Coroner's Inquest

In the name of god Amen. The xvi th day of november in the yere of owre Lord god mdxxij. I john pachyng of the parishe of horsham within the dioce of chichaster being of good mynde and perfete memorye make and ordeyne this my testament and last will in maner and forme followyng / Ffirst I bequeth my soule to almighty god to his blessed mother mary the virgyne and to all the saints in history / and my body to be buryed in the parishe church yarde of horsham aforesaid / Item I give and bequethe to the cathedralle church of chichester xijs / and to the highe aulter of the church of horsham for my tythes and offerings negligently forgoten vijs / Item I give and bequeth unto the making of xij apostelle to the rodelofte in the churche of horsham xls / Item I will that about the tyme in that I shall departe this transitorye and uncertayne lyf that myne excutores shall kepe an obite in the parishe churche of Horsham aforesaid of xij a yere by the space of vi yeres for the wealth of my soule and all xpen soules / Item in like maner I will that my said executors shall kepe an obitte in the parishe church of nutherst of xij days a yere by the space of vi yeres / Item I wille that a secular prest that was never religouse be hiered to celebrate masse in the said parishe church of horsham, by the space of oon yere, for the welth of my soule and all cristen soles / and the said priest to have for his stypende and wages for the said yere x markes / Item I give and bequeth to agnes my woif {..} {...} sterling of good and lawfull money of England to be paid to her by myne executors {..} {..........} and a {........}{..} all thynge that belongs to {.....} {.....} all other thynge that I have given and charged myne executors to deliver to agnes my said woif / Item I give and bequeth to agnes {..} {....} goddaughter to agnes my said woif to her marriage xls / I give and bequeth to walter combie my {......} boy {......} / item I give and bequeth to henry my sonne xl l sterling of good and lawfull money of England to be duly {....} {....} to hym by myne executors at such tyme as he shall come and be oute of priestehood / and if it shall fortune the said henre my sonne to dye or that he come and be oute his said priesthood that they the said xl l to my said sonne henry afore bequeathed to be equally devided between the said thomas pachyng and richard pachyng my sonnes The residue of all my goodes and catalle not bequeathed my dette paid and that my present testament fulfilled I give and bequethe to thomas pachyng and richard pachyng my sonnes eqally to be divided between theym whych thomas pachyng and richard I ordeyne and make my executors they to despose {..}{....} of {.....} {.....} and {....} for the welthe of my soule and all xpen soules as they shall thynke most best in this being witnes End. william weston priest and curate of horsham william danyell richard lyntot richard barroughe richard pachyng and john pachyng of the parish of Horsham with others xxx / Item I order and make william danyell clerke of Horsham supervisor to xxx for that this my present testamente and last wylle have from executors/ and the said william to have for his time diligence and labour vjs viij d .

And as to the disposition of all my landez and tenemente I will that my feoffes away henry and executores uphold Agnes my woif all such landez as I have given her by dede for terme of her lyf / Also I will that richard my sonne shall have all my lande called asshetelandez and a parcel of land called croftwest whych I bought of Thomas ajammer and also two croftys and a gardyn called tomyt Crofte to him and to his heres forever / Also I will that richard my said sonne shall have a crofte called horsham hyll the which I purchased late of richard ajamrell to hym and to his heres forever / and also all my {.....} of a plot of land called lytill wellert to hym and to his heres forever / also I will that john pachyng my sonne shall have my tenement with the appurtenance called bottynge lying in the parishe of nutherste and a tenement with certayne landez thereto belonging lying in the parishe of west grinstead called litill sullert and a crofte of lande lying in the parishe of nutherste called lytill colmant and to hym and to his heres forever / also I will and give to the Fr mathewe xrownexxyght and to henry pachyng my sonne all my all my right title of dette and landez which I shuld of right have of thomas elmley that is to saye certayne landez called Bosert lying in the parishe of west grinstead / and certayne landez called lytill sullexx and the rents of the same which the said thomas elmley hath withholden by the space of two yeres and an half to the value of {...} {......} by that being witnessed these persones above named / Item I give and bequeth to thomas pachyng my godson a sowe / item I will that john pachyng shall have twoo {......} and twoo catalle wyth my house {.......} at Nutherst after the deceas of agnes my woif / and all the residue of my said goodes and catalle not bequeathed I wille divided between the said thomas pachyng and richard pachyng my sonnes by equal porrions that is to saye the said thomas pachyng my sonne to have the oon half of my said goodes and cattale / and the said richard pachyng my sonne to have the other half of my said goodes and cattale / and my overseer aforenamed to see that this goodes and catalle aforesaid be thus devyded according to this my testament and last will. Witnesses Fr barthelmewe richard walder and henry mychell.

PCC Maynwaring 29 Prob 11/20 Fol 232 and next page.

Transcribed by Paul Couper

The 'rodelofte' mentioned above, a finely carved rood screen, was removed in 1825 and largely used as firewood.

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