1525 Will of Anne Mose
In die none Amen the xx)20) day of the monyth
July the yere off our Lord God mcccccxxv (1525) I Anne
Mose of WaldryngfeldWeddo in the diose of Norwych
Beying of hold mynde& good rememberance make my
Last will & testament in man[or] and forme following First
I bequethe my soale to allmightie God to our blissed
Lady Saynt Mary & all the holy company of Heven
And my body to be buryed in the churchyard of wodbrig
Waldringfieldaforsaid to the high alter of the wictche
Church I geve& bequeath for my tythes&oblacations
neglientlye forgotten in iiisiiiid(3/4d) Item I geve& bequeath
Unto Jeffrey Mose my son all those my lands and ten[ament]s wit[h]
all & singular therappur[tenance]s in Waldringfield
Hemley&Newbornwiche lately I purchased of
Will[ia]m Hyser, Thomas my brother to have & to hold
the same lands & tenements w[i]th all the appurtenances thereto
belongeth to the same Jeffrey Mose to his heyers
and assigns for ever Item I gevereg’re? all my ???? that
besiesed& unseized in my said lands of ???? or in any
p[ar]te of them they shall delyv[ere]’d or cause to be delivered
apart& ?????? at al thymes reg-site?? When the ther unto
shalbereg’red to the only use declared in this my last
will& testament to non other to the Intents to have
my said Testament truly p[er]formed so p-ldrlld? Whom I
make my executor Richard Green
It occurs to me that this could be the wife of William Moose. I don’t appreciate the meaning of Waldringfield Weddo – is that the same as Waldringfield West (now Waldringfield Heath)? Did she change her mind as to where she would be buried ie from Woodbridge to Waldringfield, suggesting, perhaps that she lived outside the usual Waldringfield envelope? It looks as though three farthings was the standard going rate for settling your negligently forgotten tithes to the high altar. This will was made in 1525. She left all her land and tenancies in Waldringfield, Hemley and Newbourne to her… Read more »