WILL OF ‘CLEMENS PASTON DE PASTON, sanæ mentis,’ etc.
(no style of Armiger or any other designation), A.D. 1419, June.
[Sidenote: 1419 / JUNE]
Leaves his soul to God, St. Margaret, and All Saints; his body to be
buried in the parish church of St. Margaret at Paston, between the north
door and the tomb of his wife Beatrix.
Legacies--(1) To the High Altar (sum not named); (2) To the Vicar of
Paston for tithes, etc., 3_s._ 4_d._; (3) For the lights ‘Beatæ
Margaretæ in cancella . . . coram ymagine Beatæ Margaretæ, vj _li._
cer.’; (4) ‘Item, luminibus super le Rodelofte ejusdem ecclesiæ, xij
_d._’; (5) For the reparation, etc. of the church, 3_s._ 4_d._; (6) To
the Vicar of Bakton (as above), 2_s._; (7) For the repair, etc. of the
Trunch church, 8_d._; (8) For the repair of Monslee church, 6_d._;
(9) ‘Item, Priori et Conventui de Bromholm, vj_s._ viij_d._’
The residue to Martha, ‘quæ fuit uxor Johannis Bakton, sorori meæ, et
Willelmo Paston, filio meo,’ that they may pay his debts, make
restitution for any wrongs done, and expend the rest in works of charity
and piety for the good of his own soul, that of Beatrix, his wife, the
souls of his deceased parents and benefactors, ‘et animabus fidelium
defunctorum.’
Witnesses--‘Nich’o Priori de Bromholm, Rich. Jernemuth Monacho, Rich.
Vicario Ecclesiæ de Paston prædicta, Johanne Kyng, capellano, Roberto
Gynne, et aliis.’
Proved at Norwich, ‘2 Oct. An. Dom. supradicto.’
[Footnote 188-1: [Reg. Dioces. Norvic., Hyrning, f. 51, b.]]
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