Dated Sept 10, 1551; proved May 9, 1552; To be buried in Saxsted churchyard.
To son Robert lands in Saxsted, Framlingham, Erls Soham, Monks Soham & Abbotte. Son William. ..; daughters: Annes & Christian; belchildren: John, Margaret, Brydit & Elizabeth Byrd; godchildren: John & Thomas Kerrych sons of Robert Kerrych & Annis daughter of William Kerrich. To WIFE'S goddaughter Olive Chapman. To Walter Tanner & his children. To all my belchildren EXCEPT John, Thomas & Annes Kyrrich, Robert Chapman & John Byrd. Exors: Robert Kerriche of Bedfield the elder & William Kyrrych of Weston, my 2 sons. Supervisor: Thomas Button the elder of Saxsted. Witnesses: Rycharde Button of Saxsted, John Page the elder of Earls Soham, John Curtis the elder of Earls Soham, Thomas Chapman of Saxsted, William Turner & John Hillyes priest of Earls Soham.
(Archdeaconry of Suffolk {Ipswich}, book 16, fo. 257). [NEHGR 75:290]