Item I will to the poor mens box of the said parish 6s 8d.
Item I will to 40 poor households within the hundred of Kinghamford 40s to be
paid within one year after my death.
Item I will to Margaret my wife all those parcels that the said
Margaret brought to me at the day of our marriage which parcels be written in the inventory of William
Naishe except and ? ? of the said parcels ? ? Chappell thereunto belonging the podware(?) and the price
thereof all the barley and malt 3 calves 3 ? 2 working bullocks William Naishe�s apparel and his purse
and money.
Item I will to my said wife 40 parts of barley and malt and 2 quarters of wheat ? measure.
Item I will unto her all my crop on the ground within Barham and two acres of wheat at Elding(?) in
the piece next to Petwoods(?) to take it at whether end she will north and south and 2 acres of oats
growing on the Newlands.
tem I will to my said wife a grey mare called Mouse I will also that
Margaret my wife shall have the ten acres and my yards of arable land which I late bought ? her
occupying for the space of 2 years next after my decease paying no ? to my Executors for the said lands
but the lords rent.
Item I give to my said wife one ? 3 lyeware(?) and other 3 young lyeware(?) 4 fifths
of ? and all my poultry.
Item I will that my Executors shall deliver all the bequeaths and legacies that Richard Naishe John Naishe and the two children of Margaret Wraith had to them bequeathed by the last will of William Naishe and not as yet paid or delivered to Margaret my wife or to her assigns within one year after my death.
Item I will all give to Edith Austen one ewe and two lambs.
Item I will to every of the residue of the children of Richard Austen 2 ewe lambs to be
delivered at weaning time next after my death if any of them ? the one to be the others heirs.
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 ?, John Austen and John Bland, Parson of Adisham.
Probatum 1552
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