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The debts owed by said John and ifargerr amount to £2 2-s. Qd., & include 

 " head rent owed, 22d." " to the Church of the Holv Trinity, 4s.," " to the 

 Fraternity of St. John the Baptist, 10s.," "for head rent of a holding in 

 ' Oustmanton,' 'Is. 6d." " to Christopher Preston for his garden, 4s. M." 



Follows the last WUl and Testament of the said John Lytill : — ^he leaves 

 his soul to God, Blessed Mary and All Saints, and his body to be buried in 

 the Chapel of the Blessed Mary in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, 

 Dublin, near the body of Alianora Comyn, his former wife. He leaves to 

 John, his illegitimate son, his silver-covered girdle, his platter with a tripod, 

 and a belL To Sir William fitz William, chaplain, he leaves a gown, the bed 

 on which he lies, & his deeds (cartae) to remain and be preserved among the 

 deeds of the said chapeL To Thomas Elys he leaves a haketon, a gown, a 

 sword, a beU, a dagger, a bow & arrows, & a brass pot. He leaves his 

 share of the linen to the altars of the said church, & the rest of his goods to 

 his executors to be disposed of for the welfare of his soul. His lands & 

 tenements which Sir Walter Northampton holds in the parishes of St. John 

 the Evangelist, St. Olave, & St. Michan are to be given in fee simple to the 

 said Sir William, & to two other chaplains whom the said Sir William shall 

 choose, to be disposed of as follows : — The lauds and tenements in the parish 

 of St. Michan are to be handed over in fee simple to John Eytall, son of the 

 said Alianora, if he be living, on payment by him to the executors of 

 twenty pounds, subject to an annual charge or forty shillings to provide a 

 perpetual chantry of one priest in the said chapel and choir of St. John's 

 Church for the souls of the said John Lytill & Alianora, their parents & 

 benefactors ; the said Sir William to be the first holder of the chantiy, & to 

 appoint his successor. If the said John Eytall be dead, or shall refuse to pay 

 the twenty pounds, then the forty shillings is to be made a charge upon the 

 estate, and the balance of the income is to be used for the repair of the said 

 tenements. Similar arrangements are made for the lands & tenements in 

 St. John's Parish, & for those in St. Olave's Parish. The said Margeiy is to 

 have testator's house for her life, & the garden called " Cowe Lane " on the 

 east of the house, & two shops on the north of the house. ITie house 

 is to revert to John, testator's son. The said Sir William is to have 

 twenty shillings for his trouble as executor, & a like sum is left to 

 James Yonge. 



Witnesses, Thomas Laweless, canon of the church of "Ljnneric." 

 James Power, William Oswald, clerk, the said Thomas Elys. & many other 

 citizens of Dublin. Day and year aforesaid. 



Probate granted in the presence of Eobert Dyke, Archdeacon of Dubhn, 

 in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 5th Nov. 1434. 



