Will of USSILAH (URSULA) GOODENOWE of Donhead St. Andrew, 1634
"In the Name of God Amen I Ussilah GOODENOWE of Dunheade St.
Andrews in the County of Wilts widow being sick in body, yet
well in mind, of sound and perfect memory thank be given to
Almighty God for the same, do make constitute and ordain this
my last Will and Testament in good manner as followeth: First
and principally I commend my soul into the hands of God and my
body to the ground in sure and certain hope of resurrection to
Eternal Life through the satisfaction, merits and mediation of
Jesus Christ the son of God, the Second Person in the Eternal
and most glorious Trinity, who taking upon him the nature of
man then suffered death on the cross for my sins and rose again
from the dead for my Justification into life eternal. And for
those temporal goods the blessings that God in mercy hath
bestowed on me in this life, I give and bestow them in His
glory in manner as followeth. First i give and bequeath to
Ralph GOODENOWE my eldest son one great chest and nine pounds
of current English money. Item: I give and bequeath to John
GOODENOWE my second son one cupboard and one coffer and nine
pounds of Current English money. Item; I given and bequeath to
Simon GOODENOWE my Third son one bushel of wheat, one bushel of
rye, my second best barrel and twenty pounds of like current
English money. Item; I give and bequeath to Nathaniel
GOODENOWE my fourth son my great pan and nine pounds of current
English money. Item; I give and bequeath to Thomas GOODENOWE my
fifth son a little brewing kettle and eighteen pounds of like
current English money. Item; I give and bequeath to Ussilah
(Ursula) GOODENOWE my eldest daughter twenty and eight pounds
of like current English money. Item; I give and bequeath to
Dorothy GOODENOWE my youngest daughter my best coverlet
(bedspread), one pair of blankets, one bolster, one pillow, one
coffer, and eighteen pounds of like current English money.
Item; I give and bequeath to my said daughters Ussilah and
Dorothy equally to be divided between them all my wearing
apparel, two pewter platters and all my linen except three pair
of the coarser sheets, which sheets I give and bequeath to my
son Edmund GOODENOWE. Item; I give and bequeath to the parish
church of Donhead St. Andrew aforesaid five shillings. Item; I
give and bequeath to the poor of the said parish five
shillings. Item; I give and bequeath all the rest of my goods
cattel and chattels whatsoever to my son Edmund whom I also
make executor of this my last Will and Testament to pay the
Legacies aforementioned within two years after my death; Lastly
I do make my cousin Walter FAYME of Semley and Thomas FAYME of
Donhead St. Mary both in the county of Wilts aforesaid the
overseers of this my last will and Testament. In witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 18th day of
February in the year of Our Saviour 1633/34, according to the
computation of the Church of England. Signed and sealed in the
presence of Ussilah GOODENOWE her mark X Joh FAREWICKE, clerk,
Richard CLAPCOTT Probate granted 22 May 1634