and proved on 21st July 1557
In the name of God Amen on the twentieth
day [xxth day] of June in the year of our Lord fifteen-fifty-seven I Alyce
Collett of the parish of Over Slaughter widow sick in body being in my perfect
mind do make my testament in manner and form following
First, I bequeath my soul to all mighty
God, the Blessed virgin saint Mary and all the holy company in heaven to pray
for me and my body to the earth
I bequeath to the mother church two Pence,
I bequeath to the high alter of my parish church two Pence, I bequeath to my
said parish church a sheep
I bequeath to every God child that I
have four Pence
I bequeath to every child’s child that I
have a sheep except the children of Anthony Taylor
I bequeath to my son John Collett ten
sheep
I bequeath to every one of my daughters
a cow and because I have four daughters and but three cows
I give to her that have not a cow six sheep
I bequeath to Elizabeth Howford a sheep
and to Eleanor Taylor a sheep
I bequeath to my Godson William Collett
a sheep
I bequeath to Thomas Bayliss the quarter
of malt that John Bayliss oweth me
I bequeath to Elizabeth my daughter my
best kettle two smocks my best hat and my best cape
The residue of my goods unbequeathed my
legacies paid I do give to my son Henry Collett whom I do make my whole
executor overseers of this my Will Robard Rooke and Steven Mathew and for their
pains taken I give each of them a sheep
The Will was witnessed
by those present: John Bayliss, Robart
Rooke and Thomas Bayliss with others
Anthony
Taylor was husband to Alice Collett (Ref. 1E5)
John
Collett (Ref. 1E8), Elizabeth Collett (Ref. 1E4) Henry Collett (Ref. 1E3)
Elizabeth
Howford has not been identified
Eleanor
Taylor may have been the daughter of Alice Collett (Ref. 1E5)
John
Bayliss was the husband of Elizabeth Collett (Ref. 1E4)
and
Thomas Bayliss may have been his father
Robert
Rooke was likely related to Richard Rooke,
who
married Marian Collett (Ref. 1E1)