Will of Richard Hoore of Leckhampton, 1545
T[estamentum] Ric[ard]i Hoore
[Will of Richard Hoore]
In the name of [God], Amen.
In the 37th yere of the Rayne of owr most Soverayn[e] Lord Kyng Henry the VIIIth, the 23rd day of September,
I, Rychard Hoore, of the p[ar]yshe of Lekyngton, In the cow[n]t[y] of Glo[u]c[ester], husbandman, Syke In body but thankes be unto almyghty God of good and p[er]feytte memory, doo make my testame[n]t and last wyll In man[ner] and forme folowyng.
Fyrst I bequeth my sowle to the grett mercy of Almyghty God, unto to owr Lady Saynt Mary, and all the holy cu[m]pany of hevyn.
My body to be buryyd In the cherch yerd of Lekyngton.
Secondaryly I do make Elyn Hoore my wyfe my sole executryxe, that ys to have the corne and all the hole croppe, to pay owr dettes, the lordes rent, and all other deutes [duties], as reparatyo[n]s, and that done, to leve them unto owr chyldrene as she shall thynke best to the laude and prayse of Almyghty God
and for the welth of owr sowlles.
Thes beryng wytnesse, Will[ia]m Tantey, Jhon Tawney, wyth other moo.
Thes are the dettes th[a]t I, Rychard Hoore, do ow.
In p[ri]mis to Will[ia]m Fynch 13s 4d } S[u]m[m]a [Sum] 17s 3d
It[em] to Jhon Fynche the sonne 3s 11d }
Probate of Will of Richard Hoore, 1545
T[estamentum] Ric[ard]i Hoore de Leckhampton G[loucestriensis] d[iocese] p[ro]bat[um] fuit Ap[ud] Tewkesbury die sabb[a]ti vi[delicet] xo Octobris an[n]o d[omi]ni 1545
Elene rel[i]c[t]e Ex[ecutri]ci
[The Will of Richard Hore of Leckhampton in the diocese of Gloucester was proved at Tewkesbury on Saturday, that is to say,the 10th October in the year of our Lord 1545.
To Ellen, the relict, the Executrix.]