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1581  Will of Elizabeth Starling

In the name of God Amen about the

Xvii (17th)thdaie of December in the yeare of o[u]r Lorde

God a thousand five hundred fowerskore and one (1581)

I Elizabeth Starling of Waldringfeld

In the countie of Suff[olk] Singlewoman

Being in good &perfecte remembrance thanked be

God therefore did make her laste will and testament

Nuncaputive in manner and forme following / first

She bequethed her sowle to almightie god

Andher bodie to be buried in the churchyerde of

Waldringfilde aforesaid / Item she gave and

bequeathed unto Ann Arrolde her goddaughter

onecowe in the occupation? Of Thomas Goslyn

paying to her brother John Arroldetenne

shillings as the ferme? of the cowe do grow

Item shegyve one other cowe in the occupaton?

ofRobte Wright of Foxhole to be sold by her

executors and the money thereof coming to be equalie

devided between her brother John Starlings

children of Foxhole to by payd within one yeare

after her decease / Item she also gave unto Thomas

Starling her brother a bed / Item she gave

untoAlyce Starling her sister her coffer

as it was / Item she gave and bequeathed unto

her brother WillmStarlinges children iis (2/-] apece

to be payd by her executors all the residue

of her goods she gave unto Thomas Gosling

ofWaldringfield for and in consideration of her

keeping and bringing her bodiehonestlie to the

ground which sayde Thomas Goslyn she

made and ordeyned her sole Executor  These

being witnesses RObtPedgrave& Margaret Pedgrave his wife

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10 years ago

1581 Elizabeth Starling of Waldringfeld- Singlewoman
Thomas Goslyn – executor

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