Be it remembred that forasmoch as Sir John Fastolf late decesed, of
grete affeccion, hath put me yn trust to be one of hys executors, and
seth hyt ys desyryd me to know my disposicion hereynne, myne advyse is
this, that fyrst an inventorie be made holye of hys godes and catell yn
all places, and thayt they be leyd yn sure waard by your discrecions,
tille the executors, or the moste part of tho that he put hys grete
trust uppon, speke wyth me and make declaracion to me of hys laste
wille, to the accomplyshment whereoff I wolle be speciall gode Lord.
Ferthymore, as touchyng hys buryeng and month ys mynde[194.2] kepyng,
that it be don worshyplye, accordyng to hys degree and for the helth of
hys soule, and that almesse be yeven yn mass seyng, and to pore peple to
the some of a hundred mrcks tille that othyrwyse we speke to geder; and
I can agree ryzt well that hys servaunts haf theyr rewardes be tymes
accordyng to hys wylle, to th’entent that they may be better disposed
and to pray for the wellfare of hys soule, takyng avyse of a lerned man
yn spirituell lawe, for no charge of administracion till the executors
com to ghedr, or the moste part that hys trust was most uppon, to tak
the administracion.