FROM THE WILL OF JOAN MITTON,

widow of Chippingnorton, 1530

Oxfordshire Record Office MS Wills Oxon  Reg. 178.26

In the name of god Amen Anno d[omi]ni 1530 28th June I Jone mitton

hole of mynde & seke of body make my testament

in this man[er] & forme folowing I bequeth my soule

to Allmyghty god to our blessed lady seynt mary &

to all the seyntes in hevy[n] my body to be buried in

the churche of chepingnorton before the awter off

seynt James. Further of my goodes I bequeth

to the hy Awt[er] of chepingnorton for decimus oblites

viij d It[e]m to ev[er]y light in the said churche iiij d

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

the torches xx d It[e]m to the belles xij d ...