Item I give to Elizabeth Glover my wellbeloved wife all my houshold stuffe whatsoevr during her naturall life
& after her decease to be equallie devided betweene my two dawghters Marie & Dorethe Glover
Provided that if my said wife shall see cause so to doe that then at her discrecon she shall bestowe some p[ar]t of the said houshold stuffe upon
my two daughters Thomsin Swift & Elizabeth Mesden & the remainder thereof my will is
shalbe equallie devided betweene Marie and Dorithie by Joseph Heniker & my sonn Richard Glovr
Item I give to my said wife fortie shillings in monie to be paid her by my executor pr[e]sentlie after my decease
Item I give unto her two seames of Wheate & twelve bushells of Barlie wth my Cow & three licorad? & the topps of my trees groweing on my land
betweene John Goulsmiths his Land and mine
I give to my fower daughters Tomsin Smith, Elizabeth Mesden, Marie & Dorithe Glover tenn pound a peece to be paid them by my executor wthin foure
yeeres after my decease
Item I give to William Mesden my grandchild three pounds to be paid by my executor when he shall accomplish the age of one & twentie yeeres
Item I give unto Elizabeth Dann my grandchild thirtie shillings to be paid by my executor at her age of one & twentie yeeres
All the residue of my goods whatsoevr my debts & legacies with the Charge of my buriall being discharged I give to my sonn Richard Glover whom I
doe make sole executor of this my last will & testament
I make my well beloved brother Richard Glover of Westwell ovrseer of this my last will & testament & doe give him as a token of my love
tenn shillings to be paid by my executor wthin one month after my decease
John Glover his mrke
This is the last will & testament of me John Glover Concerneing the disposicon of all my lands & tenem[en]ts whatsoevr
I give to my aforenamed wife Elizabeth Glover my house I now dwell in with the barne & outhouses thereto belonging wth the closes thereto
adjoynenig wth the close in Bonnington feild wth the Cropp now uppon it dureing her naturall life & after her decease the same to come &
remaine to my sonn Richard dureing his naturall life
And after his decease the said house wherein I now dwell with the barne & all the land thereunto belonging to come & remaine to my grandchild
John Glover the sonn of Richard Glover
All the residue of my houses & lands whatsoevr I have in the pish of Goodnestone or wthin the Realme of England I give to my said sonn Richard Glover
In witnes whereof to this my last Will & testamt my hand & seale I have sett the day & yeere first above written in the prsence of:
Joseph Heniker; George Christian; John Hall
Probatum fuit: 10th March 1623/24 - to Richard Glover
Notes:
John Glover was buried 12 Feb 1623/24 at Holy Cross, Goodnestone (next Wingham).
John Glover married Elizabeth Perrett 16 Oct 1580 at St. Mary, Nonington, Kent.
Known children of this marriage (all baptised at Holy Cross, Goodnestone-next-Wingham):
24 Nov 1583 Tomsin; 24 Mar 1587/88 Marie; 1 Mar 1589/90 Richard; 5 Mar 1591/92 William; 3 Mar 1593/94 Anne; 9 Nov 1595 John;
23 Jan 1596/97 Dorothye; 12 Aug 1599 Margaret.
Daughter Tomsen Glover married William Swift 23 Nov 1612 at St. Mary, Wingham, Kent.
Henry Maxday, Husbandman and Elizabeth Glover, virgin, both of Wingham, were married at Elmstone, by Licence on 23 Jul 1611.
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 5th June 2023
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