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Will of Richard Ramply 28 July 1600 (proved 14 December 1600)

SRO Reference: IC500/2/45
Book: J545/23
Date: 1600
Page: 89

///In the name of God Amen///
The eight and twentith day of Iuly in the yeare of our Lord God 1600
and in the two and fortith yeare of the raigne of our Soueraigne Lady
Quene Elizabeth etc. I Richard Ramply of Fakenham Magna
in the Countie of Suffolk husbandman sicke of bodie and of perfect
///remembrance///

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///remembrance/// (thankes be vnto Almightie God) doe ordeine and make this
my last will and Testament in manner and forme followinge. First I doe willinglie
and with a free hart render and give againe into the hand of Almightie God, my soule
which he gave to me at the begininge when as he did fashion me in my Mothers wombe
and my body I Committ to the earth whereof it was first made hopinge and stedfastlie
beleevinge that by the merit and death of Christ Iesus my Redeemer both my soule
and bodie shalbe made partaker of everlastinge life in heaven. And my said bodie I
will to be buried in the Churchyard of Fakenham aforesaid. ///Item/// I give unto
Richard Ramply my sonne all my wollen Apparell. viz. coate, dublette, hose, hatts
and cloake And one black cowe. ///Item/// I give vnto Margarett my daughter one
Featherbed, and bolster with all other the furniture and appurtenance therevnto beloginge,
together with one bedsteed nowe in my bed chamber: and alsoe all my linnen whatsoeuer
nowe in my house and all my woll and one peece of Russet Cloth for a wastecoate
///Item/// I give vnto the said Margarett my daughter the summe of sixe poundes thir-
tene shillings and fower pence of lawfull english money to be paid vnto her by mine
executor in manner and forme hereafter expressed: viz. five nobles thereof yearely
and everie yeare duringe the terme of fower yeares next followinge after my decease
In Condideracion whereof I doe give and bequeath vnto my said Executor and his heires
for ever all, my house or messuage and land lyenge and being in Fakenham Magna afore-
said. And if my said Executor and his heires shall not effectuallie pay or cause to be
paid the said summe and everie peece thereof as is aforesaid within one moneth next after
lawfull request and demand thereof made at my said house by the said Margarett
or her Assignes: Then I will my former gifte of my said house and land to mine Executor
and his heiers to be vtterlie void, and the same to remaine fullie and wholie vnto the said
Margarett my daughter and her heiers. ///Item/// I will that all my houshold stuffe
and implementes of houshold not named before shall be equallie parted and devided to and
betwene the said Richard my sonne and Margarett my daughter within one month next
after my decease at the discrecion of henrie Rowse Clerke, Roberte Stepny: and
Thomas Doo Yeomen, of Fakenham Magna aforesaid, or anie two of them. The residue
of all my goodes and chattells not before bequeathed, my debte beinge paid, my legacies
discharged my body decentlie buried not before bequeathed, my debte being paid my le-
gacies discharged my body decentlie buried , and this my last will and Testament
all thinges fullfilled, I doe fully and wholy give, and bequeath vnto the said Richard Ramply
my sonne whome I doe ordaine and make my sole and onelie Executor of this my said
last will and Testament, and I doe …intr…a… and ordaine the said henrie Rowse Roberte
Stepny and Thomas Doo to be Supervisors of the same. ///In wittness/ whereof
to this my said last will and Testament I have sett my marke and seale the day and yeare
above written in the presence of Henrie Rowse and Thomas Doo. The marke and seale of
the Testator
///Probatum///