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The Will of John Phelps
The 1558 Will of John Phelps, Mercer
June 19th 1558. John Phelps of the borowe of Yevill mercer
My body to be
buried in the
christian burial
of Ivill
To the cathedral
church of Wells
12d
To the parish
church of Ivill
6s 8d
To the high
altar there 12d
To my servant
John Whore 40s
To Dorothee and
Christian my
women servants
20s each
To Walter Phelps
20s
To William
Sampson and
Richard Phelps
my godsons 6s 8d
each
To John, Thomas,
Mary and
Margaret Phelps
my sons and
daughters £40
each at their
marriages
To William
Phelps my son my
tenement called
Forstreetis
To John Phelps
my son and his
heirs my
tenement called
Pynnys Bargayn
and my tenement
in Patlane in
the tenure of
William Wodiall,
and for the lack
of heir, to
Thomas Phelps my
son, his brother
To Thomas Phelps
my son my house
called the
Chauntrie House,
all my title in
a close of
pasture called
Pavittes Downe
and in my mylne
and mylne
orchards in
Pittlane and
Quidham Streete
To John Hacker
the elder 10s
Overseers: My brother John Wareham, gentilman, and John Phelps my son. Executrix, Joan, my wife
Witnesses: Sir Thomas Graungier clerk parson of Hardington, Andrew Faustons, Philipp Hoskinnes and others of my neighbours at Yevill
Proved July 6th 1558
