Will of Thomas Bysshope (Bishop) 1554
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Surnames/tags: Bishop Bysshope
Will of Thomas Bysshope (Bishop) 1554
ANF will register Liber 14 (Bulloke) fo. 242 - Bishop (Bysshope), Thomas, of Hingham 1554
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. Li, s and d represent pounds, shillings and pence respectively. Bold text are for ease of reading in the absence of full stops.
Persons mentioned in Will:
- Thomas Bysshope, testator
- Margaret, his wife
- Thomas Watson, priest and witness
- Richard Westone, witness
- Edward Fytling, witness
In the name of god Amen the vjth
daye of the month of June in the yere of our
Sovereign Lord Kinge Edward the Sixte
I Thomas Bysshope of Hengham in the county
of Norff[olk] hoale in mynd and of good and
p[er]fighte remembrance lawde and prayse be
unto Allmightye god do ordene and make this
my pre[sen]te testament and last wyll in maner
and forme following that ys to saye First I be=
=queth my soule unto god Allmighty and
to the merightes of chistes passyone and my
bodye to be buryed in the churchyard of Hengh[a]m
aforesayd nexte after I bequeth to the poore menes
boxe there iijd Also I wyll give and bequeth
unto Margaret my wyff my house that I
dwell in to hyr and hyr heyres in fie sysmple
And to the sayde Margaret my wyff all
my houshold stuff w[i]t[h]all my other goodes what
soever they be to the payeing of my debts whome
I ordene and make my faythfull Executrix
These being wyttnesses Thom[as] Wats[o]n prest Richard
Westone and Edward Fytling w[i]t[h] other
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