1557  Jenet Hemmyngway,  Hillom (bur Monkefryston)  Testament 

 

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]