262 The Society's MSS. Quidhampton. 



saide wife shall w th the proffites thereof mainteyne, and bring upp the 

 saide Elizabethe, untill such tyme as shee shall accomplish the full age 

 of twentye and one years, or her daye of marriage, And further, my will, 

 and mynde, is, that my executor hereafter named, doe alsoe for the 

 better educacion, and maintenance of the saide Elizabeth, and towardes 

 her bringing upp, allowe and paye unto my saide wife, the somme of 

 sixe poundes thirteene shillinges, and fower pence, of lawfull money of 

 England yearelye, vntil shee happen to marrye, or come to her full age 

 of twentye and one yeares, But if the parents of the saide Elizabeth bee 

 not contented to haue her brought upp w"' my saide wife, but shalbe 

 desirous to have her awaye from her, Then my will, and mynde, is, that 

 my saide wife shalbe clearely acquited, and discharged of, and for the 

 payment of the saide somme of one hundredth markes, and that shee 

 never bee sued or troubled upon the saide bonde. Item my will and 

 mynde is, that my executor hereafter named shall forthwithe paye all 

 such debts & sommes of money, as I doe now owe unto my Cosin 

 Margarett Harris amounting to the somme of threescore powndes, w ch is 

 rentes, and moneys I haue receaved of her, w eh by my accompt kept by 

 my self, for my owne remembraunce, as well as I could, is the utter- 

 most pennye I do owe her, And if shee holde her self therew' th contented, 

 then my will, and mynd, is that my executor hereafter named shall paie 

 her for a legacye, the somme of twentye poundes more, of lawful money 

 of England, w th in the tyme and space of two yeares next after my 

 decease, But if shee doe not hold herself satisfied w th the saide somme of 

 threescore powndes, then my will, and mynde, is, that shee shall neyther 

 take, nor receaue anie benefitt, or proffitt of the legacye of twentye 

 powndes bequeathed unto her, as aforesaide. Item I geue, and 

 bequeath to my brother Edmond Benet the somme of five hundreth 

 powndes of lawfull money of England, to bee paide w ,h in two yeares 

 next after my decease, that is to say two hundred and fif tie powndes 

 w th in the first yeare after my decease, and the other two hundreth and 

 ffiftie powndes w l, 'in the second year next after my decease. Item I 

 geue and bequeath to my brother Walter Benet the somme of two hun- 

 dreth powndes of lawfull money of England to bee paide him in three 

 yeares next after my decease, that is to say, one hundreth markes thereof 

 the first yeare after my decease, another hundred markes thereof the 

 second yeare after my decease, and the other hundred markes the third 

 year after my decease. Item I doe owe to my said brother Walter 

 Benet about the somme of fortye powndes, w ch somme of fortie powndes 

 my will and desire is, that it bee paid assoone as soe much of my goodes 

 shall come to the handes of my executor hereafter named. Item in 

 token of my naturall loue to my three naturall sisters, I geue and be- 

 queath severallye to their children, as followetb, vizt ; To John Vawer 

 to buy him bookes twentye markes of lawfull money of England to bee 

 paid the first yeare next after my decease, sixe powndes, thirteen shil- 

 linges, and fower pence of like money and the second yeare after my 

 decease other six powndes, thirteene shillings, and fower pence of like 

 money. Item to my sister Pearse her eldest childe twentye markes of 





