In the name of God Amen. the second day of Apriell in ye yeare of or
Lord God 1553 I Roger Pereson holle of mynd and memory but
syffcaffed
in my body make this my last wyll & testament in manner &
forme
folowying. Fyrst I bequeath my soule to Almighty
God
to his mercie And to ye holy company of all his saints and my body
to
be buryed in ye churchyard of saynt Andrew at Spratton.First of my
worldy goods I bequeath to my mother churche of xc t
bringht and to ye heyi Ault of
Spratton
to be prayd for iiijd and to ye f....... iiijs and to the bell
iiij s .
Item I bequeath to Thomas myne eldest son iiijs. to John
my
youngest son iiijs Itemn to my other yt & My wyffe
gocthe me the yf god fortune it to do well & to lyver I
bequeath also iiij yt god do his wyll of it then yt iiij to be
devydyd between mother and other n brethren and yf god do his wyll
upon
any of the said children the I wyll
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx one to
be of the said chyldeon &
trew. I wyll and dipose ye aforesaid goods
or
bequests. Item I wyll my son Thomas and John shall
inroye
there aforesaid Legac of iiij d
a
peace. Item at ye age of 21 years and the
otherchildd my wyffe joythe noth
all I wyll it shall Mioye ye aforesaid son of iiij
I.. and at ye age of twenty years. Item I wyll yt noho sonne shall
have
ye governance of my said children and of theyr y..dyn shall put in
suertic to be bound to pay ye aforesaid legacie at suche tyme &
age
of the children ..... before mentioned. Item wyll and order to be my
executor of this my last wyll Thomas Perrson my father and Margaret
my
wyffe and to Margaret my said wyffe I bequeath all ye
defyderoc
of my goods and bequests
And to my said father for his paynes to be tailym
herem £ iii iijd the bequest
to be
witness John Orpes of Creaton, Robe Canell of Little Creaton, Thomas
Penrdy & John Haddon and others of Spratton
Provedx 26 July 1554
Acknowledgements
Most of the material on the Martins comes from Glenis Crocker, with
help from Robyn Lawther and Helen
Millward. Glenis's material prepared for the Martin reunion she
organised has been quoted directly here. They have traced the family
back to the 16th century, by a lot of detective work on old wills.
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