also I give and bequeath unto my wife Alice the use of my dwellings house and the appurtenances and all the proffitts of _ lands thereunto belongings dureinge her naturall life and after her desease I give the sayd house with the appurtenance unto my sonne Thomas Coppin and to the heires of his body lawfully begotten or his assigned payeinge the money _ I owe unto Thomas Nethersole of ye sayd pishe yeoman.
Item I give unto my sayd sonne Thomas the table and forme in the hall and my greate chest
standinge in my bedchamber.
Item I give unto my sonne William Coppin three acres of land lyeinge and beinge at Kings
bancke in the pishe aforesaid and to the heires of his body lawfully begotten hee or his payinge
assigned payeinge unto my daughter Susan Coppin five pounds of lawfull money of England
and discharginge the five pounds of like lawfull money due unto William Fagge of the sayd
parishe yeoman.
Item I give unto my sonne Abdias Coppin three acres of land, two and a halfe thereof lyeinge at Kings banke aforesaid and the other halfe acre at place called Markt _ in the sayd pishe and to the heires of his body lawfully begotten he or his assigned payeinge unto my daughter Alice Coppin five pounds of lawfull money of England within twelve months next after my desease, within _ tyme I will the other five pounds to bee payd by my sonne William or his assigned unto my daughter Susan aforesaid.
Item I give and bequeath unto my sayd sonne Abdias (after the desease of his mother my wife
aforesaid) the bedstedle and bed furnished whereon I use to lye.
Item I give unto my sonne William aforesaid and my daughter Susan to each of them a payre of
sheets and pewter dishe and a pewter platter after the desease of my wife aforesaid to them I
leave the rest of my household stuffs and ymploments of household to bee disposed of at her
discretion amonge my children aforesaid.
Item I give unto my sonne Abdias aforesaid (after the desease of my sayd wife) two doale
(measures) of _ netts and two doale of herringe netts.
And I make and ordaine my sonne Thomas Coppin aforesaid the sole and onely executer of this my
last will and testament. And I hereby revoke all other wills _ heretofore by mee made and do
publishe and declare this to bee myne onely last will and testament. In witness whereof I have
hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and year of first written. Abdias Coppin X signum in
the presence of
Thomas Turner: Thomas Coppin X signum, Nicholas Spencer X signum
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