Item I doe give and bequeath unto Elizabeth my daughter fyve pounds to be payd at the end of three yeares after my decease
Item I give and bequeath to C[hr]istopher my sonn twelve pounds to be payd wtin [within] three yeares after my decease at three equal
payments, the first fower pounds to be payd wthin one yeare after my decease and fower pounds wthin two yeares after my decease
and fower pounds wthin three yeares after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto Stephen Ansell my sonne my house and lands wth the appurten[a]nc[e]s thereunto belonginge and to his heires for ever, payeinge my wyffe forty shillings yearely dureinge her naturall lyffe If my sonne refuses to paye to his mother the fortye shillinges yearelye duringe her naturall lyffe, then yt shalbe lawfull for her to have the lettinge and settinge of my sayd house and land duringe her naturall lyffe
Item I give to Nicholas Ansell the sonn of Stephen Ansell one ewe sheepe at the end of one yeare after my decease
Item I give unto Ann Rayner daughter to John Rayner my sonn one ewe sheepe and one lambe to be
payd at the end of six yeares after my decease
Item I make Alice my wyffe myne Executor of this my laste will and testament payeing my debts and legacyes
and I make Austen Homewood myne Ovrseer of this my laste will and testament
In Wittnes hereof I have sett my hand The marke of Nicholas Ansell
Wittnes: John Heinker; Austen Homewood
Probatum fuit: 10th February 1614/15
Note: The parish register for St. Mary, Chartham, reads: Nicholas Ansell, householder, buried Decemb : 27 . 1614
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 25th February 2022
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