Hello again Using your various contributions for which I am very grateful I have synthesised a form of the transcription which I invite you to comment on. Judith has seen this and has adjusted some of the typography to make it consistent with list practice. Reference should be made to the original manuscript at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/unsolved41.html 1. In dei no[m]i[n]e amen the sixt[h] day of Ap[ri]le in the yere of o[u]r lord god m ccccc lix I w[illia]m lenge 2. of nether catton husbandman being of p[er]fecte mynd & good remembrance do make 3. this my last will & testament as in forme followeth First I give & bequeth my soull to 4. almighty god to the blessed virgen marie & to all the celestiall company of heven & my 5. body to be buried in the p[ar]ishe churche yerd of catton It[em] I bequeth to the sacrament xijd 6. It[em] I give to Ric[hard] lenge my son my fermhold It[em] to the said Ric[hard] my draught my 7. wayn plough & all things belonging to them It[em] to the said Ric[hard] I give my crops 8. of ___ of ?the ground & vj wandes of ynge in wilberfosse fild It[em] I give to Jane leng 9. my daughter all my shepe on[e] waie & a counter my bed & on[e] mattresse w[i]t[h] all thinges 10. belonging ther[e]to It[em] I give to Rob[er]t lenge on[e] bushell of whete & on[e] white headed 11. stott It[em] I give to thomas nelis my best gray Jakett It[em] I give to Jenet my doughter 12. one bushell of whete It[em] I give to Alison sanderson on[e] bushell of whete Item to 13. Agnes my doughter on[e] bushell of whete It[em] I give to the said Ric[hard] one cowe Item 14. I will that the said Jane my daughter shall shifte w[i]t[h] Ric[hard] all my goodes w[i]t[h]in the house / the residewe 15. of my goodes my dettes paid & my funeralls discharged I give to the said Ric[hard] whom I make my 16. Executor of this my last will & testament Thes[e] being record[e]rs of the same will & testament Rob[er]t 17. Clerke John Smeton John Clerke & Thomas A_eth clerke & Curate ther[e] / a. Et xxij die ap[ri]lis b. anno d[omi]ni Mccccclixo probat[um] fuit hui[usm]o[d]i test[ament]u[m] p[er] duos ?ve[nerun]t testes iurat &c Com[m]issaq[ue] fuit ad c. mi[ini]straco[em] bonor[um] Ric[hard]o filio soli Excut[or] no[m]i[n]ato iura[men]to &c salvo iure cuiuscu[m]q[ue] I gather from Judith that it is the will without the Latin lines that will appear on the web page to replace my original attempt. Please feel free to comment before it is posted. Again thank you. Garth