FROM THE WILL OF ISOBEL TANTY

of Chippingnorton, 1538

Oxfordshire Record Office MS Wills Oxon  Reg. 178.131

In the name of god Ame[n] In the yeare of o[ur] lorde 1537

and the vij day of february I ysabell Tanti wydow sicke

in my body and hole in mynde make my testam[en]t and last

will in this man[ner] of wyse fyrst I bequethe my soull unto

almyghty god and o[ur] lady saynt mary and unto all the

holy company of heven and my body to be buryed in the

p[ar]ryshe churche of Chy[p]ingnorton by my husband in the

chancell when yt shall please god to cawle me unto his

m[er]cy furthermore of the goodes w[hi]ch god hathe lende me

I bequethe to the mother churche of lincoln iiij d Item

unto the mother churche of wyssyter iiij d It[e]m to the

hey altar of Chypyngnorton xij d It[e]m I bequethe to

the rode lyghte xij d It[e]m to o[ur] lady lyghte xij d It[e]m

to the trinite lyght xij d It[e]m to saynt Cathren lyght xij d

to saynt Thom[a]s lyght viij d to saynt John is lyght viij d

It[e]m to ev[er]y lyght in the churche of Chypyngnorton

also a pownde of wax It[e]m to the belles xx d It[e]m

to the torches xx d It[e]m to the gyldyng of the georg

of chypyngnorton xiij s iiij d Item I bequethe to the churche

of bucland ? iij s iiij d and a shepe Item to the churche

of brodway iij s iiij d and a shepe It[e]m to the churche of

Enston vj s viij d It[e]m to the vicar of chy[p]ingnorton vj s viij d

It[e]m to the churche of Salford Corwell hethrope and

to the priorie of Coldenorton to ev[er]ye of them xx d

It[e]m to the churche of barla...? iij s iiij d It[e]m to the me[n]dyng of

the hye wayes cornall bryge x s It[e]m to the mendyng

of the hey weyes betwene chyppyngnorton and

ov[er] norton iij s iiij d Item to the mendyng of the hye

weyes at smythe mede x s It[e]m to my brother John

Tanty vj s viij d Item to the iiij orders of fryers in

oxford to ev[er]y howse xx d It[e]m I bequethe unto Robert

C[ate]sby vj li xiij s iiij d It[e]m I bequethe to m[ar]gery b[el]cher...