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In dei nomine amen Quarto die Octobris Anno regni Regnie nostre Elizabethe vicesimo quarto I David Harris grocer of the Cittie of Bristoll Aldermann beinge whole of mynde of perfecte remembrannce (thanks be to god) doe make ordeine and dispose this my laste will and testamente in manner and forme followinge First I bequeathe my sowle to allmightie god whoe created me and to Jesus Christe his onelie Sonne whoe redemed me withe his moste precious bloude and to the holye ghoste whoe hathe sanctified me and all mankinde trustinge holelye by the merittes and bitter passionn of my savioure Jesus Christ to be saved accordinge to his promis made to all faithfull belevers in the holye Scriptures whereupon holelye and solelye I depende wheras it is saide that Qui crediderit et baptizatus fuerit salus erit And also in an other place Credo quod Redemptor mens vivit et in novissimo die de terra sacrecturus sum et in carue mea videbo deum saluatorem men her spres mea in sim meo est my bodye I bequeath to the deathe from whence it came to be buried in the Crowde of St Nicholas where my Father and my first wieff doe lie yf I departe in Bristoll or within xxi myles of Bristoll Imprimis I I bequeathe unto my wieff Margarett one Annuytie or yearlie Rente of Twentie sixe pounds Thirteene shillings and fower pence owte of all my Landes and Tenements duringe her widow hode as a rent charge so that she maie distraine for it if it be unpaide in recompence of her Dowrye and ioynture of all my Landes and Tenements And if she marrye Then I will the profitts of the saide Annuytie remaine to my Sonne David Harris and his children and to my daughter Alice and her children lawfullye begotten ioyntlye and equallie But if shee remayne widowe all her lief tyme my will is she shall have the saide Rents duringe her lieff as is aforesaid And my will is that my sonne David and sonne in lawe my said wieff shall and maye receyve the saide Annuytie or yearlie rents of the Tenantes of my Landes and Tenementes as longe as she shall contynue widowe And my will is that my sonne David and sonne in lawe Raph Bennett be my full executors of this my laste will and testamente And doe charge and require theme as theie will awnswere before the face of god to see my debts paide and my Funeralls executed and this my last will fullfilled Item I geve unto my saide wieff Margarett and sonne David my howsse wherein I dwell indifferentlie to use betwixte theme quietlie to enioye it and so to use withe the ymplements thereof so longe as my wieff shalbe unmarried And theye to lyve togeather And my will is if it channce my daughter Alice or her husband my executoure be disposed there also to dwell that theye shall have and enioye a thirde parte of the howse above as nowe in my lief tyme theye doe or maye togeather withe the ymplements of the same so longe as my saide sonne David wieff shalbe unmarried and theye to lyve togeather And when either of theme shalbe deceassed I will then that the said howse withe the ymplements thereof and the Fee symple remayne to my said sonne David and his heires And my meaninge is that my saide children before named shall use the sayde howse and ymplements duringe theire lyves as nowe theye doe or eyther of theme doeth at this present Provided that none doe sell or remove anye of the ymplements of thee sayde howsse but that theie remayne full and whole when theye shalbe deceassed to my sonne David Item I geve and bequeathe to y wieff Margarett and sonne David thee proffitts of all my leasses for terme of yeares either in possession or in revercion theye to take the profitte thereof equallie betweene theme duringe my wyves her liffe and widowhod But my will is neither of theme shall either quyte sell or sett owte annye of the saide leasses or Tenements whereto the Leasses belonge withowte the consent eche of other But that when my wieff is either contracte or deceassed the resydue of terme of yeares remayne to my sonne David and his heires duringe the saide terme of yeares Item I will that my sonne David shall have the shopp of my said howse wth the ymplements & to him and his heires payinge and yealdinge to my saide wief Margarett duringe her widowhed the somme of fyve pounds quarterlie by evenn porcions And my will is that where I geve my wieff sixe and twentie pounds thirtene shillings and fower pence of annuytie or yearlie Rent That if she be not therewth contente but doe assaye and putte in practise to have the thirde PARte foote of my landes That then she shall not have her said sixe and twentye pounds thirtene shillings and fower pence of Annuytie or yearlye Rents nor yette my profitte of the leases whiche I houlde for terme of yeares nor annye proffitt thereof by me to her bequeathed but that all the commoditie thereof shall retorne full and whollye to the heires of my said sonne David for and duringe my estate therein Also my will is that if my sayde wieff so putte in practyse to have the thirde foote of my land Then I will that my Daughter Alyce have the said some of fyve poundes owte of the said shopp duringe my wyves saide lieff neither will I that if my wieff so marrie that she enioye annye parte of the howse wherein I nowe dwell in nor annye commoditie thereof but that the same remayne to my sonne David and his assignes Item I geve and bequeathe to my sayde wieff all the apparell belonginge to her bodye Also I geve and bequeathe to my saide wieff the great Downe bed in the greate chamber withe the bedsteade and all the furniture thereto belonginge that is to saye the testar curtens vallens and the beste coverlett a boulster twoe pillowes a pair of the beste sheetes a paire of fuscian blanketts Item I geve to my saide sonne David one of my executors my lower greate grounde in Frogge lane full and whole and in as ample manner as I nowe holde duringe my terme of yeares yett to come Item I geve to him my seconde beste fetherbed withe the higher bedstead in the matted chamber the second beste coverlett second beste coverlett boulster and two pillowes second beste testar and curtayne and vallens wherein my wieff laie a childe bed and the rest according to the bed belonginge that is second best Item I geve to David Harris my sonne my sonne my Ringe withe the Turcas Also I geve to my sonne David all my bookes of Phisick Item I geve to my daughter Alice and to the heires of her bodye lawfully begotten to enioye theise percells of lands followinge Imprimis a howse in Tuckarstreate noew in the Tenure of the goodwiffe Aprice the yearlie Rente whereof is fortie sixe shillings and eighte pence Item an other Tenement nowe in the tenure of Richarde Shoyle the yerelie Rente whereof is Twentie shillinges Item an other Tenemente nowe in the tenure of Philip Jenkyns the yearlie Rente whereof is Tenne shillings Item a Tenemente nowe in the tenure of William Richardes the yearlie Rente whereof is Thirtene shillinges fower pence Item one other Tenement nowe in the Tenure of Edward Hopkins the yearelye Rente whereof is Thirtie fower shillings eight pence Item I geve an other Tenement late in the Tenure of the goodwiffe Sutton the yearlie Rente whereof is twelve shillinges Item an other Tenemente whiche is nowe in the tenure of Robert Tickles the yearlye Rent whereof is twelve shillinges Item one other Tenement nowe in the tenure of Mr Blake the yearlie Rente whereof is fortie sixe shillings eighte pence Item an other tenement nowe in the tenure of the Goodwieff Aparrye the yearlie rent whereof is twentie three shillinges fower pence Item a Stable nowe in the tenure of Mrs Higgens the yearlie rent whereof is twentie shillings Item a pavyment or yarde nowe in the tenure of Morris Aprothro the yearlie rent whereof is fyve shillings Item I geve to John Harris my sonne a Tenement in Lewins meade the yearlie Rents whereof is twentie shillinges And yf yt happen the saide Alice and the heyres of her bodie doe channce to deceasse withoute heires of her bodye lawfullye begotten Then I will that theise PARcells of lands before recited remayne to my sonne David and the heyres of his bodye for ever And if my saide sonne David doe channce to deceasse havinge no issue then I will that the Landes wch I houlde in fee simple and geve unto him remayne to my Daughter Alice and to the heires of her bodye lawfully begotten for ever Item I geve and bequeath to my daughter Alice one hundred I saie one hundred ounces of such plate as hathe note the grocers Armes Also I geve unto her my ringe with the flower of Diamonds Item I geve unto my Daughter my thirde best featherbed and my thirde beste bedsteade thirde boulster thirde coverlett third sheetes thirde blankette with the furniture thereto belonginge accordingly that is to say third beste Item I geve to my sonne George the higher Orcharde in Froglane duringe my yeares Item to my sonne John Harris my blacke gowne faced withe sattenn Item I geve to Maister Standback one of my Overseers a moorninge gowne Item I give to Mr Walter Pykes whome I make the other Overseer a gowne desiringe theme bothe of all loves betwixte theme and me to helpe my wieff and childrenne in all theire rights and necessarie affairs Item I geve to my saide sonne David the Salte withe the Christall and the neast of gobletts withe the feete of Griffins and theire con?? All the Rest of my Lands and Tenements not otherwise bequeathed I geve to my saide Sonne David I saye suche Lands as I holde in Fee simple or Fee farme to remaine to him and to his heires for ever Item I will and charge all my Lands and Tenements as also my Leases to the true payment of all my debts chargs of Funeralls and suche like wherefore I will that none of theise legacies before expressed be demannded untyll suche tyme as my debts be fullie thorowlye payde whiche Debts muste comme owte of the aforesaid Landes Item I geve to Robert Racklife my servannt in money Fower pounds my ridinge cloak and coate willinge him to doe his duetie to his maistris and to remayne withe her if she be so contented untill thende of his yeares I will that the reste of my plate be devided betwixte my saide wieff sonne David and Daughter Alice Item I geve the rest of all my goods moveable and unmoveable besides the yearlye ymplemts of my saide howse and shoppe to be devided equallye betwixte my saide wief sonne David & Daughter Alice And in witnes that this is my last will and Testament I have hereunto sett my hand and seale Wytnes whereof David Harris Raphe Bennett Alice Bennett also Harris David Anthonye Standbank Margarett Harrys mark Probatum fuit ... apud London [this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate on 20 November 1582] vicesimo die mensis Novembris Anno domini millimo quingentesimo octogesimo secundo [to] David Harris et Radulphi Bennett executorum
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