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Facts and Events
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William Eyre |
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Male |
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William Eyre was shown in the 1545 subsidy at Ardeley, Hertfordshire.
"In the name of god Amen in the yere of oure lord god a m CCCCCLIX the xiiij Day of June in the first yere of the reigne of oure soueraigne lady quene Elizabeth[,] I William Eyre of Yardley [i.e., Ardeley] in the countie of hertford being of good memory lauding be god make my last Will and testamente in manere and forme folowing[.] First I geue and bequeth my soull to allmyghtie god my maker and my redemare and the blissede trynyte the father and the sonne and the holie ghost oure lady seynt Mary and all the blisside company of heuen And my body to be buryede in the church yarde of saynte lawrence of the parish of yardley[.] Itm' I geue and bequeith vnto Margaret my Wyffe my housse and my lande terme of hir liffe So that she keape hir selffe sole [i.e. single] And after hir Decesse I geue it vnto Richarde my sonne and vnto his heires of his body lawfullie begott[e]n[.] Itm' I Do geue vnto Katheryn my Doughtr xx nobiles for to be paid at the monethe Day[.] It I geue and bequeith vnto Elene my Dought vij nobiles[.] Also vnto Edmu'de hir sonne vjs viijd for to be paid at my moneth Day[.] Itm I geue vnto Katheryne my Doughtr a cowe at the Day of maryage[.] Itm I geue vnto Elizabeth my Doughtere a cowe at the Day of her maryage[.] The residue of my goodes vnbeqethede I geue vnto Margarete my wiff my funeralles and my Detts paid[.] Theis be the Dettes that Willia' Fane oowith vnto Willia' Eyre that is for to seye xxiijs iiijd for to be paid vnto my executores that [is] for to seye Margaret my wiff and Richarde my sonne whom I make my full executors. Also I will yf it fortune that eny of my seid children Do Decesse that the one shalbe the otheres heire equallie for to be partide emonges them then being a lyve[.] Also I will that Jamys bardall shalbe my ou'seare[.] Theis be the witnesse berars John Eyre[,] Thom[a]s Shotbolte the yongare[,] Thomas grey wth otheres[.] Proved 18 March 1559[/60]. Total Inventorij sljli xiijs iiijd."
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