Item I give and bequethe to my sister Webbe a cowe to be deliverid before the feast of
saynt George next cominge
Item I give and bequethe unto my daughter Marion 10 L of
good and lawfull money of yngland to be paide to her at the age of 18 yeres And if Johan
my wife be with childe then I give and bequethe it 5 L of good and lawfull money of
yngland to be paide the same if it be a male at 22 yeres of age And if it be a woman to be
paid when it comythe to the age of 18 yeres
And I will and ordeigne that Johan my wif do paie with the handes of my brother Edward Pirs to the use of my daughter Marion 20 s at one time within the yere for the space of 10 yeres next and ymediatlie followinge after my decease And also I will and ordeigne at the end of the said 10 yeres beinge fullie ended to paie like unto theandes of my said brother Edward 20 s a yere to thuse of the child before mencioned for the space of 5 yeres next and ymediatlie follownige after the 10 yeres being ended untill the foresaid 5 L be fullie content and paide And if that Johan my wife do not make yerlie paiment of the foresaid 10 L and also of the 5 L then I will and ordeigne that my brother Edward Pirs or his assignes shall enter in and upon all my howses and land leing in Egerton aforesaid and therto distraine and carrye awaie and it to withhold and kepe untill the said money be paid with arrecrages And that my said brother or his assignes do strayne and shesse so often as nede shalbe
The residue of all my goods my children being kept duringe the term of ther noige withall mannor of necessanes accordnige to that deyie my dettes and legacies paid I hollie give them to Johan my wife whom I ordeigne and make my sole executrix of this my present testament and last will
THIS IS THE LASTE WILL of me the said George Burwasshe made the foresaid 6
daie of the month of Februarye and in the foresaid yere of our lord god 1556 And also in
the 3 d and 4th yeres of king Philipp and quene Mary Firste I will that Johan my wif shall
have and enioy all my howses and landes set lienge and benige within the parishe of
Egerton or ellswhere within the countie of kent durinige the time of her naterall life
appon this condicion that my said wif do make no ympechement or waste nor stripe
uppon my said howses and land but will mayntaine and repaire my said wif howses and
also to kepe and save the frith and sprnige from surte And if my wif be with child of a
sonne then I will all my said howses and land to him and his heires of bodie lawfullie
begotten And if my wif be not with child then I will all my said howses and lands to
Marion my daughter and to the heirs of her bodie lawfullie begotten And if my said
daughter do decease without heires lawfully begotten Then I will the said howses and
landes to the next heres And if my wif do decease before my child or children do come to
the lawfull age that is to saye the man at 22 yeres the woman 18 yeres Then I will and
ordeigne that my brother Edward Pires have the lettnige owt of all my said howses and
landes to the most perfect of my children
Witnesses Gilbert Dundie Edward Piers William Hopper Robert Cage
Probate granted 6 April 1557
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