Item I will to the poore mens boxe of the said p’r’she vjs viijd
Itm I will to XLth [=40] poore householders w’th’n the hundred of Kingehamforde a XLs to be paid w’th’n one yere Aftr my deathe
Item I will to Margarett my wif all those p’celles that the said Margarett brought to me at the day of o’r maryage whiche p’celles
be written in the Inventory of Will’m Naysshe Excepte and refined onto the said p’celles of ?Carte w’t th’app’ell therunto
belonging the ?Podware [could be Xodware: X=Christ] and the price therof all the Barley and malte iij Calves iij Twell[ve]monthinges
ij working Bullockes Will’m Naysshe’s app’ell and his purse and money.
It[m] I will to my said wyffe XLten qu’rts of Barley & malte and ij qu’rts of wheate ?Rase measure
Item I will unto her all my croppe on the ground w’th’n Barham & twoe Acres of wheat at Elding in the pece next to Petwoode to
take it at whether Ende She will northe and southe and ij Acres of otes growing on the Newlande
Item I will to my said wif A graye mare called Mouse I will also that Margarett my wif shall have the X acres And my yardes of
Errable lande wh’ch I late bought in her occupying for the space of ij yeres next after my deathe paying no ferme to my Executors
for the said landse but the lordes rente
Item I give to my said wyffe one sowe 3 Lyeware and other iij yong Lyeware iiijor flythes of Bakon and all my pultrye
Item I will that my Executors shall delyv’r all the bequethes and legacies that Richarde Naisshe [text deleted] John Naisshe And the ij children of Margarett Wraithe had to them bequethed by the Laste will of Will’m Naishe And not as yett paide or delyvred to Margarett my wif or to her assigns, w’th’n one yere after my deathe
Item I will all give to Edithe Auste[n] one Ewe and ij Lambes.
Item I will to eny of the residew of the children of Richarde Austen ij Ewe Lambes to be delyvred at weaninge tyme nexte after
my deathe yf any of theym ?soules the one to be the others heires
Item I will to either of the children of Christopher A’Den my son that then shall be alive one ewe and a lamb to be delivered at
weaning time next after my death.
Item I give to Michael A’Den my son one acre of wheat one acre of barley and one acre of tares(?) at Elding.
Item I give to David my son all my crop growing at Elding except before given.
Item I will to the said David my son my weane(?) the ox cart and two of the best oxen with their apparel and a horse cote with 4
of the best horses and 4 kine of mine own mark six score wethers 40 cows and 40 lambs to be delivered immediately after my death.
Item I will to Michael my son my cart and 2 mares with their apparel and 2 working bullocks fifty wethers and 80 ewes to be
delivered immediately after my death.
Item I will to Christopher A’Den my son fifty wethers and fifty ewes upon condition that the said Christopher shall first discharge
my Executors of all such debts as I have promised to pay to the said Christopher.
And as touching my lands first I give and grant to Margaret my wife 2 acres of ? lying at a ? place called ? in fee simple which I lately purchased upon a condition following that is to say that the said Margaret her heirs executors or assigns shall yearly for ever pay to the Lord ? 2 eggs half a bushel of barley out of the said land.
Item I give and grant to David my son all my lands and tenements lying and being in Barham in fee simple.
Item I give and grant to Michael my son in fee simple all my lands and tenements lying and being in the Parishes of Lyminge and
Elmsted with all the moveables in and upon the same except two trees that lies in the field which trees David shall have.
Item I will to my son Michael 3 platters, 3 pewter dishes and two candlesticks a little kettle and the ? of my feather beds one
blanket one pair of sheets and two silver spoons.
The residue of my household not given I will and give to David my son.
The residue of all my goods not bequeathed I give to Michael and David my sons my debts and legacies fully contented and paid whom I make and ordain my Executors of this my present testament and last will and I make my overseers of this my will and testament Richard Austen and John Derant(?) and they to have for their pains either of them 20s.
Item I will that if any of my said sons be not content with this my will and testament that the same shall be void of the bequests
benefits of the same will and his legacies to be divided to the other or if any variance shall chance among my sons for any thing
in this my will and testament he or they that will not abide the order of my overseers shall have no part of the thing that they ? for
Witnesses hereof.
Richard Austen, Henry ?[Oxenden?], John Austen and John Bland, Parson of Adisham.
Probatum 1552
Notes:
It’s clear that Margaret is only recently his wife (<5 years before – see below), as her own & her childrens’ inheritance from her
former husband Wm Naishe have not yet been sorted out. Richard Naishe, John Naishe & Margaret Wright (& 2 children) are
Margaret’s children. Also implicit is that Thos Denne’s sons mentioned are from a previous wife(s)
Although both the 1547 will and Inventory of Wm Naishe are of interest: I can’t find any record of the Inventory of 1547 Canterbury
PRC/17/25/177 ACC will of William Nasshe yeoman of Berham [=Barham], Kent written 2 Jun 1547, probate 24 Feb 1547/8 on the oaths of
Thomas A Denne, William Standen
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