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The
Will of Thomas, 1463
Donated
by Frank Dennis
Will
of Thomas Meriell of Wherstead. January 1, 1463. Translated
from the Latin. [Numbers in brackets indicate line of
text] Only lines 1-10, 20, and 31-47 have been translated
into modern English. See Latin version
of remainder.
[1]
In the name of God Amen. In the year of our Lord 1463
the first day of the month of January I Thomas Meriell
of Wherstede of sound
[2] mind and healthy memory establish and dispose my will
in this manner. Item 1. I bequeath my soul to Almighty
God
[3] and Saint Mary glorious Virgin and all Saints my body
to be buried in the parish church of Wherstede at whose
high altar for ____
[4] offerings ___ ___ __ I leave five shillings. Item
I bequeath to the parish priest twenty pence. Item
[5] I bequeath to the same church twenty shillings for
the construction of a large lamp called a candelabrum.
Item I bequeath to the high altar of the church of
[6] Belstede first for __ my offering six shillings and
eight pence. Item I bequeath to each priest willing to
celebrate
[7] for my soul and for the soul of my mother and father
my parents and benefactors for an entire year
[8] immediately after my death ___ ___ March 9. Item I
bequeath to the minor brothers of Sippewith [Ipswich]
for the celebration of my soul
[9] and the souls of my parents and benefactors one hundred
thirty __ shillings. Item __ the parish church of greater
Belstede
[10] for the payment of my executors six shillings and
eight pence. Item I bequeath to each [presbito] willing
.
[lines
11-19 not translated - see below for
Latin]
[20]
…. Item. I bequeath to John my elder son after the
death of aforesaid Margaret, my wife (if she remains single)
- all my house …
[lines
21-30 not translated - see below for
Latin]
[31]
Item. I bequeath to (the senior) William my son three
houses … my house "Capath" …
[32] and if it should happen that William dies without
heir of flesh in his procreative line, I wish that [it]
remain for
[33] John my elder son and his heirs of his body in his
procreative line and in case of his defective heredity,
I wish that it descend
[34] from son to son until my last son. I bequeath to
Robert, John the younger, Edmund, and William the younger,
my sons.
[35] ___ my house called (hannidis ?) with all its appurtenances
belonging to it to
[36] their legitimate heirs and …. whichever …
and equally among them … and if it should happen
that the aforesaid Robert
[37], John, Edmund, and William die without heir of their
legitimate line, … aforesaid
[38] hereditary houses shall descend to John my elder
son and to his heirs of body and if it should happen that
the
[39] aforesaid John die (without heir) I wish that ___
aforesaid houses
[40] (revert ?) to the elder William my son and to his
lineal descendants and from son to son …
[41] until my last son and if it should happen that …
my sons die without heirs
[42] I wish that the aforesaid ____ and houses be divided
equally among my sons and inheritors.
[43] Item. I wish (that) Christiane my daughter (receive)
one cow. Item. Alice my daughter 10 marks [1 mark = 2/3
pound] legal English money and one
[44] cow. Item. I bequeath to Katharine my daughter 5
pounds lawful English money and one cow. Item. I leave
Juliane my daugher
[45] 5 marks lawful English money and one cow. Item. I
bequeath that if one and two of my unmarried daughters
[46] shall die before marrying …
[47] … Item. I bequeath to John Bacon the elder of
Blakenham ___ 10 shillings. ….
[something about responsibilities of fiefs or renters.
Executors named - wife Margarete, John Bacon, the elder
of Blakenham and John my elder son.]
Will
probated at Sippewith [Ipswich] the [8th (xiii??), 20th
??] of __, 1463. [mille CCCC LXIII
Lines
10-31 in Latin, as transcribed from original script. There
are undoubtedly many errors in transcription. Many words
are abbreviated in the original; some of these have been
written out by translator (in parentheses), and English
translation supplied in some cases [brackets]. Numbers
in brackets indicate line numbers in original.
[11]
pegnante ad cebebrandi p(ro) salute ae (anime) mee [my
soul] apud sculam celi quadraginta denariae [40 shillings].
It. lego [ I leave to ] Margaret Cori.
[12] mee cea (cuia) [terras] E tenit mea redditus E pmaa
cu (cuius) oibus (omnibus) suis p(ro) tinencirs hud E
tenend filii E Assignatis suis.
[13] Ad (tmmi) bite sue (f) immpta pman sept (et) f (con)tmgat
eam maritari tut bolo p(ro) heredes mei in fra
[14] sept initrent possideant E gundeant (condeant ?)
oib (omnibus) tris E tendintis mes reddious ?? E pmcirs
cu omby (omnibus) suis __ __
[15] Ptmdior sedm forma et effectn legate mei infraorpai
saluendo p'dict Margaritae vori (uxori ?) mee [ my wife
?] Ad tmmus bite sue
[16] Ammatum quadraginta solidus [40 pence] Ita p(ro)
bu-quisqz heredis mearis infrarptaris soluat paem sua
p dictoriis quadragitna
[17] solides [40 pence] Ammiat pefiamis sodm ratam E volorem
trarn E temtosf lilt legatori It lego p'fate margarete
[18] (tderi) mee cia alia bona mea E catalla ac btenfilia
Dond mee infre infer___ legata hebn hud E temend fibi
[19] E Assignat fins ad custodiend mnemend E exhibend
ames filios E filias [sons and daughters] (jumores) quans__
ad deatem sexideae
[20] Amios pnenmt It lego John filio meo sennri [John,
my eldest son] post decessu pdete margarete uxor mee [after
the death of my wife Margaret] si minpta pmansept
[21] toto (capaitte/capille) tendmet mei in qo die confeacns
p'senari in habito hud & tendnd fibi heredit fins
de corrard
[22] fin lime pordat It lego dnto Johe pda [predicta]
[the aforesaid John] tendmet natma bcatt Mersshis &
heredit suis de corpos suclime
[23] preatf (ita) p(ro) pdietr [predictarum = aforesaid]
Johes soluat vel solim saaet semoir sr suo
[24] [line crossed out]
[25] Willmo mmeemte post mgrersn p'dutosf [predictos]
tepasf and tenemetasf [house] viginta solidj [20 shillings].
It volo p(ro) dut_ [said] Johes soluat (vt)
[26] solui ficiat juniori [younger son] john and pma [prima]
Willmo quiq_ mart [March] mt ea_ eqlit dm_dendas &
f mtmgat Altn Autor p'ma [prima]
[27] Johnis E jun Willma ante tempus soluconis ___ clurus
Abto supftite tota [summa] quiqus marcar p(ro) falmet
et f gtng
[28] gtimgat [cotingat = happen] dut [said] John sen [senior]
obirus [to die] sine hereditus de aspire suo lime [without
heirs] p(ro) geatis p(ro) exeunt dut [said] tendmt ou
sums
[29] ptmenars remandant px filia mea [my daughter ?] sen
E heredibus deakrure sue lnn pareatis It bolo p(ro) fic
rdict tend
[30] ment ou sums ptnducrs hereditarie dependant ab defectu
heredn de filio ad filia nfqz ad bltumi filiosis meosis
[my son]
[31] It lego sen Willma filia mea [my daughter Willma
- or son William ?] tria tenemet [3 houses] mea situat
exappesito tenemeta mea Capath in q die [conreaon___]
[32] …..
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