Barrow Will 1491

Will of William A'Barrow

of Biddenden, Kent

Source: Consistory Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 32/3/307a, 1491
Submitted by Geoff Barrow

In the Name of God Amen the xiijth [14th] daye of Apryll In the yere of our lord God a [1491]
I William A Barrow of the p[ar]isshe of Bedyinden of A hole mynde and in good Remembrance make my testament and my last will in this wyse
First I bequeith my soule to Almyghti God (my) Saviour and maker and to our blessid lady the virgin his mother and to all the holy company of hevyn and my body to be buryed in the Church yard of the pisshe of Bedyinden forseid

Also I bequeith to the hygh Auter [altar] ther(e) for my tythes and offeryings negligently for gevyn xxd
Item to evry lighte in the church aforesaid a iiijd
Also to evry Godchyld a iiijd
Also I bequeith to Johane my wiff xls in money, A cowe and a haffer

The Residewe of all my goods After the tyme that my detts bequethis [bequests] and fun[er]all expensis be payed I ordeyne and byqueith to William and Harry my sonnes which William and Harry of this my testament I make and ordeyne executors that they dispoose for the helth of my soule and all Cristen As they thynke most best for to be done

Also I will that Johane my wiff have evry yere terme of her lyff xxijs & iiijd to be payed to her by the said William and Harry my sonnes quartely
And also that she have her dwellyng in the place of Dasyntorne? terme of her lyff wt [with] fre(e) In duryng and owte goying by all the said terme and the said William and Harry my sonnes and executors repayre the seid place dewys? for her at her Comyng In and she there to kepe resonabyll the seid place repaye Also long as she so dwellyng ther(e)

In furtherness if the seid Johanne lyff and so no long ther(e) to Abyde ther(e) I will that my seid sonnes or there assignes paye to her terme of her lyff quartelly the full uppe? of xxvjs viijd with the xxijs & iiijd before rehersyd yt [that] is to saye the Sume in the [w]hole mony in the hole yere a xxvjs viijd

This witnesseth
Sir John Emsen, pr[i]est syngyng in the seid church; William Sorrell; Stephyn Stace; Willia(m) Mowte & others

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 11th September 2023

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