In dei nomine amen. The fowerth daie of August in the yere of o^r Lord god 1581. I Steven Cooke of Eldersfielde in the countie of Worcester yeoman beinge sicke in bodye (but thankes be unto allmightie god) of good and perfecte remembrannce (praised be god) doe make and ordeyne this my last will and testamente in manner and forme followinge First I bequeathe my soule to allmightie god, my maker and redeemer, And my bodye to be buried in the prishe churche yarde of Eldersfield, aforesaide, accordinge to the discrecion of myne executors, hereafter named or els ordeyned. Item my will is that all manner of bordes that be, nailed or pynned, benches and wainescotte shall remaine unto the heyre as theie are nowe without any descructianne. Item I geve and bequeathe unto John Cooke my sonne fortie shillings. Item I geve and bequeathe unto William Cooke my sonne fortie shillings. Item I geve & bequethe to unto Floris Cooke my sonne sixe poundes thirteene shillings fower pence. Item I geve and bequeathe unto Johan Baston my daughter fortie shillings. Item I geve and bequeathe unto Joan Jackman my daughter tewntie shillings. Item I geve and bequeathe unto Perrin Cooke my daughter sixe poundes thirteen shillings fower pence. Item I geve and bequeathe unto the poore of the prishe of Eldersfielde five shillings to be distributed accordinge to the discretion of my overseers hereafter named. Item I geve and bequeathe to S^r Richard Aston vicar xij^d. Item I geve and bequeathe unto Margarett my wieff White of Gloucester tenne shillings. Item I geve and bequeathe unto Elizabethe Bridge xij^d. All the rest of my gooddes movable and unmovable unbequeathed I geve and bequeathe unto Elizabethe my wief, whome I make my sole executrixe to see this my last will performed, and my burial expences discharged whiche maie be to the wealthe of myne owne sole. / Myne overseers I ordeyne Robert Ryver and William Cooke my brother to whome I geve vj^s viij^d a peece for theire paynes. Debtes owinge unto me Steven Cooke. Imprimis Joan Hardinge owethe me fortye shillings. Item William Pitt of Bridgend owethe me twentie pence. Item Richard Personnes owethe me three shillings . Witnesses to the same Robert Ryver, William Cooke and Floris Child.