In  the  name  of  God  Amen  the  xxijth  day  of  September  in  the  xiiijth  yeare  of  the
raigne  of  our  Sovereign  lord  Charles  by  the  grace  of  God  of  Erjgland  Scotland
France  &  Ireland  King  defender  of  the  faith  de  Annoque  dni  1638. I  Thomas  Forster
of  Ipswich  in  the  countie  of  Suffolk  Clarke  being  sicke  in  body  but  of  good  &  p'rfect
remembrance  God  be  thanked  therefore  doe  ordain  &  make  this  my  last  will  &  testa-
ment in  manner  &  form  following  First  and  most  principally  I  doe  most  humblie
comend  my  soul  to  God  and  most  stedfastly  believing  In  and  through  the  only  death
merits  and  passion  of  Jesus  Christ  my  alone  Saviour  &  all  sufficient  Redeemer  to
have  free  pardon  and  remission  of  all  my  sins  &  to  be  an  inheritor  with  him  in  his
everlasting  Kingdom  prepared  for  his  elect  before  the  beginning  of  the  world  And
my  body  to  the  earth  from  whence  it  came  And  as  for  that  small  estate  which  God
of  his  goodness  hath  lent  me  in  this  life  I  doe  by  his  divine  permission  dispose
thereof  as  foUoweth  that  is  to  say  I  will  and  bequeath  my  messuage  or  tenement
wherein  I  do  now  inhabit  and  dwell  situate  in  the  parish  of  St  Matthew  and  the
parish  of  St  Mary  at  the  tower  in  Ipswich  or  in  either  of  them  to  my  executors  here-
after named  and  to  their  heirs  and  assigns  to  the  use  intent  and  purpose  that  they
do  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease  make  sale  thereof  for  the  best  price  that
can  be  obtained  And  the  monies  for  which  the  same  shall  be  sold  I  will  shall  be
devided  in  form  following,  viz. :  to  my  son  Richard  Foster  ^^20. 