In the name of God Amen, the twenty-second of October in
the year of our Lord God one thousand five hundred ninety seven, I John Collett
of Broadwell in the county of Gloucester husbandman being sick in body yet of
good and perfect remembrance thanks be unto Almighty God for the same do ordain
and make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form
Following first and principally, I bequeath my soul unto
Almighty God my only redeemer and saviour and my body to the earth from whence
it was taken there to rest unto the universal day of judgement at what time I
hope to rise again both body and soul unto life everlasting through Jesus
Christ my only saviour and redeemer
Item I give towards the reparations of the
church of Broadwell 20 pence
Item I give unto the poor of the town of
Broadwell a strike of corn to be distributed at the discretion of my executor
Item I give unto my son William Collett 3
pence
Item I give unto Robert my son 2 strikes
of corn
Item I give unto Henry Collett the elder
my son 2 strikes of corn and to his two children Thomas and John a half of a
guinea unto between them
Item I give unto my daughter Elizabeth
Collins 2 strikes of corn and to her children 4 pence apiece
Item I give unto Henry my son the younger
my great brass pan and my iron bedstead in the nether chamber
Item I give unto Anthony my son my second
best brass pan and my iron bedstead in the upper chamber to bed linen unto them
at the decease of my wife
Item the rest of all my goods my debts and
legacies being discharged and all other charges rising by means of my decease
being divided into two equal parts by my executors I will that the one part
shall remain unto my two sons before named Henry and Anthony to be equally
divided between them and to be paid by my neighbour and then the same to remain
in the hands of my wife until they have come to twenty-one years of age and the
other part I give unto Katherine my wife whom I make my whole executrix to see
my debts and legacies paid and my body hence to be brought to the earth as my
trust is in her and before my neighbour William Wright of Broadwell and John
Collett of Naunton to be witnesses to this my last Will and Testament
In witness thereof I have here unto put my hand the day and year above written In presence of Raphe Willat Charles here of and William Wright
The sons of John Collett and Marion
Jakes named in the Will were:
William Collett (Ref. 1F14), Robert
Collett (Ref. 1F17), Henry Collett (Ref. 1F18)
together with the grandsons Thomas
Collett (Ref. 1G5) and John Collett (Ref. 1G6)
plus their daughter Elizabeth Collins
nee Collett (Ref. 1F15)
The sons of John Collett and Katherine
Sanders named in the Will were:
Henry Collett (Ref. 1F19) and Anthony
Collett (Ref. 1F22)
The witness John Collett (1F9) of
Naunton (1548-1605)
was the son of John’s older brother
Henry Collett (1E3)