Item I doe revoke renounce frustrate and make void all wills by me formerly made and declare and appoint this my last will and
Testament.
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susanna five shillings, and to her daughter unknowne fourty shillings.
Item I give to my daughter Francis five shillings and to her daughter now living fourty shillings.
Item I give to Thomas Brice, son of my late son Thomas Brice Thirty pound;
And to Sarah Brice sister of my said grandchild Thomas ten pounds.
Item to Sarah the wife of John Ayny of Tilmanston Carpenter, I give twenty shillings
Item I give and bequeath to my sone Richard Brice now of Marten in the parish of East Langden in the said County Husbandman
All my lands in Eastry and Tilmanston and to his Heires lawfully begotten of his body for ever
Not withstanding my will and pleasure is that if the said Richard my son die without such heires that then all my Lands aforsaid
shall returne unto the aforesaid Thomas Brice my Grandchild and his heirs for ever
Item That then the said Thomas shall pay or repay to his Unckle Richard or his heires all the summes of the aforesaid Legacies;
After the said Thomas he hath enioyed the Lands one 12 months; and my son Richard having enioyed the Lands for one 12 months my
will is that my son Richard shall pay all the Legacies before bequeathed 12 Months after my decease;
Lastly I give and bequeath all my Goods and Chattles unto my son Richard whom I doe appoint my whole and sole executor of this my
last will and Testament;
And John Ayny above said and George Fagg, Maulster to be overseers of the same: And to see the summe of ten shillings to be
paid to the poor of Tilmanston at the day of my buriall
In witness whereof I have heerunto sett my hand and seale 17th day and yeare above written
the marke of Richard Brice
Witnesses Humphrey Dicus - The marke of Anne Wrayt - The marke of Anne Noale
Probate granted 2nd April 1674
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