Also I geve unto the poore people of the same paryshe a vj s viijd [6 shillings and 8 pence] to be dystrybute unto them by the hande of the collectors of the poore
Also I geve unto my Brother Tymothye George fyve shillings to be payde hym withe in [within] one
quarter of a yeare after my decease
And to my Brother Rychard Snod(e) fyve shillings to be payde hym wthin [within] one quarter of a yeare after my decease
Also I geve to my Syster Anne Snode a iijs iiijd [3 shillings and four pence] to be payde unto her wthin one
quarter of a yeare after my decease
Also I geve unto Stephen Snode my father in lawe and to my mother in lawe, to eyther of them a iijs iiijd
to be payde unto them wthin one quarter of a yeare after my decease
Also I geve unto John Castlen and Ralf Castlen to eyther of them a xijd [12 pence] to be payde unto them
wthin one quarter of a yeare after my decease
And to my Awnt [Aunt] Chrystfelde I geve a iijs iiijd to be payde unto her wthin one quarter of a yeare after my decease
Also I geve unto Sammell Biredge my Sarvant [Servant] halfe my workinge tooles, and a iijs iiijd of money to be payde & delyvered unto hym wthin one yeare after my decease
Also I geve unto Margaret George my daughter tenne pounds to be payde unto her when she comethe to the age of xxj [21] yeares, And if it fortune the said Margaret my daughter doe dye before she com to her said age of one & twenty yeares, Then my wyll is the one fyve pounds shall remyane unto my Syster Brasyer & my Brother Tymothye George equally devyded betwene them, the other fyve pounds shall remayne unto Myldred my wyffe.
Also I geve unto my Syster Brasyer fyve shillings to be payde her withe in one quarter of a yeare after my decease
Also I geve unto Margaret my daughter my cobbord [cupboard] the whiche cobbord my wyll is it shall
remayne in the custody of Myldred my wyffe, all the tyme of her naturall lyffe
Also I geve unto Mary Godfrey and Isable Breche my Godchildren to eyther of them xijd [12 pence]
All the resydue of my goods moveables househoulde, corne & cattall unbequethed I geve unto Myldred my wyffe, whome I make & ordeyne my sole executrix to see this my psent testament fulfylled and to see my detts [debts] and bequethes and other funerall charges contented and payde
Provyded further my wyll is that if it fortune my saide wyffe doe marry Before my said daughter com to her age of xxj yeares, my will is she shall put in suffycent Bonde for the payment of the said tenne pounds before wylled to Margaret my daughter, the wch [which] bonde shall be made unto Stephen Snode in dubble [double] the value And if my said wyffe doe refuse to put in Bond accordinge to my wyll, Then my wyll is she shall delyver the said tenne pounds unto the said Stephen Snode before her maryage
Wytnes John Harrys & James Snode
Probatum fuit: xvj die februarii Anno Dini 1567 - 16th day of February 1567(8).
Notes:
Thomas George was buried at St. Margaret, Bethersden on 22nd December 1567. He was otp.
Thomas George married Mariam (Mildred) Snoth on 12th October 1561, at Bethersden.
Thomas and Mildred George’s daughters were both christened at Bethersden: 30 May 1565 Martha; 1 May 1567 Margaret.
Wife Myldred George did re-marry:
Richard Wood, otp. and Mildred George, Widow, otp. on 22nd May 1568 at Bethersden.
A Tymothy George is buried at St. Mary, Great Chart on 16th May 1593 – his brother?
Thomas’s Sister, Margaret George, married Robearte Brasier on 23rd November 1559 at St. Mary, Great Chart.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 8th March 2020. All rights waived for personal use – BUT please quote source and reference.
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