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Williā Mā of Laundon 27 y. bequeathed to 23 13 of the poer of his towne where he gave his goods crownes a peece & to other x ten grotꝭ a peece. & also hath taken furth^r order by his executors & there assignes y^t 3^s should be bestowed vppon {illeg}|m|iddle lent sunday aslong as the world lasteth by the advice of the minist^r & church wadens {sic} vppon 6 of the poorer sorte.

he vsed Div^rse strange & godly speeches to all his frinds about him as made them greatly to wonder at him & to weepe. vppō the cocke crowing he remēbred his Peter & sayd that the cocke warned him to vide for heaven. |& so made his will.|

& aft^r his will made he sayd y^t he thought he hea\r/d the bell of Aron. or els sayd y^t he were well if he might heare the sweet bell of Aron & aft^r the bell tolled then he sayd nowe I heare that. but yet sayd he there remeaneth on thing still for this bell calleth good & bad & that is the voice of the trūpet. also he gave xx laces & xx 3^d for so many meadens & xx greene silke p{illeg}tꝭ for so ma & xx grotꝭ for so many b{ak}{illeg} y^t would goe to church w^th him. & he gave {illeg} of his fathers servantꝭ {210} \some/ 3^s 4^d 2^s 6^d & {to} some 2^s. & linen & apparell

And he gave to his brothers & sisters children w^ch are in nūber 25. so may {sic} crownes. & 2|t|o 2 of them w^ch were his godchildr he gave them a crowne over a peece.

& to all his brothers w^ch were 3. he gave x^s a peece. & to all his sisters & sist^r in lawes 5^s a peece. & to his brother in lawes being 3 crowes a peece. & to all the rest of his godchildren w^ch w^th the oth^r 2 above mentioned make 7 in all. 5^s a peece.

He willed them y^t were about him not to feare deathe for to tell thē y^t were sick not to feare death, for death sayd he is nothing