A history of the Church of St Giles, Northampton . HAPELS AND ALTARS. 31 George Coldwell, by his will dated, 1557, orders that thereshalbe gyve unto poore people the daye of my buriall xxxdussen of breade and at my monethes day xxti dussen ofbreade. Itm., I will that my executors shall leye a marblestone uppon my grave, wth the picture of me, and my iiij sonnsbehynd me, and the picture of my wiffe, and my vij daughtersbehynd her, and a scripture under the pictures f eete contayningmy name and my wiffes and the daye of my death.* The Great Oak in the Church Yard. Several early Northampton wills
A history of the Church of St Giles, Northampton . HAPELS AND ALTARS. 31 George Coldwell, by his will dated, 1557, orders that thereshalbe gyve unto poore people the daye of my buriall xxxdussen of breade and at my monethes day xxti dussen ofbreade. Itm., I will that my executors shall leye a marblestone uppon my grave, wth the picture of me, and my iiij sonnsbehynd me, and the picture of my wiffe, and my vij daughtersbehynd her, and a scripture under the pictures f eete contayningmy name and my wiffes and the daye of my death.* The Great Oak in the Church Yard. Several early Northampton wills contain references to thegreat oak in St. Giles Churchyard. Thus Elizabeth Johnson, in 1521, leaves her body to beburied under the great oake f ; and Robert Standishe sometyme sergyaunte (1536), desires to be buryed withinthe churchyarde of Sancte Giles, within Northampton, besidethe greate oake on the southe side the church * Northampton Probate Office Wills. Book M., f. Northampton Wills. Book B. f. Ibid. Book E. f.
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