In the name of god Amen the second day of July in the yere of o[ur] Lord
M __ xv I H(__gh) Spens[er] of Rushden make my testame[n]tt on this ____
I bequeath my soule to god almyghty to o[ur] lady sey[n]tt Mary and to all the sey[n]tts in hevyn (my
body to rest) in the __re afore the high alt[ar] in Rushden .. of
o[ur] ladye Also to ye m[other] chyrch of Lincoln iiij d Also to my p[ri]ncipal
goods as custom (and) man[er] is of the towne. Also I beqeath to the p[er]sone ___
byrrying (me ___ ____ ___v s) Also to the hy alt[ar] xx d for my fogoten tythes
Also to the (bell) xij d (&) to the torchys xij d to o[ur] ladye lyght xij d Also to
­­­­­­­­­­B_____er _y____e in _____yre vj viij d for to pray for Alys P[  ]h Also
to the same _y___e ___ for to pray for the soule of Alycson Dodson &
aforesaid vj s viij d (I will) that my (wif) shall xl d one yere & xl d
one yere Also I bequeath to Willm Clarke my kendall jakkett my dublett ___
payre of h___e ______ a (bowe) Also I bequeath to Willm Spens[er] my son
my dagger my _____ & my best bonett w[ith] a n(avise) of perle Also (I bequeath)
that Elynor Spens[er] my wif shall delyv[er] to Willm Spens[er] my ...
xx nobulls & that to be p[ai]d in iiij yere that is for to say after the ____
of (seyntt) Elynor next cumyng v nobulls & so f__re to yere ___ ____
sume of xx nobulls be co[n]tent and paide and I will that Willm ...  
John ____ & John Wedon shall se that thys xx nobulls be put …
(kepy[n]g) in the chyrch (boxe) till the foresaid Willm Spens[er] be xx ye(res)
age and the seid Willm Spens[er] dep[ar]t w[ithin] the foresaid y___ (then) I
will that it shall be don for me & my wif & my frends that is ____
be most ___ytt __ etch of o[ur] soules Also I will that my wyf shall …
Wyghts Close & land dury[n]g her lyf & she shall gyf to Willm my ...
xl d a yere Also as long as she lyffeth and after hur dep[ar]ty[n]g
I will that the foresaid close & land shall remain with Willm Sp... 
my son Also I will that Elinor Spens[er] my wif shall ha(ve) ...
____ ____ & iij acurs lond that lygh(e) at byry ege in Hyh[a]m ____
(peise) land w[hich] I had of Christofer Coldwell that lyith at the (pyg) w____
... as long as she (lyfy)th paing the kyngs rent all the res(idue)
... goods not gyven or bequeathed I gif to Elinor my wif ...
ordayne and make my execute[ri]x for to p[er]forme my will that
be (to) ye (pleasinge) of __d these witness (Sir) ___ (Ger’) p[]s
(Burbage) John _____

NB This will is in poor condition and a more complete transcript may be provided at a later date when the original can be checked.