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48 The English Ancestry of to Jhesu Cryste never the lesse syke of body do therfore make thys my presente testamente in maner & forme folowyng that ys to saye ffyrst I humly Commend my sowle unto allmyghty god and my body to be beryid in the Churche yard of Ramse afforsayde Item I do geve unto my dowtters eldyst sunne John blosse fyffe shepe and a Chyste Item I do geve unto Robard blosse fyffe shepe Item I do geve unto Thomas blosse fyffe shepe Item I do geve unto Anne blosse fyffe shepe And my greate brasse pott and a Kettell & ye best platter with ij other platters a Sawsser & a Can- dylstyke and a Chyste Item I do geve unto bregett blosse a kowe a letyll brasse pot and a ketyll & iij platters a Sawsser & a Can- dylstyke and a Chyste Item I do geve to y l whyche my dowghter ys w'all when yt shall plesse god y l to thys worlde a browne boloke of twelmonthe olde she maye be delyveryd of yt in more I do geve unto alles starlyng the Red boloke of twelmonthe olde & a Rede petycote a payer of wosted slevys ij Cerchers & a payer of shettes Item I do geve unto Willm Lane a blake boloke of xij monthys olde and a platter Item I do geve unto Churche- mans wyffe xij d and a pewter dyche Item I do geve unto Jone Pope my selffe grow froke Item I do geve unto the wedow sale my Russette petycote Item I do geve unto y e wedow cokleffe xij d Item 1 do geve to y e wedow thurlthorpe xij d Item I do geve unto John thurlthorpe xij d ij bochelles of whete & ij bochelles of mawlte Item I do geve unto Rosse Robynson a thewe Item I do geve unto to sys pope a thewe Item I geve to maryan Worte a thewe Item I do geve unto every won of my godchyldryn xij d a pece all the Reste of my goodes natt gevyn nor bequethyd I do geve them to syssely blosse my dowghter also I do make John Blosse my executor of thys my last will & testamente for I pute my trust in hym he beyng my sune in lawe thesse men baryng wytnes thomas skott & Willm Lane w l others 6 th June before Mr Peply copy for the Register

Reinold and Matthew Marvin 49 On Thomas Herde I have already commented. Thomas Churchman had a small legacy from both Reynold and Rob- ert Marvin, and his wife is remembered by Isabell, but we find nothing to indicate any relationship. Katherine John- son was not improbably connected with John Johnson, named by Reynold (16). [See notes on Reynold's Will below.] A "seme" was eight bushels; "mistlene," spelled variously in old English writings, " mistlyne," " mixtelyne " and " mas- len," from the Anglo-Saxon maslen and Latin miscco, is the name given to a mixture of different sorts of grain, usually wheat and rye; of this mixture, called "miscellane" in some parts of England, " maslen bread " was made. A " flocke " bed was one filled with the shearings of woolen cloth, a ma- terial then used for stuffing mattresses, furniture, etc. " Cer- chers " probably were kerchiefs, — in old English " cover chiefs," from couvrechef, head coverings. The material of the " selffe grow froke " was serge, — at that period a coarse (gros) cloth, partly silk and partly woolen. " Thewe," also written t/ieave, and possibly so in the Will, was a ewe of a year old,* a common gift to a farmer's maid-servants at that period.f The "menthemend" (month's mind) and "yere mend " (year's mind) were services of the Roman Church for the "repose of a soul" thirty days and a year from the date of a funeral. * Wright's Provincial Dictionary, sub voce : w and v were often transposed in the Essex dialect, especially on the coast. f See the Will of Reynold Marvin (r.6), infra, who bequeathed a ewe to three of his maids.

48 <strong>The</strong> <strong>English</strong> Ancestry <strong>of</strong><br />

to Jhesu Cryste never the lesse syke <strong>of</strong> body do therfore make thys<br />

my presente testamente in maner & forme folowyng that ys to saye<br />

ffyrst I humly Commend my sowle unto allmyghty god <strong>and</strong> my<br />

body to be beryid in the Churche yard <strong>of</strong> Ramse afforsayde<br />

Item I do geve unto my dowtters eldyst sunne John blosse fyffe<br />

shepe <strong>and</strong> a Chyste Item I do geve unto Robard blosse fyffe shepe<br />

Item I do geve unto Thomas blosse fyffe shepe Item I do geve<br />

unto Anne blosse fyffe shepe And my greate brasse pott <strong>and</strong> a<br />

Kettell & ye best platter with ij other platters a Sawsser & a Can-<br />

dylstyke <strong>and</strong> a Chyste Item I do geve unto bregett blosse a kowe<br />

a letyll brasse pot <strong>and</strong> a ketyll & iij platters a Sawsser & a Can-<br />

dylstyke <strong>and</strong> a Chyste Item I do geve to y l whyche my dowghter<br />

ys w'all when yt shall plesse god y l<br />

to thys worlde a browne boloke <strong>of</strong> twelmonthe olde<br />

she maye be delyveryd <strong>of</strong> yt in<br />

more I do geve unto alles starlyng the Red boloke <strong>of</strong> twelmonthe<br />

olde & a Rede petycote a payer <strong>of</strong> wosted slevys ij Cerchers & a<br />

payer <strong>of</strong> shettes Item I do geve unto Willm Lane a blake boloke<br />

<strong>of</strong> xij monthys olde <strong>and</strong> a platter Item I do geve unto Churche-<br />

mans wyffe xij d <strong>and</strong> a pewter dyche Item I do geve unto Jone<br />

Pope my selffe grow froke Item I do geve unto the wedow sale<br />

my Russette petycote Item I do geve unto y e wedow cokleffe<br />

xij d Item 1 do geve to y e wedow thurlthorpe xij d Item I do geve<br />

unto John thurlthorpe xij d ij bochelles <strong>of</strong> whete & ij bochelles <strong>of</strong><br />

mawlte Item I do geve unto Rosse Robynson a thewe Item I do<br />

geve unto to sys pope a thewe Item I geve to maryan Worte a<br />

thewe<br />

Item I do geve unto every won <strong>of</strong> my godchyldryn xij d a pece<br />

all the Reste <strong>of</strong> my goodes natt gevyn nor bequethyd I do geve<br />

them to syssely blosse my dowghter also I do make John Blosse<br />

my executor <strong>of</strong> thys my last will & testamente for I pute my trust<br />

in hym he beyng my sune in lawe thesse men baryng wytnes<br />

thomas skott & Willm Lane w l<br />

others<br />

6 th June before Mr Peply copy for the Register

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