Source: Kingsbury Genealogy, compiled by Arthur Murray Kingsbury. 1962

Will of John Kingsbury of Little Cornard Magna, Suffolk, England 1539

In dei noie Amen be yt knowne unto all men that uppon the X days of the mothe of August in the yere of owe'r lorde god MCCCCCXXXIX and in the yere of oue'r sofren lorde kynge henry the viijth the xxxj I John Kyngsbury of Cornarde Magna the elder beynge hole of mynde & of good memorye I make my testament and last will in thys manr of wyse fynte I bequethe my sowle unto allmyghtye god and to ower Lady Saynte Mary & to all the blessed saynts in Glorye, and my body for to be buryed in the churche yarde of Saynt Andrewes of Cornarthe aforesayd. Itm I geve and bequethe onto the heyghe aulter of the sayd churche for my tythes and oblacyones forgitten Xijs. Itm I geve and bequethe to Elyn my wyefe she for to be a goods gyde and helper unto John my sone X marks and the second bedde. Itm I geve and bequethe to John my younger sone the tenement of fenors in maryott. Also I bequethe unto Ysbell my dowghter one seme of barley one shepe and a lambe. Also I geve and bequeth unto Alys my doughter one seme barley one shepe & a lambe. Itm I bequeth Crystyan my daughter one seme of barley one shepe & a lambe. The residue of all my goods unbequetheyde I geve and bequethe unto John my elder sone whome I chose and make my full executor. In wytness hereor Sr. Thomas legatt vycar of the sayde town the whyche dyd wryght this prsent testament. August 10, 1539.

Proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury 20^th Decr. 1539 (Poope 42)