WILL of Richard Wright, Potter of Farnborough, died 1582

HRO will & inventory ref 1582A55

Transcript by Peter Tipton 16 May 2007

1 In the name of God amen the Third day of the

2 monnethe of december Anno Domini 1581 and in the xxiiiith

3 year of the quenes majesties Regne I Richard Wryghte of

4 Farnborowe in the countie of South being sicke

5 of bodie but whole and perffect in remembrance

6 thanks be to god Doo make and ordeyne my last will and

7 testament in manner and forme following First I

8 bequeathe my soule to almyghtie god my creator and

9 redeemer and my bodie to be buried in the Churchyard

10 of Farneborowe Item I bequeathe to the mother Church

11 of Winton iid Item I give unto Alice Wright my

12 brothers daughter fourtie shillings to be paide within one

13 yere after my deceasse Item I give unto Elizabeth Wright

14 my brothers daughter twentie shillings to be paide within

15 one yere after my deceasse Item I give unto my sister

16 Elizabethe Fourtie Shillinges to be paide within one yere

17 Item I give unto my daughter Annes foure poundes

18 fourteene Shillingsand four pens which in her grande

19 father Robert Gonners handes to be paid at xxi yeres

20 of her age or at the day of her mariage which of them do o

21 happen to come first Item I doo give more unto the

22 same Annes fourtie Shillings to be paid within one yere

23 Whereof I will and ordeyne my sonne Robert Wright

24 to paye tenne Shillings and myne executrix the other

25 thirtie Shillings Item I give unto Steven Gonner

26 three pounds to be paide within one yere Item I

27 give to my sonne Roberte Wrighte all the timber and

28 Wodde lying and standing without the ground that

29 I occupye Item more sixe loades of Claye / Item I give

30 to Henrie Shorter two loades of Claye, my kill and

31 one potting whele Item I give unto Steven Gon-

32 ners daughter one calfe worthe fyve Shillinges

33 Item I give unto my sonne Robert the brasse pot that

34 was his grand fathers and the greate claye troughe

35 Item all the reste of my goodes and cattels what

36 soever not bequeathed as above I leave bequeathe

37 and give to Marie my wiffe whom I make

38 my full and sole executrix And I make Robert

39 Thair and Richard Sawyer myne overseers to see

40 this my laste will performed and I bequeathe to

41 eache of them iijs iiiid a pece This my laste

42 will & testament I have made in forme as above

43 before Roberte Billinghorste Steven Gonner

44 and John Pewton as witnesses thereunto called

Probate granted at Winchester 19 April 1582 to Moses Littleboy of Wokingham in "Com Barkes clothier et Richus Sawyer de Farnbrough yeoman". The first named of course raises further questions.

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