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transcription was made from Public Record Office reference PROB11/35 page 104 by
Bryan Hoggarth in June 2002 with assistance by Philip Richards.
1. In the name of God Amen The yere of our lord god a thousande
2. fyve hundreth fourtye and nyne the xxx daye of July in the thirde yere of the Reigne
3. of our victoryous kinge Edward the Sixte by the grace of god kinge of England
4. France and Irelande defender of the faith and of the church of England and Irelande
5. supreme head/ I Sylvester Danvers of Dauntesey in the Countie of Wiltes Esquire
6. whole of mynde and perfyct memorye thanks be given to god of whom I knowledge all goode
7. ???? and whiche to come of hym make this my last will and testament in maner and
8. forme folowing. First I bequeathe my soule to the only marcie of the Trynitie the father the
9. sonne and hooly goost in whom I do ??saynedly beleve without any ? inbyigce doute or
10. question and by the passyon of our lorde and Savior Jesus Christe the only begotten sonne of
11. the father. I only hope to be saved and by none other/ First for my moveable goods/ All
12. my moveable unmoveable goods and Cattalls and Shepe Oxen keyne withall stuf of
13. household in any manor of wyse being remayning pasturing or goinge in my Mannor
14. or house of Prescot in the parishe of Crepryddye in the Countie of Oxforde. I give and
15. bequeathe to Elizabeth Danvers my loving wief forever/ And further I give ysAgneath
16. my wief one ??? of wh? sylver goblett being piece gilte w acover/ Item yf the sayde
17. Elizabeth my wief be with childe and delyvered herafter of a male or man child that then
18. my will and bequest ys that the said male child shall enjoie possesse and have my lease
19. and veres of certayne downes and pastures for shepe th’one called Lyempes lande th’other
20. called Theven Downe set lying and being in the parishe of bysshopes Camynges in y Countie
21. of Wiltes. whiche downes and pastures. I the said Sylvester Danvers have by indenture of
22. Eward Baynton gent beringe date xth Apriles Anno secundo Regin Regis Edwardi
23. Sixte as by the said Indenture more at large yt dothe appere withall my stock of ycos hogges
24. and wethers going and pasturing in the same/ And yf it be a female and woman childe
25. Than then I give and bequeathe out of the saide stock and lease above specified the some of
26. CClxvi£ xiijS iiijD of good and lawfull money of Englande to the mariage ?p?aforement
27. of the sayd female and woman childe/ And yf it fortune my saide wief to have none nothing
28. male nor female of my bodye lawfully begotten that then I give the same lease and downs
29. above written with all the stocke theruppon to the preferment of all my doughters of my first
30. wief begotten to be equally devyded amonge them. Item I give to my oldest doughter Anne
31. Danvers to her marriage the some of CClxvj£ xiijS iiijD And to Elizabeth and Ursula my
32. Doughters every of them the some of two hundreth poundes to theire mariages And yf it fortune
33. any of my saide Doughters to dye before they or any of them be maryed that then her parte that
34. so duth do revert and come amongeste the rest of my doughters/ Item I gyve to my sonne John
35. Danvers the some of one hundreth thirtie thre pounds six shillings and eight pence which
36. William Beade of Myttoy within the Countie of Glouster Shire with me as apperith by his
37. Wrytinges to me made therein. The rest of my goodes not above bequeathed I give to John Danvers
38. my oldeste sonne whome with my ?nble Anthony Hungerford knight Walter Hungerford Edward
39. Baynarde Esquire I make my sole Executors of this my laste will and testament/ In
40. witness whereof I the said Sylvester Danvers to this my pnte [present?] will and testament have sub//
41. scribed my name and putte my seale the daye and yere above said in the presence of Walter
42. Hungerford Edward Baynarde Esquires and George Worthe gentleman
1/ This is the Laste Will and testament of me Sylvester
2/ Danvers esquyre of all my land Tenements and hereditaments that I have in possession
3/ or Reversion within the counties of Wilts Oxford and Cornwall First the kinges
4/ most exellent majestie to have hys graces use during the mynoritie of John Danvers
5/ my sonne or other my children yf the said John do dye during any of their mynoritie
6/ or mynoryties the full and entyre thirde some of all my landes and possessions that I have
7/ in possession or reversion according to the statute therin provided / First where as the entyre
8/ and hole some of all my landes in the counties above said beinge at this present in possession
9/ Amounteth to the some of CClij£ x?ocySS /. I will the kings majestie to have all my landes &
10/ tenements called or knowne by the name or names of Mayen senteleck Rynsey Rosbeye
11/ wyn Carlmayend pesantyntrre landes thende in Trygge Tremateney Maneley Tothll
12/ Trevant Treonewell S'yt?va Treynscoss lambond Dre??will Trevyne Ttebarrde ?
13/ Treb???yane Eglos thryll DreboneherChris???d Saynt ?oraymt. Boshasorthinne
14/ Trebogelie sest lying and beinge within the countie of Cornwall; the totall some
15/ whereof is lx£ xs vd oB ?? over and above one Annuytie of xx£ going oute of the
16 ??????? above wreten to my mother Margaret Danvers wydowe by the grante
17/ of my granndmother Anne Danvers deceased who was sole wheretonre thereof and
18/ also the rent of the farme of Markeden in the Countie of Wiltes the some of xii£ ijS
19/ yerely and also the said rent of viij£ xiijS of my farme and lands of Berinhand
20/ whithin the saide Countie. the totall somme of all lxxjj vj£ xs &vd half farding/ The
21/ seconde parte to wthinge my lands for the payment of my debts the somes of monie for
22/ my children in marriage Annuyeties of my children ?yns??g freinds and ?????
23/ I will to be ????d pp???ard and taken oute of my manours of Dantesy within the Countie
24/ of Wilts the somme of the rent yerely '' is one hundreth fyftene poundes. twelve shillinges
25/ tenn penny oute of the whiche some I will and give to my wyfe Elzabeth as recompence
26/ of her Dower xx£ yerly oute of my fore said Manoure of Dauntesey to and within my
27/ Manoure and Mansyon house of prescot within the Countye of Oxford the value
28/ whereof is Threscore poundes duringe her natural lyfe/ Item I give oute of the sayd
29/ Manour of Dantesey one Annual rent of xx£ to my Cosyn Walter Hungerforde
30/ to endre by the space of one hole yere and my whyte trottinge geldinge/ Item to Sr Anthony
31/ Hungerford knight tenne pounde of money/ Item to Edward Baynard tenn pound of
32/ money for their paynes taking about this my last will and testament/ Item I gyve unto
33/ my youngest sonne Anthony Danvers of my first wief begotten my Manoure of
34/ Wynterboen Dauntesey in the County of Wilts the value whereof ys viij£ to the said
35/ Anthonye and to the heirs males of his bodye lawfully begotten/ And for default of
36/ Issue male of the said Anthonye to the right heyres of me Silvester Danvers forev/ Item
37/ I give to Anne Elizabeth and Ursula my doughters and to every of theym till such tyme
38/ as they shall come to thage of xxi yeres or be maried eviry one of them one Annuall
39/ and yerely rent of foure poundes going oute of my fore said Manor of Dauntesey/ Item
40/ I give to my seconde sonne Henry Danvers one Anuall rent of xij£ vis vijd
41/ going oute of alease or pasture called sainte Annes lease within my Manour of
42/ Smythcote during the lyf naturall of George Worthe by Indenture for ??r??? of his livfe
43/ And after his decease and deathe of the said George Worthe I will the sayd Henry Danvers
44/ to injoie the said Lease and pasture before named for the terme and space of lx yeres
45/ yeldinge and paying yerely to the heires of me Sylvester Danvers the forsaid some of
46/ xij£ viS vijd during the space of the forsaid terme/ item I will that after the deathe
47/ of William Saye that my yongeste Anthony Danvers shall have the house that the
48/ said William dwellithin. to the sayd Anthony Danvers my sonne during the space of
49/ xxi years yeldinge and paying all such rents as the said William Saye nowe payeth to
50/ me Sylvester Danvers during the space of the said terme of xxxi yeres above afor said
51/ Item I give and beqeath to George Worth my s***te my sorrell gelding and his mare
52/ that I bought laste of hym,/ Item I give to Robert Bucknell the Register my graye
53/ trotting mare that was bought in Dorsetshire, Item Robert Hayes my gray trotting
54/gelding norborne, Item John Small my black Curtall called Nycholas/ Item John
55/ Mychell my graye Amblinge colte that I bought of George Worthe / Item to Roger
56/ Medyne my dune trotting flapping mane gelding, Item Harry Neale my graye
57/ Curtall that I hadd of my syster Ann Wykes widow, Item Thomas Ball my
58/ white mare ambling/ Item Baldwyn Lee my graye horse, Item John Ha?tyne
59/ my trotting gelding that I bought of Fowler/ Item to Webb my ambling horse
60/ coller baye called gildn , Item John Knappe my graye ambling nagge bought of
61/ Sr John, Item Christopher Brages my baye mare that I had of my brother Wykes
62/ Item Thomas Lee my younge baye mare/ Item I give Robert Allyn my baye mare
63/ that I bought of George Worthe/ Item I give to Thomas Mychell my Whalle syde
64/ Item I give to Thomas Potyfer my servant my younge black mare, Item to Barnarde my
65/ ????ce my graye nagg called legeasag, And as maney of my horsses mares coltes not
66/ above bequeathed remayning in my manor of Dauntesey I give to Elizabeth my wief
67/ In witnes whereof as above ys declared, I have put my hand and seale the day and
68/ yere above saide witnesses knowing the same this is the last will and testament
69/ of me Sylvester Danvers pcely mendyd with myne owne hande ?thens this my will
70/ made the xxx daye of July in the thirde yere of our Soveraigne lord king Edward
71/ the Sixte Will????? stande in effecte in all payments trusting that Eizabeth my
72/ wief will not go aboute to Alter nothing comprysed ther in my will and yf she do
73/ then I will that all my moveable goodes grannted to her shall reverte to that mariage
74/ of my doughters that the lands whiche I gave bequeathed to the mariage of theym may
75/ the sonner come to those of John Danvers my sonne/ Item I gyve to the childe that my
76/ wyfe goith withall the some of two hundreth pounds which I bequeathed to margery
77/ my doughter pront on ? ading ultima voluntate plimns centinet
PROBATIUM
~~~~Proved in London on xvi day of May 1552 ~~~~~ Hungerford ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~