I took the liberty of assembling what we have so far and got:
Test(amentu)m Ric(ardi) AymereIn dei nom Amen I Richard Aymere make my testamente and will in my ryghte mynde the yere of our lord
god m
lo v
C ix [1509] the xjth daye of Auguste/ Fyrst I bequeth my soule to god Almyghty/ And to oure lady synt mary and to
synt petyr myn A? And to all the holy company of hevyn And my body to be buried in synt Peters churche
by my wyffes sepulcor/And I will have a stone that shall Cover her grave and myn/ And oure symylitudes to be
set theruppon And my children(s) symylitud(es) thereupon/ Also I will have one my burying daye a solempue durge
and a masse of requyem And xij poor folk to have gowns of black fryse and they to holde candles or tapers aboute
my hers [hearse] And they to have eche of them in money iiijd /And ev(er)y prest and Clerkes at my dirige iiijd prestes and ij
d Clerkes
And children j
d Also I will have on my xxx
ti daye a solempne dirige and masse of requyem praying for my soule
my wyffes soule and all my frendes soules and all cristen soules And xij pou(er) men to have gownes and money as it is
aforr wyten/ Also I will have a Comon dole (or ?) to ev(e)ry p(ar)isshe within Norwich and ev(er)y p(er)sone that will take
take it jd a pece/ Also I bequeth to the blessed Trinitie w(i)t(h)in Norwich xxs there to syng a solempur durge and masse
of requyem praying for my soule and also my frendes soules and also Cristen soules /Item I bequeth to the iiij orders
of friers within Norwich to ev(er)y order xx s /And they to kepe a solempne dirige and masse of requyem praying for
Not bad
*whistles*
Thank you so much, all of you!!! This is utterly brilliant! I have no idea how you managed this!!!
You are so incredibly good!!!
Thank you so much, Goldie, Bookbox and HD, I am utterly in awe!!!