1534 Will of Robert Curteis IC/AA2/12/19
In the name of God Amen the ffyrst
Day of Marche in the yere of our Lorde M dddddxxxiiii(1534)
I RobtCurteys of Waldryngfeldbeying in a
holemynde make my last will in this wysse following
Fyrst I bequethe my Soule to Almyghtie god & Lady
SayntMarye& unto all the hoolyecompanye of
Hevyn my body to be buried in the churchyard
ofWaldryngfeld aforesaid Also I will that my
howses and my land remain to my son William he
to have yt when he ys of lawfull [age] and yf so be he
dye or hye be of age to enter yd then I will yt my
saidhowses and land to be sold by my brother John
Curteys or be his assignes and be my father in
lawexls (40/-) of the monytherof to myng to be Gavyn
to my exectors to Waldryngfeld church and the rest
to be song &doy for me and my friends., The residue
of my gooddysunbequeathed I putte the dycresion of
my executors whenas they shall thing best & most
meryte for the helth of my soule whom I make John
Curteys my bro[t]h[er]s, Willm Green my Fa[t]h[er-in]lawe
Witness of this WillmZackereBartylmew Green
Another will from the first third of the 16th century. Another one for the Waldringfield churchyard.This Robert Curteis had a brother John Curteis (Curtis) who was executor for Thomas Bulle (?Boole) . He has a son called weilliam Cutreis (Curtis) who is clearly not yet of age. It is richard’s intention that houses (note plural) and land be left to William or sold to John. There is mention of a father-in- law – Willm Green (William Green – possibly rewlated to Richard Green, executor of other wills). Heaven knows what song and doy for me and my friends unl might… Read more »