The Document Chest
1574 will of Edithe harrison
Widow of Yevell
In the name of god Amen
the Fourteenth
daie of November
in the yere of
oure Lord god
after the
[Course?] and
computacon of
the Churche of
Englande A
Thousannde fyve
hundred
seaventye fowre
And in the
sixtenthe yere
of the reigne of
o[ur] Sovereyne
Ladye Elizabeth
by the grace of
god Quene of
Englande France
and Ireland
Defender of the
faithe [word
illegible] I
Edithe Harrison
of the p[ar]ish
of yevell in the
Countie of Somm[er]sett
w[i]thin the
dioces of Bathe
and Wells wydowe
beinge sycke in
bodye and of p[er]fecte
Remembrance (Lawde
and praise be
given to
allmightye god,
Do make this my
laste will and
testament in
mann[er] and
forme followinge.
Inprimis I
bequeathe my
soule to
allmightie god
my Savioure
Maker and
Redeamer And my
Bodye to the
Christen buriall
Item I do give
to the people of
the saide p[a]rish
of yevell
towards theire
sustentation and
Relief the Some
of Fortie
shillings of
good and lawfull
moneye of
England. Item I
do give to Johan
Besante my
Daughter my
howse that I
dwell in in
yevell
aforesayde, and
my Bargaine in
Halestocke in
the Countye of
Dors[e]t, and
all my estate
[word illegible]
right, Title,
Interest, and
terme of yeres
that I have in
my saide house
and Bargaine.
Item I do give
and bequeathe to
Margarett Taylor
my Sister the
Some of Twentie
shillings of
good and Lawfull
money of
Englande and my
Apparrell. Item
I do gyve to
Anne Williams my
[wod illegible]
the Some of
twentie
shillings of
good and lawfull
monneye of
Englande Item I
doo
gyve to
Elizabethe
Shepperde
Twentie
shillinges of
Currente English
money. Item I
gyve Jone
Woodell my
Servannte a
flocke bedd, a
pair of sheetes,
a bolster and a
Cowlett item I
do gyve to John
Beaton my
Shepeherd sixe
sheepe Item I do
give to Ales [luckthought
?] my Kinswoman
A Fetherbed.
Item I do gyve
to Joan Cooke my
Kinswoman a
Fetherbedd. Item
I do gyve to
Edethe Cook two
sheepe Item I do
give to Edmonde
Fanstone Twentie
sheepe. Item I
do give to
William Fanstone
my Kynsman a
Fetherbedd. The
Residue of all
my Gooddes and
Cattalls
moveable and
unmoveable not
bequeathed I do
fullie give and
bequeathe to my
said Daughter
Joan Besante the
wiffe of
Richerde Besante
of Beere Regis
in ther Countie
of Dorset, and
to Mathewe
Fanstone whome I
do nominate and
appointe to be
my full and sole
Executorres of
this my Last
will and
Testamente to
see the same
perforrmed
fulfilled and
accomplished to
all Intents and
purposes
mentioned in the
same
Scriptum per me
Roger Jones
[word illegible]
vicar [Latin
phrase] de
yevill
John
hacker
Gilesd
Hane
Andrewe
Fanstone
witnesses
Proved at London in 1574
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
