Ann Bridson als Quay, 1637

Submitted by: Michael Bridson
              Date:
        Original: MM EW 9/348

       The XXI of September 1637

The last will and testament of Anne Quay who comitt[ed]
her soule into the hands if Almighty god & her
body to the earth. It she left to the poore [after] the 
discretion of her executor; It she left to her brother
John Quay a boule of barley wch is in his hands
[deleted] It she left to her sister in law Ellin Brid
=son a peticoat & waistcoat  [deleted] It
she left to Ellin Qualtrough a waistcoate; It to her
father in law a sheepe; It left and constituted
her lawful executor of all the rest of her goods
moveable & unmoveable her husband Thomas Brid
=son This is her last will and testament It she left a
mutton to [deleted] [    ] for some              |               Testes George Whetstone
money wch she [owed] him. It she left       |                          Thomas Quarten
to Tho: Quarten & George Whetstone         |
a lambe betwixt them.

(In a different hand)
Whereas the wittneses doe differ concerning some
legasies before mentioned But [                             ]
the proving & [   ]of the will [                                           ]
[    ] herein, they are [                                        ] therefore   
with mutual consent the husband & the brother have
agreed to be [joint] ex'tors & the court hath ratified the 
(in the previous hand)
inventory taken by sufficient men; [    ] sworne to
price the goods to the full value; [vide]: Thom's Quarten
Thomas Tayler John Myllyreah & Gibt Quaile as [   ]
followeth.

( a thirteen line inventory follows, torn at the bottom.)