Boorman Will 1569/70

Will of John Borman

of Hawkhurst, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 16/53 B/6
Submitted by Steve Clarke

In the Name of God Amen The xxvjth of Marche in the yeare of o[u]r Lord God a thowsand fyve hundrethe, three score and nyne [1569]
I John Borman of the paryshe of Hawkehurst in the Countye of Kente hole of mynde and perfect of Remembrance, thankes be to God, make this my pr[e]sente Testament and last will in manner and fourme followinge
First I bequethe my Sowle to the mercy of all mightie God my maker and Redeemer by whose deathe and passyon I trust to be saved, my bodye to be buryed where it shall please all mightye God

Item I will to John Borman my youngest sonne one of my [horses?] and halfe the harnes or tacklyayn belonging to the same, payeng unto Joane my wyef xxs
Item the resydue of all my goods, my dettes first payed and my will fulfylled, I gyve unto Joane my wyef

Item I will if it fortune that if Jone my wyef do marrye agayne the Jewell? that Jone my wyef shall paye Unto my three Daughters, that is to saye, Anne, Elizabeth and Sarah to everye one of them three pounds syxe shillings, eighte pence of good & currant money of England To be payd Unto evrye one of them as they shall come to their age of twentye and four yeares
And if it fortune my wyef do not marrye agayne, Then I will that she shall gyve unto Anne, Elizabeth and Sarah and to everye of them, as she may convenyentlye feare to evrye one of them, at her will and pleasure
Also I will that Joane my wyef gyve to evrye one of my Sonnes, that is to saye, Thomas, Harrye and wyllyam as she maye convenyentlye Spare at her diseretyon

And unto this my will I ordayne and make the sayd Joane my wyef to be my sole Executrix of this my wyll and Testament
And hereunto being Wyttness:
Wyllyam Bure; Thomas Bourne; and Thomas Sysleys

Probatum fuit: 14th March 1569/70

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 25th December 2021

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