Item I gyve and Bequethe to Alyce my wyef one acre of wheate and ij acres of Barlye yearely durynge her naturall lyef
To her also I gyve one Cowe
Item I gyve to Alice my wief twentye wethers and twentye Ewes And Tenne pounds in money Also to her I gyve Tenne seames of Barleye
Item I gyve to Robert Brett my eldest sonne my howse that I nowe dwell in with xv acres of land thereunto belongynge to hym & his
heyers for ever
And I will that his mother shall have her dwellynge in the same howse dureynge her naturall lyeff
Item I gyve to Robert my sonne my three acres of lande that I boughte of Wyllyam Martyn lyenge w[i]thin the lordeshippe of Ryngewolde
Item I gyve to Robert my sonne two house and a Cowe
Item I gyve and bequethe to my two sonnes Rychard Brett and James Brett my other howse cauled Aubots w[i]th the rest of my lande, To be
equallye devyded betwene them
And will that my sonne Rychard shall have the occupyenge of his brother James parte untyll the age of twentye and one yeares
Also I will that None of my Sonnes shall sell his p[ar]te excepte his bretheren and to any other
Item I gyve to Rychard my Sonne ij mares and one Cowe
Item I gyve to James my Sonne ij geldings and one Cowe
Item I gyve to my daughter Elizabeth x [10] ewes and x weathers, fyve seames of Barlye and one
Cowe, to be payd at the day of her marryage or half a yeare after
The resydue of my goods I will to be equallye devyded amongst my three Sonnes Robert Brett, Richard Brett & James Brett
And I make and ordayne Alyce my wyef and Robert my Sonne my Executors of this my last wyll & Testament
These witnesses: Laurance Neame; Ralphe Rogers, William Gyles with others
Probatum fuit: 16th October 1571
Note: Robert Brette was buried at St. Nicolas, Ringwould on 25th March 1571.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 21st October 2021
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