sole Executrix of her husband's Will (1527)
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The Will of Margaret Pulley of Purton, written 6 May 1544, proved 22 Jun 1564.
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In the name of god amen In the yere of our Lorde god 1544 and in the vith daie of Maye I Margaret Pulley Wyddow Being Whole of mynde and in good memory doe make this my testament in manner and fourme following That is to saie
First I bequeath my soule to allmightie god And to our Lady sainte Mary And to all the holy company of heaven my Body to be Buried within the Chancell of the parrish of Purton
Item I give to the said parrish churche twenty shillings
Item I bequeath to the Belles xxd.
Item I bequeath to the highe Aulter xxijd.
Item I bequeathe to the next Lydyarde ys church iijs. iiiid.
Item I bequeath to Rodborne Church iijs. iiijd.
Item I bequeath to every housholder Within the parrish of Purton that hath no plough going xijd. a pece
Item I bequeath to every of my godechildren iiijd. a pece.
Item I bequeathe to my daughter Christian Harmer my beste gowne and more a golde ringe
Item I bequeath to Jane Becke my daughter my second gown and a golde ringe and more my russett Frocke
Item I bequeath to Anne Pulley twenty poundes and my best chamlet Frock and my Blacke chamber Frocke and my best Bonnet and my Patten Kirtle and a golde ringe and a --?-- and a pann and a fether bed and a bolster a paier of shetes a paier of blanketts and a coverlet and a great brooche to be delivered to her at the daie of her marriage
Item I bequeath to Jane Jaye my beste bedes and a goblet of silver and sault of silver and my best fetherbed and all that belong to hit and six poundes thirtene shillings and fower pence And also I give and bequeath unto her after her Fathers and mothers decease my house in lechlate to her and to the heirs of her body lawfully begotten for ever
Item I bequeath to Wylliam Harmar my godsonn vis. viijd.
Item I bequeath to Margarett Webb a fetherbed a bolster a paier of shetes a paier of blanketts and a coverlett and a girdle without any sylver and a pott and a pann
Item I give to Margery Harmer my best girdle with his harnes?
Item I give to Jane Webb vis. viijd.
Item I give to Ursula Becke vis. viijd.
Item I give more to Jane Jaye half a dozen of my best spoones
Item I give to Elizabeth my mayde a pott and a panne and a cofer? and iijs. iiijd. in money and a black kirtle
Item I give to Johan Oldam a flock? bedd and a paier of canvas shetes and a blacke cote
Item to John Gardener my servaunt iijs. iiijd. and a black cote
Item to Margaret Cole iijs. iiijd. and a kirtle of black and a smock
Item to John Rede my servaunt iijs. iiijd. and a blacke cote
Item I bequeath to my sonn in lawe Bennet Jaye and to Elizabeth Jay my daughter all my hows & landes and tenements that I have in Great Chelisworth litell Chelsworth Colcott and the lye within the parrish of Asthetton Kayns? and lye and the parrish of Creklat within the Countie of Wiltes to them and to the heirs of their two bodies lawfully begotten forever.
Item I bequeath to olde Lucars? wief a peticote
Item I bequeath to my good daughter Margaret Jaye vjs. viijd.
Item Johan Ware my chamlett kyrtle and my blacke cloke
Item I give to Alice Horne a smocke
Item I give to Sir Thomas Kylhorn iijs. iiijd.
Item I give to Sir William Sawyere iijs. iiijd.
Item I give to the highe waies vjs. viijd.
Item I give to Nicholas Webb iiij marks in money
Item I give more to Jane Jaye my best gold ring and a little bottell of sylver which is a bottell to sende for a token of ijs. weight
Item I give to Anne Pulley my carved cofer and my beste borde in the halle.
Item I will that that there be twenty nobles geven and bestowed at my burying to the poore
Item I give to Jane Beck my daughter a russett kirtle
The residue of all my goodes and Cattells and debtes moveable and unmoveable not bequethed I give and bequeath to Bennet Jaye and Elizabeth his wief my Daughter The which Bennet and Elizabeth I ordeine and make my executors And Thomas Harmer and John Becke my overseers and for there paynes and laboures I give to every of them twenty shillings a pece
Thes bering witnes to this my laste Wyll Sir Thomas Kylhorne parrish preste Sir William Sawyer William Robins John Yllys William Bradley with other men
Written the daye and yere above written And in the xxxvj yere of the raigne of ouer soveraigne Lord Kynge Henry the viijth
Sir Thomas Kylhorne Sir William Sawyer 1
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