In the name of god Amen xxii day of May Anno dni 1563 I Edmonde Butt of Byshopps Norton in y^e countie of y^e Cyttye of Glouc & dioces of y^e Same, yeoman / although sycke in bodye nev^rtheles of prfytte memorye, thanks be to god. doo make my testament & last wyll, in man^r & forme folowyng / Fyrst I comytt & yelde my sowle into the hands of almighty god my maker & Redemer / & my body to y^e earth to be buryed in churchyarde of Norton aforesaid / & As tuchyng y^e destrybution of my temporall goods, first I bequeth to y^e mother church of Gloucr viijd / Item I bequeth to y^e poremanes chest of my owne proche churche iijs iiijd / Item I bequeth to y^e pore people of y^e Lye Ende (w^thin y^e proche of y^e Lygh) iij bushels of whete / Item I bequeth to Johan But of y^e same Lye End, wydowe, one bushel of whet / Item I bequeth Wyllm But of y^e sayd Lye two bushels of corne, one of whet & an other of barlye / Item I bequeth to y^e pore people of Downe Hatherley iiij bushels of whet / Item I geve to ev^ry householder w^thin my owne proche haveynge no plowe, one bushel of whet a pece / Item I bequeth to John Smith iijs iiijd / Item I gyve to Agnes Wyntle one bushel of whete & y^e lease of her house, also I forgeve to hyr all y^e deptts, dewe unto me, from her / Item I geve to ev^ry god chylde y^t I have, one yewe & lambe apece / Item I bequeth to Robt Itherydge y^e yonger, one yerling calffe / Item I wyll y^t Rycharde But y^e yonger shall have all y^e third prtte of y^e barley y^t Rycharde Heywarde hath sowen upon my iiij lands att Sawcomes Heyes End / & the thyrdes of All y^e barley y^t y^e sayd Rycharde Heyward hath sowen upon all my other landes, Item I geve to Wyllm Alye / Also I bequeth to Robt Wyntle y^e thyrde prtte of all y^e whet, & barly, y^t Thomas Gamon hath sowen upon v landes of myne / Item I geve to my uncle Rychard But vjli xiijs iiijd of good corrant Englyshe money, a flockbed, a bolster, a peyr of sheets, & a canvasse / All w^ch money I wyll to be delyv^red to my sayd uncle by portions as he shall have need (att y^e dyscrecons of my executors) & yf yt happen my sayd uncle to decease before y^e Receypt of thys money in prtt or in all, than I wyll y^t w^ch Remaynethe to be equally destrybuted to y^e nedyest of hys chyldren then survyveying / Item I bequeth to John But heyre of my house, all my bordes, fourmes & stooles w^thin my hall chambers & kytchyn also my cubbards my beste bedstead, ij sestones a quyrne, a furnesse, a fleshe barge all the yron in my chimneys & other fyer places, my best corne wayne, my best dunge wane, iij yoke, iij strings a plowe & a payer small harowes, in consideration that hys frynds wyll entre into bonds to my executors y^t my aforsayd uncle Rychard But shall inhabyt y^e house wherin he nowe dwelleth & enioye y^e profytts of y^e close thereunto belonging & one cowes pastuer more durynge the terme of hys lyffe gratis other wyse not to enioye any prte of prts of y^e things before to hym bequeathed / Item I geve to Elyzabeth But my cosine xxli of good lawfull Englyshe money & halffe my implements of housholde stuffe / also I wyll y^t my neighbour & frynde Robart Itherydge & Johan hys wyffe shall have y^e tuition & gov^rnance of my sayde cosine & hyr portion tyll she be xxvj^ti yeres old / & yf she happen to dye or to marye or do suffer herselffe to be craftely loxed or lassivyously & wantonly entysed away from y^e sayd Robt & Johan than I wyll y^t y^e money and other goods to hyr before bequeathed shalbe equally devyded to her brother & syster or to any of them if they then survyve / Item I bequeth to Elenor Symons the fourth prtte of my houshold stuffe (except before gyven & to be made worth xx^ti nobles yf yt lacke, also I gyve her all thyntrest of my house & grownd thereunto belongynge) called Well Ende / Item I gyve to Alys Itherydge my srvant ye other fourth prtte of my householde stuffe (except as is aforesayd) & to be made worth xx^ti nobles (yf yt lacke) also I wyll y^t she shall have my wyves best Redd petycote & hyr best whyt petycote her worst sylke hatt, her best hoose & shoes w^th a smocke & an apron / Itm I geve to Edmonde Itherydge hys oxe agayne y^t was stolen in consideracon y^t he shall axe no money of my executors / Item I gyve to Elyzabeth Itherydge syster to y^e same my next best chyn shepe hogg / Item I geve to y^e yonger syster of y^t name my next best chyn shepe hogg / Item I gyve to my syster Shott my wyves best sylke hatt / Item to Thomas Shott her sonne iij syv^r spones Item I bequeth to John Wheler a Rame or a nobel of money att hys choyse Itm I geve to John Kent my srvant xij bushels of barley to be delyv^rd to hym chrysmasse next insuyng / Item I geve to Rychard Wyntle two yerlyng bulloxe / Item I bequeth to Edmond Smeth all my croppe of Wyntles grounde (w^thout any imptyng) the deptss y^t I do owe first to Robt Holowaye - xvjli / Item to Wyllm Shotts chyldren – vjli xiijs iiijd / Item to Rychard Hololowey – xxxs viijd / Item to Rycharde Pope xs / Item to Thomas Gamon xxxijs iiijd Item to my brother in lawe John Daves xxvjs viijd Item to Thomas Tyler of Gloucr – ijs iiijd / the deptts dewe to me first Wyllm Peter oweth my xs Item Robt Screven xls

All the Residue of my goods, not gyven nor bequeathed, I bequeth to Edmonde Smeth & Robt Itherydge, whome I make my Sole executors / whom Also I wyll to paye the depttes & legacies before specyfyd / overseers of y^e execution hereof I wyll & desier Water Morton & Thomas Symons to whom I geve for theyr paynes taking herin – xxvjs viijd that is to wytt xxs to Water Morton & vjs viijd to Thomas Symons