| 1.
In dei nomine amen nono die mensis Aprilis Anno domini
Millesimo CCCCmo septuagesimo |
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In the name of God
Amen the ninth day of the month of April the year of the
Lord one thousand 400 seventy |
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| 2.
secundo Ego Johannes Brokett husbandman de Apylton parochie
de Bolton percy compos mentis mee |
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the second I John
Brokett husbandman of Appleton in the parish of Bolton
Percy my mind being sound |
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| 3.
et sane memorie condo ordino et facio testamentum meum
in hunc modum In primis lego |
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and my memory healthy
construct ordain and make my testament in this wise Firstly
I bequeath |
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4. et commendo
animam meam omnipotenti deo beate
Marie virgini et omnibus sanctis Curie
celestis
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and commend my soul
to God Almighty to the Blessed Virgin Mary
and to all the saints of the heavenly Court |
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5. Corpus que
meum sepeliendum in cimiterio ecclesie
predicte Item lego optimum meum
animal' nomine
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and my body
to be buried in the churchyard of the aforesaid
Church Item I bequeath my best beast as |
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| 6.
mortuarii mei Item ecclesie Cathedralis
Eboracensi xij d Item ecclesie mee
parochialis v s Item lego summo
altari |
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my mortuary Item
to the Cathedral Church of York 12d Item to my parish
church 5s Item I bequeath to the high altar |
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| 7.
dicte ecclesie pro decimis oblitis xij d
Item lego pro consimili summo altari
de ledkirke Item summo |
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of the said Church
for tithes forgotten 12d Item I bequeath similarly to
the high altar of Ledkirke Item to the high |
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| 8.
altari ecclesie de Tadcaster xij d Item
lego priorisse et conventui de NoneApylton xij
d Residuum |
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altar of Tadcaster
Church 12d Item I bequeath to the prioress and convent
of Nun Appleton 12d The rest |
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| 9.
vero omnium bonorum meorum
meam porcIonem concernencium debitis
meis primitus persolutis et |
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however of all my
goods concerning my portion my debts first being paid
in full and |
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| 10.
expensis meis funeralibus perimpletis
do et lego executoribus meis subscriptis ad disponendum
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my funeral expenses
fulfilled I give and bequeath to my executors written
below to dispose |
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| 11.
inde pro salute anime mee et dividendum inter
Aliciam uxorem meam filios et filias meas |
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thereafter for the
salvation of my soul and to be divided between Alice
my wife and my sons and daughters |
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| 12.
prout eis melius videbitur executores autem huius testamenti
ordino et constituo predictam
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as it shall seem
best to them moreover I ordain and appoint as executors
of this testament the aforesaid |
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| 13.
Aliciam uxorem meam et Edwardum filium meum Et
Thomam Watarhall' Superuisorem |
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Alice my
wife and my son Edward and Thomas Watarhall as supervisor
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| 14.
Testibus Thoma Doghtby' Thoma Bew Willelmo Gyles
et aliis Dat' die et anno domini |
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By the witnesses
Thomas Doghtby Thomas Bew William Gyles and others dated
the day and year of the Lord |
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| 15.
supradictis probatum fuit presens testamentum
xxmo die mensis Aprilis Anno domini supradictis
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mentioned above Probate
of the present testament was made on the 20th. day of
the month of April the year of the Lord stated above |
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| 16.
Et commissa administracio executoribus in
eodem testamento nominatis iuratis
in forma iuris |
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And the administration
was committed to the executors named in the said testament
sworn in the form of an oath. |
