Volume V Part 63 (1/2)
920
SIR JOHN PASTON'S WILL[300-1]
[Sidenote: 1477 / OCT. 31]
[I, JOHN PASTON,] Knyght, in the last day of O[ctober, Anno] Domini m^{l}cccclxxvj^o, will, graunte, and be queth my sowle to All myghty G.o.d, and to the ... ... Marye, Seint John Baptist, Seint Gorge, Seint Cristofur, and Seint Barbara; and my body, yf I dyghe ny the Cyte of London, [to the chapel] of Owre Lady in the Whithe Frerys there, at the Northeest corner of the body of the chyrche, and there to be made an orator[y] ... . . or muche leke as ys over Sir Thomas Browne in the Frere Prechours, to the valour of xx_li._, so that it may cause ...
... ther prayours there, the rather to remembre my sowle, and to pray therefore; and that there be gevyn to the behoff ... . . at plotte of grounde be made suer unto me for ever the some of xx. marc.
... ... . dayly, be the s.p.a.ce of an holl yere, by soumme well disposed brother of the same howse, and that the seyd brother ...
... [not]withstondyng yf I decesse in the counte of Norffolk, or there nye abouute, I wolde my bodye were buried at the prio[ry of Bromholm]
... . . un to the Founders Toumbe, which arche is unto the North syde, and ryght agayn my fadyr toum[be] ... ... ... ith an awter and a toumbe for me, to the value of xx_li._, and that the howse there have a rewarde ... ... ... to the frerys of London, and that there be also a broder of that howse to synge for my sowle by one ... ... .
... salarye.
... ... ... ... ... ... a closette made at my cost over my faders body ther ... ... ... . of xx_li._, so that owre cousyns ... ... ... . have the more devocion to that place, and the rather reste there bodyes there the encresse of the ... ... ... . encrese and profite of the howse, and reste on the religeus there of, lyke as owr auncetours have ... ... ... [a]nd to the entent that I disclosed but on to fewe persons concernyng the fee ferme that is payed ... ... . . Duke of Suffolk.
[Item, I will that my bro]ther, John, yf I dye with owth yssue leffull of my bodye, have the maner of Swaywell to hym and ... ... . .
accordyng to the willez both of myn graunfader and of my fader, on whos sowles G.o.d have mercye, the ... ... . . esse.
[Item, I will that the] Bysshoppe of Wynchester, or his a.s.sygnes, woll and fynde suerte to do founde at the lyste iiij. prestys ... ... .
... of John Fastolf and his frendys, &c., at Caster, and that there be bylded loggyng conveniant for those ... ... ... ... . .
adjoynyng uppon the bakhous over the gardeyn withouuth the mote on the Weste syde of my ... ... ... . . in the seid maner or maners yn Caster, graunt by chartour, grounde, s.p.a.ce, and londe, convenyant for such ... ... . . entre and yssue therunto, and to that entent, and byldyng or purchasyng of license of the kyng ... ... . . profitez of the seid maners holly be expendid the terme of vij. yerez next after my dissece; and, moreover, ... ... ... resorte theder in his owne persone to over see the werkys or byldyng or establyssyng of the seyd howse [he shall h]ave playn lyberte to dwell withinne my seid maner and fortresse the seid terme of vij. yerez, and that ... ... . . estys.
... ... ... ... . [cha]pell of Seint John Baptyst, withyn the seyd towne of Caster, with all the profitez yerly of that same begeny[ng] ... ... ... ed to the seyd college or howse for evermore, with lycence therunto had of the Kyng and of the Pope, with ... ... . . in Caster before seyd, which londis, with the seyd chapell, schalbe of the yerly value of vij_li._ yerly ... . . ment of one prest above the charge that the Bysshope wyll do to pray for the sowles of my fader ... ... ... Thomas Lyndys, clerk, and of Sir John Dawbeney. And that after this above wretyn be performed, yf that ... ... es make astate by fyne reryd and enrolled in the Kynges courte of the seid maner and maners in Castre ... ... ... . .
yssue of his bodye laufully comyeng, and for defaute of yssue of his body lawfully [rem]ayne to the issue of my moders lawfully commynge. And for defaute of yssue of her body lawfully commyng ... ... . . myn uncle, Edward Maudeby, and to the yssue of his body lawfully commynge.
And that for defaute ... ... ... [comm]yng that the seyd maners remayn to my cousyn, Sir William Calthorp, and to the right eyrez ...
... ... ... . defaute of issue of his body lawfully commynge, the seyd maners to reverte to the ... ... . .
[Item, I will that the priest of the chap]ell of the seyd collage be presented by the lordys of my seid maner ... ... ... ... . .
... ed by Syr John Fastolff.
... ... ... ... ... ... eryng de eadem villa vendatur per executores meos ad perimplendum et persolvendum... ... ... ... .
em invenerit securitatem ad redimendum manerium de Sporle praedictum, quod si ipse ... ... ... x. acr' terrae de eisdem perquesit' de Johanne Kendall tempore debito dentur praedicto Johanni fratri [meo et haeredibus suis legiti]me procreatis; et defectu exitus legitimi de praedicto Johanne fratre meo, tunc praedictae terrae et tenementa remaneant ... ... ... ... . triavi mei, legittime procreatis; et pro defectu exitus legittimi praedicti triavi mei, tunc remaneant Willelmo ... . . [et haeredibus i]psius Willelmi legitime procreatis; et pro defectu exitus legitimi praedicti Willelmi, tunc omnia praedicta terrae et tenementa [remaneant] ... ... a.s.signatis imperpetuum; proviso quod executores testamenti Willelmi Pekering habeant x. marcas pro ... . .
et habeat x.x.xvij. acras terrae de praedictis terris sibi per voluntatem patris ejus a.s.signatis sive legatis si tantae ... ... ... . terrae quae idem Johannes vendidit sint de numero illarum acrarum sibi limitatarum per Nicholaum patrem praedicti Johannis ac ... ... ...
recompensacionem; eo quod idem Johannes forte credidit quod ipse juste potuit vendere, quaeque terrae et tenementa in feofamento ... . .
[pat]ris, non obstante quod pater praedictus non declaravit quicquid faciendum de dictis terris suis ultra certas acras ... ... ... na ipsius patris.
[Footnote 300-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] The original of this doc.u.ment is mutilated. It is endorsed in a more modern hand, 'Testamentum Johannis Paston Senioris militis.']
[[Sidenote: 1477 _printed as shown, but body text says ”m^{l}cccclxxvj” (1476)_
invenerit securitatem ad redimendum _text reads ”invenet.i.t”_]