Source: TNA, PROB 11/34
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In the name of god Amen The xii th daye of Januarie in the yere of or Lord god a Thousande fyve hundreth and fiftie And in the fourthe yere of the reign of our Soveraigne lorde kinge Edwarde the Sixte by the grace of god kinge of Englande Frannce and Irelande defender of the faithe and of the churche of Englande and also of Irelande in earthe Supreme hedd I William Pykes of the Citie of Bristowe mercer being PERfytt of mynd and of good remembrannce for the whiche I render most humble and obedient thanks to Almightie god the father I do make and ordeyne this my veary Last will and testament in manner & forme folowing First and principally I bequeathe my soule to our Almightie and everlyving god the father of heaven most mekely desiring hym to receyve me unto his celestyall everlastinge mrcie for his onely sonnes sake Jhesus Christ our Savior whome I with my harte faithe and soule do confesse to be the veary true and onely meritor for as many as shalbe saved And that no good works that I have don nor yet that other can do for me can save me but only the most holsom passion and glorious Resurreccion of my Savior Jhus Christ who sitteth at the right hande of god the father alwayes making intercession for us all repentant Synners And I belyve that he shall come in the last daye wt all honor power and glorie wt his holie saintes & Angells to be oure Judge This is my veary true hope and faith in the whiche I moost humble desire our hevenly father and his onely sonne our savior and the holy goost our comfortr three PERsones and one god to contynue me in to the end of my dePARting from this vale of myserie Amen And my desire ys that my bodye be honestly buried wtin my prshe churche comonly called saint Thomas Churche in bristowe And that at the tyme of my buryall I will that my executors shall provide some well lernyd man to declare the most pure syncere and lively worde of god to the edifying of the Cristen Congregacon And as for the talent that god hath lent me of temporall goodes my will is that yt be distributed in maner and forme as hereafter dothe folowe First I give and bequeathe to my gentle and loving wife Maude Pykes one Thousande markes of good and lawfull money of Englande to be well and truly contentyd and paid unto her by my Executors wtin eight monethes next and ymmediathe after my decease and that therebe no farder delaye for the true payment of the samme thousande marks unto my said wyf in PARte or in all after the end of the eight monethes upon the payme of fyve hundreth marks more to be paide unto her by my said Executors And that my said wyfe by vertue of this my testament shall receover the same five hundred markes of my Executors over and above the said Thowsande markes yf they do not well and truly content and paye unto her the same Thowsande markes wtin the tyme before expressed Item I give and bequeathe to my said wyfe all my plate full and whole Item I give and bequeathe to my said wyfe all her Apparell and all her Jewells And all my houshold stuff full and whole Item I give and bequeathe to my said wyfe two Gownes of skarlett my two gownes of vyolet ingrayne Item I will that my saide wife shalhave & enjoie all the hyer PARte of the house wherein I do nowe dwell whiche I bought of Anthony Norton gentleman And also all the hier PARte of my other howse next adioyning to the same wch I holde by lease of Mr Rodney with the garden therunto adioyning and also my other garden lying by saint Thomas Churche for the terme of her naturall lyfe upon condicion that she do contynnally dwell in the same hier parts of the same two houses that is to saye as moche as is above the shopps Sellers and warrehouses belonging to the same whiche Shopps Sellers and warehouses I will that John Pikes my elder sonne and John Pikes my seconde sonne shall have holde and enjoie yoyntlye oon as farr forthe as thother during the space of one hole yere next after my decease And also I will that my said two sonnes John Pikes thelder and John Pykes the yonger shall in lyke maner during the terme of one yere next after my decease have holde and enjoie Joyntly and as farr forthe as thother my Shopp of my corner Tente in the highe strete and also my wurk house in tuckers strete that I holde of Mr David Harrys And after thende of the said yere my will is that all the said Shopps belonging to my said house that I bought of the said Anthony Norton and also all the rest of the same howse with all and singler his Appuren??s shall wholy remayne & by ths my present testament I do give and bequeathe to the said John Pikes my eldest sonne and to his heyres and assign forever And in like manr after the said yere expired my will is that all the said Shopps Sellers and warehouses belonging to the said howse that I holde by lease of the same Mr Rodney and also the rest of the same house with all & singler his appurten??s and the said garden therunto belonging and also the said garden lying by saint Thomas Church wt th appurten??s and all suche right title interest and terme of yeres that I havenowe to come of and in the same shall whole remayne and by these presents I give and bequeathe to the said John Pikes my eldest sonne and to his executors and assignes Saving and ref?ed to my said wyfe suche state and interest as I have before given unto her in the hier PARte of the said two howses And yf it shall happen my said wyfe to dwell in any other house so that she have not her contynuall dwelling in my said houses to her appoynted that then my will is that the same hier PARte of the said two houses shall ymmediatly remayne to the said John Pykes my eldest sonne and his heires and assignes and that it shalbe lawfull to hym his heyres and assignes in that case to enter into the hier PARtes of the said houses and every of them and the same to have holde and enjoie forevr And also after thende of one whole yere next after my decease my will is that the said corner house and shopp that I have in the highe strete and also my said wurke house in Tuckers strete and all my title state and terme of yeres that I have now to come of and in the same shall remayne and by these presents I do fully give and bequeate to the saide John Pykes my seconde sonne Also I give and bequeathe unto the Sixe children of my daughter Cecely Willson that she had by John Hillacre her first husbonde and by Roger Wigmore her secande husbande that ys to saye polidorus hillacre william hillacre Johane hillacre and Elenr hillacre and to wylliam Wigmore and mary wigmore oone hundred pounds of lawfull money of Englande to be equally devyded among them and to be paide unto them at their daye of mariage or at their Age of xxi yeres yf they be not maried before they shall come to the same Age And yf any of them happen to dye before they shall come to thage of xxi yeres or be maried That then I will that the PARte and prcon of hym or her so dying shalbe equally devyded amonge them that shall happen to overlyed And my will ys that the same hundred pounds be devyded by myne Executors to my sonne in lawe Miles Willson within one yere next after my decase And that he at the tyme of the receipte therof shalbe bounden wt two sufficient s??erties to my saide Executors by obligacon to paye the said legacies to the said Children at suche tymes as I have before appoynted Item I give and bequeathe to Water Pikes my sonne oon hundred pounds of lawfull money of Englande to be paide unto hym by my Executors within one yere next after my decease Item I give and bequeath to my sister Johane Tenne pounds Item I give and bequeathe to her three Children that ys to seye Amy Johane and Richard Tenne poundes to evry of them And I will that the tenne pounds that I have geven to my saide syster shalbe paide unto her by my said Executors wtin one monethe next after my decease And that the legacies to her three Children shalbe paide them wtin one yere next after my decease Item I give unto Johane Bysse my daughters Daughter Twentie marks of money to be paide unto her at her daye of mariage Item I gyve and bequeathe to my cosyn Johane precy fourtie shillings Item I give and bequethe to olde John Hackett my night gowne and a grote in money to be paid unto hym evry weke during his lyf by myne Executors Item I give and bequeathe Fiftie pounds of mony to be bestowed by myne Executors upon the mending of the highwayes abowte Brystowe whereof I will that xx? be bestowed upon the highe wey betwene bedmester and the farder ende of the Cansey called the longe Cansey beyonde stoke And other xx? to be bestowed upon the highewey betwene Lafforde yate and the fote of the hill called Toghill which is the highewey from bristowe towarde london And fyve poundes to be bestowed upon the highewey betwene bristowe and keynesham And thothe five poundes to be bestowed upon the shppe in the shambles of Brystowe called the bochers shppe Item I give and bequeathe for the compforte and relief of poor people in bristowe Twentie poundes of money wherof I will that ??? xii s iii d be distributed the daye of my burying And other ??? xiii s iii d to be distributed before thende of sixe monethes then next folowing And thother ???? xiii s iii d to be distributed by thended of xii moneths next after my decease And at evry tyme of this distribucion I will that there be geven oute of the same sommes to the xii poore men and xii poore women of the Almes house called saint Thomas Almes House in the longe Rowe xxiii s Item I give to my Curate of my PARish churche x s Item I give and bequeathe towarde the charges of feching whome of the water to saint Thomas pipe in bristowe Twentie pounds of money to be paide by myne Executors upon condicon that the same be done before thende of two yeres next after my decease Item I will that myne Executors before thende of one yere next after my decease shall purchase in fee symple soo moche good Lande as shall amount to the there yerely value of ??? xii s iii d And that the same yerely rent thereof shalbe paide by the Chamberlen of Bristow for the tyme being to the poore people of the said Almes house called saint Thomas Almres house in the longe Rowe in bristowe in maner and forme folowing that is to saye xxxii s iii d every quarter at the iii?? principall feasts of the yere wtin the said ???? most comonly used And ths my present gyft to have a contynuance for evr while the worlde shall endure Item all the rest of myne Apparell not before bequeathed i do give and bequeathe to my three sonnes that ys to say John Pykes thelder John Pikes the yonger and to Water Pykes And for that they shall Lovingly and quyetly PARte the same amonge them my will ys that John Pykes my eldest sonne shall chuse first and John Pykes my seconde sonne to chuse next And the said Water Pykes to chuse next after them and this to chuse from gowne to gowne and from garment to garment untill all my Apparell be devyded Item I give and bequeathe to my neighbor mighell kettall and to margaret his wyfe five??? nobles of money whiche I will shalbe remayne in the handes of my wyfe and she to dispose the same upon them bothe as to her shalbe thought moste convenient and necessarie All the rest of my goodes & Catells not geven nor bequeathed by me before in this my present Testament I do fully and whole give and bequeathe to my said two sonnes John Pikes thelder and John pykes ?? younger whome I do make and ordeyne my full Executors of this my present testament and Last will And they to receave all debts due or to be due unto me And to paye as well all the legacies before by me geven in this my said testament as also all other detts that I do owe Also I do make and ordeyne my very loving and trustie freinds Mr David Harrys and Water Pykes my overseers overseers of this my testament And I do give to evry of them for their paynes hereing to be taken a gowne and xx s in money In witnes whereof to this my said testament and Last will I have put my seale These PERsons under written being witnesses therunto yoven the daye and yere above wryten by me Richard Dawkyns witnes Edmund Rogers Robert Burgyn witnesses Probatum fuit [this paragraph continues in latin and appears to grant admon to William Pirkens on 23 February 1550 "xxiii die mensis February Anno dni millimo quingentesimo guinquage???"] [the various instances of "PAR" and "PER" in the above transcript are actually a shorthand symbol that I believe stands for the sounds "par" and "per"]
The foregoing transcript is from the PCC register copy in PROB/11/34.The original will can be found in PROB 10/21. A transcript made from the original will follows.
In the name of the father and of the son and of the holie goost Amen The xiith day of January in the yere of our Lorde god a thowsand five hundred and and fiftie And in the fourthe yere of the reign of our soveraigne lorde king Edwarde the sixte by the grace of god king of England france and Irlande defendr of the faithe and of the churche of englande and also of Irlande in earthe supreme hedd I Willyam Pykes of the Citie of bristowe mercer being PERfight of mynde and of good remembrance for the whiche I render moost humble and obedient thanks to almyghtie god the father. I do make and ordeyne this my veary last will and Testament in maner and forme following, First and principally I bequeathe my soule to our almyghtie and everlyving god the father of heavon moost mekely desiring hym to receve me into his celestyall and everlasting mercye for his oonly sons sake Jhesus christ our savior whom I wt my harte faithe and soule do confesse to be the veary true and oonly meritor for as many as shalbe saved And that no good wurks that I have don nor yet that other can do for me can save me, but only the moost holsom passion and glorious Resurreccion of my Savior Jhus Christ who sitteth at the right hande of god the father alwais making intercession for us all repentant Synners And I belive that he shall com in the last day wt all honor powr and glorie wt his holie saints and Angells to be our iudge. This is my veary true hope and faithe in the whiche I moost humblie desier our hevenly father and his only son our savior and the holie goost our comfortor three PERsons and one god to contynue me in to thende of my dePARting from this vale of myserye Amen And my desier is that my bodie be honestly buryed wtin my parishe Churche comonly called saint Thomas Churche in bristowe And that at the tyme of my buryall I will that my Executrs shall PROvide som well lerned man to declare the moost pure syncere and lively worde to the edifying of the cristen congregacion And as for the talent that god hathe lent me of temporall goods my will is that it be distributed in maner and forme as herafter dothe follow Fyrst I geve and bequethe to my gentle and loving wif mawde Pykes one thowsande marks for good and lawfull money of englande to be well and truly contented and paid unto hir by my Executors wtin eight monethes nexte and ymedyatly after my decease And that there be no farder delaye for the true payment of the same thowsande marks unto my said wif in PARte nor in all after thende of the said eight monethes upon the payne of five hundred marks more to be paid unto hir by my said executors And that my said wife by vertue of this my Testament shall recover the same five hundred marks of my said executors over and above the said thowsande marks if they do not well and trulie content and paie unto hir the same m marks wtin the tyme before expressed Item I geve and bequethe to my said wife all my Plate full and whole, Item I geve and bequethe to my said wife all hir Apparell and all hir iewells And all my householde stuffe full and whole, Item I geve and bequethe to my said wif my twoo Gownes of skarlett and my twoo Gownes of vyolett in grayne. Item I will that my said wife shall have and enyoye all the hier PARte of the house wheryn I do nowe dwell whiche I bought of Antonye Morton gentleman. And also all the hier PARte of my other house nexte adioynyng to the same whiche I hold by lease of Mr Rodney wt the garden therunto adioyning and also my other garden lying by saint Thomas churche for the terme of hir naturall life upon condicion that she do contynually dwell in the said hier parte of the said twoo houses that is to saie asmoche as is above the shopps Sellers and ware house belonging to the same Whiche Shopps Cellers and ware houses I will that John Pikes my elder son and John Pikes my seconde son shall have holde and enyoye yoyntlye oon as far forthe as thother during the space of oon whole yere nexte after my decease And also I will that my said twoo sons John Pikes thelder and John Pikes the younger shall in lyke manner during the terme of on yere nexte after my decease have holde and enyoye yoyntly on as far forthe as thother my Shopp of my corner tent in the highestrete and also my wurke house in tuckers strete that I hold of Mr David Harrys And after the ende of the said yere my will is that all the said Shopps belonging to my said house that I bought of the said Antony Norton and also all the rest of the same house wt all and singuler his apprtenncs shall wholy remayne and by this my present testament I do geve and bequethe to the said John Pikes my eldest son and to his heirs and assignes forevr And in lyke maner after the said yere expired my will is that all the said Shopps Cellers and warehouses belonging to the said house that I holde by lease of the said Mr Rodney and also all the rest of the same house wt all and singular his apprtenncs and the said garden therunto belonging and also the said garden lying by saint thomas Church wt thapprtennc and all such right title interest and terme of yeres that I have nowe to com of and in the same shall wholie remayne and by these presents I geve and bequethe to the said John Pikes my eldest Son and to his exec and assignes. Saving and ref?d to my said wif suche state and interest as I have before geven unto hir in the hier parts of the said ii houses, And if it shall happen my said wif to dwell in any other house so that she have not hir contynuall dwelling in my said housez to hir appoynted that then my will is that the same hier PARte of the said ii houses shall ymedyatly remayne to the said John Pikes my eldest son and to his heirs and assignes and that it shalbe lawfull to hym his heirs and assignes in that cace to enter into the hier PARte of the said houses and evry of them and the same to have hold and enyoye forevr And also after the end of oon whole yere nexte after my decease my will is that the said corner house and shopp that I have in the highe strete and also my said wurkhouse in Tuckers strete and all my tytle state and terme of yeres that I have nowe to com of and in the same shall remayn and by these presents I do fully geve and bequethe to the said John Pikes my second son Also I geve and bequethe unto the vi Children of my doughter Cecely Willson that she had by John Hillacre hir first husband and by Roger Wigmore hir second husband that is to say Polidorus Hillacre Willyam Hillacre Johane Hillacre and Elen Hillacre and to Willyam Wigmore and Mary Wigmore oon hundred poundes of lawfull money of england to be equally devided among them and to be paid unto them at their daie of mariage or at their age of xxi yeres if they be not maried before the shall com to the same age And if any of them happen to dye before the shall com to thage of xxi yeres or be maryed that then I will that the PARte & porcon of hym or hir so dying shall be equally devided among them that shall happen to overleve And my will is that the same C l be delyvred by myne executors to my son in Lawe Miles Willson wtin oon yere nexte after my decease, And that he at the tyme of the receipt thereof shall be bounded wt twoo sufficient suerties to my said executors by obligacion to paie the said legacies to the said Children at suche tymes as I have before appoynted Item I geve and bequethe to Water Pikes my son oon hundred poundes of lawfull mony of england to be paid unto hym by my executors wtin on yere next after my decease. Item I geve and bequethe to my Sister Johane x l Item I give and bequethe to hir iii Children that is to say Amy Johane and Richard x pounds to evry of them And I will that the x l that I have geven to my said Sister shalbe paid unto hir by said executors wtin oon monethe nexte after my decease and that the legacies that I have bequethed and geven to hir iii Children shalbe paid unto them wtin oon yere nexte after my decease Item I geve unto Johane Bysse my doughters doughter xx l marks of money to be paid unto hir at hir daie of marage Item I geve and bequethe to my Cosen Johane Precy xl s Item I geve and bequethe to old John Hackett my night gowne and a grote in money to be paid unto hym every wike during his lif by myne executors. Item I geve and bequethe fiftie poundes of money to be bestowed by myne executors upon the mending of the highe wais abowte bristowe wherof I will that xx l be bestowed upon the highe wey betwyne bedmester and the farder ende of the Causey called the long causey beyond stoke and other xx l to be bestowed upon the highe wey betwyne leeffords yate and the fote of the hill called Toghill whiche is the highe wey from bristowe toward london And v l to be bestowed upon the highe wey betwyne bristowe and keynesham And thother v l to be bestowed upon the slipp in the shambles of bristoll called the bochers shippe. Item I geve and bequethe for the compfort and relief of pore people in bristowe xx l of money wherof I will that vi l xiii s iiii d be distributed the daie of my burying and other vi l xiii s iiii d to be distibuted before thend of vi monethes then nexte following and thother vi l xiii s iiii d to be distributed by thend of xii monethes nexte after my decease. And at evry tyme of this distribuccon I will that there be geven owte of the same soms to the xii pore men and xii pore wemen of the Almes house called saint Thomas Almes house in the long Rowe xxiiii s Item I geve to my Curate of my PARishe Church x s Item I geve and bequethe toward the charges of feching whome of the water to saint Thomas pipe in bristowe xx l of money to be paid by myne executors upon Condiccon that the same be done before thend of twoo yeres nexte after my decease Item I will that my executors before thend of one yere nexte after my decease shall prchesse in fee Symple so moche goode land as shall amount to the clere yerely value of vi l xiii s iiii d And that the same yerely rent therof shalbe paid by the Chambrelen of bristoll for the tyme being to the pore people of the said Almes house called saint thomas Almes house in the long Rowe in bristowe in manr and forme following that is to say xxxiii s iiii d evry quarter at the iiii principall feests of the yere wtin the said Citie moost comonly used And this my PREsent gift to have a contynuance forevr while the world shall endure. Item all the rest of myne Apparell not before bequethed I do geve and bequethe to my iii sons that is to say John Pikes thelder John Pikes the younger and to Water Pikes. And for that they shall lovingly and quyetly PARte the same among them my will is that John Pikes my eldest son shall chuse first and John Pikes my second son to chuse nexte and the said Water Pikes to chuse nexte after them And this to chuse from gowne to gowne and from garment to garment untyll all my apparell be devided Item I geve and bequethe to my neighbor aynghell kettall and to Margarett his wif xx nobles of money wch I will shall remayne in the hands of my wif and she to dispose the same upon them bothe as to hir shalbe thought moost convenyent and necessarye All the rest of my goods and Catells not geven nor bequethed by me before in this my present testament I do full and whole geve and bequethe to my said twoo sons John Pikes thelder and John Pikes the yonger whom I doe make and ordyn my full executors of this my present testament and last will and they to receve all detts due or to be due unto me And to pay aswell all the legacies before by me geven in this my said testament as also all other detts that I do owe Also I do make and order my very loving and trustie friends Mr David Harris and Water Pikes my Oversers of this my testament And I do geve to evry of them for their paynes heryn to be taken a gowne and xx s in money In witnes wherof to this my said testament and last will I have putt my seale Thise PERsons underwrytten being witnesses therunto yoven the daie and yere above wrytten by me Richard Dawkyns witnes Edmond Rogers Robert burgyn witnesses Probatn xxiii February Anno Dni millmio quingeno Lmo Juram?? 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