Fifty earliest English wills in the Court of Probate, London : A. D. 1387-1439 : with a priest's of 1454 / copied and edited from the original registers in Somerset House by Frederick J. Furnivall

THOMAS TVOKY, ESQUIRE, 1418.

[Will incomplete. Gives beds, and 3 green-silk nets for curtains, down pillows, gowns furrd with Martins, Genets, wild Cats, black Lamb, Beaver and Otter; doublets of defence arrow_forward coverd with leather; cloaks, a tablecloth, &c.]

(March, 346, back.)

[[leaf] 346, back]

Testamentum Thome Tovky [in margin].

In the name of þe fader and þe sone and þe holy goost, almygℏty god̛. I. Thomas Tvoky, þorow godis grace esquier, make my testament in þis wyse. first I. be-queþe my sowle to almygℏty god̛, and to his moder & mayden Marie, and to aƚƚ þe Seyntes of Heuen / also my body to Holy erthe, wher that godys wil is, to be buried̛; also al myn Harneys, þat is to say, a bed of Lyn wit a hool silour̛ and Couerlet of þe same wrogℏt wit mapil leues and fret of .iij. foiƚƚ, & iij. nettes of Silk̘ grene for quirtayns for the same bed̛ / also a bed of red and grene dimi Selour wit .iij. quirtayns of worsted̛; also þat on in warde of Anneys Elyngton̛, and a paire of schetes, .ij. paire of Blancketes, .ij. paire of schetes, .j. pylow of Doun, lengℏ of a yerd̛, .ij. Pylows of doun, lengℏ euerycℏ of half a ȝerd̛; also .vj. reof̘ quisshens of worsted̛, .iiij. in ward̛ of þe same Anneys; also a Materas for a bed̛; also a gowne of Sch[a]rlet wit brod̛ sleues furred̛ with gray; also a gowne of blew worsted̛ furred̛ wit þrotes and polles of Martrons; Also a gowne of gray russet furred̛ wit Ionetis and

[leaf 347] wylde Catis; also a gowne of grene frese, in ward, & c̘, furryd with blak Lambe; also in ward &c̘, a furre of beuer and oter medled̛; also a Hewk̘of grene and other melly parted̛; also a Doubeled̛ of arrow_back defence couered̛ with red̛ Leþer; also ij. remenauntz of the Lynne bed̛; [al]so xij. quysshons; also a Gloke of Blake russet; Also a Dobelet couered̛ with Blak gote Leþer̛; also a bordclotℏ the Lengℏe of .v. ȝerdes of werk̘; also a towayl of werk̘, Lengℏe .xj. ȝerdes.

Notes

• þ is printed for initial and central y.
• Canopy of a bed. Fr. ciel, L. cœlum, heaven.
• ? MS. duni.
• Canopy of a bed. Fr. ciel, L. cœlum, heaven.
• MS. protes.
• The Martin 'is the most beautiful of all the Weasel kind,' about 18 in. long; body-fur, dark brown, on the belly paler; head brown, mixt with red; throat and breast white.—Bewick, Hist of Quadrupeds, 1800, p. 265-7.
• The Genet, Viverra Genetta, Lin., is found in Turkey, Syria, and Spain. Its colours are beautifully variegated, and its fur valuable. Its body 'is longer than that of the Martin . . its hair soft, smooth, and shining; of a tawny red colour, spotted with black: along the ridge of the back there is a kind of mane of long hair, which forms a black line from head to tail; the spots on the sides are round and distinct; those on the back almost close: its tail is long, and marked with seven or eight rings of black. From an orifice beneath its tail, it yields a kind of perfume, which smells faintly of musk.'—Bewick, Hist. of Quadrupeds, 4th ed., 1800, p. 288-9.
• MS. repeats 'and.'
• ? 'in ward of Anneys Elyngtone,' like the bed and cushions above.
• Heuque: Espèce de robe à l'usage des deux sexes.—Rochefort.
• divine services.