Testament, with probate endorsed, of John of Peterborough (de Burgo Sancti Petri),...

Testament, with probate endorsed, of John of Peterborough (de Burgo Sancti Petri), dated the eve of St. Chad, the Confessor, 1360; soul to God and St. Mary, body to be buried in the chapel of the Holy Rood (Sancte crucis) in the church of the Holy Trinity; in wax about his body, on the day of his burying, 20s.; to every chaplain coming to his (suum) Dirige, 2d.; to Sir William, chaplain of the parish church of the Holy Trinity, ½ mark; to the two clerks of the same, 8d.; to the church of St. Mary of Coventre, 6d.; to the church of St. Chad of Luichefeld, 6d.; to six chaplains, 24l.; to Alice wife of Thomas de Lodbrok, a maser; to the wife of William de Catesby, a woollen coverlet; [-] ; to John Vynter, 40d.; to Philip de Francketon, 10s.; to Hugh de Bascote, 40d.; to Roger Makkeneye, 40d.; to Emma, 5s.; to Tibot, 2s. 6d. and a hood; to the two hospitals at Peterborough (Burgh'), 20s. each; to Sir Thomas Sad, chaplain, and hermit, 20s.; to Agnes daughter of Geoffrey Bullok, a hanging laver (pendens laxatorium); to a certain illegitimate son, 'but this shall be at the executors disposal'; executors, William de Gatesby, his master, and Joan, William's wife, to dispose of the residue as seemed to them expedient. Northamptonshire.

Endorsed: Proved VII Id. April, 1361, in the church of the Holy Trinity, Coventry, before the dean of Coventre, commissary of Master Robert Prymme, sequestrator of Robert, bishop of Coventry, and administration granted to the executors.