Will of John Fytlynge 1553

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Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: Fytlynge Fitlinge

Will of John Fytlynge 1553
ANF will register Liber 14 (Bulloke) fo. 107 - Fittling (Fytlynge), John, husbandman, of Hingham 1553

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Spelling, punctuation and line breaks are as per the register copy. Capital F is rendered as F rather than ff. Abbreviations are expanded in [square brackets]. Words or letters that are illegible are marked with asterisks. L, s and d represent pounds, shillings and pence respectively. Bold text are for ease of reading in the absence of full stops.
Note: Myxtelyn or mestlin is an early English term for a mixture of grains, especially wheat and rye, sown and used together.

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Persons mention in the Will:

• John Fytlynge, testator and husbandman
• Thomas Fytlynge, his son
• Bartylmewe Fytlynge, his son
• John Fytlynge, his son
• Bartylmewe Fytlynge, his brother (deceased)
• 6 daughters, unnamed
• Agnes, his sister
• Alice, his wife
• Thomas Fuller or Morleye, supervisor
• John Portman, witness
• John Whyttred, witness
• Sir Nicholas Corker, priest and witness

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In the Name of God Amen The xxix^th
daye of Maye in the yere of o^ur Lorde M CCCCC
Liij I John Fytlynge of Hengham in the
countie of Norff[olk] husbandman beyinge sycke
and dyseased in bodye but holl of mynde and
of p[er]fryght memorye praysed be the Lorde make
this my testamente and laste wyll in manner and
forme folowinge First I bequethe my
sowle unto god the father by whoose former
deathe I truste to be saved And by his
precious bloode shedinge to possesse an
iternall inheritance in hevyn and my
bodye to be buried in the p[ar]ishe church yarde
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of Hengham aforesaide And for the
dystribuc[i]on of my temporall goodes
Fyrst I bequethe to the poore mene
borne at Hengham aforesaide xij^s Also
I gyve unto Thomas my sonne all and
singuler my howses and landes settlinge
and beyinge within the townshipp of
Hengham withall and singuler commo
dytyes p[er]fryhte or emolmente in any
wyse app[er]teynynge or belongynge to
the forsaide howse or howses And in
case that Thomas my sonne departe
this worlde withowte yssue that then
the howses and landes aforsaid shall
remayn to Bartylmewe my sonne
And in case he the saide Bartylmewe
departe this worlde withowte yssue that
then they shall remayn unto John my sonne
Also I gyve unto John my sonne all that my
howse and landes boothe free and bonde sett
lyinge and beynge within the towne of
Wykylwoode called Hunte Withall the como-
dyties emolmente or p{er}fryhte in any wyse
belongynge or apperteynyninge to the same
accordinge to the tenets and meanynge of
the testamente and laste wyll of Bartyl-
mewe Fytlynge my brother nowe beynge
deade And also I wyll that John my
sonne shall gyve unto Bartylmewe his
brother that v markes wh[at] was bequethede
unto hym by my brother Bartylmewes
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wyll he the said John to paye unto
Bartylmewe xiij ^s iijd at suche daye twelve
monthe as he entryth upon the howse and
lande And xij^s iijd at suche day xij^th
month agayn And so to contynewe
untyll the v markes be paide and
endid Also I gyve unto Bartylomewe
my sonne v markes to be paid unto hym
owte of my howse and land in Hengham
aforsaide Also I gyve and bequethe
unto every one of my vi daughters fyve
markes a pece and a cowe and three
sheepe wherof every on[e] of them shall receyve
at the daye of their maryage xx^s and a cowe and iij
sheepe And the reeste of the
fyve markes withyn ij^th years after they in
maryage to be paide Also I gyve unto
Agnes my syster a bushell of malte and
a bushell of myxtelyn And to everye
godchilde that I have iij^s Also I will
that Alice my wyef shall have her
dwellynge and occupye this my howse
and land in Hengham And also that
howse in Wykylwoode untill suche tyme
as my sonne John comyth of Age joyntly
with Thomas my sonne She the fore-
saide Alice kepynge her self wydow and
of this my testamente and last wyll I
ordayn and make Alice my wyef and
Thomas my son executors and lawfull
administrators gyvynge unto Alice my
wyef and Thomas my sonne all my
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goodes moveables and immoveables paynge
my legacies and discharginge this my
laste wyll and testamente And herof
I make Thomas Fuller of Morleye
sup[er]visor gyvinge unto hym for his
payne vi^s viij^d And his costes dischar-
ged and borne Wyttenes John Portman
John Whyttred S^r Nicholas Corker my
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