Robert Guy of Long Clawson 1544 Will
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1544/58
In dei Noie amen The viii day of January & the xxxviii yeare of the Reigne of oure most drede Soveraigne lord Henry theyght By the grace of god of Yngland France & Yreland kinge defender of the faith & In arth Imedyatly under god the supreme head of the church of Yngland & Yreland & In the yeare of oure lord god mdxliiii I Robert Gye seke In Body & of hole mynde & memorye doe make my last wyll & Testament after thys maner foloyng
Fyrst I Bequeth my soule to almyghty god & to oure lady saynte Mary & to all the holy company of heven & my body to be bureyd In the church of Saynt Remyge of Claxton
It I Bequeth to the hygh auter of the same church xiid
It to the mother church of Lyncolne iiiid
It I to Be buryed In church vis viiid
It I Bequeth To Wyllm Gye my sone the … of my ferme & the hole tytyll & … that I have therein
It the hole crope on the ground when yt shall be … at Myhelmas
It to the foresayd Wyllm vi oxen viii horses & the plowghe wyth all the gere Belonging thereto
It the carte & the wane
It I Bequeth to my daughter Elsabeth iiii kye & ii Bullocks
It I bequeth to Edward Gye & Thomas my sons ether of them iiii li In money or In catell & thys payment to be delyvered & payde By my sone Wyllm or hys assynes or Executors at the day of there marege
It I Bequeth to my daughter Elsabeth her mothers Beyst gone & beyst kyrtyll a sylver … gyrdyll & a payre of …
It I Bequeth to Elsabeth my daughter iii Brasse pottes & ii brasse panes of the beyst iiii payre of flaxen shetes iii payre of harden shetes
It the Resedue of my goodes all unbequeth my dettes & legacyes fynyshyd & payde I Geve & bequeth To Wyllm my sone the wych foresayd Wyllm & Thomas hys brother I ordene & make Executors of thys my last wyll & Testament to sey yt executed & performed accordyng to the tenure hereof as they wyll make answere another day Before god & their …
It I ordene Edward Byard sole Supervisor of thys my last wyll & Testament to sey yt executed & performyd accordyng to the hereof
His Testiba
Lauras Mayret
George Malver [?]
John Saxe
Inventorie omni Bonori Robert Gye In parochia de Claxton
| Inpris v horses iiii mares & ii fowles the pryce | vii li |
| It iiii oxen | iiii li |
| It vi steyres | iii li |
| It xiii kye & a Bull | ix li vis viiid |
| It vi calves | xxiiiis |
| It x shepe | xxs |
| It viii swyne | viis |
| It iii gyse | xiid |
| It viii dockys | xiiiid |
| It ix henys | xviiid |
| It a carte | xiiis iiiid |
| It iiii youkys iiii teymes & ii plowys | vis viiid |
| It ii hovels & iii harowys | vis viiid |
| It the crope of wheate & rye in the feld | iiii li |
| It vi quarters of peace | iii li |
| It ii of Barley | xxs |
| It all householde stuffe | iii li vis viiid |
| Suma Totals | xxxviii li |
| … that these are the dettes that I Robert Gye howys | |
| Impris To John Mowers chyldren | xls |
| It To Edwarde Byard of Claxton | xxs |
| It for a halfe yearys Rent | ii li vis xliiid |
| It To Elzabeth Pyne | iiiis |
| Suma Totals | vli xiiiis |