Item I will and bequeath unto Paule Tryple my sisters sonne three pounds of good English
money, and also unto Peeter Tryple forty shillinges of like money, to bee paid unto them at their
severall ages of two and twenty yeares.
Item I will and bequeath unto Sibell Tryple my sisters daughter the some of twenty
shillings, and unto Anne Tryple the some of five pounds of good English money, to be paid unto
them at their severall ages of one and twenty yeares, and if any of them doe dye, the one to bee
the others heire.
Item I will and bequeath unto Reginald Stydman twenty shillings, to bee paid unto him at
two payments, the first w[i]thin one month next after my decease, and the other w[i]thin halfe a
yeare then next following.
Item I will and bequeath unto Goodwife Woodgate, for her paines in tending mee in my
sicknes, the some of forty shillinges.
Item I will and bequeath unto William Butler twenty shillinges:
Item I will and bequeath unto the widdow Downe, late the wife of Hugh Downe of
Leneham deceased, the some of twenty shillings.
Item I will and bequeath unto Paule Burton of Leneham twenty shillings.
Item I will and bequeath unto the poore people of the parrish of Leneham, to bee
distributed at the tyme of my buriall, the so[m]me of forty shillings of good English money.
Item I will and bequeath unto Stephen Rayner of Charing forty shillings.
The residue of all my goods and Chattells, my debts and legacies being paid and all my
Funerall expences dischardged, I wholy will and bequeath unto Erasmus Elmstone, whome I doe
hereby ordeine and make my sole executo[ur]:
In witnes whereof I have Cawsed this to bee written and have heereunto set mine hand
and seale, and published it as my last will and testament, renouncing all other wills heretofore
made, in the presence of the witness[e]s heereunder written.
The marke of Paule Day
Richard Christfeild - John Bachelo[ur] - William Butler his marke
exa[m]i[n]atur [It is examined]
Probatum fuit hoc p[rese]ns testam[en]tum Pauli Day nuper dum vixit p[arochi]e de Lenham Arch[idiaconatu] Cantuar[iensis] def[un]c[t]i 29no Aprilis A[nn]o d[omi]ni Mill[es]imo sexcen[tesi]mo vicesimo quinto Cora[m] m[agist]ro Evano Haidocke Cl[er]ico sub[stitu]to etc d[omi]ni Georgii Newman Offi[cia]lis d[omi]ni Archi[diaco]ni Cantuar[iensis] etc Juram[en]to Erasmi Elmstone executoris in d[i]c[t]o testam[en]to no[m]i[n]at[i] Ac inde approbatum etc Onusq[ue] execuc[i]o[n]is etc Co[m]miss[um] fuit d[i]c[t]o executori prius iur[ato] ad t[a]c[t]a etc Salvo Jure etc Datum etc
[This present will, of Paul Day, late, while he lived, of the parish of Lenham in the Archdeaconry of Canterbury, deceased, Was proved on the 29th day of April in the one thousand six hundred and twenty fifth Year of our Lord, Before Master Evan Haidock, clerk, substitute etc of Sir George Newman, Official of the Lord Archdeacon of Canterbury etc, By the oath of Erasmus Elmston, the executor named in the said will, And approved in respect thereof etc, And the burden of execution etc was committed to the said executor, he having been first sworn touching [God�s holy gospels] etc, Saving the right etc. Dated etc.]
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