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in the name of god amen the
26.12.1626
I
Rose Church
of Earls Colne in the county of Essex widow late the wife of
Jn Church
of the same town gent being sick in body but in good and perfect remembrance I do thank god therefore do declare and make this my last will and testament in manner and form following first and principally I surrender and bequeath my soul into the hands of almighty god and his blessed son jesus christ my only saviour and redeemer by whose precious bloodshedding upon the cross I do steadfastly hope to have remission of all my sins my body to the earth from whence it was taken to be decently buried in the church of Earls Colne aforesaid by my said husband item I do give unto
Mary
my eldest daughter the wife of
Wm Sidey
of Bures gent my best gown and best kirtle and my stone pot lipped with silver and footed with silver and gilt and one spurryall and I do give to her daughter
Margt
a pair of holland sheets a long tablecloth of housewives cloth and a damask towel item I do give unto
Mary Townsend
my grandchild my casting sheet three pillowberes of holland wrought a golden whistle which was my mother's I give her during her life but after her decease I give the same to
Mary
her daughter and my will and mind is that the said
Mary Townsend
shall lend the said casting sheet and three pillowberes of holland to
Jane
my daughter when she shall have occasion to use the same in childbed item I do give unto
Rose
my daughter three pairs of canvas sheets three short towels one long one a frying pan a gridiron a little spit a short footed brass pot with the pot lid a trammel two pewter dishes one of my gowns a lockram pillowbere and I do give unto her daughter
Rose
a housewife sheet laced and stitched a face kerchief two pillowberes and a feather down pillow and I do give unto my said daughter
Rose
a warming pan a cliver and a pair of pot hooks item I do give unto
Eliz Church
my son
Jn's
daughter my silver bowl item I do give unto
Wm Sidey
my grandchild a featherbed a bolster a pillow and a coverlet of yarn and I do give unto my grandchild
Edw Freman
half an dozen of silver spoons item all the rest and residue of my household stuff goods and chattels whatsoever not before by me given or bequeathed I do give and bequeath unto
Jane
my daughter whom I do ordain and make sole executrix of this my last will and testament requiring and charging her to see my body decently buried as is before in this my last will mentioned and to see this my last will truly performed in all points in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written read sealed and subscribed in the presence of
Simon Ive
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