COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPT WILL OF ROBERT GYE*
OF LONG CLAWSEN Co LEICESTER 1544
"In dei Noi'e Ame' The viij day Januarey & The xxxviij yeare of the Reigne
of oure most & drad Soueraigne lord he'ry theyght By the grace of god of
yngla'd fra'ce & yrela'de kynge defe'der of the fayth & In erth Imedyatly
vnder god the sup'me head of the church of yngla'de & yrela'de & In the yeare
of oure lord god a. M.D & xliiij I Robert gye seke In Body & of hole my'd &
memorye doy make my last Wyll & Testame't after this maner folo'ng fyrst I
Bequeth my soule to Almighty god & to oure lady say'te mary & to all the holy
co'pany of heve' & my body to be bureyd In the church of say't Remygs of
Claxt'n It I Bequeth to the hygh ault' of the same church xijd. It to the
mother church of ly'colne iiijd. It I to Be bureyd In church vjs viijd. It I
Bequeth to Wyllm gye mysone the tacke of my ferme & the hole tytyll & strckyth
yt I have therein It the hole crope on the gro'd whe' yt shall Be yenet at
myhelmas It to the foresayd Wyllm vj oxen vij horses & the plowhe wyth all the
gere belo'gy'g thereto It the carte & the wane It I Bequeth to my dought'
Elsabeth iiij kye & iij Bollockys It I Bequeth to Edward gye & thom's my sons
ether of the' ij kye & ether of the' a colte & iiijli In money or In catell &
thys payme't to be delyvered & payde By my sone Wyllm or hys assynes or
executors at the day of there marage It I Bequeth to my dought' Elizabeth her
mothers Beyst gou'e & beyst kyrtyll a sylver herneshyt gyrdyll & A payre of
beydes It I Bequeth to Elizabeth my dought' iij Brasse pottes & ij brasse
pan'es of the beyst iij payre of flaxe' shetes iij payre of harde' shetes & vj
chares It the Resedue of my goodes all vnbequeth my dettes & legacys fynyshyd
& payde I Geve & bequeth To Wyllm my sone the .. wych foresayd Wyllm and
thom's hys brother I ordene & make executors of thys my last Wyll & Testame't
to sey yt executyd & pformyd accordy'g to the tenore hereofas they Wyll make
answere another day Before god & there ostyas It I ordene & make Edward Byard
to be Supvysor of thys my last Wyll & Testame't to sey yt Executyd & performyd
accordyng to the hereof
His Testibs
laur'as Mayret George Mawer
John----faxe.
No Probate Act. Will filed with Inventory of Goods &c., in the bundle for
1544.
*Rob't Gy occurs as a witness to the will of Wm. Caunt at Claxton in 1516 and
Rob't Gye as executor in the will of Wm. Heryingham in the same parish in
1519.
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