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- 1507-8, February 24. — Will of Dame Joan Stapelton. She desires to be "beryd in the paryshe chyrche of Wyghall, in the chapell of our Lady in the northe parte of the same chyrche, wit my husband" [Stapelton]; - "to the Prioresse and the Convent of Essholt xx.r.,to pray tor me"; - "to my sone, Syr Christofer Warde, knyght, if he life after me, a ryng wit ij stonys, and a goblett of sylver wit the coveryng"; - to my son, John Warde, a ryng wit a dyamonde, and a Prymor whiche is called my Bretar' [sic] boke, if he life after me";- "to my doghter, Dame Margarete Norton, a ryng wit abalys, and a gyrdil wit a golde tushwe [tissue], if she lit after me"; - "to Sir John Norton, knyght, a gilt goblett wit the coveryng"; - "to my son Bryan Stapilton, my weddyng ryng"; - "to John Norton, my gc son, a pese of sylver, Parys-warke"; - "to my doghter, Dame Margarete Norton, my crosse wit the releke, and all the goodes whych shal be praysyd witin halfe the valor that thei shal be prasyd to"; -"I will that my son, John Warde, gyfe to Roger, his basterd son, x marke, whych x marke he awe me for corn and catall, what tyme as he thinkes most necessary to the saide chyld." - "I make my doghter, Dame Margaret Norton, and my son, John Warde, my executors, and my son, Sir John Norton, supervisor; and I will that all the resydew of my godes be disposed for the well of my soule." Proved March 23, 1507-8. *
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