Cook Will 1563

Will of John Cooke

of Shepherdswell, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 17/37/90a
Submitted by Shelagh Mason

In the name of God Amen The xiijth daye of June in the yeare of ouer Lorde God a thousande fyve hundrythe fyftye eight [1558]
I John Cooke of the parryshe of Shepardswolde [Shepherdswell] in the Countye of Kente beinge of hole mynde and parfytt [perfect] remembrannce laude and prayse be given to almightye God do ordaiyne and make this my p�sente [present] laste will and testamente in manr [manner] and forme followinge
First I beswethe my Sowle to allmightye God and my bodye to be buried in Shepardswolde (sic) aforesaide

Item I will and bequethe all my landes and tentes [tenements] sett lyeinge and beinge in the parryshe aforesaide to Roger Grace of the Towne and Porte of Dover in the Countye of Kente aforesaide To have hold and enioye the proffyttes [profits] and comodytes [commodities] theirof tyll my sonne Roger Cooke come to the age of xxjth yeers, And then the same lands & tents to come to the saide Roger my sonne [yf he be then lyvinge) And yf my sonne Roger be not then lyvinge, Then the same Landes and tenmets after the xxjth yeers are expired to come to my nexte heire

Provided hereuppon that the saide Roger Grace shall kepe and fynde my said sonne Roger Cooke duringe all the saide terme yf he lyve so longe,
And also shall paye unto Rycharde Weste the some of xxvjs viijd whiche I owyhte [oweth] unto him

And of this my last will and testamente I ordeigne and make Roger Grer (Grace?) aforesaide my sole executor
Theis beinge Wytnesses of thys my laste Will and Testamente beinge by me theirunto repayred
Rychard Grerye John Mommys and Rycharde Pearse

Probatum fuit: decimo quinto [15th] die May 1563.

Notes: Parish registers for Shepherdswell (aka Sibertswold) commence in 1563 and there is no mention of John or Roger Cooke.

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 24th June 2019. All rights waived for personal use � BUT please quote source and reference.

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