I give unto the poore of said pish of Northgate the sume of twenty shillings to be given them in Bread on the day of my funerall
Item I give unto my sons John Fowle and Nicholas Fowle and to my daughter Mary Fowle the sume of Fortie pounds a peece of good mony to be
paid unto them and every of them within six monthes next after my decease
Item I give unto my son Adam Fowle and my daughter Elizabeth Fowle the like sume of Fortie pounds a peece to be paid unto them & either of
them at their severall ages of one and twenty yeares and the profitt of my daughters porcon in the meane time to goe towards her educacon
and bringing up the care whereof I comitt to my Executrix and desire her to add thereto if that bee not sufficient
But if my said daughter Elizabeth happen to dy before her said age of one and twenty yeares, then I appoint her said porcon of Forty pounds to be
equally devided among all the Children of my son John Fowle w[hi]ch shall be liveing at the death of my said daughter and paid unto them by my
Executrix
And if it happen my said son Adam doe dy before hee attaine to his age of one and twenty yeares then I appoynt his porcon to bee equally devided
among all his Brothers and Sisters then surviveing and to be paid unto them at such time as hee should have received the same if hee had lived
Item I give unto my three grandchildren Mary, John and Alexander the sons & daughter of my son John Fowle the sume of Five pounds a peece
to bee paid unto their Father For their use within one yeare next after my decease, hee then giveing bond unto my Executrix for the true paym[en]t
thereof unto his said children at their severall ages of One & twenty yeares
and if any of them dy before then the survivors to enjoy the part of the dec[ease]d
Item whereas there is a considerable sume of mony oweing unto mee by bond from Thomas Austen of Adisham, My will and minde is that if the same mony can hereafter be recovered or so much thereof as can bee gotten the same shalbee equally devided betweene my Executrix and all my Children then liveing over and above their severall porcons foremerly hereby given (the necessary charges in sueing for & recovering the same being first deducted & allowed)
All the residue of my goods, Chattells and p[er]sonal estate whatsoever I give & bequeath unto my loveing wife Alice whom I make and ordaine
sole Executrix of this my last will and testam[en]t
And I desire my loveing Father John Fowle and my good freind Richard Mascall to be Overseers of the
same and to bee ayding and assisting to my said Executrix in the due execution thereof
In witnes whereof I the said Nicholas Fowle have hereunto sett my hand and seale the twentieth day of October Anno dini 1669
Nicholas Fowle
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said testator for this last will & testament in the prec [presence] of:
John Giles; Ric. Mascall
Probatum fuit: 29th July 1670
Note: Nicholas Fowle was buried at St. Mary Northgate, Canterbury on 29th May 1670.
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh Mason 20th March 2022
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