Body to be buried in the
church of Bourton-on-the-Water
To wife Eleanor all the
goods that she brought unto me saving two po--es excepted plus fifty pounds to be paid within four years
of death plus board with my son Silvester during her
life or else three pounds of lawful money during her life to be paid by her
election whether she will take and her chamber within the parlour and a coffer
with lock and key which stowed within my chamber about
To Robert COLT (COLLET)
my son-in-law ten pounds to be paid within 2 years of my decease
To William REDWARDE five pounds to be paid 2
years after my decease
To William PARTRIDGE five pounds to be paid at
the like time
To Silvester
my son the lease of my house that I do now inhabit and dwell in in Nether Slaughter
To Henry my son the
lease of my house in Nether Slaughter called Demaries
To Silvester
my son the lease of my water mill to his own use and if Eleanor my wife do
interrupt or let my son of said mill that then her legacies shall be destitute and
void I do constitute that my two sons shall occupy the two farms together for
the space of three years till legacies be paid in full
All the rest of my goods
I do give unto Silvester my son and Henry my son to
be equally divided between them both
Overseers
Date Will made
Probate at
the 1603 Will of
in which Thomas and Anthony Collett
are mentioned