Inprimis to my deare wife Elizabeth Comport I doe give during the tyme of her keeping her selfe my Widowe That Ground that Robert
Whitehead houldeth of mee by the Rent of Eighteene pounds per (Annum) lying in the parish of Eltham in Kent
I doe likewise give her Twentie pounds a yeare to be paid unto her halfe yearely out of the Parsonage of
Eltham for sixteene yeares if she soe long continue my widowe and for want of payment she shall
take the whole proffitts of the aforesaid Parsonage and impropriation untill she receave the Twentie pounds a yeare as aforesaid
I doe likewise give unto her Two Houses with Barnes and Outhouses with Orchards and Severall Closes of Land in the occupation of Davie Adams
or his Assignes by the Rent of Tenn pounds a yeare a yeare lying in the Parish of Chishelhurst in the aforesaid Countie soe
long as she Continues my widowe
I doe likewise give unto her she continueing my Widowe those Three peeces of ground the which I lately purchased to mee and my heires of Master
John Ellys of Cheshelhurst by the Rent of Nine pounds per : in the parish of Cheselhurst in the aforesaid Countie
I doe likewise give unto her she Continueing my Widowe one house with a Barne and Outhowsing with yards and Orchards in the occupation of
Nicholas Small by the Rent of six pounds a yeare in the parish of Chesilhurst
I doe likewise give unto her she Continueing my Widowe one house with an Orchard in the occupation of Richard Bush by the Rent of Three pounds
a yeare in the parish of Chisellhurst aforesaid
I likewise doe give unto her One Bond of Ninetie pounds that my Father Thomas is bound to mee
I likewise doe give unto her the use of all my Household Goods in my house where I live and the use
of all the house for Three moneths after my decease and after the Three moneths she is to take all the
goods belonging to anie one Roome in my House and the goods in her Clossett for ever and my will
is that my Executor and my wife doeth take within Tenn dayes after my decease an Inventarie
of all the good(s) in my house without the lett or hinderance of any whatsoever
Likewise my will and pleasure is and I doe give to my Wife Twentie pounds to be paid unto her within Tenn dayes after my decease and Thirtie pounds
within Three moneths after my decease and Eightie pounds within Six moneths after my decease
Likewise my Will and pleasure is that my Sister Margarett Gyles shall hold and enjoy that part of the Farme that she liveth in and belongeth only to the Wardens and Schollers of New Colledge in Oxford for sixteene yeares, paying to my Executor Twentie pounds a yeare she nor her Assignes making noe wast neither is shee to have any Woodland
I likewise doe give to the poore of the Parish of Eltham Tenn pounds to be paid to
the Minister and the Overseers of the poore for the use of the poore within Three moneths after my decease
I likewise doe give to the poore of the parish of Chiselhurst five pounds to be
paid to the Minister and the Overseers of the poore for the use of the poore within Three moneths after my decease
I likewise being mindfull of the decayd Estate of the Cathedrall Church of Rochester in the Diocese wherein I doe live I doe truly bestowe Tenn
pounds to bee paid for the Glorie of God and the Repaires thereof within six moneths next after my decease
I likewise doe give to Richard Gyles my sisters sonne Tenn pounds to be paid within six moneths next after my decease
I likewise doe give to Edward Gyles another of my Sisters Sonnes Tenn pounds to be paid when he shall come to the age of one and Twentie yeares
I likewise doe give to Anne Giles the Daughter of my Sister Margarett Giles Tenn pounds to be paid within six moneths next after my decease
Further my Will and pleasure is that the rest of the money that my Father Richard Thomas doeth owe me beside the Bond of Nynty pounds he oweth
mee the which I have given to my beloved Wife, my Will is that he shall have Three yeares to pay it, paying of it every yeare a Third part
I likewise doe give a Token of my love to Mr. Clement Hopson Three pounds to be paid within one moneth after my decease, further requesting
him that he would be pleased to give leave to my loveing Freind Master Plome Vicar of E[a]st Greenwich to preach my Funeral Sermon
and interr my Bodie afterwards as I have appoynted above in my Will
And I doe likewise give freelie as a Token of my love to Master Plome Tenn pounds and in Remembrance of his love to be paid within Three moneths
after my decease
And all the rest of my Lands and Leases and all other of my Estate whatsoever which is not alreadie
bequeathed I doe give to my Brother Richard Comport whome I constitute my full and sole Executor
of this my blotted last Will and Testam[en]t made Anno Domini One Thousand Six hundred and Sixtie Five : September the Eleaventh
Witnesse my hand and Seale: Christopher Comport
Before the ensealing hereof I doe give to Thomas Gyles another of my Sister Margaret Gyles sonnes the summe of Tenn poundes to be paid when he cometh to the age of Twentie yeares
Sealed and delivered in the presence of us:
Hanar Thomas; The marke of Elizabeth Jackson; the marke of Richard Bush
Probatum fuit: 13th November 1665
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh Mason, 14th February 2022
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