Item I will & bequeath unto the churchwardens of Eastrye to the use of rep[ar]acions of the sayde churche of Eastrye xxs
Item I will & bequeath unto the poore inhabitants of Eastrye xxs to be distributed unto them on the day of my buriall
Item I will & bequeath unto Roberte my sonne twentye pounds of lawfull money
Item I will & bequeath unto my sonne in lawe Walter Nower ten pounds of lawfull money
Item I will & bequeath to Margaret the daughter of William Paramore one fetherbed furnished wth a bolster, two pillowes, two blankets
& a coverlet
Item I will & bequeath unto xpian [Christian] Raystone my s[er]vannte one fetherbed furnished wth a bolster, two pillowes, two blankets
& a coverlet
Item I will & bequeath unto every of my childrens children wch are nowe borne & alyve & thone [the one] not to be the others heire twenty shillings
as they shall come & be of the age of xviij yeres and not before,
Of this my last will & testament I doe make & ordeigne Bartholomewe my sonne to be my sole Executor prayeng & chardginge him to see my debts payd & legacies p[er]formed, And likewise to dischardge & pform his fathers will my late husband
Allso I desire my neighbour Robert Grove to be the overseer of this my last will & testament And I gyve & bequeath to him for his labour xs
Item I will & bequeath unto Marks Frende xxs whereof xs is for his sonne William
Witnes hereof: Samuell Nicholls; Robert Grove & Marks Frende
Probatum fuit: 30th December 1591
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 23rd October 2023
Will of Joan Paramore