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Citing P.C.C., Stokton 3; Test. Vetusta, page 277.
- [S19] Testamenta Vetusta, N. H. Nicolas, page 277.
"[Testament of] ELEANOR COUNTESS OF ARUNDEL.
"Eleanor Countess of Arundel and Lady Maltravers, July 20, 1455. My body to be buried, with my late husband, John Earl of Arundel, in the Chapel of Our Lady within the Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity at Arundel. To the Masters and Fellows of that College a cross of silver gilt, to remain therein perpetually for convenient uses. Also XLl. sterling, upon condition that the Masters and Fellows, with all the Priests and Officers of that College, and their successors, shall yearly keep the obits of John Earl of Arundel, my late husband, and my own obit, with mass and office of requiem, solemnly with note, at convenient hours, for their souls, and for the souls of our parents and ancestors, and of all the faithful deceased. Also, I ordain that my executors expend cc marks of my goods to found a perpetual chantry at the altar of our blessed Lady in the same chapel, for one priest to celebrate mass thereat for the health of my said husband's soul, and my own soul, and that he have x marks per annum for so doing, or at least for twenty years next after my decease. To William Earl of Arundel, my son, my best cup of gold; likewise a ring with a ruby, and cl. sterling; to Joane Countess of Arundel, a cup of silver; to Lady Eleanor Percy, my daughter, a golden collar for her neck, with a jewel set with precious stones hanging thereat; also a bason of silver with the arms of the Lord Poynings, and of Sir John Berkley, Knight, my father, thereon; likewise a ewer of silver, and cl. sterling; to Lady Dudley, my sister, a row of pearls; to Lady Margaret, the wife of Lord Hungerford, a standing cup gilt; to Sir Robert Hungerford, Knight, Lord Molins, now a prisoner in France, all the wool at my manor of Haytesbury, to the value of one hundred pounds, towards his ransom, provided that he be released from his imprisonment during his life, and that neither he nor the Lord Hungerford, his father, disturb the executors of this my testament; to Sir Morice Berkley, Knight, my brother, xxl. sterling; and to the Lady Lora, his wife, a cup of beryl garnished with gold; to Maurice Berkley, son and heir of the said Maurice, my brother, a silver salt cellar and xl. sterling; and to Ann, wife of the said Maurice, a book of mattins covered with velvet; to Thomas Berkley, son of the said Maurice, my brother, xl.; and to Edward Berkley, another of the sons of my said brother Maurice, xl.; to William Gurney, and Agnes his wife. And I appoint my son, William Earl of Arundel, my executor. Proved August 23, 1455*.
"* From Dugdale's Abstract, volume i, page 323, and a MS. note of the will."
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Citing Ch. Inq. p. m., 33 Hen. VI, no. 35.
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, d. 21 April 1421 (Age 35 years) 
