Will of Henry Hore of Lydney, 1545
T[estamentum] Henrici Hore
[Will of Henry Hore]
In dei no[m]i[n]e ame[n] v[idelicet] xxiijo die mens[i]s october an[n]o d[omi]ni Mmo CCCCCo xlvo
[In the name of God, Amen, that is to say, on the 23rd day of the month of October in the 1545th year of our Lord]
Y, Henri Hore, of ... p[ar]esth off Lydney, secke yn body & holl off Remembrans make my testament yn thys manner.
Fyrst Y bequethe my Soll to allmygthte God, & my body to Be beryd yn the churche yarde off Lydney etc.
Ite[m] I bequethe to Anes my doftur a cowh.
Resydwe off all my goodes nott bequethed, my dettes payde & Y beryd, I gyve & bequethe to Crystya[n] my wyff.
Also Y ordeyne and make Crysta[n] my wyff my excectors to Fullfyll my well & pay my dettes to.
Thys Beryng wettnesse S[ir] John Wotton curate ther, Thomas Cornys, w[i]t[h] other more.
Ite[m] Y bequethe to the chatthedall churche of Glossetur 2d
Probate of Will of Henry Hore, 1545/6
T[estamentum] Henr[ici] Hore de Lydney
Januarii A[nn]o 1545
[Will of Henry Hore of Lydney
January in the year 1545]