In the name of god amen the xxiij day off Aprell in the yere off
ower lord god M ccccc xli I Robt Watsone off Rusheden shoo*
maker beynge off good remembrans & holl mynd makythe this
my last wyll in forme folowyng. Fyrst I beqwethe my soul
to almyghtye god my body to be buryd in the churchyard
off Rushedeane I wyll that Ede my wyff have during her lyff
.. my howse sett in russedeane with the appurtynancs & after her
disease** to remayne to Robart my sone Robertt and his
heyrs lawfully begotton and for de(fawt) off sutche yssue to
the heyrs off Thomas Wattsone my brother and (further)
ytt ys my wyll that att sutche tyme ytt shall fort(une)
the sayd howse shall cume in to the hands of Robt
my sone his hayrs or otherwysse to the blood yf he or
she shall gyve unto Eliz & Sybyll my dowghters ether
off them v s as co[n]sernnyng all my moveables I gyve
unto Edythe my wyff to that entent to see my body (beryd)
detts and lega(cies) payd and to be good kyne mother
to her childrene to (her) power and to gyve to the church
of lyncoln ij d to the hey auter*** off Rushedeane ij ..
to the bells iiij d to corp[us] Christi light iiij d & to
(the) p[er]formans off thys my last wyll I
(inst)ytute and make the sayd Edythe my wyfe ..
my tru executrix wyttness hereof Sir gorge
(halle) curat & Thomas Wattsone with other

Notes:
Underneath the above will there is what appears to be an insert although the place in the will is not clear:

..for halffe a trentall for my father v s.

* this word is split over two lines but appears to be ‘shoo maker’ or ‘shoe maker’. If so it is an interesting early find given the history of shoemaking in Rushden.

**decease

*** high alter

This will has no probate date but is assumed to be 1539 as the others filed near it were proved in that year.