In the name of God Amen  the xi dy of FebruaryIn the yere of or lord 
god 1571  I John Sherrett the younger of the pishe of Wokyng wtin 
the Dioc of Wynchester beyng syck in bodie & yet hole in mynd & of 
good & pfyt remembrance laude & prayse be geven unto almyghtie 
god do make ordeyne & declare this my psent testament conteynyng 
therin my true & last wyll in manner & forme folowyng that is to saye  
First & pryncypally I comend my soule unto allmyghtie god my maker 
& my soule redeemer Jesus Christ by whose dethe & passion I trust 
to inheryte the kyngdome of heaven & my bodie to the yerth to be 
buryed wthin the Churchyard of my pishe of Wokynge aforsayed  
Item I geve & bequeath toward the mantenance of my pishe church 
of Woking aforesayd xijs Itm to the comen boxe toward the relefe of 
pore people viijs Itm I geve & bequeath to Johan my Daughter my 
best flockbed w a boulster & two pyllows of the best one good 
blanket my second best cover lyght one payre of my best canvas 
sheyts one standyng bedstedyll that standeth in the lytle syde of the 
up left two Coffers one of them standyng by the bedsyde in the 
chamber where my folfer lyeth & the other long coffer standyng nest 
to hym & all the [tachehonetts pyrms pyrdels?] & rynges that were 
her mothers & her mother in lawse her mothers best gowne & two 
best petycoats & theyr wearyng lynnen soryng one beragow a pece 
of whyght clothe redye drest to make her a petycoate her owne 
mothers chrytnyng sheyte one payre of cross cloth sheyets one 
payere of locram sheyts halfe a dosen pewter vessels halfe platters 
halfe dyshes & one of my Beste pewter platters two saucers one 
sault seller two candellstycks my second brasse pott two of my 
second best Kettells my byggest boule save one & one of the loser 
sort halfe a dossen pewter spones and halfe a dossen trenchers one 
skyllett pann two of my best kene my best cowbullock syx ewes & 
syxe lams to be delyvered at saynte makelstyde next after my 
dysseace one yong sow & one yelt one cubbord standynge in the 
chamber thre geyse & a gander four hens A spynnyng whele All the 
hatts & capps that were her owne mothers & her mother in lawes 
savyng a share throwd hat & xl of good and lawfull monne of Ingland 
to be payed by my oversears wtin thre yere next after my desseace  
Itm I wyll that Steven Collyer her uncle shall have the custodie & 
keping of Johan my daughter wt all her stock untyll she cos to thage 
of xx yers or else tyll she marry & then to dyliver the same instly & 
truly and if the sayde Johan do fayle before she cos to her full age 
then I wyll that all her sayde goods shall remane to John my son also 
I wyll that all the sayde goods whych I have geven to my daughter 
shalbe delyvered imedyatly after my dysseace except the ewes & 
lams & monne whytch is allredy aponted also I wyll that the sayde 
Steven shall have for his paynes herin endyng xs  Itm I geve & 
bequeath to Thomas Hayward my wyves son one cowe & syxe 
sheype  Itm I geve to Gregory Hayward he son one stere bullocke 
syxe sheype & my best coate  Itm I geve to John Hayward her son 
one of my best bullocks syx sheype & my hossen at the taylers  Itm I 
geve to lytle Henry Cook my lytle hefer bullock of thre yere owld  Itm 
I geve to my cossen Wyllm Sherret thelder a cow bullock my owld 
coate my owld hossen my owld dublet & my owld jerkyn a busshell 
rye & foure busshells oats & to his wyffe a short throwd hatt & to his 
dowghter margerete my wyves thurd frock & to Wyllm & Agnes his 
chyldren eche of them thre sheype  Itm I geve to Joyse Honer my 
mayde my worst mac?? & thre sheype also I geve to An Walden my 
mayde thre sheype  Itm I geve to eche of my chyldren iijs  Itm I geve 
& bequeath to Rychard Hayward my best mare a coat?leth & a 
jerkyn cloth of medley & a hose?eth of wgyght redy drest my best 
cloake & my bo?tts my hollydayse dublett & my jerkyn my capp & my 
hatt & all my shertts one acre of rye at harvest vi busshells rye redye 
thresshet xij busshells oats & halfe a Bter malt that lyeth a water four 
hens & a cocke Also I wyll that the sayde Richard Hayward shall have 
the ocupacion of my house & all my land for the terme of xij yere 
next after my dysseace paying  suche resonable rent as shalbe 
thought good by my oversears & shalbe bounde to kepe maynteyne 
& encreace the jmps & aple trees that the do not decrese The 
resydew of all my goods & cattels moveable & unmoveable my detts 
& expences payed I  geve and bequeathe to John my sun whom I 
ordeyne and make my full Executer to paye my detts & call for my & 
fullfyll my wyll acordyngly also I ordeyne & make Robart Honer & 
Gylbert Honer of Horsell & Rychard Hayward of Wokyng 
thoversears of this my psent testament & thy shall have for theyr 
labor & paynes takyng above theyr charges eche of them xs Also I 
wyll that my sayde oversears shall have the custodie & kepyng of my 
sonn & eyar wt all his goods & Effytts untyll he comes to his full age & 
then to make A true acount pvydyd allwayes & my wyll is that If my 
son & my daughter do both fayle before the comes to theyr full age 
whytche god defend then I wyll that Rychard Hayward shall have my 
house wt all my land for the terme of xx yersfre wtout anythyng 
payng for the same more then to his lord & kyng & kepe hyt tenantly 
to & after that xx yers be exspyred I geve my sayde house & all my 
land to Wyllm Sherret the sun of John Sherret & to his eyars for ever 
& then I wyll that the goods whytche I leve to my sun & my daughter 
shalbe devyded of the one halfe amongs my pore kynsfolk & thother 
among pore people of Wokyng so that my Wyves chyldren shalbe 
equall wt other at the dyscressyon of my oversears or there 
assyngners  
Wytnesses  Willm Geylls   Robt Honer   Gylbart Honer   Wyllm Sherret  
&  John Atwood wt other men

Ultimo die Menss Febrarii 1571 ... 

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