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N.1541
In the name of god amen The yere of ower Lord god Hy VIII xth the/

day of Marche, I Nycolas Barnwell In the pryshe of Hanslapp sebe (so being of sound)/

body but good of remembrance do make and ordeyn my wyll Informe and m(anner)/

here folowyng   ffirst I bequeath my sole to god allmygty and to your/

lady saint mary and to all the saints In heaven and my body to be buryed/

in the church of the apostell saint Jamys in Hanslapp   Imprimis I give/

and bequeath to the mother church in lyncoln 2s And to the hey? ant/

yn hanslapp for tythes forgotten viiid Item to every auter   In the church/

12d?  Itm to the bellys 2 xiid Item to the tovthvb[?tower] vid. Item to Allis/

Barnwell my doght (daughter) 2 xxL (£20) other In mony or yn goods yff that she do/

Mary (marry) aftd [against?] the mynd of her mother or else the sayd bequethe to be at th/

wyll of Ezabell my wiffe her mother. Item I wyll that ther be/

a recitall of massys for my sole and my freynds solls. Item I give/

and_bequeathe to wyjlyed? Branston my hrant xxvi s. Also to her mot (her)/

my brant? Iiis iiiid. Item I bequeave to Elizabethe peyty my goddaughter/

a bullock of ii yeres of age. It(em) to the stokkying heye xiiL It(em) to Sam.../

clerke of pery [Potterspury?]a cow Also to Ellener Goodred a bullock of ii yere old …/

It(em) I wyll to Ezabell my wyffe to In your all my lands Inheritance …/

Parkleys? With iii pieces of grownde and the wood of the one called bol/  **

Nay grasse a nother called newna orchard and a nother called newnay/

Stokkyng*** durying her lefe and after the decesse of Ezabell my wyffe/

I will that all my lands rent and inheritance to return unto  Allys/

My daughte (daughter) or the sons of her body lawfully begotten and for want /

Of heres of her body lawfully begotten I wyll that all my lands/

Rents be…… for the helth of my sole other to fynde a p(riest) for to pray/

For my sole so muche as the rent will extend to keep hym the residue/

Of my goods not bequeathed I give and Bequeave to Ezabell  my wyffe/

wych I do make and ordey my full Executrix She for to pay my detts/

To repaire my detts and dispose of my goods as god shall put her in mynde/

Also I wyll to Ezabell my wyffe to nether fell nor rent downe no wood of/

the foresaye (aforesaid) iiii percelles of grownde except yt be for repraycons of howse/

It(em) I do make and order hazepouye and tomas ellysto be my supporters/

For to helpe my wyffe and executors to gether my detts and pay my detts/

And so this my last wyll be fulfilled --? They to haffe for ther pains/

Taking xxs apece and ther costs borne they paying wytness George Ca…/

Niz pft (present) Edward tomas Berchemor Rychard Sybthorp Edward/

Teawell wythe dust moo  ??????

     Probated first pbd testament Coxa Comissaxio sdicto my
     Errlin porhiali at Newport panel* xxvi I dri mestb ajoly
     Gonord birt …………………………….

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*** A ‘stocking’ is usually a long piece of land, often along a river bank  (= slang)

**  BOLNEY was a park in Hanslope without deer in 1315 see VCH IV, 352.

*  Newport Pagnell.  Could the will be registered or proved there?

NOTE P with a line thro its tail is short for Per