In the name of god amen in the yere of our lord god M ccccc x..

ye ix day of august I He[n]ry Pamfrett holl of mind & of good

Rememberanc su[m]what syke in body & feryng the unserten howar of

dethe make my testamentt & last wyll in this maner (following)..

fyrst I bequethe my soll to almighty god & to (our lady seyntt)

mary & to all the co[m]pane of hevyn & my body to be (buried in)

the church  yarde rushden in primis I bequethe to the mother (church)

off Lincoln iiij d Item I bequethe to the the hye aulter in Rushden

for tythys forgottyn xx d Also I bequethe to our (layde) (lights of)

sentt Katheryn iij s iiij d Item I bequethe to the bells (iij s iiij d)

Item to the torches xij d Item I bequethe to every of my ch(ildren)

iiij d Item I bequethe * to sent Jamys chappell to make the ___

also I bequethe to the bede house of higham ferrers xij d Item I bequethe to

Sysely Watts** iij s iiij d Item I beqeathe Ellyn the other s____

iij s iiij d Item I bequethe to He[n]ry Walt[er] a quarter of barley

Item I bequeathe to He[n]ry Davys*** a reid bolloke also I bequethe

to Ric[hard] Walt[er] alyttlll  howse w[ith] the land & med(ows) (be)

longyghe therto also I gyve to the seyd Ric[hard] Walt[er]

ij dra(w)ty off medow lying nexte to ..

off the forseid lyttlyll howse upwhest & I bequethe (to the)

seid Ric[hard] Walt[er] iij acres off erabyll land (that)

lyythe on blakson sydde ye second acre lyyth (attt) ___

ye thyrde acre lyythe att the nether hand off ___

the ho___er’ side next the sorther’ side off

Item I gyve & bequethe to the churche of Rushden ..

westeme[n[tt liij s iiij d also I wyll that (Agnes) ____

shall have thys howsse aft[er] ye dyssesse of ___

The right hand edge of this will is damaged.
* two words have been inserted here but the second is unclear; ‘the a___’
**It is possible that this name is Walter not Watts
***It is possible that this name is Dabys (a form of Dabbs)

Although the date is damaged this will was proved between 1531 and 1538, others filed near to it in the book were proved in 1536. Surname possibly PUMFRETT.