Item gyve unto the poore mens boxe xijd
Item I will and bequethe unto Richard Austen my sonns sonn my best brasse pott and one yo[u]ng heyfer bollocke nowe in the keping of his
father
I geve also unto Rabidge Austen my sonns daughter one other heyfer bullock Also in the keping of her father
And I will their father to kepe them upp for them & to take the profitte of them therefore ij yeres after they come to profitte
Item I will and geve unto John Wyllard my dawghters sonn one Cowe to be hadd unto him Imediatly after the decease of my wife his
granmother and to be p'formed unto him by my executrix or her assignes And I give unto the aforesaid John Willarde one little chest
Item I will & geve unto Marye Willarde my daughters daughter my greatest Caldren to be hadd unto her Imediatly after my wiffs deceasse
Item I will that ij of my best horsbeasts to be soulde at the best price that may be by John Allyn and Stephen Love And the monye thereof comyng I will to paye my detts and the overplus yf any be to my executrix
Item The residue of all my goods I will and geve unto Agnes my wife for terme of her naturall life
And the said Agnes I make my sole executrixe to the p'formannce of this my will and so muche thereof as shalbe nedefull during her life
and after my wifes decease I will unto my daughter Willarde A cowe which cowe I will to be under the guidinge for her behoofe of John Allyn
and Stephen Love
And the Residue after my wifes deceasse of bothe moveable and howseolde to be then equallie devided bytwene my childrins childrin of all those porcions which being not above and afore otherwise by me appointed which she shalbe made by the aforesaid John Allyn and Stephen Love or ther assignes
Willm Waker Writers
Witenes here at John Allyn & John Asten
By me Rich. Austen his marke
Concordat originali
Probatum fuit: 20th November 1574
Note: Goudhurst: buried the 12 day (of July 1574) Richard Austen senior
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh Mason 25th December 2022
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