Will of William Albery 1540

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Surname/tag: Albery

Will of William Albery 1540
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Persons mentioned in Will:

• William Albery, testator
• Rose Albery, his wife
• John, his son
• Robert, his son
• Thomas, his son
• Johan, his daughter
• Robert Wright, witness
• Peter Byshop, witness
• Rychard Weston, witness

In the name of God Amen the xviij day of
Aprill in the yere of o[ur] lord god m ccccc xl I Wyllm
Albery of Hengham in the countie of Norf[olk] make and
order my laste wyll after this maner Fyrste I bequethe
my sowle unto almyghty god my lord and my savior and
my body to be buryed in the churche yarde of Hengh[a]m afor=
=sayde I wyll that John my sone shall have the howse that
I dwell in and the lands that 'longyth to yt It[e]m I wyll
that Robert and Thomas my sones shall have my close
callyd Holte and Swanyge and holte crofte to be de=
=vyded betwyne them and they to bere owte the purchase Item
I wyll that Rose my wyef shall have all my movables
of what kynde soever they be ^and the corne in the feld
whom I make myn unto executryx and John to be helper to
her Item I bequithe to Johan my daughter v markes a marke
a yere unto yt be payd owte of the sayde howse that I
do gyve John my sone whyche howse was s***tyme Rychard
Dye's nowe in the handes of Wyllm Albery unto this my laste
wyll this are wytnis berers Robert Wright Peter Byshop
and Rychard Weston