Will of Roger Coveney

of West Farleigh, Kent

5 shillings to my sonne Ambrose Coveney
I give and bequeath unto my daughter Goulding �30 to be payd within the space of 20 months after my decease
Provided that my sonne James Gouldinge & his wife shall seale Releases to my Executor hereafter named of all the Legacyes & bequeathes that Christopher Woollett their Grandfather did give my daughter by his last will & Testament

I give to my sonne William Coveney �20 to be payd unto him when he shall attayne to the age of Twenty & one
I give to my sonne Thomas �20 and likewise I give to my sonne Robert Coveney �20 when they shall attaine to the age of one & Twenty yeares

Provided & my will & meaninge is that my Executor shall pay out of my goodes & Chattells to my sonne Ambrose �100 that he is to have out of my landes & Tenements within 6 months after my decease

And I ordeyne my sonne John Coveney my Executor of all the goodes & Chattells that I have and further I entreate Mr John Scoles & my Landlord Mr Robert Coodd both of Wateringbury to be Overseers of this my last will & Testament

Concerning my landes & Tenements lyeing and being in West Farleigh & East Farleigh, I will & bequeath unto my fower sonnes John Coveney, William Coveney, Thomas Coveney & Robert Coveney & to their heires for ever

And I testifie & wittnes is my last will & Testament written with my hand, Sealed the five & Twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord God 1639
Roger Coveney
Witness: the mark of Jacob Dorman

This writing was published & declared by the above named Roger Coveney to be his last will & Testament the Three & Twentieth day of February Anno domini 1639 in the presence of
John Rene vicar of West Farleigh, Richard Brewer, Thomas Katchford, William Godden, Robert Hodges

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