Date of will, 8 Sept. 1479. Proved 13 Nov. 1479 by John Paston alone.

[199.1] [Norwich Episcop. Reg., 16.]

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ROBERT PASTON OF WIVETON[199.2]

1482
SEPT. 4

In Dei nomine, Amen. Quarto die Septembris Anno Domini Millesimo CCCCmolxxxijo, Ego Robertus Paston de Wyveton, compos mentis et sanæ memoriæ meæ existens, condo testamentum meum sive ultimam meam voluntatem in hunc modum: In primis, lego animam meam Deo Omnipotenti et Beatæ Mariæ Virgini et Omnibus Sanctis, corpusque meum sepeliendum ubicunque Deus disposuerit. Item, lego summo altari de Weveton prædicto pro decimis meis oblitis et male compensatis, xxd. Item, Gildæ Beatæ Mariæ ibidem, xijd. Item, Gildæ Sancti Johannis Baptistæ ibidem, xijd. Item, lumini super pelvem coram Crucifixo ibidem, viijd. Item, lego lumini de le Torchys ibidem, vjd. Item, reparacioni capellæ Beatæ Mariæ in cimiterio ibidem, vjd. Item, campanis in campanili ibidem, viijd. Item, reparacioni capellæ Sanctæ Trinitatis super Pontem, vjd. Item, volo quod Margaretta uxor mea habeat sibi et assignatis suis meam partem cujusdam navis vocatæ le Gylys, cum omni apparatu prædictæ parti navis pertinenti et prædictam partem navis prædicta Margareta sumptibus suis reparabit. Item, volo quod prædicta Margareta uxor mea habeat ad terminam vitæ suæ messuagium meum cum omnibus pertinentiis, commoditatibus, utensilibus, et necessariis prædicto messuagio concernentibus; et post decessum prædictæ Margaretæ volo ut prædictum messuagium meum vendetur, et de pecunia inde proveniente volo quod Alicia filia mea ad conjugium semen habeat v. marcas: Et si contingat quod prædicta Alicia obiret antequam conjuncta fuerit, tunc volo quod prædictas marcas executores disponant in operibus caritatis in ecclesia Wyveton prædicto . . . . . . . . . . . . Item, volo cum residua pecuniæ de prædicto messuagio provenientis . . . . . . . . ad celebrandum in ecclesia de Weveton prædicta pro anima mea et anima dictæ Margaretæ [&c.] . . . . . . . . Et requiro in nomine Jesu feoffatos meos ut ipsi faciant legitimum statum ei vel eis qui messuagium prædictum adquirere voluerit aut voluerint sine contradictione sive impedimento aliquibus. Item, lego Willelmo Wynterton, iijs. iiijd. Item, lego negoti meo [no name] unam togam, unam deploidam, unum par caligarum ad disposicionem Margaretæ uxoris meæ.—The rest of his goods to be disposed of by his executors at their discretion for the good of his soul.

Executors—his wife Margaret and Edmund Shotery, clerk.

Proved at Cley, 9 Oct. 1482.

[199.2] [Norwich Archdeaconry Reg., vol. i. f. 29, b.] [I do not know whether this Robert Paston was at all nearly related to the family, whose correspondence is contained in these volumes; but this will and the will of his wife Margaret, which follows, are interesting in themselves, and deserve a place, even on account of the testator’s surname.]

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MARGARET PASTON[200.1]

1484