In the name of God Amen the 27th day of Aprill In the yeare of our Lorde god (1598) of Catherin Burgoin of Mosbrough in the parishe of Eckington in the countie of Derbie being sicke in bodie but of good and pfect memorie thanks be to god for the same doe ordayne and make this my Last will and testament in maner and forme following firste and principally I comyt and comend my soule into the hands of the almighitie my hearte in my body to be buried in the parishe churche yarde of Eckington aforesaid Item I give and bequest for my mortuary according to the statute in that case ye ……. ……. I gyve and bequethe to William Hobson xxs Item to James Hobson xxs Item I gyve and bequethe to Thomas Hobson of the …….. roade(?) xiiis Item to Robte Crookes iijs iiijd The residue of all my goods not away before given then bequeathed my Debts paied Legacies performed and my funeral expenses difreayed I freely gyve unto Thomas Hobson James Hobson Margery hobson and Johne hobson the stepson of William hobson of westwell and William hobson of Mosbro my trewe and lawfull executors of this my last will and testament Defraying from this my special trusts ….. …… ….. to see the same duly and trewly executed.
(There follows a list of the debts owing to the testator by Thomas Hobson the elder, Ellen Bunting, Thomas Crookes, Thomas Wright, Richard Green, Robert Green, George Turner, Francis Fox, Edmund Bolton, William Lindley, John Pinder, Edward Jackson, John Ward, John Spencer, Thomas Allen, George Hobson and Robert Hobson, among others).
These being witnesses:
James Cowley
Robert Crookes
The Mosborough One-Place Study 