Curling Will 1661

Will of John Curling

of Thanet St Lawrence, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 17/71/73
Submitted by Margaret Glenn

In the name of God amen I John Curling of the parish of St. Lawrence in the Isle of Thanet otherwise called Tennet doe make and declare this my last will in manner as a testament to? my minde as followeth
First It as [is]? my bounden duty is I comitt my soule into the mercyfull hands of God ye Creator of the same
next I bequeath my body unto the Earth from whence it was first formed and to be interred and buried by the oerderly discrecon of my executor heereafter menconed

next I will and bequeath my purse and girdle and wearing apparell unto my Executor
Item I give unto my sister Mary Cramp the sume of five shillings to be payde within three monethes next after my decease
Item I give unto my sister Susan Noble the sume of five shillings to be payde likewise by my Executor within three monethes next after my decease
and if eyther or both of those my two sisters doe dy before the tyme of payment their porcon or porcons soe dying my desire is it shall remaine unto my executor

Item I give unto Roger Curling sonne of my brother George Curling the sume of five pounds of good (and) lawfull money of England to be paid by my Exec[u]tor within six monethes after my decease
if hee shall chance to dy before the tyme of payment my desire is it shall remyane unto his eldest sonne George Curling to be payed unto him when he shall attaine to seaventeene yeares of age
If he shall happen to dy before he comes of the age aforesaid my meaning is that his next brother John Curling shall have the aforesaid porcon, when he shall attayne to the yeares afore expressed
if they the? father & two sonnes shall happen to dy before the due tyme of payment of the same my desire is it shall remayne unto my executor or his heires or assignes

Item I give unto George Curling sonne of my brother George Curling the sume of five shillings to be payde by my Executor within three monethes next after my decease
Item I give unto Willyam Noble sonne of my sister Susan Nobell the sume of twenty shillings to be payde by my Executor within three monethes after my decease
Item I give unto ten aged people of the parish of St. Lawrence the sume of ten shillings to equally be devided by the discrecon of the Collectors of the said parish

All other my goods chattells & Lands I give unto my brother Roger Curling whome I make exector of this my last will and testament and to his heires exectors administrators or assignes for ever, my funerall charges and debts to (be) paid out of the same

at wch writing, praised be the Lord, I was in good p[er]fect sence & memory whereunto I set my hand and seale this seaventeenth day of February 1658 [/59]
John Curling by his marke
Sealed and signed in the prsence of
William Duftie senior by his marke; Robert Chilton

Probatum fuit: 26th November 1661

Note: John Curling, widower, was buried 5 Nov 1660 at St. Lawrence, Thanet, Kent.

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 9th February 2024

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