In the name of God amen. In the year of our Lord God 1545 and in the 37th year of the reign of our sovereign Lord King Henry the Eigth King of England, France and Ireland and in earth supreme head of the Church of England and Ireland next under God. I William Hawling of Walton Cardiff in the parish of Tewkesbury, husbandman, sick in body but whole and perfect of mind and of good remembrance, do ordain and make this, my last will in manner and form following. First I bequeath my soul to Almighty God, to our glorious Lady Saint Mary and to all the whole company in heven: and my body to be buried in the churchyard of Tewkesbury. Also I bequeath to Thomas Halling, my brother, my best coat. Item I bequeath to John Hawlling my best Rosett coat. Item I bequeath to Ellen my daughterr my best pane after the decease of my wife. Item I bequeath to Joan my daughter my cupboard after the desease of my wife. Item I bequeath to my two daughters two brass pots after my wife's desease. Item I bequeath to William Smithsend, my godson, a cow calf of a year old. Item I bequeath to my two daughters a branded bullock for to be sold and the monney to be delivered to them at Christmas next in ----- portions. Item I bequeath to Richard Bacar my best breeches and a pair of short hose. Also I bequeath my green gerkin to Richard that married Davey Taberars wife. And all my goods unbequeathed, movable and unmovable I give unto Elizabeth, my wife making her my whole executrix to order them to the honour of God and to the profit of her making. Richard Smithend my overseer that this my last will be fulfilled. Witness to this Richard Smithend and Robert Tolentyn.