Baker Will 1528

Will of Laurence Baker

of Chilham, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 17/18/112
Submitted by Shelagh Mason

In dei noie Amen The xxiijth daye of April The yere of our Lord God [1528]
I Laurence Baker of hole mynde and good memorye make this my testamente conteynyng my last will in this manr folowyng [manner following]
Fyrst I bequeythe [bequeath] my soule unto allmyghti God my creator to oure bessyde ladye and to all the holye c-mpenye of hevyn [holy company of heaven] my bodye to be buryed yn the churcheyard of oure blessede ladye at Chilham

Also I bequeyth to the hygh ault [high alter] of Chilham xxijd
Item I bequeth unto the herslyght yn the sayd churche iiijd

Also I will that my Son John have unto hym and his assygnes [assigns] two acres of lande that I bought of Willm. Pole called Wesborn lyeng wytheyn [within] the pish [parish] of Lenham

The residue of all my goods and debts before not bequeythed I give and bequeyth unto my son John whiche John I ordeyine [ordain] and make myne executor that he dispose theryn [therein] for the helthe [health] of my Soule and his discharge

Wittnesse hereof
Robert Fowle vicar of Chilham - Harrye Payne - John Tyrrye [Terry] and John Pisyng
Concordat originalis

Probatum fuit: xj die July 1528.

Notes:
Parish registers commence in Chilham in 1558 � some 30 years after the date of this Will.
Son John Baker, mentioned in the Will, also leaves a Will:
PRC 17/29/192 Will of John Baker of Chilham, dated 15th April 1551 and Proved 19th December 1551

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 14th October 2019. All rights waived for personal use � BUT please quote source and reference.

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