Firste I gyve and bequethe my bybell and my beste gowne wch my father willyd me unto my Now ukyll [uncle] Willm Lake
Also I will to Richard Weller one payre of Bellowes, and toe payre of finale tongs, A sledge and a hand hamer
and the reste of the tooles to that harste I gyve to my uncle Thomas Lake And a bichorn and the remandro lys and my best Awfelde?
And all the rests of the Tolys [Tools] of the shoppe, I gyve and bequethe to my nowuncle Willm Lake
I gyve and bequethe unto Constance Awsten my sister my square table in the chamber
and to Alice Awsten my Sister the greate cheste in the chamber,
And to Mary Awsten my sister, I gyve my cobbard and my bedsetdell in the parlor
And I gyve and bequethe unto Johan Awsten my sister the table in the halle and the chayre
Item I gyve also my bed and all that belong it thereto, to Johan Awsten my Sister and Caustance Awsten my other sister, to be equally Devyded
betwene them
The residewe of all my moveable goodes I will shall remayne to the howse
Item I will that Thom[a]s Patenden my father in lawe shall have all suche proffitts as was given to my mother by the will of Richard
Awsten my father to the ende of the xiiij [14] yeres
and also the xxli [£20] that my father willyd to be payde to me at the foure laste yeres of the said xiiij yeres I gyve unto Willm Lake
and Richard Lake and Thoms Lake and Robart Lake, my mothers brothers Equally to be Devided betewne them and one to be an others heyre
As concernyng the Dispocicion of all my Landes wtin The parrisshe of goodhirste or ells wher
firste I gyve and bequethe my Howse that Asshenden now Dewllyth in and a f[i]elde called grigis arde to Thoms Pattenden aforesaid to him
and to his heyres for ever
Item I also gyve and bequethe unto my nowucle Willm Lake my howse and all the Lande nowe in
the occupacion of Thoms Pattenden my father in Lawe to him and to his heyres for ever
And also I will that my nowucle Willm Lake shall paye or cause to be paid for the same howse Cxxli [£120] That ys to saye
Firste unto Johan Awsten my sister xxxli to be paide hir w[i]thyn one hole yere after the a xiiij yeres be expired
And unto Constance Awsten my sister a xxxli be paide hir wthyn one hole yere after the a xiiij yeres be expired
And unto Alice Awsten my sister a xxxli to be paide hir wthyn one hole yere after the a xiiij yeres be expired
And unto Mary Awsten my sister a xxxli to be paide hir wthyn one hole yere after the a xiiij yeres be expired
Also at the fyve yeres end after the xiiij I gyve unto Johan Awsten a xxxli;
and unto Constaance Awsten my sister at xij yeres ende a xxxli; and unto Alice Awsten my sister at xij yeres ende a xxxli; and unto Mary Awsten
my sister at xij yeres ende a xxxli; and one to be any others heyre
If the forsaid Willm Lake my nowuncle mak(e) Defawte [default] in anye of thease payments in parte or in all That then it shalbe Lefull [Lawfull] for my said Sisters to reenter the said Willm Lake and his heyres
All the residewe of my Landes I gyve unto Thomas Patenden my father in Lawe uppon condicyon that he shall Discharge all suche clayme as Robert Sme shall make uppon anye parte or parcell of all my said Landes, whome I ordayne and make my sole Executor of this my Laste will and Testament
Witnes of this my Testament
Willm Lake, Richard Rode, Thomas Lake, Robert Lake, John Smyth
by me Thomas Austen
Probatum fuit: 17th May 1559
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh Mason 25th December 2022
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