And in wytnesse that this ys my present Testament and last Will, I have sign’d diverse parts of the same with my Signe Manuell, and thereunto also have cawsed my prevye Signett to be put, the Thirtieth day of Marche, in the yere of our Lorde God a Thousande fyve hundred fyfty and eight, and in the fourth yere of the Reigne of my said moste dere lorde and husband, and in the fyfte yere of the Reigne of me the said Quene. These beynge called to be wytnesses, whose names hereafter followythe
| Henry Bedingfeld | John Throkmorton |
| Thomas Wharton | R. Wilbrahm |
Marye the Quene
Hereabouts was her Seale being the Arms of England France and Spayne, and round the Seale was a collar of Roses as it seemed to me to be.—H.
Throughout this Will those words which are underlined were written with the Queen’s own hand in the original.
(Here follows the Codicil, which was afterwards annexed by the Queen to her Will.)
MARYE THE QUENE.