I will and give to the poore of Hadlow fortie shillings to bee distributed amongst them, either in the daie of my burial or within a short tyme
afterward by mine Executrix hereafter named or the Churchwardens and Overseers of the said poor
Item to everyone of my household servants both mankinde and womenkinde that shall dwell with mee at my decease
I will and give five shillings apiece
Item I will and give unto Richard Barton the sonne of my brother Henry Barton the sume of ten pounds of lawfull ad good English money to
bee paid to the said Richard his executors or assignes by his said Father his Executors or assignes immediately after the
decease of John Barton the brother of the said Richard
And therefore I do will and appoint that my Executrix doe and shall paye the said ten pounds unto the said Henry my brother within one
yeare next after my decease And so shalbe discharged thereof against the said Richard Barton and all others
And my will and desire is that the said Henry Barton my brother his Executors and assignes doe and shall put out and employ the said ten pounds
soe by him received And the yearly profit thereof ariseinge and to bee made from tyme to tyme doe paye and bestowe upon and towards the
meanes and maintenance of the said John Barton his sonne during the whole tearme of the natural life of the said John
Item I will and give unto Stephen Barton my sonne the sume of two hundred pounds of lawfull and good English money to be paid unto him by
my Executrix hereafter named at his age of twenty and one yeares
And if the said Stephen my sonne shall decease before his said age of twenty and one yeares Then I will the said two hundred pounds shalbe paid
unto Henry Barton my sonne his Executors or assignes, at such tyme as the said Stephen ought to have received the same,
by virtue of this my will (if he had lived)
Item whereas I have & hold to mee and mine heires, divers houses lands, and tenements by the wait of mortgage, whereof the tymes of some of them
for (the redemption thereof) are comeinge about And the tymes of someother of them when they should have been redeemed are past My will and
minde notwithstandinge is that Hellen my loveinge wife and Executrix hereafter named shall have and receave the monies for such and for
many of the said houses, lands, or tenements at the tyme of the redemption of the same is coming about and shall not
be expired at the tyme of my decease
And alsoe I will that if payment shall not bee tendered unto my said wife at any tyme after my decease of the moneys that ought to have been paid
for the redemption of such any or soe many of those houses, lands or tenements as were forfeited unto mee before my decease , I saie I will that
my said wife shall also have & receave those moneys and shall and wait upon payment thereof deliver upp the ?? and writings to mee made touching
those houses, lands or tenements soe forfeited, or any of them Otherwise if she my said wife shallnot in
her life tyme be paid any such monies I will the said houses lands and tenements with theire and
every of theire appurtenants to mee mortgaged and forfeited and not redeemed according to the
purpose of this my will unto Henry my sonne his heires and assignes for ever
The residue and all other my goods Cattells Chattells and debts of what name nature or kinde soever I will and appoint
shalbe had holden, and enjoyed in the manner following that is to saie by the said Hellen my wife her
Executors and Assignes if that the said Hellen shall remain sole and not marrie again after my decease
But if that she the said Hellen shall marry againe after my decease Then she shall have and hold my said Cattell Chattell and debts and the
moneys of the mortgaged lands houses & tenements aforesaid wch she hath or shall receive by virtue of this my will, only until her marriage
againe after my decease And then I will and give to the said Hellen onely one third part of the said goods Cattell
Chattell debts and moneys (in three ptes to bee divided, valued and proporconed by my Overseers
hereafter to bee named or one of them And she to take the first choice thereof and yet nevertheless
he shall stand and be charged with all my depts and legacies, because my will and mind is that there
shalbe a deduction consideracon and allowance of all my debts, legacies final charges, and other
expenses occasioned by my death for heriot, the feodary, the probaron of this my will and the like
out of my said goods and stocke unto my said wife
And the remainder shifted and laid into three partes whereof my said wife furst to have one and the other two partes thereof one to bee and
remaine unto Henry mine eldest sonne his Executors and assignes and the other unto the said
Stephen my sonne his executors and assignes for ever
And I make and ordaine the said Hellen my wife to bee the sole Executrix of this my Testament and last will
And I make and desire my loving kinsman Thomas Barton of the Courtlege in Hadlowe aforesaide And my good friend William Pawley
the elder of the Steyrtward in Hadlowe to bee Overseers of this my testament and last will, that the same mait take effort according to my
minde and meaning therein declared And I give to either of them for their paines herein to bee taken fourtie shillings over and above their
charges thereby occasioned
This is alsoe the last will of mee the said John Barton made and declared the daie and yeare furst herein before written to ?? the ordering willing and disposeing of all my lands tenements and hereditaments with thappurtenances
I will give and devise unto Henry Barton myne eldest sonne All that messuage or tenement wherein I now dwell And the housing barnes, buildings
yards, closes, orchards and lands arrable meadowe and pasture with theire and every of theire and every of
theire hereditaments and appurtenances to the said messuage or tenement adjoyninge conteyninge
by estimacon thirtie and five acres together lyinge and beinge in Hadlowe aforesaid
And alsoe all other my houses lands and tenements with their appurtenance situate lyinge or beinge in Hadlowe
aforesaid To have and to hold All the said messuage or tenement housings, barnes, buildings, yards,
closes, orchards and lands arrable meadowe and pasture with th’appurtenances thereto belonging
And also all other my lands and tenements in Hadlow aforesaid and all my ?? Remaynder, interest
and demand of in and to all and every the same with theire hereditaments and appurtenans unto
the said Henry Barton my sonne and to the heires of his body lawfully to bee begotten
And for default of such issue unto the said Stephen Barton my sonne and to the heires of his bodie lawfully to bee begotten
and for lack of such issue the remainder thereof unto Richard and Henry the two sonnes of my brother Henry Barton and to theire heires and
assignes for ever
Notwithstandinge my will is that the said Hellen my wife shall or may have and hold my said messuage or tenement wherein I now dwell and the houseinge lands and appurtenants thereto adjoininge, conteyninge by estimacon five and thirtie acres lyinge together in Hadlow aforesaid wth Newmayfeild during her widowhood next after my decease she keeping and mayntayninge all and every the same well & sufficiently repayred during her said widowhood and without committing or doeing any manner of wilful or negligent strip or wast, in or upon the same or any parte thereof anything in this my will conteyned to the contrary thereof notwithstandinge
Item I will, give and devise unto Stephen Barton my sonne All my messuage or tenement housing buildings, yards, closes, orchards and lands
arable meadowe and pasture with their and every of their hereditaments and appurtenances situate,
lyinge and beinge in Gouthest in the Countie of Kent to have and to hold all and every the said
messuage or tenement and premisses in Goutherst aforesaid unto the said Stephen my sonne and
the heires of his body lawfully to bee begotten and for want of such issue unto the said Henry my
sonne his brother And to the heires of his body lawfully to bee begotten
And in default of such issue the remainder thereof unto Henry and Richard the two sonnes before named of my brother Henry
Barton and to theire heires & assignes for ever
Item I give and devise to the said Stephen Barton my sonne his heires and assignes for ever All that annuity or rent charge of twenty shillings heretofore sold and granted to mee and mine heires by James Barton now deceased to bee payable to mee & myne heires for ever
In witness whereof I have to this my Testament and last will written in eight sheets of paper sett my hand and seale proven the daie and yeare
furst before written
John Barton their being present and witnessed John Hooper
Probate granted in London 4th November 1629
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