Will of Thomas Cocke

of Wye, Kent

I doe give and bequeath to the poore people of the sayd parish of Wye five pounds to be payed unto them by my Executor within two yeares next after my decease
Also I doe give and bequeath unto Thomas Wieles [Wiles] of Boughton Alaph five pounds to be payd unto him by my Executor within one yeare next after my decease
Also I do give and bequeath to John Wieles his brother five pounds to be payd unto him by my Executor within two yeares next after my decease
Also I do give and bequeath unto Edward Wieles his brother five pounds to be payd unto him by my Executor within three yeares next after my decease
Also I doe give and bequeath unto Susan Wieles their sister five pounds to be payd unto her by my Executor within four yeares next after my decease

Also I doe give and bequeath unto Thomas Cooke, sonne of Davye Cooke of Wye, my kinsman twenty pounds to be payd to him by my Executor within four yeares next after my decease
Also I doe give and bequeath unto Danyel Lylley my Kinsman five pounds to be payd unto him by my Executor within one yeare next after my decease
Also I doe give and bequeth unto Elizabeth Bottle his sister five pounds to be payd unto her by my Executor within two yeares next after my decease

Also I doe give and bequeath unto the Children of ____ Peirce of Harbledowne, hemp dresser the some of tenne pounds to be payde unto their father’s hands by my Executor, to their use, within two yeares next after my decease
Also I do give and bequeath unto Sarah Carter the wife of William Carter, my late wives eldest daughter the sume of five pounds to be payd unto her by my Executor within one yeare next after my decease

Also I do give and bequeath unto Anna Carter daughter? of the sayd William and Sarah Carter fourty and two pounds whereof fourtie pounds beinge in the hands of the sayd William Carter her father
I will that he shall pay the same unto his sayd daughter Anna Carter at her age of one and twenty yeares or at the day of marriage, which it shall please God shall happen to come first and the other fourtie shillings I will shall be payd unto her by my Executor according as her father should pay the other at the same day
And my will and mynd is that yf the sayd Anna Carter doe dye and depart this life before the sayd sommes of money be due to be payd, then I will that the said two and fortie pounds shalbe and remayne to the said William and Sara therfor or to the Survivor of them

Also I do give and bequeath unto Margaret Wells, Wife of William Wells of Wye, my late wives second daughter five pounds to be payd unto her or her assignes, by my Executor within two yeares next after my decease
Also I do give & bequeath unto Benjamin Wells, William, Robert, Elizabeth and Mary Wells, sonnes and daughters of the sayd William and Margaret Wells to each of them five pounds, to be payd unto their fathers hands within two yeares next after my decease

Also I do give and bequeath unto Priscilla Cheston ? Wife of William Cheston of Eshford [Ashford] my late wives third daughter the somme of tenn pounds to be payd unto her or her asignes by my Executrix within two yeares next after my decease
Also I doe give and bequeath unto William Cheston sonne of the said William and Priscilla Cheston tenne pounds to be p[ai]d into his fathers hands by my Executor within two yeares next after my decease

Also I doe give unto Anna Everett wife of Edward Everett, my late wives youngest daughter tenn pounds, to be payd unto her by her Executor within two yeares next after my decease
Also I doe give and bequeath unto Alice Everett daughter of the sayd Edward and Anna Everett tenn pounds, to be pd into her fathers hand to her use by my Executor within two yeares next after my decease

Also I doe give and bequeath unto Rachall Dawson and Ann Dawson, daughters of Roger Dawson, my late wives eldest sonne to either of them five pounds, the which tenn pounds betweene the sayd Rachell and Ann Dawson is alreadye in Roger Dawson their fathers hand that I have engaged for the payment of, and that my will and mynd is that their father Roger Dawson, shall pay it unto them, and yt [that] my Executors shall not ... and chardged to pay it unto them or any of them
Also I doe give and bequeath unto George Dawson my late wives youngest sonne one bedstedle, one bed, one boldster, one Coverlid, two blanketts, and one payer of sheets that Rebecca Lowes did use in my house when she was abyding there for her lodginge, and also one Cubbord and one settle

And all the residue of all my houshould stuffe I will shalbe equally devided betweene Roger Dawson, Sarah Castle, Margaret Wells, Priscilla Cheston and Anna Everett equally besides them selves And my will and mynd is, that yf they cannot agree about the shiftinge of the sayd houshould stuffe betweene themselves, then my will and mynd is that my Executor shall intreat two men to devyde it for them and that they shall stand to such shift as thy shall make

And the Residue of all my goods, Cattell and Chattells not before given, I doe give wholy unto George Dawson my late wives youngest sonne whome I make and appoynt my sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament

This is also the last Will of mee the sayd Thomas Cocke, made and declared the day and year first above written of and concerninge all my messuages and lands lyinge and beinge in the Parish of Wye before written

And first I doe give and bequeath unto George Dawson & Thomas Dawson, sonnes of the before named Roger Dawson, all that my Tenement or Messuage with the backesyde belonginge and one hempe spott with a litle buildinge one [on] the othersyde (of) the Street toward the Church and lately in the occupation of William Carter, to have to them and to their heires for ever

And the Residue of all my Messuages and lands in Wye aforesayd I doe give unto the foresayd George Dawson and to his heires for ever, to the p[er]forminge of that my present testam[en]t and last Will and the paying of the legacyes before given

And further my will and mynd is that yf the s[ai]d George Dawson doe not pay the legacyes before given accordinge to the true meaninge of my sayd gift beinge thereunto required by the partie or partyes to whom the same is given, but shall put off with delayes above the space of one whole moneth after the same shall be due, that then I will and my mynd is that notwithstandinge the former gift unto the sayd George of my said Messuages and lands, that it shall be lawfull by this my present Will And I doe give full power and authoritye unto William Wells of Wye before named, that he shall enter into all that my Messuages and lands before to the sayd George Dawson given and shall sell the same to the best price that he can, and deliver estate thereof accordinge to lawe, and shall with the money thereof dischardge all such legacyes as be before in this my present Testament and last Will formerly given and not payd by the said George

And I doe give unto the sayd William Wells for his paynes to be taken herein thirteene pounds six shillings and eight pence
And the Residue of the money of the sale of the sayd Messuage and lands yf any remayne, I will shall remayne to the sayd George Dawson and his heires

In Witnesse to this my present testament and last Will I have hereunto sett my hand and seale dated the day and yeare above written
Thomas Cocke
Published, Subscribed and as the last Will of the sayd Thomas Cocke delivered in the presence of:
John Hatch; Richard Cheston; Marke Mounte

Probatum fuit: 27th March 1622

Notes: Thomas Cocke was buried on the 21st February 1621/22 in the parish churchyard of St. Martin & St. Gregory, Wye.
The actual entry in the parish register reads: “Thomas Cocke an ancient man was buried the xxjth of Februarie”

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 23rd November 2021

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