Extracts from Shakespeare's original will of June 1616.

'.....Item I Gyve & bequeath unto my sonne in L[aw] Daughter Judyth One Hundred & ffyftie poundes of lawfull English money.....

.....Item I gyve and bequeath unto my saied sister Jone XX^li & all my wearing Apparrell to be paied and delivered within one yeare after my deceas And I doe will & devise unto her ^{the house} with thappurtenances in Stratford wherein she dwelleth for her naturall lief.....

.....unto her three sonnes William Harte (name omitted) Hart & Michaell Harte ffyve poundes A peece.....

.....Item I gyve & bequeath unto her ^{the saied Elizabeth Hall} All my Plate ^{(except my brod silver & gilt bole)} that I now have att the date of this my will Item I gyve & bequeath unto the Poore of Stratford aforesaied tenn poundes to Mr Thomas Combe my Sword.....

.....Item I Gyve Will bequeth & devise unto my Daughter Susanna Hall ^{for better enabling of her to performe this my will & towardes the performans thereof} All that Capitall Messuage or tenemente with thappurtenances ^{in Stratford aforesaid} called the newe place wherein I nowe dwell & two messuages or tenementes with thappurtenances scituat lyeing & being in Henley Streete within the borough of Stratford aforesaied And all my barnes stables Orchardes gardens landes tenementes & hereditaments whatsoever scituat lyeing & being or to be had Receyved perceyved or taken within the townes Hamlettes villages Fieldes & groundes of Stratford upon Avon Oldstratford Bushopton & Welcombe or in anie of them in the saied countie of warrwick And alsoe All that Messuage or tenemente with thappurtenances wherein one John Robinson dwelleth scituat lyeing & being in the blackfriers in London nere the Wardrobe & all other my landes tenementes & hereditamentes whatsoever.....

.....Item I gyve unto my wiefe my second best bed with the furniture Item I gyve & bequeath to my saied daughter Judith my broad silver gilt bowl. All the Rest of my goodes Chattel[s] Leases plate Jewels & household stuffe whatsoever after dettes and Legasies paied & my funerall expences discharged I gyve devise & bequeath to my Sonne in Lawe John Hall gent & my daughter Susanna his wief whom I ordaine & make executors of this my Last will & testament.....'

Notes:

li = pounds sterling

Roman numerals: x = 10