In dei nom Amen I Alice Serlis widue beyng

seke of bodye and hole of mynde make & ordeyne my last will yn fo[r]me

foloweng First I bequeith my soule to Allmyghty god And my bodye

to be buried yn the churche of Wye besids John Serlis my late housba[n]d

whose soule god p[ar]done I bequeith to the high Ault ther for my tithes

neglige[n]tly forgoten iii s iiii d It I bequeith to our lady lyght yn

the same churche xiid Also I bequeith to ev[er]y other light yn the

same churche xiid I will also & bequeith to the rep[ar]ation of the same

churche v li st[er]ling the whiche I will shalbe paid of the debts

that Richard Hauk dothe owe me Also I bequeith to the eme[n]dyng

of high waies of the west side of Wye Assignes yn the will of John

Serlis my sone dep[ar]ted to be ame[n]ded xxiii s iiii d As wall yn p[er]formance

of the will of the said John as also of my gyft and bequest Also I will

that Willm my sone shalhave a fetherbed A bolstar A pillowe A

cov[er]led[?sic] and thre pair of shets wherof ev[er]y of the said bed bolstare

pillowe cov[er]led and shets as marked with the lett. a. And I will

that my sone Robert shalhave yn like wise a fetherbed a bolstar

a cov[er]led a pillowe & iii pair of shets whiche all ar marked wth

a b. Itm I will that Thomas my sone shalhave a fetherbed

a bolstar a cov[er]led a pillowe & iii pair of shets marked with a. b. c

Also I will that my dought Johane Allard shalhave yn likewise

a fetherbed a bolstar a cov[er]led a pillowe a pair of blanketts & thre

pair of shets marked with a d. And I will that my dought Agnes

shall also have a fetherbed a bolstar a cov[er]led a pillow a payre of

blanketts and iii pair of shets marked with an e And I will that

Rose my dought shalhave a fetherbed a bolstar a cov[er]led a pillow

a pair of blanketts and iii pair of shets marked with an f. Also

I will that Robert my sone shalhave my standyng gilt cuppe

with the cover And a pair of beds [beads?] of white ambre of v. paoes(?)

gandied with silv[er] & gilt And I will that same Robert my son

shalhave the thre acres be it more or lesse lyeng yn bertighe

whiche I bought yn my widowhod To have to hym & his heires

the same Robert syngyng for my soule & all xpen [Christian] soules wher it

pleaseth hym And I will that the same Robert shalhave vi saucers

vi platars vi disshes and vi silv[er] spones And I will that Willm my

sone shalhave my best platte pece of silv[er] gilt at the brynne And

vi silv[er] spones And I will the same Willm my sone shalhave the

testo^r and the hangyng yn the p[ar]lo^r And the xrene saye(?) lyeng

upon the bedde yn the same p[ar]lo^r And ii quysshions one of dornyble(?)

and an other with whyght flowres yn the mydds of tapestry

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worke Also I will that my said sone shalhave the foloyng

borde yn the p[ar]lo^r A paynted clothe of Saynt Gregorys piety

All the beddestedylls and the tables and formes yn the

hous I dwellyn Also I will the said Willm shalhave

vi platars vi disshes & vi saucers Also I bequeith to

Margery the wiffe of my said sone Willm a pair of

beds of silv[er] of & pacs with gaudies gilt and a kuoppe

of silke & sume perles therin Also I will that Thom[a]s

my sone shalhave my gilt salte vi silv[er] spones vi plates

vi disshes vi saucers The table yn the hall at Jancokks

The hangyngs yn the same hall And all the bedstedylles

and other impleme[n]ts yn the same hous two quysshions

one of dornytts An other of tapestry werke And the

cheste yn my shoppe Also I will to eiche of iii dought[er]s

vi platars vi disshes and vi saucers And to ev[er]y of the

saide iii doughts a quysshione of carpett werke &

vi silv[er] spones Also I will that Thomasyne Selbye

my s[er]v^ant shalhave five marke steling A fetherbed

the wurst of sevyn A bolstar A cov[er]led A blankett

two payre of shets A hangyng bedde of white Also

I will that Thomasyne Taylor my s[er]v^ant shalhave

a matresse the best save iii I have A payre of shetes and

a cov[er]lett Itm I will myne Iron yn the talowe hous & the

Awudevild at Roger kyngeslonds with all the Iron lieng

yn my Appull chambre to be sold by myne executo^rs to the

best it may And the money therof to be equaly divided

betwene my thre dought[er]s Johane Agnes & Rose excepte

the bemes yn the tallowe hous the whiche I wull shalbe

equaly divided betwene myne executo^rs Itm I will my

sone Willm shalhave my grettest brasse potte & an other

pott of brasse & a brasse pane at his choice excepte my

grettest pane of brasse Also I will my sone Thom^as Serlis

shalhave for his sone A pane of brasse And I will all the

Residue of my brasse shalbe divided betwene my iii dought[er]s

indiffere[n]tly that is to saye Johane Agnes & Rose And they

to divide betwene their children yn equall porcions I will

also that my sone Robert shalhave ii of my best candelstikks

at his election and choyce Itm I will that all the residue

of my ca[n]delstykks shalbe divided betwene my children and

to the issue of their bodies laufully begoten I will also

ii pair of beds equaly to be divided betwene my thre dought[er]s

Itm I will to Moryce the eldre my s[er]v^ant xl s sterling

Also I will to the yongar Moryce my s[er]v^ant xx s sterling

Itm I will my best gowne to Johane Allard my dought

Itm I will my next gowne yn value to my dought Agnes

Itm I will yn like man[er] the next gowne yn value to my

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Dought Rose I will also all my gyrdylls to be divided

equaly betwene my thre doughters Itm I will also to

my brother Thomas Serles the beaine & the seales of

brasse yn my shoppe I will also five dousen vessell to be

equaly divided betwene all my children that is to say

platars pewt[er] disshes and saucers I will also to Herry

Allard my grete bason of laten and two other Itm I

will vi other of my basones of laten to be divided to my

vi children I will also another bason of laten to Water

Shytterden Itm I will to Alice Allerd my best chasyng

disshe And to Johane Prowd & Alice Shytterden the

other two of my chasyng disshes Also I will syx of

my best pewt[er] potts to be divided betwixt my vi children

All the Residue of my goods unbequeithed I will

to be divided equaly betwene Thomas Serlis & Willm

Serlis myne executo^rs to the p[er]formance of this my last

will And if the foresaid Thomas Serlis & Willm Serlis

myne executo^rs shall channce to fall at striff & variance

for any parte of my goods Then I will their variance

& striffe to be discussed & det[er]myned by my sone Marst[er]

Robert Serlis And if the foresaid Thomas Serlis and

Willm shall at any tyme varye from the foresaid Sr

Robert Serlis determynation & Jugeme[n]t then I will

they shalbe no parte takers of no p[ar]cell of my goods

but their foresaid partes equaly to be divided to the

residue of my children ? Concordat cu oricfina ?

Probatu[m] fuit … [12 October 1532]