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The Will of Thomas Kyngesman
The 1452 Will of Thomas Kyngesman of Yevill
I, Thomas
Kyngesman of
Yevill, 4th
August, AD 1452
My body to be
buried in the
churchyard of
the church of St
John the Baptist
of Yevill.
Item, to the
cathedral church
of Wells 20d
To the parish
church of Yevill
3s 4d
To the parish
church of
Peterton
(Petherton)
where I was born
6s 8d
All garments
belonging to my
body to my
brothers and
their sons
Item, to the way
of Modeford
(Mudford) for
amending the
same 6s 8d
To the poor of
the Alms-house
of Yevill 6d to
be given every
week for one
year after my
decease
I give to Alice
, my wife, my
burgage or
messuage in
Grope-lane for
her life, after
her decease to
the vicar and
wardens of the
goods of the
said parish
church of Yevill,
for ever, to
celebrate yearly
a common
anniversary, in
the first week
of Lent, for my
soul and the
souls of my
parents,
friends, and all
my benefactors
The residue I
give to Alice,
my wife, to
dispose for my
soul &c., and I
make the said
Alice my
executrix, and I
make master
Thomas Bartelet,
vicar of Yevill,
supervisor
Proved 16th
September AD
abovesaid.
Administration
to the said
Alice.
