[Sidenote: 1482 / SEPT. 4]
In Dei nomine, Amen. Quarto die Septembris Anno Domini Millesimo
CCCC^{mo}lxxxij^o, Ego Robertus Paston de Wyveton, compos mentis et sanæ
memoriæ meæ existens, condo testamentum meum sive ultimam meam
voluntatem in hunc modum: In primis, lego animam meam Deo Omnipotenti et
Beatæ Mariæ Virgini et Omnibus Sanctis, corpusque meum sepeliendum
ubicunque Deus disposuerit. Item, lego summo altari de Weveton prædicto
pro decimis meis oblitis et male compensatis, xx_d._ Item, Gildæ Beatæ
Mariæ ibidem, xij_d._ Item, Gildæ Sancti Johannis Baptistæ ibidem,
xij_d._ Item, lumini super pelvem coram Crucifixo ibidem, viij_d._ Item,
lego lumini de _le Torchys_ ibidem, vj_d._ Item, reparacioni capellæ
Beatæ Mariæ in cimiterio ibidem, vj_d._ Item, campanis in campanili
ibidem, viij_d._ Item, reparacioni capellæ Sanctæ Trinitatis super
Pontem, vj_d._ Item, volo quod Margaretta uxor mea habeat sibi et
assignatis suis meam partem cujusdam navis vocatæ _le Gylys_, cum omni
apparatu prædictæ parti navis pertinenti et prædictam partem navis
prædicta Margareta sumptibus suis reparabit. Item, volo quod prædicta
Margareta uxor mea habeat ad terminam vitæ suæ messuagium meum cum
omnibus pertinentiis, commoditatibus, utensilibus, et necessariis
prædicto messuagio concernentibus; et post decessum prædictæ Margaretæ
volo ut prædictum messuagium meum vendetur, et de pecunia inde
proveniente volo quod Alicia filia mea ad conjugium semen habeat v.
marcas: Et si contingat quod prædicta Alicia obiret antequam conjuncta
fuerit, tunc volo quod prædictas marcas executores disponant in operibus
caritatis in ecclesia Wyveton prædicto . . . . . . . . . . . . Item,
volo cum residua pecuniæ de prædicto messuagio provenientis . . . . .
. . . ad celebrandum in ecclesia de Weveton prædicta pro anima mea et
anima dictæ Margaretæ [&c.] . . . . . . . . Et requiro in nomine Jesu
feoffatos meos ut ipsi faciant legitimum statum ei vel eis qui
messuagium prædictum adquirere voluerit aut voluerint sine
contradictione sive impedimento aliquibus. Item, lego Willelmo
Wynterton, iij_s._ iiij_d._ Item, lego negoti meo [_no name_] unam
togam, unam deploidam, unum par caligarum ad disposicionem Margaretæ
uxoris meæ.--The rest of his goods to be disposed of by his executors at
their discretion for the good of his soul.
Executors--his wife Margaret and Edmund Shotery, clerk.
Proved at Cley, 9 Oct. 1482.
[Footnote 199-2: [Norwich Archdeaconry Reg., vol. i. f. 29, b.] [I
do not know whether this Robert Paston was at all nearly related
to the family, whose correspondence is contained in these volumes;
but this will and the will of his wife Margaret, which follows,
are interesting in themselves, and deserve a place, even on
account of the testator’s surname.]]
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