Will of Abraham Butcher

of Pluckley, Kent

To be buried where it shall please my executors.
Item: To my son Robert Butcher �46.13.4
Item: To my son George Butcher �46.13.4
Item: To Elizabeth Butcher my daughter �30.
Item: To Martha Butcher my daughter �32.6.8 at 20 or at marriage.
Item: To Mary Butcher my fifth daughter �20 to be paid at her age of 19 or at the day of marriage.
Item: to Barnaby Butcher my son �33.6.8
Item: to the poor of Pluckley 20 shillings

Item: To John Butcher my son one of my kersy looms and the other unto Robert my son
Item. To my son Robert my little furnace in the kitchen.
Item To my son George my broad loom and all the tackling that belongs to it.
Item: to John and George my sons my copper as it now stands in the milkhouse.

The residue of my moveable goods to Martha my wife whom I make sole executrix.

Item: to my son John and his heirs male the tenements where I now live in Pevington, Little Chart and Pluckley.
He to pay my executor three and forty pounds, 6 shillings and 8 pence.
If he default then I will the said premises to my son Robert, if he default to George, if he default to Barnaby.

Item: To my wife Martha an annuity of �5 yearly and she to have the best loft in my messuage for her dwelling and the buttery and to have free liberty to come and go to the kitchen

Witnesses: John House, John Moule, Thomas Poss

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