The xxiijth. day of the moneth of April, the year of our Lord God M. CCCCC. xxvij. And the xixth. year of the Reign of King Herry, the viijth. I Thomas Cony Citizein and Fletcher of Lond. beying of good and perfyte memory thanked be Almighty God, make, ordeyn, and dispose this my present Testament and last Will in manner and fonrme following, that is, to wite. First, I bequethe and recommend my Soul to Almighty God my Maker and Savyour, and to the glorious and blessed Virgyn our Lady Saint Mary, and to alle the holy company of Heavyn, and my Bo­dy to be Buryed within the Chirche of Saint Benet Gras-Church of London, where as I am Parishioner in or ny the place where as the Body of Agnes late my Wif now lieth Buryed. Itm, I bequethe to the High Awter of the same Chirche for my Tythes [Page 2] and Oblations forgotten or negligently withholden in discharge­ing of my Conscience, ii s. Itm, I bequethe to the Fraternitie of our blissed Lady in the said Chirche Founded iii s. iiii d. Item, I bequethe, to Margaret my Daughter to hyr to be delyvered whan she shall come to her lawful Age or Marriage xx l. Itm, I bequethe to the same Margaret my stonding Cup of Syluer and on' gilt with a Cover and a Gote stonding upon the Top thereof. Itm', I bequeathe to Iohane my Daughter, to hyr to be deli­ver'd whan she shall come to her Lawful Age or Marriage xx l. And oon' Goblet with a Cover gilt with a Rose on the Top. And if it fortune, as God defend that any of my said Daughters before she shall come to hyr Lawful Age or Marriage happen to dy; than I will that the part of hyr that so discea­seth remayne to the other of them, than beyng alyve, and so of either of them, except x l. parcel of the said bequeste of x l. I will that myn' Erecutours underwritten, or the Executours of any of them, provide and ordein an honest preest of good Name and Fame to syng and say Masse within the said Chirche of Saint Benet for my Soul, my Fader and Moder Soules, my Wifs Soules, my Freends Soules, my Children Soules, and alle Christen Soules by the space of oon year, &c. And than I be­quethe to the same Preest for the said oon year, &c. the said x l. parcel of the said Bequests of x l. by me to my said ii. Daugh­ters bequeathen. And also I will that the same Preest shall be resident at all Diuine Service to be said and songen within the said Chirche duryng the said Yere, &c. Except that myn Ex­ecutors command hym' to go to Westm' Savoy or Crossed Freres in Lon­don, where he shall say Mass for my Soule, and the Soules afore­said, as often as myn' Erecutors shall appoint hym' thereto, duryng the said Year, &c. Also I bequethe to Margaret my Wif all that myn' Interest, Title, Right and Termes of Yeres which I have of, and and in all that my Tenement that I now dwell in, which I hold by a Leas of the graunt of James Walsingham and Edmond his Son for certeyn termes of Yeres, to have and to hold all the said interest and termes of Yeres to the said Margaret, to hir Executors and As­signes duryng the Yeres now for to come, of and in the same. And furthermore, I will that of the Issues and Profits that shall Yerely come and growe of and in all my said Tenements that I now dwell in the same, Margaret my Wif shall kepe or cause to be kept an Yearly Obite or Anniversary within the said Chirche of Saint B [...], for my Soule and the Soules aforesaid, expending every Yere Yerely at the said Obite duryng the space of vij Yeres next ensuing my disceas xiij s. and iv d. in manner and fourme fol­lowing, that is to say, to vi. poor Housholders of the said Parish of Saint Bennet, vi s. that is to wite, to every of them xij d. so that the same vi Housholders be at my Dirige and Mass, requiring them to pray for my Soule and the Soules aforesaid, vij s. and iiij d. re­sidues of the said Somme of xiij s. iiij d. to be spent and given a­mongest Preests and Clerks of the said Chirche and for Rynging of [Page 3] Bells and other Obsequies to suche an Obite accustomed, and a­mongest the Parishioners for Brede, Drink and Chese; and whan and essoone as the said vij Yeres shall be complete and full ronne, than I will that every Yere Yerely, duryng and aslong as any interest and termes of Yeres that shall be than for to come of and in the same Tenement, after that the said vij Yeres be full ronne, myn' Obite to be kept within the said Chirche of Saint Bennet, for my Soule and the Soules aforesaid, expending of the said Issues and Profits that shall Yerely come of and in the same Tenements, but oonly vi s. iiij d. Itm' I bequethe to William Cony my Broder the Rom of the Chamber that he now holdith and occupieth within my said dwel­lyng-hows, To have and to hold, to hym duryng the Yeres that I have to come of and in my said Tenement, yf he the same William Cony my Broder, so long lyve, without any Rent or other Duete to be paid or yolden for the same. Also, I will thai myn' Execu­tours shall every Yere Yerely, duryng the Space of Six Yeres next ensuing my disceas provide and by oon Lode of Coles, ac­compting xxiiij Quarters for the Lode, at the price of x s. the Lode, and the same Lode Coles so bought and provided, I will that the same myn' Executours distribute and give the same to por Housholders of the said Parish of Saint Bennet, and to other next adjoyning the same Parish within the Ward, that is to say, to every Housholder oon quarter, desiryng them to pray specially for my Soule and the Soules aforesaid; and I will that the same Coles be given at suche tyme of the Yere as it shall be thought moost convenyent for the nede and comfort of the said por Housholders. Also, I will that my Tenement with th'Appurtenances lying in Ware, in the Countie of Hertford, shall be immediatly after my Disceas sold by myn' Erecutours to the moost profite and advantage. And the same Tenement so sold, I will that myn' Executours or the Executours of any of them with the Mony comyng of the same sale, shall dispose and give the same for my Soule and the Soules above-written, in synging of Mass at Scala coeli Savoy, or Crossed Freres, Marying of por Maidens, releving of por Prisoners and por Housholders, amendyng of high, noyous Weyes, and in other good werks of mercy and pity, as the same myn Executours or the Ere­cutours of any of them shall think moost best to the Plesure of God and helth of my Soule and the Soules aforesaid. Further­more, I will that all my Lands and Tenements, Medewes, Le­sues and Pastures, as well Free as Copy, lying and beyng in the Parishes of Charlton or Ashton Combery and Hampton in the Coun­tie of Middl. and elsewhere within the same County, Incontinent after my disceas shall wholly remayne to the said Margaret and Johane my Daughters, and to their Heires and Assignes for ever­more. The residue of all my Goods, Catalls and Detts whatso­ever they be after my Detts paid and the Costs of my Burying doon, and this my present Testament in all things fulfilled wholly, I give and bequethe to the said Margaret my Wif, therewith to do, [Page 4] ordeyn' and dispose hir free wyll. And of this my present Testa­ment and last Will I make and ordeyn myn' Erecutors, the said Margaret my Wif, and William Cony my Broder: And I bequethe to the same William for his labor in the Premises, x l. and a Gown Yoven the Day and Yere first above-written.

These Witness Sir Gerry Coldwel, Curate of the said Chirche, John Porter, Thomas Egerton, William Temple, John Wilshire, William Cole, John Ruttur and other.