In dei no'ie, Amen. In the yere of our Lord God m. ccccciiij, the iiijth day of Maye; I Margaret ffyske of Laxfield, wiff of Jaffrey Ffyske of the same town, beynge of good mynde and hoole rememberaunce, Mak my Testament and last will in this manner of wise folowyng, ffirst, I bequeath my soule to Almyghty God, to our Lady Saynte Marye, and to all the hooly company of hevyn, and my body to be buryed in the cherchyerd of Laxfield, aforesaid. Item, I bequeth to the heye auter in Dennington, xijd. [12 pence]: and to the heye auter in Laxfeld xijd. Item, to the gilde of our Lady in the same town iijs iiijd [3 shillings and fourpence]. Item, I bequeth to the blakke Fryers of Donwich iijs iiijd.; and to the Grey Fryers in the same town, iijs iiijd. Item, for a prests' s'vyce by an hoole yere a resonabil stypende. Item, I bequeth to Mr. John Fyske x s [10 shillings]. Item, to Jaffrey his brother, vis viijd [6 shillings and eightpence]. Item to the same Jaffrey a brass pan unbounde. Item to Eche Godchild, iiijd. Item, I bequeth to Margarett Cryspe, the wiff of Jaffrey Cryspe, whelewryght, a brass potte. Item to John Base, of Dennington, the yonger o potte wt a broke syde. Item, to Ele Warner of Denyngton my best cappe. Item, to Edeny Basse an harnesse gyrdill wt a blew corse. Item, to Johan Lefechild, of Norwich, xijd. Item to Isabell West, a cote, a peyer hosys and a peyer of shoys. Item I bequeth to Drap's wyff my cloke. All myn other gooddys not geven nor bequethed I geve and bequeth to Mr. John Fyske, whom I ordeyn and make myn feythfull Executor to fulfille this testament and to dispose for me the most pleasure and honor to Godde and profyght to my soule.
Proved at Horeham, May 13, 1504.
(Archdeaconry of Suffolk [Ipswich Probate Registry], book 4, fo.
135)
Published in the October 1932 issue of the Journal of the New England Historical Genealogical Society.