In the name of God Amen the xxth day of the yeare of our
lord God 1567 I Thomas Hemmyngwraye within the townshipp of Kirkbie Overbalause
husbandman secke of bodie wholle of mynd and good remembrance maketh my last
will and testament in maner and forme following
First bequithe my Soull to god Almightie and to his deare
sonne Christ my maker and Savior and Redemer in whom I trust to be savid and my
bodie to be buried within the parishe yeard of Kirkbie Overblause where I am a
parishioner
also I bequithe to the box for the poore iid
also I bequithe to my Brother William Hemingway vis.viiid
also I will and my mynde is that my dettes and my funerall
charges shal be paid of my wholle goodes and that done I will that my goodes
shalbe devided in three partes
The first to my self,
The second to Grace my welbelovid wyf
The third to my foure chilodren Margaret, Elizabeth, Isabell
and William
also I gyve and bequithe all y own part to Grace my
welbelovid wyf and my children Margaret, Elizabeth, Isabell and William to be
devided equallie emongst them
also I gyve and bequithe Grace my welbelovid wyf all the
yeares and lease of my farmhold with the appurtenances unexpired and to come yf
she keipe her self sole and unmaried provided always that yf she the said Grace
my welbelovid wyf do marie that they after the solemnisation of the marriage
that then I will gyve and bequithe to William my Sonne all the lease of the
yeares unexpired and to come his heires and assignes
also I make Nycholas Parcer my father-in-law the supervisor
of this my will and to se yt fulfilled
also I constitute and ordeyne and make Grace my welbelovid
wyf the sole Executrix of this my laste will and testament.
The wittnes
John Atkinson
Nicholas Abbaye
Kanebrowne Lemunge