aut maioris partis eorum arbitrio con- 
vertendum. Si vero fortassis in partibus 
_ tr*nsmarinis aut in mari tr*nseundo aut 
redeundo captus fuero per inimicos et 
exaccionatus aut in partibus ipis stando 
itm exposuero de bonis meis aut alii 
forsan casus contigerint adversi qd bona 
Mea non sufficiant ad complecionem 
_ huius mee ultime voluntatis tune volo 
quod fiat defalcacio de superius legatis 
relictis in certis personis principaliter 
similiter et de relictis diuitibus et magis 
habundantibus religiosis et aliis iuxta 
executorum meornm et supervisorum 
discrecionem. Ita tamen quod de 
legatis relictis egentibus personis aut 
servientibus meis vel cognatis nichil 
penitus detrahatur nisi maxima ne- 
cessitas id exposcat 
Huius autem testamenti mei et vltime 
voluntatis meos facio ordino et constituo 
executores Magistrum Reginaldum Kent- 
_ wode ecclie London Decanu Robtum 
Andrew et Thoma Kal’mayn cognatum 
_ ™meum scutiferos Magrm Philippum 
_Polton Archidiaconu Gloucestr ac Do- 
minum Willm Heende ecclie Sarum 
 Canonicu et Thomam Lauyngton con- 
sanguineum meum. 
_ Lysens, 1441. 
By the Rev. C. Soames, 
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out, I leave to be converted to pious uses 
for the salvation of mine and the other 
above-mentioned souls, at the discretion 
of my executors and supervisors, or of 
the major part of them. If, however, 
it should happen that I should be taken 
captive byenemies in parts beyond the sea, 
or in crossing the sea, or in returning, 
and be forced to pay a ransom, or that by 
living in those parts I should expend so 
much of my property, orif any other ad- 
verse calamities should chance to happen, 
so that my property shall not suffice for 
the completion of this my last Will; 
then, I desire that there be, principally, 
a diminution made of legacies left 
as above to persons not designated by 
name, and, in like manner, of those left 
to the more wealthy religious persons, 
and others, according to the discretion 
of my executors and supervisors. In 
such manner, however, that from the 
legacies left to needy persons, andto my 
servants or relations, nothing at all be 
taken away, unless the very greatest 
necessity require it. 
Of this my last Will and testament I 
make, appoint, and constitute as my 
executors Master Reginald Kentwood,* 
Dean of the Church of London, Robert. 
Andrew, and Thomas Quartermain, my 
kinsman, Esquires, Master Philip Pol- 
ton,+ Archdeacon of Gloucester, and Sir 
William Heende,f Canon of the Church 
of Sarum, and Thomas Lavington, my 
relation. 
* Reginald Kentwode, Dean of S. Paul’s by election. Succeeded by Thomas 
+ Philip Poulton, Archdeacon of Gloucester, was the testator’s cousin, and son 
_ of Thomas and Edith Poulton, of Wanborough. There is a brass in the ante- 
chapel of All Souls College, Oxon: representing him kneeling, the inscription 
_ perfect, on the shield of arms three mullets of five points pierced. He died 
1461. 
of Wanborough at end of will. 
1447. Archdeacon of Worcester, 1433. 
See Jackson’s Aubrey and Kite’s Wilts Brasses. 
See note on Poltons 
* t William Hende, Canon of Axford, Sarum Dioc., 1426; of Alton Australis, 
