Inpri[mi]s I give unto my eldest son Thomas Abbott the sume of Threescore and Ten pounds of lawfull money of England To be paid unto him
by my said Executrix within one yeare and one day next after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto my son Leonard Abbott the sum of Forty pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid unto him by my said
Executrix within one yeare and one day next after my decease
Item I give unto my daughter Anne the sume of Twenty pounds of like lawfull money
of England to be paid unto her by my said Executrix within one yeare next after my decease
Item I give unto my daughter Susana the sume of Twenty pounds of like money of
England to be paid unto her by my said Executrix within one yeare and one day next after my decease
Item I give unto my daughter Martha the sume of Twenty pounds of like money to be
paid unto her within one yeare and a day next after my decease by my said Executrix
Item I give unto my two grandchildren Elizabeth and Anne Burges, Children of my late daughter Elizabeth deceased the sume of Tenn pounds
to each of them To be paid unto their father John Burges within one yeare and one day next after my decease soe as the said John Burges at
his receipt thereof do give sufficient security to my Executrix hereafter named such as Squier Beverton the younger, gent(leman) and one of the
Aldermen of the City of Canterbury and my brother Thomas Fleete shall like of and approve
That the said twenty pounds shall be paid to the said Elizabeth and Anne Burges at their respective ages
of one and twenty yeares or on their respective dayes of marriage which if them shall first happen To
witt Ten pounds to each of them
And if either of them shall happen too dy before they attaine to their
said age or be marryed to pay unto the Survivour of them the said Elizabeth and Anne Burges the said
whole sume of Twenty pounds at her said age or day of marriage; and that if the said
John Burges refuse or neglect to give such security as aforesaid then my said Executrix to pay the said
Twenty pounds last before menconed unto the said Elizabeth and Anne Burges at such times and in such manner as before is expressed
Item I give and devise unto my loveing wife Margaret and her assignes for and during the terme of her
naturall life All that my messuage or Tenement with the appurten[an]ces called or comonly knowne by the name or signe of the Crosse Keys in the
parish of Holy Crosse, Westgate within the walls of the said City of Canterbury
And from and imediately after the decs. [decease] of my said wife I give and devise the said messuage of
Tenement unto my two sons Thomas Abbott and Leonard Abbott equally to be divided between them and to their heires and assignes forever
All the rest and residue of my estate whatsoever not herein before given and bequeathed, my debts legacies and funerall charges, and the probate of this my will being first paid and discharged I give and bequeath unto my said loving wife Margaret whom I make the sole Executrix of this my will
In witnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this Thirtyeth day of December in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred eighty
and five
Thomas Abbott
Sealed and delivered published and declared by the said Thomas Abbott the Testator to be his last will
and Testament in the p[re]sence of us whose names are subscribed who have also sett our hands in the p’sence of the said Testator
Squire Beverton Junr.; Thomas Fleete his marke; Joseph Webb
Probatum fuit: 17th February 1685/6
Note: St. Alphage, Canterbury parish register has the burial of Thomas Abbott on 21st January 1685/6.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 25th February 2022
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