In the name of god Amen the yere of our lord god M ccccc xlij (1542) ye xix day

of June I Thomas Spery of Rushden in the Countie of Northampton

husbandman holle of mynde & good remembrance syck in body & ferynge the

uncertayne owre of dethe make my testament & last will in man[ner] & forme

folowenge Fyrst I bequethe my soulle unto allmyghtye god to owre lady

saynt Mary & to the holly co[m]pany of hevyn and my body to be buryed within the

churche of Rushden also I bequethe to the hyghe alter in Rusheden xx d

allso I bequethe to the mother church of Peterborowe viij d Allso to the lytes

Of the sepulcre & the torchis iij s iiij d Allso I bequethe the belles vjs viij d

for the Reparacons of the chyiche walls viij d Item I bequethe to dicheford

brygge xx d Item I bequethe to ev[er]y god chylde that I have alive iiij d

Item I bequethe to my s[er]vant Elyzabeth butler a brasse potte of ij galloneys

a pewter bason a chavyng dyshe a pewter platter and a newe with

a lambe Item I bequethe to Margett (Cacks) a brasse poss(enett)

with the broken (satle) & the lesser bason of (latyne) & the(laver) of latyne a

ewe & a lambe Item I bequeathe to Lanselett my s[er]vant a newe & a

lambe Item to Willm Masse hallfe a quarter of barley Item to Ric

Assewell hallf a q[uar]ter of barley Item I bequethe to Joane bowell

xx s Item I bequethe to Thomas bowell my godsonne a newe &

a lam[b]e & to ev[er]y child that Ric bowell have iiij d Item to

Jane May iiij d Item to the beadd howse of Higham Ferrs xiij d

Item to Jane Hygyulston a newe & a lame Item to (the)

church of Newton xij d Item I wyll that the Resydue of my goods

(un) bequeathed to Agnes my wyff Item I wyll that my wyff &

Willm (Mane) shal be my executors and the said Willm Mane

to have for his paynes takenge vj s viij d for to se my body buryed

my detts & legacyes payd the date above named Theis beyng

wittnes Rychard Dobbys & John Barnard with (others) .. also

I wyll that Rychard bowell shalbe the oversear that yt be ..

the helth of my soull & all crysten soulls

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