Will of Alice Cooke

of Worth, Kent

First I bequeath unto Jane May the daughter of Moses May one flocke bed wth a bedsted two payer of sheetes one table cloth one blankett one Coverlett one bolster one pillow wth an undercloth two pewter platters

Item I bequeath unto Anne May the daughter of Moses May three paier of sheetes twoe pillowes two pewter platters one Candlesticke one boorded chest

Item I bequeath unto Mary May the daughter of Moses May two paier of sheetes two pewter platters two table Clothes two lockern? petticoates two of the best piggs one candlesticke

Item I bequeath unto Thomas May the sonne of Moses May one great Chest one paier of shetes one table cloth one pigg
Item I bequeath unto John May the sonne of Moses May one paier of sheetes one pewter platter one pewter dishe one pigg one table cloth two towells

Item I bequeath unto Widow Chandeler one paier of Course sheetes
Item I bequeath unto Joane Watts one smocke
Item I bequeath unto Thomasine Dickenson my Servant one Round kirtell one blacke wascoate

Item all my goods unbequeathed I will unto Elizabeth May the daughter of Moses May
And my Will is that if any of the sayd children dye before they shall come to the age of nynteene yeares that one shalbe the others heir

And I doe appointe to be my Executors to this my Last Will and testament to be faiythfully and truley fulfilled Nicholas May and Cornelius Barber

My will is that all my goodes shalbe sould by my Executors to the most advantage for the children
and theirto I sette my marke and hand
In Witnes hereof Nicholas Musred

Probatum fuit: 17th September 1604

Notes:
Parish Registers of Worth start in 1726. There are earlier Bishop's Transcripts (not online at present)
On 15th October 1594, Thomas Coke married Alice Matthews, Widow, at SS Peter & Paul, Worth.

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 5th February 2020. All rights waived for personal use – BUT please quote source and reference.

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