2 January 1557 Will of John White of Bristol, gentleman (proved 9 December 1558)

Source: TNA, PROB 11/42A

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In the name of god amen The seconde daye of Januarye in the yere of 
our lorde god a thousande five hundred fiftie and seven I John White of the Cittie of Bristow
gentilman in the Diocesse of the Cittie of Bristowe being hole of mynde and of good and PERfit
remembrannce thanckes be unto allmighty god doo ordayne and dispoase this my present tes-
tament contayning my last will Revoking all my other former willes and testamentes 
First I bequeath my soule to the Father the sonne and tholly ghoost three PERsonnes and one 
allmighty god who hathe created it and also Redemed it by the passion and deathe of our 
Redemer and savior Jesu Christ sonne of his eternall father and second parson of the same 
most blessed holy and gloriouse Trinitie trusting that he will assist me and give me 
grace that I may at all tymes moost humbly and penitentlie desire and beseche him to 
have mercye on me and not to enter into iudgement wt me by his iustice but rather 
to use his clemencye and to have mercye on me yea and thatt according to his great mrcy
and the multitude of his manifold mercies to have mrcy upon me and to receave my soule 
into his glorye for the whiche it was created to the laude praise glory and honor of his 
moost holly name forevr Amen This is my belief I doo beleve in the which faith god 
assisting me wt his grace I trust to live and dye moost humbly beseching allmighti god 
for his dere and welbeloved sonne Jesu Christs saake to contynue me therin and to save
kepe and defende me from all temptacions of the world the fleshe and the devill my 
goostly and mortall enemyes And that I may have grace to persever and contynue in 


in the Love and feare of him to his honor and glory and to the salvacion of my soule I will my
bodie to be buried in the PARishe churche of Sainte Nicolas in Bristowe Above all thinges
my funeralles putt aparte I wille my debtes to be paid Item I give and bequeath to Marye White 
my sister xlvi l xiii s iiii d of Currant money of Englande For the whiche I doo stande 
bounden in Recoginsannce confessed before Mr Nicolas Thorne then Maior of the Cittie of Bristow
Also I give and bequeath to the mayntennce of the highe waies xx l Item I give and bequeth
to Mr Geofry Damyell a golde ringe wt a blue saphire graved according to my promise made to
him Item I give and bequeath to the foresaid Mr Damell my rounde salt seller of silvr and 
gilt wt the cover Item I give and bequeath amongest the poorefolks of the towne xx l 
Item I give and bequeath to Thomas Dogett my srvnt xx nobles and a trottingbay gelding 
Item I give and bequeath to Andrew Monnshe my srvnt xx nobles and a baye gelding It
I give to yche of them that is to say thabovenamed Thoams and Adrewe a bl??? coote
Item I give and bequeath to my cousen Richard Eylforth my vest doublett of sattyn wt my
best hosen and breaches of vel??t and my bst Jerkyn of vel??t I wille also that my twoo
foresaide srvntes shall not only have their geldings above bequeathed but also their bridilles
and sadelles wt the harnesse therunto belonging I give also and bequeath to my cousin Mr Giles 
Knight three Cellers in Saint Nicolas strete and twoo Cellers wt a vaulte in Baldewyn strete
To have and to holde to him and theires males of his bodie lawfullie begotten And for default 
of suche yssue of hieres males Then to remayn to Elizabeth White my goddaughter and the 
maturall daughter of the said Giles White for terme of her lif And after her death to retourn
to my right heires forevr Item I give and bequeath to my very deere freends Mr Roger Jones 
and his wif the tenement and messuage that he inhabiteth wt vawtes Cellers and all
whiche therunto belongeth And also the tent wherin John Roberds dwelleth wt twoo tents 
whiche Thomas Meredith now occupieth and a tent whiche that Edward Stone fishemonger 
holdeth of me the whiche said tenementis shall remayn to him and to his wif and to the 
heires males of their twoo bodies lawfully begotten And for default of suche yssue I will
that they retourne to my next heirs Item I geve and bequeath to John Roberts a tent wch
somtyme was in the tenure of Mr Compton To have and enioye to him for terme of his 
naturall lief And after his departure to yong John Roberts sonne to thabove named John
Robertz my godsonne and to his heires males And for defaulte of suche yssue to retourn
to my right heires forevr Item I give to the same John Robertz thelder and John Robts
my godsonne another tent ioyning to the foresaid tent and in the whiche now one Philip
a fishemonger dwelleth to enioye it in mannr and fourme before expressed Item I give 
and bequeath to yonge Tobye Mathue twoo Cellers in saint Nicolas strete whiche his
father in law now holdith To holde and to have the said Cellers to hym and to theires males 
of his bodie lawfully begotten And for default of suche yssue I will that the foresaide
Cellers shall retourne to my right heirs Item I give and bequeath to my cousin Richard
Eylworth a tenement
  uppon the back called the cCustome
  housse To have and to holde to
  hym his wiffe and to the heires
  males of their bodies lawfullie 
  begotten, And for defaulte of 
  such Issue I will the saide tent
  to returne to my right heires 
  I geve also and bequeath unto my
  saide Cozin Richard Ayleworth a
  tenement wth
wt an orchard whiche Mr Powell now holdith lying at the red
crosse To have to him his wif and to their heires males in mannr and fourme as is 
before expressed Item all the Rest of my landes above not bequeathed I give and bequeath 
to Sible Averey my sister To have and to holde to her and to her heires forevr Except out
of this guall grannte my Mannor of Bridgeway and my house in Bedmyster wt a 
mylle and grounde therunto belonging whiche I doo appointe to pay my dettis and have 
grannted therof a lease to Mr Roger Jones aforesaid and to his heirs and assignees for three
score yeres at tholde accustomed rent Item I bequeathe to th John Sachefeld x l 
And to his sister other tenne pounds if she be alive Item I bequeath also to my freende Mr
John Piks apon the bridge a blacke gowne of xiii s iiii d the yard And to his wif a black 


gowne of the same cloth and a ringe of golde wt my best diamonnte Item I bequeth also to 
Mr David Harris a nest of planye ale gilte pottis Item I bequeath to Sr John Curate of 
Sainte Thomas vi s viii d Item I bequeathe to the same David Harris a blacke gowne of xiii s
iiii d the yarde Item all suche kynde of housholde stuff as I have myn apparrell my plate 
And my golde putt aparte and not to be reco???ed for any parte therof I wille to be 
egally divided to Sible Avrey my sister to Elizabeth White my goddaughter and to Eliz
Jones the daughter of Roger Jones Item I bequeathe to John Faye a golde ring price
xxvi ? viii d and a blacke gowne of xiii s iiii d a yerd Item I give and bequeath to Margaret 
Cocks the wif of Leonard Cocks and to John Cocks her youngest sonne vi l xiii s iiii d 
Item I give and bequeath all my books to be eqallie divided betwene Edward Jones Thoby
Mathue and Mathew White by Leonard Cocks All the Residewe of my goodes above 
not bequeathed I give and bequeath to Mr Roger Jones and to Mr Giles White my cousen
whome I constitute ordayn and make my executours to accomlish and fulfill this my last
wille and testament in all poyntes In witnes wherof unto this present testament and my
last wille I have subscribed my name wt myn owne hande and putt my seale the daye &
yere above expressed Thies being witnesses Sr John Chew curate of the parrishe of 
Sainte Thomas John Kittingale John Cocks and John Roberts wt others to the premisses 
called and especiallie required

Probatum fuit ... apud London nono die mensis
Decembris Anno Dni Millimo quingentesimo quinquagesimo octavo ...
[this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate on 9 December 1558 to]
Johannis Lewis nory p/ procuris Rogeri Jones executoris





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