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The Will of Mark Dingley (-1557)
The following is incomplete and fragmentary. This is because I had difficulty in places and ran out of steam, rather than the document itself being incomplete.
In the name of god amen The fourthe dai of August in the yere of our Lorde god a Thousande ffive hundreth fiftie and fyve And in the seconde and thirde yeres of the Reignes of oure soviraigne Lorde and Ladye Phillip and Marye [1553-1558] By the grace of god kinge of England ffrannce Naples Jerusalem and Irelande defenders of the faithe Prinns of Spayne and .... Archedukes of Austriche Duke of Millayne Burgundie and Brabannte Counties of ..... fflanders and Tiroll I Markes Dyngeley of ffrognall in the parishe of Chiselhurste in the countie of Kent .... being in soud and parficte mynde and memory .... and prayse be gyven unto Almightie god, do make and ordeyne this my pute testament and laste will for the disposing of .... my moveable goodes as here after folowithe ffirst I give and bequethe my soule to my Lorde god maker and Redmer of the world and Savior of the same having suche hope and confids in that thoroughe the merits of his passion which he suffered for me and all mankind I shall ... .... ... ... .. And my dodye to be buried in xpen buriall wheresou' yt shall please Almightie god that I shall channge my liefe in this transitory worlde. Item I give and bequeath to Marke Woodford my godsonne Twentie Mrks in money my little blacke Curtall my Cloke garded with velvet, my best velvet hosen all my upper Cupprt my best tawny saten doblett my gowne of Shexes Cullo garded with velvet my best clothe ... ... I give and bequethe to the said Marke my grounde called litle mead Lande hilles and Golgoo haye to have and to hold the same grounde to the saide Markes & his assignes during the naturall liefe after saide Markes paying therfore yerely to myne heires suche yerely rent as one Snoddon paide for the same ... .... .... and my ... and mynde is that when the said Marks Woodford shalbe of thage of xxi yeres That then he shall release unto Johan Wynton of Poole in the Countie of dorst and her heires all suche ... right interest and title as he hath of m and to all that .... thappurtenncs ... and being in Poole aforesaid in the said Countie of dorst where I late bargeyned and solde unto her as by myne heires and their Lernyd Counsell shalbe denysed, before that he shall have and enyon any of my legacies and bequestes by me to hym by that my pute testament givyn and bequeathed or els this same legacies to hym given and bequeathed to be utterlie void Item I give and bequethe to Ann Dyngeley my doughter Inlegitymate Twentie ponde upon Condicion that she be ordered and rewled in mariage by myne Executours and that the said xxli shalbe delyvered to Mr Laylande and his wief her Mr and Meistres to her use to be ymployed towards the ffynding and keping of her So Always that they shall .... bonnde unto myne Executors hereunder namyd with sufficient .... with them for the repayment of the same xxli to the said Anne at the determynicion of the yeres of her .. Apprentized or ells the daye of her mariage Also I give to the said Anne my next best fether bed my next best Mattres wth the next best bolster to them belonginge Which I have in kent or in london my next beste coverlet ... blanket of ... ... and two payer of shets not of the worse nor of the best that I have in london or kent. Item I will that John Curle my frnnte [servante?] shall have and hold for terme of his naturall lief my Tent called the Cote in yarford paying therfore yerelye to myn heires the yerely rent and ... .... Item I give and bequethe to my brother Sawyer dwelling at ye George in Southwarke fourtie Lodes of ffagotts to be delyided to hym or his assignes at Detforde ... in Recompence for suche gentilnes and all other things for the whiche I am fonnde to recompence hym Item I give and bequethe unto James Dyngeley my sonne all my moveable goodes and Cattalls what soen they be whiche I have in the Countie of Kent and in London by me not given willed nor bequethed particularly To annother person or persons (my monye and .... excepte) Item my will and mynde is that the said James Dngley shall have and hold to hym and his assignes during his naturall lief my Chamber over the new celler within my house called frognall in the said Countie of Kent wherin Tasker was Lately accustomed to lye And my Orchard in Blakes called paradice with all the commodities thereof in as large and Ample Manner and form as I have resynyd same to my self by and Indentured by me
thereof made to Richard Dyngeley my sonne during all the terme of yeres mencioned in the said Indenture The same James and his assignes paying therfore yerely to myn heires one ... ... at the feaste of the .... Of saynt John Baptiste onely (if it be requyred) Also my mynde and will it that John Dyngeley my eldest sonne shall have and ... to hym his heires and assignes the ... chamber over the closet in my said house called Ffrognall and my Orchard called wattshookes wth the grasse ffrewtes and all other commodities ther to belongig in as Large and ample maner and forme as I have resynyd the same to my self by the Indentur of lease by me therof and grannted unto the said Richard Dyngeley my sonne during the terme of yeres ..nteyned in the same Indenture Also I give give to the said John Dyngeley my best damaske gown and my best velvet ... Item I give and bequethe to Richard Dyngley my sonne my silver cupp with the cover whiche I had of the gift of Sr Richard Weston and my best Mare whiche I have within the Isle of Wight my best gowns of ... and my seconde best velvet ... Item I give and bequethe to Edward Harrendey of London Mercer, my new gowne furred with martr... and edged wth parchement ... Item I give to Mrs Harrendey his wief xxx. lodes of dalwoode whiche lyeth in apple beside my howse in kent called Ffrognall to be delyvred to her in the messuage called Northumberland planwithin the Citie of London where she nowe dwelleth The residue of my goodes .... and Cattalls moveable and ummoveable .... Jewells and redy money whatsoever they be or wheresoever they may be founde or knowed and by me not willed given or bequeathed, after my bodye honestly buried, my funeralle discharged, my debts whiche I do owe .. ... dewtie being trewly cuntensyd and paide and my Legacies in this my .... testament and laste will fulfilled and paid I holye frely and clerely give to my sonne John Dyngeley to do with them in dede of pitie and charitie for my soule as he wold I should for hym yf he were in case like. The whiche John Dyngeley I ordeyne and make Executor of this my ... testament and last will. And I will and desire my brother Sr Fraunces Fleminge knight and my sonne William More to be overseers of this my ... testament and last will. And I desire them that they will set my Executors to do the trew execucon thereof. And I give to eyther of the ... for their paynes taking in that ... Twentie shillings. In wytness whereof to this my ... testament and last will have set my hande and Seale youen the daie and yere abovesaid. These beinge witnesses of the same Teste me Anthonio Bonde Scriptor per me Johen Sparvell s'uant dei scriptors per me Waltero Andrewes s'uent die Anthonii Bonde.
This is the last will of me the saide Marke Dyngeley conternynge the disposicion of all my ... ...uyldings Lands Tents and other hereditaments what form in Chesilhurst Ffowtiscraye Powliscraye and Rucksley in the Countie of kent or else where in the said Countie of kent ffirst ... hand... and to ... Letten to Richard Dyngeley my sonne all my landes and Tents In Chiselhurst Fowtescraye Powlestray and Rucksley aforesaide for terme of po...... yeres And upon the said lease ... ... ... of ... to me the said Markes Dyngeley and to myne heyres. I will that James Dyngley my youngest sonne ... the said kent of xxli by the yere upon the said lease ... to thonely use and commoditie of the saide James Dyngeley for and ... the ... of ffyvetyte yeres next ... after my deathe And after these fyve ... ... I will and bequeathe to John Dyngeley my eldest sonne the said ... ... ... ... and all my said landes ... ... buyldings and other hereditaments whatsoen in Chiselhurste Fowtiscraye Powliscraye and Ruckesley aforesaide or else where in the said Countie of kent To have and to hold all the saide landes Tiniments and other ... ... ... to the said John Dyngeley and to theldst heire male at the ... of the bodye of the said Dyngeley begotten ... so after ... to every eldest heyre male at the ... ... of the bodye of the said John begotten so long as any shall onlyve And for lacke of suche heyres of the bodye of the saide John begotten Then I will all my said landes and teniments and other the .... ... Richard Dyngeley my seconde sonne ...
I the saide Markes Dyngeley to this my laste will have sett my hande and Seale ... the fourth day of Auguste in the yere of our Lorde god ... ... ... fyftie and fyve And in the ... and thirde yeres of the Reignes of ... Soveraigne lorde and Ladye Phillipp and Marye by the grace of god king and Quene of Englande ffrance Naples Jerusalem and Ireland defender of the faithe Prynns of Spayne and ... Archedukes of Anstriche dukes of ...