The Society’s MSS.—Chisledon and Dvaycot. 133 
Item I give unto the vicar of Chesulden tenne shillings Item I give and 
‘dequeathe unto Nicholas Stephyns Jerome and Richard my sonnes to every of 
‘them one hundreth poundes and one hundreth shepe the w"" some and shepe to 
“be delyvered when they come to lawful age, And yf it fortune that one of the 
foresaid my sons do Departe before he doth Receyve his legacies, Then I will his 
Legacie equally be devided betwixt thother twayn that be alive Item I give 
 Richarde my son the Lease of the parsonage of Swindon and he to enjoie it 
_ when he is of lawful age Item I give unto my son Thomas Stephyns daughters 
to every of them twentie pounds Item I give unto Jane York my doughter 
‘Tenn poundes Item I give unto Robert Maskulyne and Jane Maskulyne to 
every of them vj! xiij* iiij’/ Item I give unto George Maskulyne and Agnes 
‘Chatterton my syster to every of them iiij' vj‘ viij' Item I give unto Hughe 
‘Myddelhurst Thomas Ryve William Starte to every of them xl*. Item I give 
unto all my other servants both men and women to every of them vj‘ viij* Also 
I give unto my sonne Thomas servauntes to every of them vi‘ viij' Item iE 
give unto John Austen one cowe Item I give unto my godchildren to every of 
‘them one shepe. Item I give unto William Waldron xx" The rest of my goodes 
not given nor bequest so that my debts and legacies paied I give them unto 
Joane my wiefe and Thomas my sonne, whom I test and make my Executors 
of this my last will and testament Witness hereof Roger Colley Thomas 
Hynton James Hall James Doberlowe w' other Item I ordeyn and make Roger 
Colley Thomas Hinton James Hall supvisors and to have for their labor every 
‘of them fourtie shillings. 
_ (Administration, “‘ad viam intestati,” was granted, 2 May, 1553, of the 
testator's estate, to Joan, the relict, she and her son Thomas, the executors, 
having, for certain causes, renounced the burden of execution.) 
: ‘Particulars of his Berkshire estate are supplied by an :— 
4 Inquisition indented, taken at Abyngdon, co. Berks, 2 April, 6 Edward VI., 
* re Vincent Power, escheator of Oxford and Berks, after the death of Thomas 
Ihyns, gent. The said Thomas Stephyns, and Johan Stephyns his wife, were 
, the day before his death, of the manor of Inglesham, co. Berks, with its 
appurtenances, and of 10 messuayes, 3 tofts, 2 cottages, 1 water mill, 200 a. land, 
140 a. meadow, 120 a pasture, 4 a. wood, and 20 a. gorse and marsh, with 
7d. rent, in Inglesham and Nether Inglesham, co. Berks, and also of the 
owson of the church of Inglesham and of the vicarage, in demesne as of fee 
and of frank tenement respectively. She survived him, and is now living at 
Inglesham, the reversion of the premises belonging to Thomas Stephyns of 
: Idon, his son and heir. The said manor, &c., are held of the king in chief, 
service of half a knight’s fee, and payment of 33s. 1d. yearly, and are worth 
14s, 3d. clear per annum. The said Thomas Stephyns died 6 Sept. last 
, and Thomas Stephyns of Chesildon, his son and heir was 27 years old 
nd more at his said father’s death. (‘‘Escheators Inquisitions,” Series II., 
xford and Berks, 6 Edw. VI., No. 3.) 
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