The Will of ROBERTE FYSKE of Ipswich [Suffolk], clothmaker, "disquieted in body", 15 February 1563.

To be buried in the churchyard of St. Mary Elms, Ipswich, near where my former wife was buried. To the repair of that church 10s. To the repair of the church of Randham [Rendham, Suffolk], where I was born, 10s. To the poor 40s. My wife Johanne is to have, for life, her free dwelling in the tenement wherein I now dwell, 20 nobles a year £10 come two years after my decease, a silver and gilt salt, six silver spoons, household stuff including my cupboard in the hall, the countertable with the "state" in the hall, the flat hutch in the coller [soler], and all the hangings in the house where I now dwell; and she is to release all her right in my lands. To Thos. Stalworthye the Younger, Rachaell, Margery, and John Stalworthye, the children of Thos. Stalworthye the Elder and Margerye, my daughter, 5 marks each, at twenty-one. To my godson Robt. Cole, son of John Cole and Alice, his wife, £10., and to Magdelyn and John, their other children, 5 marks each at twenty-one. To Richard Marten, son of Robert Marten, 20s., and to every the residue of his children 6s. 8d., at twenty-one. To Robert Cottell, son of John Cottell, 20s., and to every other of the children of said John 6s. 8d., at twenty-one. To William Draper my gown faced with camlet, to his son Robt. Draper 20s., and to his daughter Elizh. Draper 6s. 8d., at twenty-one. To John Cole and my daughter Alice, his wife, the capital messuage where Robert Marten now inhabiteth in St. Mary Elms, Ipswich, with the grounds, free[hold] and copyhold, in and near Ipswich pertaining and also the house wherein I dwell [sic, ? dwelt] after my wife's death, subject to the payment of £100 to Edward Scarlet of Leostofte [? Lowestoft, Suffolk] and his wife Anne, Robert Marten to have the preference should they sell the house where he dwells. Executor and residuary legatee: the said John Cole of Ipswich. Supervisor: Wm. Draper, [to whom I give] 6s. 8d. Witnesses: Thos. Borage, John Gardyner, and Henry Hannam, "the writer hereof."

Proved at Ipswich by the executor 4 March 1566