Item I doe gyve unto Cycelye Elnor syxe pounds thirtene? shillings fower pence of good and lawfull money of England To be payde unto her
when she shall come to the age of eightene yeares
Item I doe gyve unto the said Cycylye one heaffer To be putt to profett for her use ymedyiatly after my decease
Item I doe gyve unto the saide Cycylye my nowe coverlett
Item I do gyve unto Elyzabeth Elnor two ewes to be putt forthe to her use ymedyatlye after my decease
Item I doe gyve unto ye poore inhabytors of this paryshe Tenne shillyngs
All the rest of my goods and Cattalls my legacyes and funerall expensyes payd and dyschardged I doe holye gyve and bequethe unto John Elnor my sonne, whome I doe ordayne and make my sole Executor of this my last wyll and testament
As touchinge the dysposytyon [disposition] of my lands
Item I doe gyve unto John Elnor my sonne and to Thomasen Ellnor hys wyfe ...? howses (and) seaven acres of lande which do lye together in the paryshe of Reculver of ells where in the County of Kente To have and to holde the same howses and seaven acres of Lande wyth their appurten[a]ncs to the sayd John Elnor and Thomasen his wyfe and to their heyers for ever
In wyttnes whereof I the same Dennys have hereunto sett my hande the daye and yeare above wrytten in ye pr[e]sence of
Walter Harryson ..... vycar there, And Thomasen Elnor, Thomas Wrelly?, Jeames Webster and others
Probatum fuit: 18th November 1577
Note: Dennis Brooke was buryed the xxijth daye of October, 1577 at St. Mary the Virgin, Woodnesborough, Kent.
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh Mason 8th January 2023
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