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In the name of god amen in the yeare of our lord
1550 the xx^th day of Aprill I Isabell Barnwell wedowe of
the parish of Hanslope within the County of Bucks being
of good and perfect mynde and remembrance thanks be unto allmighte god
do constitute ordayne and make this my last will and testament in
manner and form following that is to saye First I bequeath my sole
into the hands of allmighte god trusting to be saved by and
throwe the meritts of christes passion  and will my body
to be buried within the church of Hanslipe beforesayd Item
I bequeath to Henry Smythe a cowe or a heyffer Item I
bequeath to Thomas Carter a cowe Item I bequeath to John?
Rygby of Cosgroove a cowe Item I bequeath to William 
Hales A bullocke Item I bequeath to William Cole
a cowe and one acre of barly and half acre of pease Item
I bequeath to Matthew Crompton a cowe  half an acre of
of barly and a chese Item I bequeath to Elizabeth Ynges daughter
of William Ynges  my best bras pane¹ Item I bequeath to
Margery Darson my next best bras pane Item I bequeath
to Dorothy burchemore a bras pott Item I bequeath to Elizabeth
byrchemore my iijd best bras pane Item I bequeath
to Florence berchemore my greatest Ketell² Item I bequeath to Isabell Erle my
goddaughter a paire of shetts
a bras pott a platter a ketill a tube³ my best
petycot by best Kyrtell⁴ ij acres of barly and one
heiffer with ij bordes of oke Item I bequeath to
Alis Hethe a paire of shettes a bras pott a platter
a Kyrtell a tube and ij bordes of oke Item I bequeath to
Agnes Webe a paire of shettes a bras pott a
ketill a platter a Kyrtell a heiffer a tube

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ij bordes of oke, Item I bequeath to Isabell Erle and to
Agnes well all the wolle⁵ within my howsse so that
they do gyve the one halfe of it to the powre
people within Hanslope Item I bequeath to Cussyn
Berchemore ij bullockes Item I bequeath to John Yates
a shepe Item I bequeath to Kempsones daughter a shepe
Item I bequeath to Isabell Syerpont a shepe Item
I bequeath to every one of my godchidren iiijd  Item
I bequeath to Jane Adam a shepe Item I bequeath to
William Crompton halfe an acre of barly Item I bequeath
to Thomas Gore a shepe Item I bequeath the halfe the
woode that is about my howsse to the
powre people of  Hanslope Item I bequeath to Henry
Yattes a pair of cobirons⁶ and a piese of
clothe hole as it is in his howse All the
Resudue of my goodes moveable and unmoveable I
gyve and bequeath to Thomas Berchemore and to William
Yigs and so I will to them all the dettes that
be owinge to me they paing the dettes and my
bequestes in every poynt and ponttes in the fulfilling
of this my last will and testament of the wich my
last will and testament I the saed Isabell
Barnwell constiute ordeyn and make the forsayd
Thomas berchemore my brother and William Yiges
executors to se my last will and testament performed
and fulfilled as my hole truste in them in
that behalfe  thes being witnes required

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by me the sayd Isobell Raffe sutton Henry Yattes
John sutton    this is the last will
and testament of the Isabell barnewell made the
yere and day above rehersed  First I will that all
my howsse with all the goodes & howses with all
appurtenances to the sayd howse appoteyning
or belonging standing and being within the parishe
of Hanslope in the Church Strett wherein
doth dwell one Thomas Yiges shall be to the
powre jointly within the parishe of Hanslope for
ever after manner and forme following that is to saye
I will that William Yiges one of the executors his
heires and assignes for ever shall have the setting
and to fore letting of the foersayd howse with all
the proffeittes therunto belonging and the yerly some
for the sayd howse with all the proffits therto
belonging to be gyvento the powre people
within the parish of Hanslope halfe yerly for
ever  And I will that the sayd William Yiges
his heires or assigns shall have xijd   yerly
for there paynes and no more as they shall Answer
before God  Item I will that that the other
howse within the parishe of Hanslope standing
and being in totoll ende⁷ the wich howse with
a barne and other howsses with all the goodes
thereto belonging I lately bought of one
William Audley shall be to the powre people
within the parishe of Hanslope for ever
after the fore following First I will that

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that Thomas berchemore my brother and William
Yiges my ij executors there heyres and assignes for
ever shall have the settting and to fore letting
of the sayd howse barne groundes with all the Appurtenances
yerly for ever  And I will that the yerly
rente or some by them receaved shall be gyven
to the powre people within the parishe of hanslop
halfe yerly for ever and they to have for there
paynes yerly xijd  and I will that a coppy
of this my last wil and testament shall remayne
within the church of Hanslope for ever  Item I
will that if it suite? the fore named
Thomas berchemore my brother or the foresayd
William Yiges my ij executors there heyries or
assignes do nott performe this my last will
by the space of one hole yere then I will
that the Churche wardens of the Churche
of Hanslope for the tyme being shall Immediately
disposses the sayd my executors there heires
or assignes for ever by the verte⁸ of this my last
will and testament and they for the tyme being to
have the setting⁹ and to fore letting of the
fore  named howsses with all there appurtenances in
as longe and ample manner yerly for ever My
executors or their heyres or assignes ever have
by the verte of this my last will and testament but
my will is that William Yiges one of my  executors
shall receive of the yerly rent or some of my

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howsse in tottoll end towards the payment of my dettes
and than I will it goo to the powre people as before sayd
for ever  And my will is that if there be any word
or wordes within this my last will and testament not
agreeable to the lawe or statute of the Realem¹⁰ that
every such word or wordes shall be reformed at the overse¹¹
of a learned man so that effect and the mynde of me
in this my last will and testament be not altered or changed
Item I will bequeath to my brother Thomas berchmore
one of my executors the Residue of all my howsses
landes and tenementes with all there appurtenances
standing  and being within the parish of Hanslope
aforesaid to have and to hold to his heires for ever These
being witnes  Raffe Sutton Harry yattes  John
Sutton be¹² me required

Probatim fuit apud Stony Stretford xxti Junij
A 1555 coram m[ei?] John Wen?
Comissa’ Bishes’?
 
[proved at Stony Stratford 20 June
Anno 1555 before me John Wen?]

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