Forte Will 1582

Will of Richard Forte

of Ash next Sandwich, Kent

Source: Consistory Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 32/34/218a
Submitted by Margaret Glenn

The last day of Aprill 1582
(I) Richard Forte of Ashe in the Countye of Kent Yeoman Being Sicke in bodye But of perfect memorye declared this last Will Nuncupative in thes(e) wordes or the like in effect following that is to say

I geve to Joane my wyfe halfe my landes during her lyfe if she kepe her selfe widowe
And the other halfe of my landes I geve to my sonne William
uppon condicon he paye unto Richard & Thomas my Sonnes xij poundes a pece at ther(e) sevrall ages of xxj yeres and eyther of them two to be eache others heyre

And after my wyves decease and after her mariage I will all my whole landes aforesaid to be and remayne to my said sonne William and to his heyres for ever Conditionally that he paye the xij pound a pece to my two sonnes aforenamed at ther(e) said ages of xxj yeres
Or els my said Sonnes Richard and Thomas to enter into the one halfe of my landes to ther(e) owne uses

The premisses being spoken in the presence and hearing of Joane Forte the testators wyfe and William his son the day and yere aforesaid and Richard Harveye

Probatum fuit: 24th July 1582 - to Joane Forte, Willi Forte & Richardi Harvye

Note: Richard Forte was buried at St. Nicholas, Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent on 2 May 1582.

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 3rd June 2023

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