Item I give and bequeath to the poore of the parish of Beakesbourne aforesayd the Sume of five shillings eight pence of lawfull money of England to be payd unto them within ne yeare next after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto Thomas Tayler my sonne in Lawe one featherbed with a bedstedle, one presse, three cheste and all maner of houshould stuffe which he hath in his posession of myne at theis present tyme
Item I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth my daughter the wife of Richard Burton the sume of Ten pounds of lik money to be payd unto her within two yeares next after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto Richard Tayler sonne unto my daughter Susan one Silver Salt Sellar and two Silver Spoones
Item I give and bequeath unto the said Thomas Tayler my sonne in lawe my Nagge
Item I give and bequeath unto Henery my sonne the summe of Ten shillings of like oney to
be payd unto him within two yeares next after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto William my sonne the sume of Tenn shillings to be payd
unto him within two yeares next after my decease
Item I give unto Ann my daughter the like sume of Tenn shillings to be payd to her within one yeare next after my decease
Item I give unto Mary my daughter the like sume of Tenn shillings to be payd to her within two yeares next after my decease
Item I give unto Francis my daughter the like sume of Tenn shillings to be payd to her within two yeares next after my decease
Item I give unto Susan my daughter the sume of Forty shillings of like money to be payd to her within two yeares next after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto Ann the daughter of my sonne Austen the sume of Twenty
pounds of like money to be payd unto her within three yeares next after my decease
But yf it shall please God the sayd Ann shall dye before the expericaon of the sayd tearme, Then
my will and mynd is that Robart her brother shall have and enioy the sayd summe of Twenty pounds
The Residue of my goods, debts, cattells and Chattells my debts being payd, my legacyes discharged and my Funerall expences performed I give and bequeath unto my said sonne Austin whom I make and ordayne my whole and sole Executor of this my last will and Testament
In Witnesse whereof I the said Richard Cooke the Testator have to this my last Will set my
hand and Seale the day and yeare first above written
Ric : Cooke
Read, published, signed, sealed and delivered as the last Will and Testament of the sayd Testator in the presence of
John Nisito, W. Watte and William Hawking by his marke
Probatum fuit: 11th November 1623
Notes:
Richard Cooke appears to have had quite a number of children, although his marriage is not
found. Children, in date order (christening dates given):
15 Jan 1577 Rychard; 16 Nov 1577 Henry; 9 Feb 1580 William; 19 Feb 1581 Elizabeth;
25 Apr 1582 Francys; 16 Jan 1584 Thomas; 13 Dec 1584 Austyn; then possibly 3 all given as
1590: Ann, Jane and Susan.
Richard �Coocke�, Gent. died and is buried 20th October 1623 at St. Peter, Bekesbourne.
Augustine (Austyn) Cooke married 6th Nov 1609 to Mary Brown at Molash, and his children:
22 Jun 1615 Robart (at Bekesbourne); Jane 1 Aug 1619.
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