WILL OK StR HfeNRY VERNON, OF HAbUON. 83 



tymes thynkynge of thys wrechyd lyft'e Seyng by Sircuts of days 

 & revolucon of yeres the daye of deth to ffall whych nothyiig 

 lyffyng may passe therfore of thys helthfull mynde thus I make 

 my testament, ffyrst I bequeth my Sowle to Allmyghty god and 

 to o' lady Saynt Mary and to all the holy Company of hevyn 

 & to blyssid Saynt Anne and to be dyfendyd agenst all wycked 

 Sprets (spirits). Itm I bequeth my body to be buryed in the 

 place at Tonge where I haue assigned my selfe to lye And for 

 as muche as w' good prayers and almes deeds the soule ys 

 deliu'ed from eu'lastyng dethe & payne / therfor ytt ys that I 

 wyll and bequethe that a Covenable (fitting) preste shall syng 

 for my Sowle my wyffe Sowle my ffathur & Mothur & all my 

 Chyldern & all Crysten Sowlys and say dayly w' ffull offes of 

 dethe in the sayd Churche of Tonge or in the Chappell when 

 ytt ys made takyng for hys Sawde* C" yerely duryng the space 

 of V yeres next after my dethe & that iij Trentallsf be sayd w' 

 conuenable prestys the day of my burying yff yt may so be done 

 and ells (else) to be done afore my monythys mynd+ and ou' 

 this I wyll that vij Trentalls ou' the sayd thre w'in a halfe yere 

 aft"^ my dethe be sayd And of thys my testament afore wrytton 

 and after Truly to be done I ordeyne constitute and make my 

 'I'rew executors Richard Vernon my Sone and heyer Arthur my 

 son Antony fifitzherbart sergeant at the lawe and Sir Thomas 



* Sawde. Hire ; pay. 



t TrentaL The service of thirty masses said for the soid of a deceased 

 person ; also the allowance to the priest for performing the Service. 

 " Trentalls, quoth he, delivereth fro penaunce 

 Their friendis soulis, as well olde as younge. "— 



Chaucer's ^onynour's Tale. 



X Month's mind. This term is frequently found in old wills and testamentary 

 dispositions. Where mention is made of a month's mind, and a year s mind, they 

 were greater or lesser funeral solemnities ordered by the deceased to hold him 

 in remembrance, and at which masses were said for his soul. The custom 

 ceased at the Reformation. 



" I see you have a month's mind to them." 



Two Genlleineit of I'eiona. 



" For if a trumpet sound or drum Ijeat, 

 Who has not a month's mind to combat ? " 



Hudibras. 



