Concerninge my goods and moveables I give unto Joanne Cocke my nowe lovinge wife duringe her naturall life and after her departure out of this transitory world I give them to my Children vizt. my two sonnes Thomas and John Cocke my debtes and Legacies and funerall expenses beinge first paid and discharged by my executrix
Item I give unto Richard Staine the sonne of William Staine of Stury Weaver the sume of three pounds of good and lawful mony of England to bee payd unto him at his age of one and twenty yeares by my executrix if shee live soe longe, or else by my sonnes Thomas and John yf they live soe longe or else be payd to the sayd Richard Staine out of my lands in Westbeere in the sayd County
Item I give unto Elizabeth Staine the daughter of the foresayd Mr. Staine the sume of fifty shillings of like lawfull money of England to bee payd unto her at the age of one and twenty yeares yf shee lyve soe longe to be payd unto her as abovesayd
Concerninnge my houses and lands in Sturrey and Westbeere in the sayd County I give unto Joane my nowe loveing wife dureinge her naturall life keping them in Reparations with impechment of wast and yf my debtes and legacies will not bee payd with the sale of my goods and chattells then my will and meaninge is that shee thys sayd Joane my wife doe morgage or lease out my lands and houses untill they bee payd, and further concerninge my houses in Sturrey I give unto Mary my daughter the wife of William Staine abovesayd for her naturall lie the house which she nowe dwelleth
Item I give unto my sonne Thomas Cocke of Sturrey Weaver the house where Henry Rumfeild Taylor now dwelleth after my wives decease my debtes and legacies beinge first payd, to the sayd Thomas and his heires of his body lawfully begotten and or default of the heires of the sayd Thomas to my sonne John Cocke and the heires of his body lawfully begotten and for default of such heires to heires of the said Daniell Cocke the testator for ever
I give unto the sayd Thomas the house or Tenement with the appurtenances which John Young and Robert Dacones dwellth to him and his heires as abovesayd
Item I give unto my sonne John Cocke my house where I now dwelll and the house where William Staines now dwelleth to him and his heires of his body lawfully begotten after my wives decease and after his Sister Staines decease with the limitations as in my sonne Thomas his Legacies
Item I give to my Brother in Lawe William Freeman and his now wife the house and iiij perches of land as nowe hee xseth [expect?] to him and his wife dureinge their lives
Item I give my three acres of land in Westbeere in the County of Kent to my two sonnes Thomas and John Cocke and to the heires of their bodies equally to bee devided betweee them and for default of such heires to the right heires of the said Daniell Cocke the testator
Item I give unto the poore of Sturry vis xiijd to be payde unto them in the parishe Churche within one yeare after my decease by my executrix hereafter named
This is the last will and testament of mee Daniell Cocke of Sturry whereunto I appoint my
now wife Joane my Sole Executrix
In Witnes whereof I the sayd Daniell my hand and Seal have sett in the presence of
Thomas Haddo Henry Robartes
The marke of Daniell Cocke
Probatum fuit: Septio die (7th)August 1625
Notes:
Daniell Cocke married Joan Olyer 22nd October 1598 at St. Peter, Bridge
It appears the children were all christened in Dover! Needs further investigation....
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