Probate copy of the 'testament conteynyng in hym self my last will' of Richard Nevell,...

Probate copy of the 'testament conteynyng in hym self my last will' of Richard Nevell, citizen of Hereford, of the parish of 'Seynt Petur' in that city, 14 June, 1526; to be buried 'by my other wife undyr the chapell of the northe dorre withyn the mynstur churcheyerd'; 'reparacions of the cathedrall churche of the mynstur aforesaid,' 12d.; 'hye autre' in parish church of St. Petur for 'teythynges,' etc. 12d.; 'howse that I dwell yn to Johan my wife' for life, executors after her death to 'make a state' thereof to Thomas Hosier 'my son in lawe' in tail when he 'cummyth unto a lawfull ayge,' to 'Rychard Hosier my son in lawe,' at twenty years of age, 'my tanhowse' with instruments and vessels, to him and his heirs; if 'my seid son Thomas' die without issue the said 'howse that I dwell yn shall remayne,' after Johan's death 'unto our lady service' in parish church of St. Petur 'to pray for me and to kepe every yere a solempne obite for me and my wife my fathyr my mothyr and for all crysten soulles'; likewise if 'my seid son Rychard' die 'before his mothyr' without issue, the tanhouse to remain after his mother's decease 'unto our lady is servyce' in parish church of 'seynt Awdoene there to be prayed for by name perpetually'; 'to Margarett my doghter in lawe' 5 marks 'that I am bownd to pay to hur and other v markes' if she 'ordyr her self in good maner and a fethyrbed and all that longithe to a bed with other howsehold suche as her mothyr shall thynke convenyent at the tyme of her marrayge'; executors to 'ordene at the day of my buriyng vj tapers of iijli. a pece and ij pryckettes of — li. a pece' immediately after decease 'shall cawse a trentall of massis to be seid for my soull' in St. Petur's church: to two honest priests to sing and pray for his soul, his father's, mother's and wife's souls in St. Petur's by the space of a year, 10l.; to every of his executors, 10s.; to brother Thomas, best gown; to Thomas Nevell, his brother, years to come bi indenture of land and pasture called 'Hampton Parke; to Thomas Nevell 7a. meadow in 'Lugge Medow,' 'whiche I have bi indenture of maistur Thomas a Monyngton of Sernesfild'; a certain pasture in 'Buckenyll,' in the parish of Wulhope, to wife Johan, 'which I have bi indenture of Robert Shyere dwellynge yn Buckenyll'; land and pasture 'that I purchesid of John a Wud lyinge be yend the priour' to wife Johan 'duryng the yeres that I have in them'; 'ferme that I have at the townesyend be yend seynt Gyles' to wife Johan and her assigns perpetually 'aftyr the custum and maner'; to wife Johan meadow and pasture there 'which I have taken bi indenture of the Deane and the Chaptur' of Hereford; residue to wife Johanne to pay debts, 'bryng me honestly to erth,' etc.; executors 'Johan my wife Thomas Nevell my brother and William ap Res.' Witnesses:—Mr. Water Colyns, Syr Rychard Mores and Syr William Robertes. English. Proved before Robert Jones, Bachelor of Law, sub-dean of Hereford, 13 July, 1526, by the relict, the other executors renouncing. Herefordshire