In the name of god Amen the yerer of o[ur] Lorde god m vC li [1551] the iiii daye of August I JOHN SEARS of CHYLTINGTON sicke of body and hoyll of mynde make this my last will and testament in man[ner and form folowinge fyrste I bequethe my Soyll unto god almighti and my body to be buryede in the churche yearde of CHYLTINGTON
I bequethe to the mother churche of Chychester iid
Item I bequeth to the pore menes coffer iiiid
Item I bequethe unto ev[er]y one of them that shalbe maryed w[i]t[h]in one hoyle yer w[i]t[h]in my p[ar]ish after my death xiid
Item I bequeth unto the Reparyring of the hye wayes w[i]t[h]in the p[ar]ish xxd
Item I bequethe to pore children to by them boks viiid
Item I bequethe unto RICHARD MYCHELL my godson[ne] of COLLSTAPIYLL[?] and unto JOHN GRATWYTT my godson[ne] And JOHN AGAYTT ev[er]y on of them halfe a quart of barly and ev[er]y godchild beside iiiid
Item I bequethe to EDWARDE GRENFYLD vi quarts of barly w[i]t[h] all the terres that I have bought in the p[ar]ish of PULBROUGHE
Item I bequeth unto WILL[IA]M GROVER xxti bushells of barly
Item I bequeth unto WATER HEDE xxti bz [bushels] of barly one fether bede ii payer of shetts ii blankets one bolster one cov[er]inge one Cobbeade, after the decease of my wyffeone coffear one …ayt sallte one brasse pan[e] one plat[te] I pewtear dish[e] and the Leasse of the broks in WEKEN HOLLTE[?]
Item I bequethe ROBERT SEARS ii croffs th.. called MALLE AT WODDS w[i]t[h] a land and a garden called TWEBYLLS[?] paying unto WATER HEDE vli w[i]t[h]in a yere & one daye after my decease
I bequethe unto ROBERT SAERIS one platte of grounde called COBERS and iii acars at HARDFURTHURNE[?]
Item I bequethe unto HENERY LAYTON p[ar]son iiiis iiiid
Item I bequethe unto ANNES SOORDING[?]my servaunte one heffer of ii yers yolde
I will that ther[e] be viiis to be bestoyd of A honest drinking ev[er]y yere after my deathe for the space of x yers w[i]t[h]in the churche of CHYLTINGTON and vs iiiid to be given ev[er]y yer durying the x yers unto the poore people w[i]t[h]in the p[ar]ish this I will my wyffe shall do duringe the x yers yf she lyve so longe yf she do notlyve the hoyll x yers that then ROB[ER]T SARIS to do yt during the x yers
The Resydew of my Lands and goods my detts payed I gyve and bequethe unto ELIZABETHE my wyffe whom I mak my holle executrixe to fulfyll this my nlast Will & testament also I make ROB[ER]T GRAWYT & ROGER COPPER my sup[er]visors of this my last Will & testament to se it fulfilled and they to have for ther paynes takeing ev[er]y one of them my Wyttnes her of HENRY LAYTON p[ar]son RICHA[R]D HOLAND ROB[ER]T SEARS RICHARD SERGENT WILL[IA]M GRENFYLD w[i]t[h] other m o[?]
West Sussex Record Office – Records of the Chichester Archdeaconry Court Ref: STCI/7 f 181
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