The year of our Lord god a Thousand five hundreth fourty and two the 23 Day of August I Sir John Dawtrey Knight being sick of body hole and of parfict memory do ordeyn and make my last will and testament in forme and maner hereafter following

John Dawtrey was born about 1495 to Sir John Dawtrey and Jane (nee Shirley) Dawtrey. Jane was the daughter of Ralph Shirley, Esquire of Wiston and his wife Jane (nee Bellingham) Shirley.

William Dawtrey was born about 1530 to Sir John Dawtrey and his second wife Joan (or Jane) nee Skardeville or Skarfield.

I Sir John Dawtrey of More in the parish of Petworth in the Countie of Sussex, Knight, sick in body and of good and ___ mynd and remembrance make my last will and testament in manner and forme followyng

Henry Dawtrey was born in 1579 to William Dawtrey and Dorothy (nee Stonely) Dawtrey. He was baptised in Doddinghurst, Essex on Trinity Sunday (14^th June) 1579. Doddinghurst was his mother's home and it was through his mother, Dorothy Stonely, the daughter of Richard Stonely, MP that the Dawtrey's acquired their Essex estates.

In the Name of God, Amen the ___ day of ___ in the Eighteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland and Ireland King Defender of the Faith Anno Dom one Thousand six hundred forty two I Henry Dawtrey of More in the parish of Petworth in the County of Sussex Knight being of good and perfect memory and indifferent health of body (praysed be Almighty God) do make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in manner and form following

I William Dawtrey of Chichester in the Countie of Sussex Esquire being weak and sick of bosy but of good and perfect remembrance Do make ordaine and consitute this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge