Item I bequeythe to the power [poor] pe[o]ples boxe of the same pyshe to be dystrybuted amongeste the power there xs of Lawfull moneye to be
delyivred by myne executryx att my monethes mynde
Item I wyll unto Jane Gybbes my daughter xxli [£20] of Lawfull money of Englande to be delyvered and payed unto her when she shall
come to her full age of xviijth [18] yeresor elss in the daye of her maryage
Item I wyll unto the chyld wyche my wyffe now goethe wythe all whethe(r) yt may be man or woman xxli of Lawfull money of Englande to be delyvred
unto the same chylde att the sayed age of xviij yeres or in the daye of maryage
Item I will that yf any of the sayed chyldren fortune to dye before the(y) come to the sayed aged of xviij yeres or be maryed then I wyll evry
of them to be others heyer
And yf yt so fortune bothe my sayed chyldren to dye before the sayed tyme before rehersed Then I wyll all the sayed Legacye
by me to them geven shalbe equally devyded betwen Rychard Gybbes my brother and Mary Gybbes my syster and to there assignes
Item I wyll unto Rychard Gybbes my brother vli of Lawfull money of England to be payed to hym wtin two yeres after my decease
Item I wyll unto Mary my syster viijli to be delyvred unto her in the daye of her maryage
Item I wyll unto Rychard Lacy my S[er]vante, John Pett my Svante and Wyllyam my sheppde [shepherd?] evry of them halfe a quarter
of barley to be delyvred to them and evrye of them att chrysmas nexte after my decease
The Resydewe of all my movable goods, my detts and Legacyes payed and contented I geve and bequeyth unto Dorothe my wyffe she to bryng uppe my sayed chyldren honestly tyll thay be able to rhyste? for them selves wch Dorothe I ordayne and make to be my sole executryx to see thys my will p[ro]ved and fullfylled
Item I ordayne and make Marten Broke to be myne ovrseer of thys my wyll and testament and he to
have for hys Labor and paynes in that behalfe fyve shyllings ovr and above hys costs and expenses goying about my busynes
And yf yt fortune the sayed Dorathe my wyffe to marrye after my decease Then I wyll she do fynde suffyceyent suretyes to be bound unto my
sayed ovrseer or to hys assygnes in suffyceyent bonds for the answeryinge of all suche Legacyes as I have in thys my wyll bequeythed in evry
poyante [point]
And further I do referre to the dsyscretyon of my sayed wyffe and suche dyrygs [dirige] and masses and other exeques wythe all other charytable dede for me to be doen other att my buryall, monthes mynd or yeres mynd to be done and ordered as she shall thynke moste mete and convenyent for the healthe of my soule and all chrysten soules
Thys beinge wytnes
Marten Broke; Thomas Wyborne; Rychard Lamberd and John Walker wyth other(s)
Item I wyll unto evry of my godchyldren one Lambe to be delyvered att my yeres mynde or twelmonthes mynd after my decease
Thys ys the Laste wyll of me the sayed John Gybbes made and declared the daye and yere Fyrste above wrytten To[u]chynge the dysposytion of my Land called Appyshyll in the sayed pyshe of Woodnesborowe
Fyrste I wyll that Dorothe my wyffe shal have my sayed Lands called Appyshyll to her and to her assygnes durynge all the hole terme of her
naturall Lyfe payinge the Rente and fees? of the same durynge the sayed terme and makynge no waste of the same
And after her decease then I wyll the sayed Lands to remayne unto the chylde wyche my wyffe nowe goythe wyth all yf yt be a man chyld
to hym and to his heyres for evr
And yf yt fortune my sayed wyffe not to be wyth child wythe a man chyld Then I wyll the sayed Lands to remayne to Rychard Gybbes my brother to
hym and to hys heyers for ever more
Wytnes as ys aforesayed
Detts wyche the sayed John dothe owe
Fyrste to Rychard Gybbes vjli
Item to Stephen Gybbes my brother for Richard Moyse my Land lord xls for barley
Probatum fuit: 12th January 1557/58
Notes:
See Father William Gybbes Will: PRC 17/29/195 - dated and proved in 1551;
and Mother Margaret Gibbes Will: PRC 17/29/280 – dated 1553 and proved 1554.
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 29th June 2023
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