Will of Andrew Cooke

of Wye, Kent

In the Name of God Amen in the yere of our Lord God 1556 and in the xxixth daye of October.
I Andrew Coke beynge xpfette [perfect] memory thankes be to go make my testament in maner and forme followynge /
First I mayall my soule to allmyghtye [God] to oure blessed ladye Auguste Marye and to all the hollye companye of heaven wyllynge my body to be buryed in the churche of Wye

Item I give to my tithes forgotten a iii d
Item I give to my mother iiii kyne one haffer one weanynge calfe ii stewes iiii horse one calfe and a wayne and all my buttery
Item a featherbed wythe a bolster and all my householde stuffe

Item iii sylver spones to my sister Agnes
Item to my syster Cycely Oxley ii Sylver Spones
Item I gyve to my brother Wyllyam Oxley my best geldynge in essex and my best cloke
Item I give to John Coke the elder a cowe

Item I give to my syster Anne a xh being in Master John Carrowgh handes
Item I gyve to my brother John Beverley a xxvis xiiid
Item I gyve iiii seames * of otes and halfe a seame that I have to George Halles
Item I gyve my brother Joseph one cowe

The residue of all my goodes I gyve to Johan my mother whome I make my sole executrix
Theyse beynge wytnes Syr Thomas Sonothyoye Wyllyam Kempe Thomas Wyat

Proved 25th February 1556.

* a seame is 8 bushels � which itself is not an exact weight, but more a volume � which in this case, was a horse-load.

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