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John Smyth will Esq. his will
Dat 12^o Dec 1480: 18^o Ed. 4

In dei no[min]e Amen. In the name of .god. Ame[n] I John
Smyth of Bury Seynt Edmund Esquyer the xij day of *[n.1]
December the ye[a]r of o[ur] lord god ML CCCCXXX beyng
in good & holle mynde make ordeyne & c[on]stitute myn
testament & last wyll in this man[ner]. First I bequethe
& comend myn soule to almyghty god to his most blyssyd
mod[er] our lady seynt Marie & to all the seynts of hevyn
and myn body to be buryed in the Churche of o[ur] lady in the
towne of Bury befor[e] seyd in the Northele before the
dor[e] of the awhgter of Seynt John and as for myn
wylle or testament be me made befor[e] the dat[e] of
this my last wyll & testament I uttyrly revoke &
annulle them & wyll not that ony man take any
befyer be them but they be utt[er]ly voyde & of non
effect Also I bequethe to the high Aughter[e] of the *[ n.2]
Churche of o[ur] lady befor[e]nseyd for myn oblac[i]ons and
tythis forgote & not payd XX. s. Also I bequethe & *[ n.3]
geve to the Pryo[r] of Bury befornseyd & to his suc
cessoures myn best Stondyng Cups of Sylver & gylt
Also I bequeth to the Secrysteyn of the seyd monast[er]ie *[n.4]
XX s. Also I bequethe to eidy[?] b[r]other of the Covent *[n.5)
be seyd these p[er]sonez that be p[re]s[t]es VI s VIII d. &
to all other[es] that be no p[re]stes [?] s IIII d also I be
queth to the ffryrez of Babwell Xiiij [?] Also I be
queth to the ffryerz of Subbury XX s It[e]m I be *[n.6]
queth to the ffryerz of Clare XX s Also I bequeth
to eche hous of the ffryerz in Thetford XX s also *[n.7]

[margin notes in a different hand:]
*n.1 Dat 12 Dec 1480 18.Ed. 4
*n.2 To y^e high alter 20[o]
*n.3 To y^e Pryor a silver & gold [?]
*n.4 To y^e sacrist 20 [?] [margins partially obscured]
*n.5 To eidy[?] ^monke prist 6^s to eidy monk no preist [??]
To y^e Pryor of Babw[ell] 14 [?]
*n. 6 To y^e Fryeres of Sudbury 20[o]
*n.7 To Thetford Fryers 20

[N.B. The page seems to have suffered water damage in places, and in others creases, which make the handwriting difficult to decipher. increasingly difficult to read at bottom of page.]