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to mankinde &
to me in pticuler did vouchsafe to send his onely begotten sonne before
all eternity, Christ Jesus the pmissed Messias into this world to save
sinners (whereof w^th S^t. Paull I confesse my selfe the greatest) to
laye downe his life for mankinde & that he dyed for me & for my
salvac{~COMBINING OVERLINE~}on, & that he rose againe the
third day for my iustificac{~COMBINING OVERLINE~}on, that
where he now is, I shall be there alsoe after my dissolution & I hope &
looke to be saved only by his mirritts, death & passion alone, & by noe
other meanes whatsoever, & when itt shall please Almighty God to putt
an end & period to these my dayes here on earth, ending this my
pilgrimage, and layeing downe this my earthly Tabernackle.
Then I comitt & bequeath this my nowe liveing body to the earth from
whence itt came, & the same to be buryed (yf I fortune to dye in Yorke
or otherwise yf itt may be done wth convenyency) in the p'ish Church

of St. Crux w^{th}in the said Citty of Yorke in the Chancell of the said
Church & to be enterred as neare as may be unto the body of my late
dearely beloved wife Anne Deane deceased w^{th}out any bowelling
or embalmeing, & there to be decently enterred by toarch light,
w^{th}out any further funerall pompe or solempnity whatsoever,
beinge (as I thinke) a custome not altogeither laudable to banquett &
feast att funeralls w^ch rather ought to be a tyme of mourneing, then
banqueting and feasting
w^th said body of myne I knowe & beleive assuredly that I shall rise
againe att the last day, & be reunited & ioyned againe unto my soule &
that itt shall be made like unto Christ his glorious body, that where he
is, there I shall be alsoe liveing and reigneing w^th him in his
everlasting kingdome for ever.
Now concerning my temporall Estate w^ch God in his mercy hath
vouchsafed to bestowe on me (or rather lent me as his steward) I
bequeath it thus as followeth
First I give & bequeath to Mr. Roger Belwood my pastor thirty
shillings.
Item I give to the poore people of the Cittye of Yorke three pounds
XX^s whereof to be distributed to the poore of the Warde where I now
live and the remmant to the poore of the other three Wardes equally to
be divided.
Item I give to the poore prisoners of the castle of Yorke XX^s and to
the poore prisoners on Ousebridge called the Kidcoate X^s and to the
poore prisoners of S^t. Peters prison in Yorke X^s.
Item I give to the poore people of the old hospitall or massing dewes of
the Citty of Yorke thirty shillings. Item whereas....
Item my Will meaninge and harty desire is that my nowe loveing wife
Mary Deane shall & may quietly have & enjoye all her widdowe rights
whatsoever according to this pvince of Yorke w^{th}out any further
trouble molestac{~COMBINING OVERLINE~}on or

vexac{~COMBINING OVERLINE~}on or suite in lawe and that my
Executor shall not make any claime to any such goods or plate as she
the said Mary had in her former widdowhood & brought w^th her to
me att her marriage w^th me. Item I give to my said nowe loveing wife
as a legacy my coatch horses & furniture & what hay or oates, coales,
turfes & fuell shall be in my howse att my death. Item I give....
Item I give to Margery Smeton yf shee be my servant at my death forty
shillings and to each other of my servants att my death tenn shillings.
All the rest of my goods & chattells unbequeathed, my debts and
funerall expenses discharged I give and bequeath to my loveing
nephewe Mr. John Deane of Saltonstall Atturney in his Maty Court of
Com{~COMBINING OVERLINE~}on Pleas att Westminster & eldest
sonne of my late brother Gilbert Deane of Saltonstall deceased w^ch
said John Deane I doe ordayne constitute & make my sole & onely
Executor of this my last Will & Testament
And for as much as most of my Estate doth consist in debts, w^ch will
require tyme for gathering in, my Will & meaneing is that this my said
executor shall have twelvemonethes tyme for the payment of the
greater legacies....
And further my meaneing is That for as much as my said Executor
John Deane by Gods pvidence is likely to be lame by a fall & not to
live & followe his profession as an Atturney to London (but as it weare
undone) whome I have made my onely & sole Executor of this my last
Will & Testament. Therefore all my nephews & kindred may know I
have given