Will of John Lord, 1640

John Lord of Sudbury, Suffolk, 1 March 1640, proved 11 July 1655. To the poor of all the three parishes in Sudbury forty shillings apiece. To mr. Rogers minister of the parish wherein I now dwell, if he be living and preach a sermon at my funeral, forty shillings, or otherwise unto such godly minister as shall preach a sermon at my funeral. I give to Bennet my loving wife all that my messuage or tenement, with the yards, gardens, orchards, and appurtenances there unto belonging, situate and being in the parish St. Gregory in Sudbury which I late purchased of Robert Lord my kinsman and Katherine his mother, or one of them, and now is in the tenure or occupation of William Gunton the elder &e. My wife to hold this for life, and after her decease I give and bequesth the said messuage &c as also the messuage &c. in the parish of All Hallows in Sudbury wherein I now dwell and which my said wife holdeth for life, unto my daughter Elizabeth wife of William Stacie the younger of Bocking, Essex, for life. And after decease of said wife and daughter I give to Anne Stacy my grandchild the messuage in the occupation of William Gunto and to Elizabeth Stacie my grandchild the other messuage. If they die without issue, then to my other grandchild Mary Stacy. Other gifts to grandchildren and to wife. To the children of Thomas Gunton the elder of my sister, viz. To my cousin Thomas Gunton the younger and William his brother, twenty pounds each, for the benefit of their children, and to Anne and Elizabeth Gunton, sisters of the said Thomas the younger and Willaim, ten pounds apiece. Item, I give unto my cousin Robert Lord, if he comes again from beyond the seas to demand it, ten pounds. William Stacie, the husband of my daughter Elizabeth, to be the sole executor and my kinsman Thomas Gunton the younger to be the supervisor. I will that my executor shall pay unto Susan Lord, my sister of the half blood, forty pounds yearly during her life, to Oliver Dowdle (my servant that was)forty shillings, to my kinsman…..son of Barwicle and Anne Lord my kinswoman, apprentice with one Bowser, a weaver of Sudbury, twenty nobles.