iiij shepe & xiij s
iiij d in money I bequethe to Jone Curtis my daughter
a bullocke of ij yeres old iiij shepe and xiij s iiij d in
money I bequethe to William Curtis my sone a colte
of ij yeres old and a bullocke of ij yeres old iiij
shepe and xiij s iiij d in money Also I will that if any
of my childre[n] die under the age of xviij yeres
that there stockes shalbe equallie devided betwixt
the residew that god shall appoint to lyve of my
children I will that my childre[n] shall have
their stocks delyv[er]ed into their hands at xx yeres
of age or ____ if thei ____** marrye The
residue of my goodes unbequethed after my dettes
paied and legac[ies] fulfilled I gyve & bequethe
to Fyllis Curtis my wiffe whom I orden &
make my full executrix I make ov[er]sears for
the p[er]formannce of this my last will my brother
Jacson of High[a]m & Thomas Campion my
brother of Stanwick*** These bearing witness
of this my last will William Brayfild p[ar]son of
Rusheden Hughe Tarry John Clarke John
Campion with others
Probate granted 8th March 1558/9
*I think this means shod wheels, that is, wheels with an iron rim.
** although two words are blank in this transcript it is clearly the same word twice. It looks like ‘arst’ but I cannot fit it to the context. The probable meaning is for his children to receive their legacies at the age of 20 or earlier if they marry before the age of 20.
*** I would take this to mean that Jackson and Thomas Campion were brothers in law of the testator.
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