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BLAKER WILLS

Richard Blayker of Preston, 1559

T Ric’ Blayker

In the name of god amen’ The iiij day of January in the yere of our
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lord god a thousand fyve hunderth lviij I Richard Blayker of the
parryshe of Preston’ w in the diocese of Chichester sicke in my body but
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in pfitt memory and knowledge / doeth make my last will’ and Testame’t
in man and fourme as hereafter doeth followe / First I give and bequeth
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my soule to all’ mightie god our Lady saynt Mary and all the holly
company of heaven’ to pray for me / and my body to be buryed w in the
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Church yard of preston’ aforesaid / Item I give to Richard my sonne one
Cupbourd a great Kettill a Malte querne a gryndstone and a Malting fatt
/ and yt is my will’ that Jane my wif shalhaue the occupying of thies
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pcell of my goodes for and concernyng her owne prop vse and doing
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vnto suche tyme as Richard my sonne be twentye yeres of age / Item’ I
give to Alice my doughter ij paier of shetes one pewter platter and one
pewter dishe and one sawcers / Item’ I give to Jone my doughter ij paier
of shetes two pewter platters ij Tyncker Kettill having no Bayles and
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one two Yering Bullock one Saucer and one brasse pott / Item’ yt is my
Will’ that Alice my doughter the yonger haue all suche goodes as was
gyven’ to her by her godmother of Brightelmeston’ as doeth’ appeare by
the Inuentary therof / except one Kettill and therfore I give to her one
Cowe that is nowe Wynterring at Tette’comb Item I give to George my
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sonne one fetherbedd w the boulster and cou ing therto belonging / Item
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yt is my will’ that Jane my wif haue the vse and occupying of my howse
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and land wyth’ the Appurten nc vnto suche tyme as my heire co’me to
the age of Twentye yeres / yf she kepe her wydowehod And yf she do
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mary then’ yt is my will’ that she haue the said howse and land w the
appurten nc the space and terme of vj yeres next after her maryage
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keping the said howses and land wythe the Appurten nc in sufficient
Reapac’on and to leve the ground sowen’ / Item’ yt is my will’ that yf any
of my childern’ dye before they co’me to laufull age to haue the vse of
their goodes that their pte of goodes be equally deuyded emongest those
that be lyving by even’ porcons / Item’ yt is my will’ that the Table in the
Haule stand there still’ to the vse of my heire / Item’ I give to Richard my
sonne one stocke of Bees & one old clapsed Cote / Item’ I give to Alice
my doughter the elder one Reade Kirtill that washer mother’s / Item’ yt is
my will’ that Richard Blayker my father haue Tenne shepe for to helpe
my childern’ wythall’ at their nede / and se them’ brought vpp and to save

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