Inprimis I will and bequeath unto the poore of the p[ar]ish where I shall bee buryed twenty shillings to bee paid presentlie after my decease
Item I will and bequeath unto
Anne Baldocke the wife of Thomas Baldocke,
Mary Solley the wife of Nicholas Solley,
Elizabeth Bunnierd the wife of William Bunnierd,
Katherine Acton the wife of Lawrene Acton
and Priscilla Bishopp my onely daughters
all that Messuages, Tenements, houses and out houses, buildings, barnes, stables, orchards, Lands with the profitts thereof belonging
whatsoever beinge in number of errable [arable] and pasture land, tenn peeces or p[ar]cells
besids the orchards, lyeinge and adjoyneinge to Langley Heath in the parishes of
Langley and Sutton on the east to a parcell of Land of the Lord Ropers to the South, to the Kings
Highway west, to the personage Lands, and Jewells land North,
to them and theire husbands dureinge theire naturall lives, and after theire deceases to the Child or
Children of my foresaid five daughters and to theire heires for ever accordinge to this my true
meaneinge, to bee equallie devided as well to daughter or daughters as to the sonne or sonnes And
that after my departure imediatlie my said daughters s(h)all equallie devide the above named
presmisses the each may know theire p[ar]te and portion
Item I will and bequeath to Henry Bishop my sonne the tenn acres of Land with the house thereupon lyeinge beneath the hill In Sutton
Vallence Comonly Caled Bonten Land to him and his heires for ever
Item I will and bequeath to John Bishopp my sonne the fourteene Acres of Land lyeinge beneath the
hill in East Sutton Commonly Called Boyton Land to him & his heires for ever
Item I will and bequeath to Priscilla my Daughter two peeces by estimacon Six Acres more or lesse bowndeinge against the Lands of Walter
Godden West : the high Streete North to the lands of Ellis Ellis East, to the Lands of Mr. Swiniocke South, to her and to her
heires for ever
Item I will and bequeath to Henry Bishopp & John Bishopp my sonnes one Tenement wth out howseinge and the Lands and woods thereunto belongeinge
except the two peeces given my foresaid daughter, now In the tennure of Robert Gascoine to bee equallie devided to them and theire
heires for ever
Provided alwayes that if every one or any one of my said sonnes or daughters to refuse or any waies denye this my true meaneinge of this my last
will and Testament that then they or either of them which shall soe doe shall not enjoye any pte or benifitt of this my last will and Testament :
and if any one of my foresaid sonnes or daughters doe refuse, they or theire husbands to my Executor releases fir the Ten pounds a peece which
their Grandfather Mr. Henrie Friar did give them, that then they shall loose the benifitt of this my last will & Testament likewise
Item I make and ordeyne Henrie Bishop my sonne my whole and sole Executor of this my Last will and Testament,
and for the better p[er]formance of this my last will and Testament, I Intreate my kinsman Mr. Ellis Ellis and my Brother Fildges? Bishop
to bee overseers of this my last will and Testament and for theire love I will and bequeath to either of them tenn shillinges to bee paid by my
Executir
And for Testimony that this is my last will & Testament I have heareunto sett my hand & seale this twenty two of May 1632
John Biishop [as written]
Wittnesses to these presents: John Srarre?; Henry Hild
Probatum fuit: 17th September 1638
Notes:
John Bishop Jr was buried at St. Mary, Sutton Valence, Kent on 28 Aug 1638.
Priscilla daughter of John Bishop was baptised at Sutton Valence on 3 Nov 1611.
Also at Sutton Valence: Maria bt. 19 Sep 1596; Elizabeth bt. 4 Feb 1598/9; Henry bt. 4 Jan 1600; Katherine bt. 19 Aug 1604; John bt. 30 Aug 1607
Elizabeth wife of John Bishop was buried at Sutton Valence 7 Dec 1624
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 27th February 2023
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