Item I give and bequeath unto the Poore People of this Parish of Milsted �5
Item I doe give and remitt unto my Nephew Thomas Walton Cittizen of London �50 which
hee oweth mee, withowt specialtye And whereas hee the said Thomas Walton oweth mee
�100 more by two severall bonds or obligacons, I doe will and bequeath one of the sayd
bonds with the moneys thereuppon due to me to John Walton brother of the said Thomas
And the other bond or Obligacon with the money thereuppon due, I will and bequeath unto
my Syster Heald yf shee bee livinge and yf not then to her Children equally to bee devided
amongst them And my will ys that my Executor hereafter named shall deliver upp the sayd
bonds and make them Lees of Attorney or otherwise enable them to Renewe the sayd moneys
and to Recover ytt
And whereas my Cozen William Hewett did heretofore owe mee the somme of �40 to my Executors for the use of my daughter, they shall deliver upp and relecye unto him such securitys as I have of him for yt
Item I give unto my Sister Wheatland All my howshowldstuffe (except sixe Joynd stooles
and a Forme at my Cozen Tildens) and �5 in money
Item I give unto Mr Lane, Minister of Bredgar, All my books and �10 in money
Item I give to Mr Houghton, minister of Bicknor, my best gowne
Item I give unto my Cozen Dawlyng minister of Frensted 50 shillings and him I desire to preach att my burial
Item I give unto Mrs Toke of Milstead a 22s peece of gowld and 5 shillings in Silver
And to her daughter Anne a 22s peece of gold
Item I give unto my loving Cozen Mr Richard Tilden the sixe Joynd stooles and the Forme
aforemencioned and to my Cozen his wife a 22s peece of gold and 5 shillings in Silver
Item I give to William, Richard and John Tilden, the sonnes of the sayd Mr Richard
Tilden, to each of them a 22s peece of gold
Item I give unto Mrs Anne Toke and Elizabeth Tilden his daughters, to each of them a 22s peece of gold
Item I give unto my Cozen Mrs Lambe �5 towards putting forth one of her Children Apprentice
Item I give unto the widdowe Summens 20 shillings
Item I give unto Elizabeth Haslewood the wife of George Haslewood 20 shillings
Item I give unto John Gardener 10 shillings
Item I give unto Elizabeth Spencer 10 shillings
Item I give unto my Cozen Tildens Manservant John Dawstone 10 shillings
Item I give unto his two Maydservantes Ursula Wood and Bennet Rayner 10 shillings a peece
Item all the residue of my goodes and Chattells whatsoever (my debts and Legacyes being payd and Funeralls dischardged) I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Clayton
And I doe make and ordaine my three loveing freindes and Cozens Mr Richard Tilden, Mr
James Tonge Th�elder of Baxon and Mr Richard Dawling Executors of this my last will
and Testament earnestly intreating and desiring them to bee carefull in the Education of my
daughter whom I Chardg and Enioyne to bee wholly governed and directed by them during
her minoritye and especially that she doe not offer to marry before she shall atteyne her full
age of one and Twenty yeares without the Consents and good liking of my Executors or of
twoe of them att the least
And yf my daughter shall presume to marry before that age without
their Consents and appprobacion that then shee shall have noe benefit of this my will or of
any part of the Legacye and Porcion before given her
And that then and allsoe, in case she shall happen to dye before that time unmarryed (after my debts and
other Legacyes aforementioned shalbee payd, my daughters Education and my Executors chardges and
expences deducted and dischardged) I will and bequeath all the Remaynder of my goodes and
estate unto the Children of my late Sister Walton, the Children of my sayd Sister Heald
and the Children of my Cozen Jane Hawett, wife of the aforesaid William Hawett or soe
many of them as shall then bee livinge, equally to bee devided amongst them
In wittnesse whereof, I the sayd Robert Clayton have hereunto sett my hand and Seale by
subscribinge my name to the two first sheetes and my name and my Seale affixed to this third
and last sheete of this my will dated the day and yeare above written 1647 Robert Clayton.
Sealed and delivered as the last will of the Testator in the Presence of
Thomas Bourne, William Rucke.
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