Will of Robert Hoore of Leckhampton, 1545
T[estamentum] Roberti Hoore
[Will of Robert Hoore]
In dei no[m]i[n]e Amen.
In the yere of owr Lorde God a thowsand fyve hundreth fortey and [blank], the 8th day of September,
I, Robert Hoore, husbandman, In the cow[n]t[y] of Glo[u]c[ester] and the same dyoc[ese], dwellyng In the p[ar]yshe of Lekyngton, syke In body but thankes be unto God of goode and p[er]feytte mynde and memory, do make and ordeyne my last wyll and testame[n]t In forme and man[ner] folowyng.
Fyrst I bequeath my sowle to the grett m[er]cy of allmyghty God, and to owr blessyd Lady Saynt Mary, and all the holy cu[m]pany of hevyn.
My body to be buryyd in the chyrche yerde of Lekyngton.
It[em] I do gyve unto the mayntayning of the lyght before the Roode 12d.
It[em] I do gyve unto Roger Hoore my soone all my wayryng gear.
It[em] unto Jane Hoore, the dogghter of the sayd Roger, 2 platters, a pottyngere [porridge bowl], 2 saucers and a basyn.
It[em] I do gyve unto Edward Hoore my soone's son, for hys s[er]vyce that he hathe done unto me, a bolloke of 2 yere olde and better.
It[em] I bequeth unto Elsab[eth] Bubb[e] my best panne, a pyllow beare [pillow case], a meat clothe, a towell, a bolloke.
It[em] I do gyve unto Mergery my wyfe 2 keane [kine, cows], all my howshold stuffe, that ys to say beddyng, brasse and peuter [pewter].
It[em] the resydeu of my goodes, my legacys and dettes payd, I do geve unto Roger Hoore my sone, bothe moveable and unmoveable, as the croppe, cattell, corne and hay, Iron and tymber, whom[e] I do make my sole executor to see this my testament and last wyll p[er]formyd and fulfyllyd, and Jhon Bubbe of Wykha[m] to be ov[er]seer.
In wytnesse of the same I have desyeryd Will[ia]m Weylle, w[i]t[h] other moo [more] to beare recorde the day and yere abovesayd.
Thes are the dettes w[hi]ch I do ow. In p[ri]mis [First] to the lorde for his rente 19s 7d
It[em] unto Jane Hoore 11s 4d
It[em] unto Jhon Bubbe 10s
It[em] unto Jhon Fynch 2s 2d
It[em] unto Rychard P[o]mfrett 20d
It[em] unto the Kynges lave day [love day, date for settling legal
action by agreement] 10d
S[u]m[m]a tot[a]lis [Sum total] £10 5s 7d [should be £2 5s 7d]
Probate of Will of Robert Hoore, 1545
T[estamentum] Rob[er]ti Hore de Lekington probat[um] fuit apud Tewkesbury p[er] m[agist]r[u]m Comm[i]ss[arium] die sabb[a]ti vi[delicet] xo Octobris an[n]o d[omi]ni 1545
[The Will of Robert Hore of Lekington was proved at Tewkesbury by the Master Commissary on Saturday, that is to say, the 10th October in the year of our Lord 1545.]