In the name of god amen. The xviii day of May in the fourth yeare of the Raigne of the kinge [James I] most excellent Monarche and in the year of our lord god 1606 I Thomas Knages of Lythe within the county of york husbandman sicke in body but whole in mynde and in perfect remembrance praised be to god do make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and forme following Firste I will and bequeath my soule to Almighty God my Creator and redeemer in Christe and my body to be buried in the churche of lythe Item I give and bequeath to Gregory Dowthwaite and Katherine his wife either of them one ewe and one lambe And to the seven children of Gregory Dowthwaite said Roger henry Willm John Jane francis and Katherine everieone of them a lambe Item I give and bequeath to Thomas Willm and Francis Knages everieone of them a lambe Item I give to francis Knages my sonne one black fillye Item I give to Eli? Seaton Robert Seaton Willm harrison and Margarett Chapman everieone of them one pecke of wheate Item I give to the poor of Lythe and Sansend iiis iiid The residue of all my goods and chattles moveable and unmoveable I give and bequeath to Willm Knages my natural sonne whome I make my sole executor of this my last will and testament witness hereoff robart Rayneld Curate of Lythe George Bradnigg John Wattson and henry Campyon / [latin details of probate]