In the name of god amen. The xiii day of September the yeare of our lord god 1567/ I Richard Knages of the parishe of Lithe maketh this my last will and testament in this manner and forme followinge.  Being in full mynd and holle rememberance fyrst I gyve my Soull to god almygthie to his mother our ladie sainte marie and to all the Companye of heaven my Bodie to be buried in the churche earthe at lithe Item I gyve and bequeathe the lease of my fernhold (?farmhold) called woddaill or woddail house and all the terme of years yet to come conteanid in the same leasse to Roger Knags and Rauf Knags my two sonnes that is to saye the one moitie or half therof lyenge of the easte side of woddale lane unto Roger Knags my eldest Sonne and yf it please god to take hym within those yeares yt to remayne unto his wyf and his childer and yf she marrye yt to remayne to his childer those yeares. The other moytie or half I gyve and bequeathe to Rauf Knags my yonger sonne from the said lane westward with the house that I dwell in and yf yt please god to taike the said Rauf yt to remayne unto his wyf and child and yf the said Rauf die or he marry yt to remayne unto Thomas Knags my youngest sonne duringe those termes of yeares and I will that Katherin and margerie my two daughters shall have there fyndinge of the said ferme yf they can agree and byde with there brether also I will that the goods and cattell whiche shalbe deue unto them by reason of there childes portons shalbe kepte of the said fermhold unto suche tyme as they marrye to half parte with ther brether Item I gyve to my foure childer Roger Rauf and margerie and Katherin Knags the half of my goods. Item I gyve to Thomas Knags my youngest sonne 5£ and I will that Rauf my sonne shall have the occupacon of ytunto he come to 24 yeares of age and to learne hym the occupacon of a ?gloaner? and yf it chance the said Thomas to die or he come to the age of 24 yeares then the said 5£ to remayne unto Roger Rauf margerie and Katherine Knags Item I gyve to Katherin and margerie all the goods within my house with - certayne bourds and I gyve to Roger and Raufe all the geare that belongs to the draught Item I will that Roger my sonne shall have one litle close firthe of the calf - close ?runynge of the woddalle lane frome the styell that cometh frome the moires unto the stiell that goith unto the becks Item I gyve everye one of Roger Knags childer a lambe or 26d Item I gyve to Thomas Knags of Lithe a yewe or 11s in money Item I gyve to Richard Knags my sonne in lawe a yewe and to every of his childer a lambe or 26d in money Item I will that John Laceys childer be contented with ther goodes as we have set yt for the or els to paye for ther up bringinge The resudue of my goods moveable and unmoveable I frelie gyve to Katherin and margerie Knags of that condition that they never clame nor covet nor none in there nayme no parte of the fermhold of woddall house but to hold them cleare quites fren? - fre-? Item I ordayne and make Roger and Rauf my sonnes to be my executors to se that this my will be fulfilled also I will that Rauf my sonne shall have wode in est parte of the fermhold because there is none in west parte margaret Teasedaill owes me 23s 4d These witnesses Thomas Knags willm hesseldon John ager James Marshall peter chapman