Codicil
[Codicil. Revokes her gifts of goods to her Son and Daughter-in-law if they won't act as Executors*. [As Sir Thos. West proved the Will (with Jn. Thurston), he and his Wife would keep their beds, books, &c]; and gives money to the other Executors who do act.]
.I. Alice West, lady of Hynton̄ Marcel befornemed, hool of my body and in good mynde, beynge mor folly avised to dispose of this testament and my laste wil, .I. wol that, if it so be that Thomas my sone forseyd, and Iohane his wif, wolle nogℏt take the charge to be myne executors, and to parfourne the administracion of this testament, whicℏ is [my] laste wil, as it is wrete her̛-before, thanne .I. wole that alle the godis whicℏ that .I. haue deuysed to the forseyd Thomas my sone and Iohane his wif in this testament, be solde by myn executours whicℏ wol take the charge herof, and trewely ydo to charitable werkes for my lordes soule, Sir̛ Thomas West, and for myn, and for al cristene soules. Also my wil is, that if eny of myne other̛ executours forsaid, that is to saye, sir Ioℏn Colman̄, Thomas Remys, and Iohn̄ Thurston̄, wol take the charge, and be myn executour by hem self, to parfourne this testament, if so be that non of myne other̛ executours wol take the charge witℏ hem, thanne .I. wole, that after Thomas my sone forseyd, and Iohane his wif haue forsake to be myn executours, that he that taketℏ the charge to be myn executour, haue .xx.ƚi for his orwene*. [for owene.]trauayle; and if tweye of hem that ben myne executours forseyd wol take the charge to-gederes of executours to parforn trewely this testament, thanne .I. wol that after Thomas my sone and Iohane his wif haue forsake to be myne executours, that they tweye that taketℏ the charge to be myne trewe executours, have xx Marc̘ for her̛ trauaylle, that is [to] seye, eyther of hem x Marc̘. And if so be that sir̛ Iohn̄ Colman, Thomas Remys Page 10 and Ioℏn Thurston̄, myne executours forseyd̛, wolle take charge to-gederes to administre and to parfourne trewly this testament as hit is writen here before / thanne .I. wole that after Thomas my sone forsayd̛ and [leaf 31 back] Iohane his wif haue forsake to be myne executours, that the forseyd̛ Sir Ioℏn Colman̄, Thomas Remys, and Ioℏn Thurston̄, haue .xx. ƚi for her̛ trauaille, that is to seye, euerycℏ of hem x Marc̘. Also, for hit was for-yete byfore in this testament, .I. bequethe to the Reclus of Shirbourn̄, whos Surname is Arthour, xl. s. for to do and to preye as othere Reclus forseyd̛ Shulletℏ don and preye. Accepta sunt hec, coram dicto Reuerendissimo presidente & domino Archiepiscopo, & per eum prout suprascribuntur & recitantur. Anno, Indictione, pontificatu, Mense, die & loco, predictis. Presentibus venerabilibis & discretis viris, Magistris Adam de Mottrun, Archidiacono Cantuarensi in decretis, & Waltero Gybbes in legibus licenciatis, testibus ad premissa vocatis specialiter & rogatis.*. [ See an Abstract of this Will in Nicolas's Testamenta Vetusta, 1826, i. 137; Collins's Peerage, v. 378; and an extract in Dugdale's Baronage, ii. 139. It was printed in the Illustrated London News of (?). ]
