In the name of god Amen The sixth daye of August in the
year of our Lord god 1558. I Robert Campe of Nasying make this
my Last will and testament viz ffirst I bequeath my soul to
All mightie god And my body to be buryed [illegible] Item I give to the
church of Nasying xxd Item I give to John my eldest son and
to his heires of his bodye lawfully begotten my ten’t called Treytten
with two croftes next adjoyning containing seven acres more or
Lesse and [illegible] in Northfield hill two acres in hyde and [illegible]
them lying next to Andrew gyff house and the acres called
the petye [acre?] in hyde And one Acre lying in Nasying medow [?]
stretching from Land to water lying nere the land of Thomas
Campe according to a Surrender delivered to Thomas Campe Item
I give to John Campe my youngest sone and to his heires of his
body lawfullye begotten my Ten’t called nie aughts with there
crofts orchards and gardens containing by estymacyon vij acres one
croft and gardeyne plat called Morgunes [?] containing iiij Acres
and one croft called Murcheyns croft conteyning v [five] Acres and
three Acres in puddying pyghtell A parcel of land Lying
at northfield Bottom containing ij Acres two [illegible]
Lying in hide whereof two half Acres lye A
buttynge upon the hie way called Hide [illegible]
And the other Acre called Black Acre [illegible]
Acres lying in Nasyng mead at [Cowleat]
[illegible] beying ffyve roodes upon
[This above portion of the will is available in a photocopy at tomcamp.org. While very poor I was able to transcribe it. This I have done line for line. Only the top half of the words at the bottom of the page are visible. The rest of the will is from the transcribed portion at tomcamp.org and that punctuation belongs to that transcriber.]
Item I give to John my oldest son and to his Heirs of his bodye lawfully begotten 4 leases in Nasyng marshe / Item I give to John my youngest son and to his Heres of his bodye lawfully begotten 8 leases in nasyng Marsh and if any of my said 2 sons dye without the Heres of there bodyes lawfully begotten then my will is That he that survyeth shall inherit his part of All my lands and leases being [descassed?] / Item I give to Jeane Lynnet yf John my sone Come not from the warres two bullocks of two yeres of age / Item I give to Agnes my mayde servant a lambe to Be delyved by myne Executor and yf any of Lynnetts children Happen to be unpaide at the tyme of my deathe[,] then my Will is that the executor shall sell so much of my cattell As will discharge the sum / Item my will is that all the resydewe of my goods Moveable and unmoveable[,] any debtes paid and my funeralle Discharged[,] be equally devyded between my two sones and that John my youngest sone shall see my wyf well and honestlye kept During her naturall life and John my older sonne to paye Yorye 6s 8d to his younger brother twards her keapyng That is to saye 20d each eny [every?] quarter and I ordeyne and Make Thomas Campe my brother my executor to whome I give For his paynes 10s
Wytnesses
Thomas Saivier? John Banester[,] John Camp
Bundall? [see Will of William Campe 1591—a witness of his will is John Burdall] And others
