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P.C.C. Will Transcription
by L.
L. Duncan -
Books 49 & 50 page 71
ALEXANDER COURTHOP,
Will 7 May 1542
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7 May 1542 (34 Henry VIII).
Alexaunder Courthop sicke in my bodye &e. My soule to Almyghty God
my maker and redemer and my body to be buryed in xpen buryall.
All my stuf of houshold, plate &e to Anne my welbeloued wiffe.
To Elizabeth Lynch [see Will of William Lynche ante] my
welbeloued mother one ring wt a Turks whiche she gave me before. To my
welbeloued prende Wm. Brace a ring of gold wt a seale of a Redstone in
hyt carved. To John my seruaunt and Katheryn the woman that kepte me in
my sicknes all such apparell as laye aboute me.
I owe £5 to Nicholas Gravenor and certeyn mony to Mr. Hare the mercer
and to my mother £4. I will my wyffe shall see those debts well and
truly payde. And where ther dothe remayne in my hands certeyn monye by
me received to the Kings maistres vse for fyrst frutys of certain
benefics that is the vicarage of East Cammell in Somerset £10., the
parsonage of Bradleye Magna in Suffolk £8. 16s. and the vicarage of
Basingstoke in South’ton £10., I will all the same monye to be
delivered immediately to Mr. Gostwycke to the Kings vse. And whereas I,
John Courtop and James Courtope my brethern dyd levye a fyne to Symon
Lynche of certeyn lands in Cranbrook vppon truste and in consideration
of a joynter to be made to my sayd wyfe I most hartely desire the sayd
Symon Lynch to make an estate of the sayd landes to my wyf for terme of
her life.
I make Anne my wif soole executrice. Wytnes: John Jeanes Doctor in
phisicke, John Brace and other.
Proved 14 July 1542 by Anne, relict. (P.C.C. 8 Spert)
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