This transcription is based on that originally produced by Roger Sims (MHNLib librarian
archivist) and his advanced reading group and published in IOM FHS XXIV 2 May 2002.

The version below retains the document's original line breaks and spelling which were
missing in the published version.


Testame[n]t katherine quircke wch dyed the 26
of Septembr bequeathed to the poore 1 bz malte 1 f
wheate [q?] f barley & 2 wethers Itm left donald
mc ylchriste her sunne 1 heiffer 5 yeres olde & 1 horsse
Itm to thomas clerke 1 mutte[n] Itm to John quircke
1 sheppe : Itm to pattericke mc kylle 1 yonge oxe 3
yeares olde & 2 shepe to thomas mc ylchrist 1 shepe more to he
1 bullocke a yere olde. to christine ine Rea 1 heiffer & a ma[n]tell
to willia[m] Rea her sonne 3 [yeawes?] to hughie mc ylchriste 1
shepe : to gilbert mc ylchriste her sunne 1 horsee 1 shepe 3 boll o[a]tts
& f wheate for his pte of corne : To jonie ine cowley 1 [kyrtell?]
1 blankett. It[m] yp Sr philippe hugell & Willi[m] crere 12d
betwene them. It[m] willed & ordayned gilbedrt & donald  [mc]
ilchrist her sunnes execs. testes Sr philippe []
& thomas clerke. pbat ett soll 12d