Will of William Cooke

of Smarden, Kent

Also I give to Johanne my Wif and my thre doughters unmaried all my movable goods withn my house And they to be devided yn like partes amongst thaym And yf it shall fortune two? of my daugters to dye or they be maried then I will that xxl oftheyd parts shalbe devided betweene my sonnes John and Richard And my daughter Agnes Ricards Wife and they to be devided? with theyd owne partes

Also I will that my Wif shalhave xxl of money And any one of my thre doughts unmaried shalhave xxl a peece to therd behouf

Also I will that Juliane my Wife and my thre daughters shalhave thoccupyency and use of my goods til they shalbe hable to be maried And yf my stock and movable goods will not reche [reach] to the Sume of iiiil then I will that my lands shalbe putt to farme and the money thereof remyng [remaining] and receeved shalbe Delevered to my Wif and m daughters tyll the sume of xxl be fully receeved

I will also that my wif shall fynde sufficient servants? and they to be bownd that she shall not my wyshe no parte of the gods that shall fall unto my thre daughters but __ only to delivered charged at all seasons as shalbe for their most advantage

Also my iii daughters if they will or when they like shall chose theym a maister to dwell withall by thadvise of my wife beyng widowe and mynd Unkyll Scott and my ii sones so that then maist[er] so chosen shall fynde sufficeint suche their partes be not issued? but all tymes to be forthe remyng and delivered And so to change theire maistie as oft as they lyke First harmar??

I will that my wif shalby and the hous that y father dwelleth in and the xiii acres of lande thereto belongyng so long as she is unmaried And yf it shall fortune my wif to dye or to marry then I will that my Son Richard shalby me the foresaid hous gardyns and ii peece of lande so that if the foresaid sume of iiiil be not then full and receeved then that has with the lands to be putt to farme with the other lands till the sume of iiiil be full receved

Also Richard shallhave a parcell oflande lyeingyn the parishe of Bethersden called cohens ad the hous that Thomas Kempe dwelleth yn And ii peeces of lande called Tylden and Lake(n)feld and his parte of whorefeld (!)

Also I will that my sonne John shallhave the house that I dwell yn with all the lande that pteyneth [pertainth] to the same And yf my sonne John delivers or cause to be delivered thobligation that I served bownd yn to his wif then the foresaid house and lande shallbe clere unto hyme and to his heires to gyve and to sell If not he dyeing without issue of his bodye lawfully begoten then the hous and landes shalbe to Richard my sone and to his heires

Item my sone John shalhave my parte of the hous so that he shall deliver to his moder vi waye load of fyre wode every yere so long as she is widowe

Also I will that yf it shall fortune my Sone Richard to dye without issue of his bodye lawfully begen then the hous with the lande afore rehersed shall com to my Son John and to his heires An yf it shall fortune my Sone John to dye without heires then the house and lands that were Richards shall descende unto my the daughters and to there chyldren

Item I gyve to Willm Coke my godson xiid and to Johan [and] Richard xiid And to every one of my godchyldren iiiid

Also I gyve to Kateryne Pyx * an haffer Bordde
* Note: Thomas Cooke who died in 1496 of Wye, had married a Johan Pyxe, d. of John Pyxe of Beaver, Ashford.

Also I will that John and Richard shallhave each of thayme a cowe

Furthermore my sone Johis shalhave the werke hous and the shoppe withall the Implemenths p�teynyg to the same so that he shall suffer his mother to occupy within the werke hous at tymes convenent duryng no lett to Johis so long as she is widowe fyndyng herselfe woode

Also yf it shall fortune my sone Richard at any Reason to make clothe then he shall occupye within the werke hous at tymes conveient fyndyng hymn selfe wode

Beides that I will if any of my daughters do may within any clothe maker dwellng within the parishe the said clothe maker shall occupy within the werke hous at seasons as he shall nt hurst my ther hyndes my Sone John fyndyng hymselfe woode Also they shallnot occupy no longer than there wife have

I will also that my wif And also my sone Richard and his heires and his assignes for ever shall sufere my Son John his wife his children and all his [unreadable � does it mean family?] to go to the churche and fre the churche And as oft as shalbe nedefull for hym or any of his to wend unto the towne and from the towne to have fre goyng and comyng therenge their lands and closes

Any my said Wif shall not putt to farme the hous above said and lands that my Sone John dwellethyn but only dwell yn if and if she like not so to do then my Son Richard shall enter into it

Also my wif shallhave a cowe and a haffer

I will also that my Sons John and Richard shall deliver to their sister Agnes Ricard outhe of theyre xxs And my daughter Agnes Ricard shalhave my parte of the almynte? that I bought of Bond.

Also it is provided that if my Son John shall fortune to dye or the fore spokyn obligation be delivered then my two daughters Margarete and Johan Whome I make myne exectrixes uppon this present will and my laste testament shalhave the hous and landes yn theyr possession til thobligatycon be Delivered

Also whereas that my weynne and my plowgh with all the thynge thereto pteryngy and all my catall unbequethe be praysed then John shall be charged as they be praysed if he wyll

Also I will that my Sonnes John and Richard shallbe Principals? uppon this Will
These Witnesses
Sir Thomas Lynden curate Stephen Scott William McWendard ? and Thomas Kempe with others

Probatum fuit: Auguste 1528.

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