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In ye name of god Ame[n] in ye yer[e] of o[ur] lord M ccccc & xxij (1522) I John Gurre of Rushenden being of good & hole mynd make thys my testament & folowyng fyrst I bequeath my soule to almyghty god to o[ur] lady seynt Mary & to all ye seynts of hevyn & my body to be burid in the chappell of o[ur] lady in the kirk of Rushden a foresaid
and my mortuary to be after custom and maner of the towne Also I gyve to ye
warks of o[
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viij d It[em] to ye hye aultar of Rusheden
aforesaid vj s viij d It[em] to the light of o[
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] lady iij s iiij d It[em] to the belles vj s viij d
It[em] to the torches iij s iiij d It[em] to a soule p[re]st to be prayed for vj s viij d It[em] I gyve to Thomas my son a Cowe & a bullocke It[em] to Christopher a kowe and to Jane daughter to Wyllm my son a bullocke It[em] the (re)de of my neygh(t) to (my wife)
It[em] to Christopher my son vj shepe It[em] to Thomas my son iiij shepe It[em] to Wyll
the son of Wyllm my son ij shepe It[em] to ev[er]y godchylde that I have (iiij d)
The Residue of my goods to my wife paying my detts whom I ordeyne
to be my executrix w[ith] Wyllm my son whom I gyve for his labo[r] vj s viij d
Thes witnessis (Mr) Nicholas Glenton P[ar]son S[ir] Ric Morden Wyllm Mar(getts)
the yonger and Robert Stevyn w[ith] others
Note: Neat is an old word for cattle (a neatherd was a cowherd) and the phrase “the rede of my neyght” appears to mean ‘the remaining red cattle’ to my wife. Gurre could be a form of Geary which occurs later in Rushden.
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