Item I give unto my daughter Rodda tenn poundes whereof Five poundes to bee paid wthin twoe yeares after my decease the other Five poundes
to bee paid within Foure yeares after my decease
Item more I give unto Elizabeth Taylor my grandchild and daughter of my daughter Rodda five pounds To bee paid within six yeares after my
decease & the same Five pounds to bee imploied to the best use
Item I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Tenn pound whereof Five pound is to bee paid wthin two yeares after my decease the other Five pound
to bee paid wthin Foure yeare after my decease
Item more I give unto John Parromer my grandchild, sonn of my daughter Elizabeth Five pound To bee paid wthin six yeares after
my decease and to bee imploied to the best use
Item I give unto my daughter Jane tenn pound whereof Five pound is to bee paid wthin twoe yeares after my decease the other Five pound to
be paid wthin Foure yeare after my decease
Item I give unto John Younge sonn of my daughter Jane Five pound to bee paid wthin six yeares after my decease to bee imploied to the best
use
Item I give unto John Baxe my sonn whome I doe make sole executor of this my last will and testament All my lands goods and tenements with the appurtenancs thereunto belonging wth all the residue of my goods and Chattell not bequeathed in the parishe of Staple or else where
Furthermore my will and mynd is that if any of the said legacies bee behinde and unpaid According unto the tyme lymited and expressed in my will wch I have given unto my three daughters Rodda, Jane and Elizabeth That then they shall have free excesse to come unto anie of my said Lands to destresse and strayne to leade, drive, carry away and the same to detayne untill the said legacie bee paid
Furthermore my mynd is that if John Baxe my sonn die without heires Lawfully begotten of his bodie That then my three daughters shall have all my
Lands good(s) and Tenements in the parish of Staple equally devided amongst them
Furthermore my said mynd is that my executor shall discharge all my debts legacies and funerall expences about my buriall
Alsoe I doe nominate and appoint Richard Baxe whome I make overseer of this my Last will and testament
and have cause it to be openly read in the prsence of John Pettett and William Pettett and Richard Baxe
and I doe appoint and give unto my Overseer Tenn shilling(s)
wittnes whereunto I sett my hand and seale
John Baxe by his marke Testator
John Pettett his marke; William Pettett his marke; Richard Baxe
Probatum fuit: 7th August 1629
Notes:
John Baxe was buried 25 July 1629 at St. James, Staple, Kent – from original parish register.
Daughter Elizabeth Bax married Henry Paramore 25 Jun 1621 at St. Nicholas, Ash (next Sandwich), Kent.
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 27th May 2023
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