This is a transcription of the original will of Alice Stillwell, widow of Albury, Surrey. It was written on 9 June 1620 and proveed in the court at Winchester on 18 May 1621 ^[1]

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Non standard spelling as per usual for this time period, which has been transcribed verbatim.

Persons mentioned'

• I alice Stillwell of'Aldbery in the Countye of Surrey widdowe testatrix
• dorothie Stillwell my daughter
• margery Stillwill my daughter
• Thomas Stillwell my Eldest sonne
  • his three sonnes
• fraunces Risbridger the daughter of william Rsbridger of Aldbery in the County of Surrey yeoman
• kathrine Risbridger my goddaugter the daughter of Thomas Rysbridger of Aldbery
• william bixley of Alberye my lovinge Freind

In the name of ^godAmen: the nynthe day of June in ye yeare of our Lord god one thousand six hundred and Twentye I alice Stillwell of
Aldbery in the Countye of Surrey widdowe beinge sicke in bodye but thanckes be giuen to allmightye god in good and perfecte Remembraunce
I doe here ordaine and make this my last will and Teastemente in mannor and fourme followinge In primis I will and bequeathe my Soule
to the allmightye god my maker and Redeemer trustinge to bee saved by the death and mirites of his only sonne and my only Saviour Jesus
Christe and by no other meanes and my bodye to ^be buried in Christian buriall at the discretion of my Executors ^as hereafter named Item I will and
bequeath unto dorothie Stillwell my daughter fortye poundes of Lawfull monny of Englande to be payed by my Exerutors hereunde[r] named the one
halfe of it within three monthes after my Decease the other halfe of it within syxe monthes after my decease Item I ^willand bequeathe unto
margery Stillwill my daughter fortye poundes of lawfull monny of England to be paied within one wholle yeare nexte after my decease
by my Executors here under named Item I give unto Thomas Stillwell my Eldest sonne five shillinges and to each of his three sonnes
five shillinges apeece to be payed to them by my Executors hereunder named within three monthes after my decease Item I
give untofraunces Risbridger the daughter of william Rsbridger of Aldbery in the County of Surrey yeoman ten shillinges
of lawfull monny of England within three monthes after my decease to be payed by my Executors Item I give unto kathrine
Risbridger my goddaugter the daughter of Thomas Rysbridger of Aldbery afforesaid five shillinges to be payed by my Executors
within three monthes after my decease Item I give unto everry servaunt yt is in ye house of william^Rysbridger aforesayed at ye tyme of
my decease eache of them vij^d to be payed within three monthes after my decease Item I give unto ye poore people of ye parishe
of wetley x£ and to ye poore people of ye p[ar]ishe of Aldbery x^s to be payed within three monthes after my decease Item I
give unto Dorothye stillwell my daughter and unto margery Stillwell my daughter one fetherbed and one great fether bolster and two
Coverletes and one blancket and one flockebed to be delivered unto them and equally devided betweene ^themwithin three monthes after
my decease The Residue of my goodes and Chattelles whosoever after my deptes and legacies paied my funerall Expenses
satisfied and my bodye decently buried I give unto william Risbridger of Aldbery and my sonne henry Stillwell of wetley
w[hic]h I doe make my whole and sole Executors of this my present last will and testament and I doe make and ordaine
william bixley of Alberye my lovinge Freind to be overseer to this my last will and Testament and I give him for
his paines five shillinges over and above all such expenses as he shall be at and in witnesse (whereof yt this is my last
last will and testament I haue hereto set my hand and seale geven the day and yeare firste above written
Sign of Alice Stillwell

In the presence of us
Thomas Stillwell
Thomas Rysbridger

decimo octavo Maij Anno Juu 1621 Probatumfuit hino testamentur surastript in cos forma per pencbitem virm Thomas Ridley leyn dcor ac muilite vicariu &c Comissag fuit Admi onnu et singuloru bonoru et Callornun dict definct Crexecutoribus in dco testamento nominat et coustitue de Gene &r degsoluend & meat &r salue & Thomas Risbridger

Sources

1. ↑ Will: "Hampshire, England, Wills and Probates, 1398-1858"
   Hampshire Archives and Local Studies; Winchester, England; Probate Records: Wills, Inventories and Administrations Proved in the Church Courts of Winchester Diocese, 14th Century to 1858; Reference Number: 1621b/51
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62475 #94337 (accessed 27 February 2024)
   Will of Alice Stillwell, granted probate in 1621. Occupation: Widow.