Item I will and bequeath unto Samuell Hilles the sonne of my daughter Elizabeth the some of ten shillings of good and Lawfull
monie of England to bee paid unto him within three monthes next after my decease
Item I doe give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Ellen and Jane Hilles the daughters of my said daughter Elizabeth the some of sixe
shillings to bee equallye divided betweene either of them two shillings of the like monie to bee paid unto them within three monthes next
after my decease
Item I de give unto Margerie my wife three chests, two boxes, a brasse potte, a rownde table and all my pewter and three paire of sheets, two pillowes and two pillowcoates and that shee shall take her Choyse of those things w[hi]ch I have thus bequeathed her
Item I doe give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Maye the daughter of Ellen my daughter a Chest of a wallnuttree, but I reserve ye
use thereof to Margerie my wife during her naturall life
Item I doe give unto John Maye the sonne of the said my daughter Ellen a Cubberd standinge at the east end of my halle reserving
the use thereof to Margaret my wife during her naturall life
Item I doe give unto the said John Maye a table standinge in the hall uppon a frame and the frame, a longe settle and a forme reserving
the use thereof unto Margaret my wife duringe her naturall life
Item I doe give and bequeath unto John Landman the sonne of my daughter [Mary], a bedsted standinge in the Lofte and a flockbead w[i]th
ye boulster and biggest kettle wth a ringle to hange ovr ye fier, reserving ye use unto Margerie my wife duringe her naturall life
Item I doe give unto Robert Maye ye sonne of my dawghter Ellen my greatest brasse stuppin and a brasse morter with an Iron
pessel reserving ye use thereof unto Margerie my wife during her naturall life
Item I doe give unto Marie Maye ye dawghter of my dawghter Ellen a kettle with a rangle to hange over ye fire and ye best brasse
Candlesticke reserving the use thereof unto Margerie my wife during her naturall life
Item I doe give to Anthonie Maye, my sonne in lawe, my fower iron wedges, reserving the use of them unto Margerie my wife so
longe as shee shall live
Item I doe give unto Anthonie Maye my sonne in Lawe my buff Jerkin
Item I doe give and bequeath unto Mildred Maye ye dawghter of my said dawghter Ellen a blacke Chest standinge in ye Lofte and a
brasse Candlesticke next ye best, reservinge ye use of them unto the said Margerie my wife duringe her naturall Life
Item I doe give and bequeath unto Alice Foreman my now servant a little brasse potte and a little stuppen, reservinge ye use of
them unto my wife Margerie so longe as shee shall live
Item all the residew of my goods & Chattels I doe give unto ye said Margerie my wife duringe her naturall life, shee therewith shall
paie my debts and legacies and funerall charg[e]s and what shall after remaine when ye said Margerie my wife shall dye I doe give &
bequeath unto Ellen and Marye my dawghters to bee equallie divided betweene them
and doe appointe and ordaine the saide Margerie my wife sole executrix of this my laste will and testament
and I revoke all former willes whatsoever
The laste will & testament of mee ye aforesaid Thomas Coop[er] ye daie & yeare before written of my house and land in Preston next Wingham in the said Countie of Kent
Item the said my house & land in Preston, I doe give & bequeath to Ellen & Marie my dawghters equallie to be divided betweene them, to
them & to their heires for ever
Provided my will & meaning is and I doe give unto ye said my wife Margerie one yeare and a halfe ye rent of ye said my
house and lands in Preston to receave the same, the paiments next after my decease as by my lease thereof is devised, for & towards ye
better meanes in the paiment of my debts and legacies
And doe make the said Margerie my wife Executrix of this my laste will and testament
Thomas Cooper by his marke
Witnesses: Thomas Huffain; Thomas Adams; Peeter Forde
Probatum fuit: 1st May 1619
Notes:
Thomas Landman & Mary Cooper married at Stourmouth 3 Nov 1607.
Anthony May & Ellen Cooper married at Chislet 25 Sep 1599.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 29th July 2021
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