In the name of God Amen :
the xxvj day of January in the yeare of oure lord God a thowsand five hundyth
fyftie and vij. I Jenet Hemmyngway of
Hillom, holle of mind and p'fect of memory, thankes be given to God, maykes
this my last will and testament in maner and forme following. fyrst I bequythe my sowlle to God almyghtie and
to the blyssed virgen oure lady sanct Mary and to all the Celestiall Companye
of heaven, and my body to be buried in my pishe Churche yerd of
Monkefryston. Fyrst I bequythe to the
hie alter viijd, and also I bequythe to Sir Richard Jennyng vjd. Also I bequythe to my eldest doughter
Lancelot Wheatley wyfe a wyndle of wheat and a wyndle of Barley. Also I bequythe to Isabell my doughter wyfe
a wyndle of wheat and a wyndle of Barley.
Also I bequythe to John my sonne wyfe a wyndle of wheat and a wyndle of
malte. Also I bequythe to Thomas my son
a Quarter of malte and thre mett of wheat and the best weddersheip. Also I bequythe to Agnes my sonne Willm Wyf
one quve stryke wt a white head. Also I
bequythe to Thomas Whitley one yowe lambe.
Also I bequythe to Willm Hemmyngway the sonne of Willm Hemmyngway one
lambe. Also I bequythe Thomas Watkyn
the sonne of Thomas Watkyn one lambe.
Also I bequythe to Willm Hemmyngway the son of John Hemmyngway one
lambe. Also I bequythe to my sonne
Willm wyf one pettie cotte clothe of the best carsay, yf ought cum at me or it
be shaped. Also I bequythe to John
Rychardson my s'uaunt one lambe. Also I
make Willm and Thomas my sonnes my full executors. The resydew of all my goods bothe in the feyld and in the towne,
and to be honestly brought furthe and my debts to be paid. Thes being wytnesses, John Wheytley, Antony
Burton, & other moo.
[Proved 12 July 1558]