Baker Will 1561/2

Will of Robert Baker

of Lydd, Kent


Source: Consistory Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 32/29/79a
Submitted by Shelagh Mason
In the name of God Amen the xxxth day of November in ye yere of our Lord God one thousand fyve hundrethe thre skore [three score] and one
I Robert Baker of the pishe [parish] of Lyd in ye Countye of Kent beyng syck of bodye and of good remembrannce, thanks be geven to almyghtye [almighty] God, macke my testament & last wyll as folowethe
Fyrst bequethe my soule unto almyghty God and my bodye to be buryed in ye Churche yarde of Lyd

Item I geve and bequeathe to e pore peoples Chest of Lyd a xijd
the residues of all my goods movable my debtes and legaces payd, I geve and bequethe to Annys [Agnes] my wyfe whyche [which] Annys I do ordeyne and make to be my executryx to se [see] this my last testament and wyll fulfylled and p�formed [performed]

And as to my tenementes and lands wth [with] thappertenannes [the appurtenances] wtin [within] the pish of Lyd, this is my last wyll made and declared the day and yere above sayd

Fyrst I geve and bequethe unto Annys my wyfe my foresayd tenement land wth thappurtencs to Annes my wyfe and to her heyres for ever

Thes [these] beynge wytnes Thomas Olyffe Willm Gregorye and Necholas Pyx

Item my will and mynde is yt Mr. Thomas Baker Jurat and Robert Lawles shall sell my pte [part] of one Grave ? called ye Ellen and all ye monye of my pte of ye foresayd Greyes ? receaved shall goe to ye use of ye payment of my debts

Probatum fuit: Secundo dei Marij [March] 1561(2)

Notes:
Robert Bakar (sic) was buried at All Saints, Lydd on 5th December 1561.
Robert�s marriage to Agnes is not found � may pre-date parish register � Lydd�s register commences 1542.
Children of Robert Baker (all Christened at Lydd):
6A ug 1553 Benitt; 10 Nov 1555 Austyn; 14 Dec 1558 James.
Agnes Bachar (Baker), widow of Robert, married Nicholas Alight 20th April 1562 at All Saints, Lydd.

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 25th October 2019. All rights waived for personal use � BUT please quote source and reference.


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