In the name of God Amen The viiii th day of Marche the thirte and fourth years of the Regines of our soveragine lorde and Lady Phillipp and Marie King and Queen of England I Thomas Dower of Colbrooke in the parish of Horton in the Countie of Bucks yeoman being of perfect and good memorie but sicke in body thankes be to god I do ordayn constitute and make this my Last will and testament in maner and form folowing First I bequeath my soul to Almightie god my only maker and redemer and to all the holy company of heavy And my bodie to be buries in the church yard of Horton afore said Item I bequeath to Jakamyn my wife? fourtie pounds to be deynred her by my Executors that is to saye Tenne pounds at my monthe mynde Twentie pounds at the feast o Saynt Michael the archangel next desiying the dete hereof and thothece summe pounds residue of the said summe of xth to be paide at Michaelmas next after And all such goods chattels moveable and imoveable at the brought with his Remayning in my howse or elsewhere at the tyme of my decease unsolde unspent or undeone and delynered amonge hyme and my said my heirs Executors and assigns. Aparell Ageynst William Mohetleyof Wyndsore or any other person of persons Concernyngr and tonchinge all suche debt or debts and Becominge of hers or her first husbande that I and the or any of us standithe bonnde or be in cousins changed w[i]th to se answered and paid &e also to releaf her third or more part of all my lands to my heirs And that my sone was be this bonde to do to my heirs and Executors wich sufficient suerties & at the descretion of my Exectors and that this chede or els this legacie to be voryle and the to home now of my goods Item I give to Thomas Dower my sonne the leace of my house wherein I do nowe dwell to have and hold to hyme his Executors and assignes during all the years I have yet to come in the sume And I give to hym the lease of Barrenger lande Item I further give and bequeath to my said sonne Thomas and to his heyres all that my berne and those I bought of Barrenger being freehold with all the appurtenances to his Apperteyninge And the howse with the appurtenances Where in hollowell dwellithe to have to him and to his heyres for Ever All whiche premsses are and be in Colbroke in the parishe of Langley and in the said Countie of bucks Item I give to my sonne hughie Dower all that my house and backe side being copyhold with the appurtenances to his apparteyinge wherein Grassebroke dwelling in lying in the said parrshe if Langley and in the saide Countie to have to hold to him and to his heires for ever according to the custome of the said maner of Langey Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Johane the lease of the two grounds I have at Fulmer of Mr Gardner to have to her and her assigned during the years yet to come And further I give to her the lease Cuterest I have of the ther close there I ley to my Lorde Willyame Yshebe contentyd to Crenler yt egayne Item I also give to the said Joanne my daughter the lease and interest I have yet to come ameade at Ruddsworth I had of Edward Dorseyt callyd Morrys Mede to have to her and her assigns which I have paid hem at Christmas last xls for two years rent from our Ladydaye next Except tenne shillings more Item I give to Agnes Aldey my mayde a quarter of wheate and another of Malte to be delyvered her at the day of her marrage by myne Executor Also I bequeath to her my house at Harmesworth she to have yt after my death from yere to yere during three years and to paye no thing thefore but the quitren yearly ro the chef Lorde Item I furthermore bequeath to my said sonne hughe Dower all that my house at Harmesworth with all appurtenances to yet belonging to have and to hold to hym and his heyres forever According to the Custom of the said Manor and he to suffer my maid Agnes Aldey to occupie and have yt duringe three yeres Item I give and bequeath to my said two sons Thomas and Gughe the lease or interest I have yet to come of my ground at Buddesworth of Mr Bulstrod Esquire to have to them and there Excutors and assigns and to the lenges? Lyver of theyne Item I give to Johane Arelyn my shrunte Ayebryd to be paid eyer by myne Executors at my monthes mynd And to Downes daughter Agns Buyd to be like wise paid her Item I give to Horton Church fowardes the mending of the longe Cowsey from Colbrok to Horton to be paide my myne Executors Agebryd Item I further to my mayde that cane from Windsore xxd to be like manner paid her Item I give to my two kynsmen xld apece to be lyke maner paid theryn And to everyone of my godchildred in Colbroke vii d apece Item I also give to my said daughter Johane a Cowe nether of the best nor of the worst to be delyvered her by myne Executors And to my Nephewe Thomas Sympson xxs to be payde by myne Executors I do furthermore bequeathe to my said neise the fourtie shillings I childe have or Mr Myllington for the grey Nagge I do also give to John Frank my olde Cloke to Rafe Hawkyns my Freys Cote Item I give to my neise the best kyrtell of my otherwese and agowne and xij peces of wernnge lynynd geane of my other purfe And xij other of lynynd weringe geare of my other wese to my daughter Johane Item I give to Edward Whatmonthe my best Cloke And to Mr Myllyngton my best Capp And to Downes Wrese my first wife frock And Alderton Wres my first Wife peticote And to my daughter Johane her granmother’s gowne purseled with velne And to Wlater Alberboymy buck lether Jerkin And to old Richard Alderton my doblet and aseyer of hose I were nowe in the my fromes And at my funeral to be spent and delynded xxx dosen of berde and two beore Item I will that Thomas Dower my sonne shall delvne to his brother Hughe A Cerrenls of all suche Copie hold to his brother Hughe as before in this my will I have given y and bequeathed to my said sonne hughe According to the estate I have given and bequeathed him before in this will ( if not then the said Thomas to have nor part of no legacies nor things that I have given before But Henrie to have them all The residue of my goods and chattels Moveable or immoveable not given nor bequeathed my debts legacies and funeral charges borne A in and paid I do give and bequeath to my said two sones Thomas and Hughe Whom I do ordeyn and make of this my last will and testament my full Execurors And John Sympson Henry Draper and John Haylend my supervisors of this my last Will and Testament Every one of them ??? tewarde their payments I wytnes Whereof I have put my marke in the presence of the p[er]sons of Horton Richard Millington George Escwey George Whatmoughe ajd othery
Proved 13 May
The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 202