1544 Will - John Reve
Introduction
Dated: 27 May 1544 (36th year of King Henry VIII), Great Canfield, EssexProbated: Commissary of Bishop of London, 24 Apr 1545
Transcript
In the name of god the xxviith day of the monthe of May in the xxxvith yere of the Reigne of or sovereigne Lord King Henry the viiith I John Reve of the parish of moche Canfeld goynge towards Frannce on the kings affaires not knowing godde well whether I shall retorne or no therefore I comyt my soule unto godde ? and I geve to Agnes my wife all my goodes moveables and unmoveables delyvering thus ? following that is to wit I geve to maister? wife May a great table unmade I give to @? Noke my signette I geve to A lerk tenne carpes I geve to my father my fuzzed gowne? during his life and after his death to remayne to Robert my sonne also I geve to my said father my doublet of rufflls and my blake cappeItem I geve to my mother half an angell and to my sister ? ?
Item I geve to my father in lawe my bay nagge and an angell and to Margaret wood ? ?
Item I geve to the said Agnes my wife my house in moche Canfeld and a pece of land called Helmans house lyinge in Erles Colne also I geve unto my said wif all my corne apon the grownde ? beste and bullokke ? colte ye geldinge xy lambes
Item I geve to the church of Moche Canfeld ?xxv
Item I geve towards the mending of the path at highfeld? gate ?xxv Also I geve to the pore people in moche Canfeld ?
Item I geve to five? priests to pray for me at the day of my beriall ?
Item I geve to the a?ter of moche Canfield a lambe or xv? for yt
Item I geve to Robert my sonne after the decease of Agnes my wife my house in Erles Colne wt all the implements thereto belonging to have and to hold to hym and his hieres for evr payinge to his sister Agnes xx? And to his sister Margaret other ?xx?
Item I geve to Agnes my dawghter after the decease of her mother my house in Moche Canfield and to Margaret my dawghter after the decease of her mother a peace of land called Helmans
Item I geve to my said wife my filed? fath? wt a cover donbill? ? and a filed cuppe for terme of her naturall life and after her decease I geve the said salk? and cuppe to Robert my sonne if he be then between ?
Item I geve (...folded...) said wife a trusse bed wt a fetherbed and all that longeth therto also I will that my lease of Benfield Bery be sold by John Woode my father in lawe so sone as my wife do mary if she mary ageyn And the money thereof comynge I will shalbe disposed in man and forme following that is to wit I geve to Robert my sonne five pownds comynge of the said sale to be paid unto ym when he comethe to the age of x yeres also I geve to Agnes my daughter other vth to be paid unto her at the day of her mariage or at her age of xviii yeres of she mary not before that age And I geve to Margaret my daughter other so to be paid unto her at the day of her mariage or elles at her age of xviii yeres as is above specified to her sister Also if my wif be nowe wth childe I geve unto the same child ? of the said sale to be paid unto yt in forme above writyn be yt ma child or woman child and the residue of the money comynge of the said sale I geve to my said wife and if it fortune any of my said children die then I will that ech of them be the thers heire and if they die all then I will that ther pts and legacies shall holie remayne to the next of my blode
Item I geve to Robert my sonne all my weapons my bowes and arrowes
Item I geve to any of my servnts xvi? a peace the residue of all my goods moveables and moveables I give to Agnes my wife whom I make and ordeyn myn faithfull and sole executrix thes being witnes ? Williams Mrgth? priest of Hatfield Brodoke and John Woode of Erles Colne
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Item I geve to moche Canfield ... to be prayed for ther Also I geve to Agnes my daughtr at the day of her marraige ? and to Magarett my Daughter at the day of her marriage ? Item I will that Agnes my daughter have my copbord wt the ? after the decease of Agnes my wife Item I geve to John Woode my father in lawe ? yeres rent of my house at Colne Item I geve to my father Reve my black saton doublet and my jaket of tawny ? amlet and if my said wife fortune to dye before the tyme that my said daughter be the (...folded...) I have gevyn theyn be delyvered rent? the? ymmediatlie after my wifes decease