George Will 1595

Will of Nicholas George

of Chartham, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives original will PRC 16/105 G/9, (also PRC 17/49/386)
Submitted by Shelagh Mason

In the name of God Amen The xxiiij daye of Aprill in the xxxiiij yere of the Reigne of our Sovereigne ladye Elyzabethe by the grace of God of England France & Ireland Queene Defender of the faythe etc. [1592]
I Nicholas George of the pryshe [parish] of Chartham being sycke in bodye but in good & pfecte [perfect] Remembrannce make this my last wyll & testament in manr [manner] and forme Followinge
Fyrst I bequeythe my soule to Allmyghtye god my maker & to Jesus Christ his onelye sonn, my onelye Savyoure [Saviour] & Redemr [Redeemer] by whose deathe & passion I beleve to be savyd

Item I will & beqeythe unto Alyce my wyffe all my Messuage and Tenement wt [with] (the) barne stable & other out houses wt thapprttenncs [with the appurtenances] hemplands & Archearde [Orchard] in Chartham and all the housholde stoufe [stuff] wthin [within] the sayde Messuage & wth v l [£5] of good & lawfull mon(ey) of Englande to be payd oute of my other landes for terme of her naturall lyffe
And after her decease I wyll the sayde Messuage and Tenement barne stable & other one house hempelands & orchard wth thapprttenncs & all the sayde housholde, unto my two sonnes Samwell & Jaymes & to their heires for ever

Item I will and beqythe unto my two sonnes Samwell & Jaymes all the residue of my landes wthin the pryshe (sic) of Chartham & & to their heires for ever Immediately after my decease wth all the residue of my moveable goodes not before geven to pay my detts & legacyes

Item I wyll & leave unto my two daughters Rachell & Margaret eyther of them xx l [£20] of godd & lawfull money to be payd the one haulfe [half] at the day of mariage & the other haulfe twelve monthes after or at the age of xxiiij yeres which comethe fyrst

Item I wyll & bequeythe unto Nycholas my sonne xll [£40] of lawfull moneye, & to be payde by my Executrixe That is to saye, vij l xijs iiijd [£7, 12 shillings and 4 pence] a yere untyll the said xll [£40] be full payde & the fyrste payment to be payde not fore syxe yeres after my decease be expyred

Item I wyll that If any of my two sonnes Samwell & Jaymes do dye wthoeut heires of theye bodyes lawfully begotten then I wyll that one to be the other heire

Item I will my two sonnes Samwell & Jaymes to be my Executors, to paye all my dettes & legacys befor geven
Wytnesses of this my wyll ther under
Nycholas George
Harry Foode Robte. Mathewe George Phylpott

Probatum fuit: 28th May 1595 to Samuel George, (James George was still a minor)
Sentence of Will (Latin) not able to transcribe. Mentions son Samuel, widow Alice, son Nicholas of Westbeere, & John Edwards notary public.

Notes:
Nicholas George was buried 2 Apr 1595 at Chartham
Nicholas George married Alice Farbrace 20th November 1558 at St. Mary Chartham.
His children are all christened at Chartham, thus:
2-Feb 1562/3 Amye; 4-Mar 1564/5 Nicholas; 10-Oct 1568 Samuell; 9-Nov 1572 Rachell; 01-Sep 1577 Margaret; 29-Jun 1581 James.
Son Samuel George of Chartham also left a Will: PRC 16/257 G/2 dated 1644 and proved 1648.
Daughter Amy married Henry Foade 2 Oct 1582 at Chartham

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 13th January 2020. All rights waived for personal use – BUT please quote source and reference.

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