Item I bequeath to any one of my godchildren that will come to demand the
same within ten weeks next after my decease one new lamb of this years weaning?
Item I bequeath to William Wynter my servant One seame of wheat of good and
lawfull? and? wheat to be delivered unto him at the house that he now dwell in
Item I bequeath unto Margery Hambroke my brothers daughter 3 ewes
Item I bequeath unto Katherine Hambroke her sister 3 ewes
Item I bequeath to Alice Fagg my daughter 6 ewes
also I will that when I
have a cow in my keeping of Giles Fagg that my executors shall winter and
keep the same cow until the feast of Saint George next coming and then to
deliver the same and she fortune to miscarry or to Starve by any casualty
before the same day then I will that my executors shall deliver or cause to
be delivered one other cow as shall be thought as good by honest men
Item I will to Johan Hambroke my Wife the half of all my household stuff that is to say such utensils & household stuff as is commonly used and occupied now my house dress? I will unto her two of my best kine
I will George Hambroke my son my lease and tenure of years that I have in Romney Marsh of the demesne and lease of master John Honywood
Then I will unto Christopher Gaye of Denton 20 wethers and the lease and tenure of years that I have of master Humphrey Colle of the Manor of Hougham with appurtenances
The residue of all my goods my debts legacies and bequests performed fulfilled & kept I will shall be equally divided into four parts by indifferent men and so divided I will the one part thereof unto George Hambroke my son and the other three parts to be equally divided between William Hambroke and Richard Hambroke my sons and executors of this my present testament and last Will I ordain and make William Hambroke and George Hambroke my sons and Christopher Gaye of Denton aforesaid my overseers
This is the last will and testament of me the aforesaid Sylvester Hambroke
made and declared the day and year above said of all my lands and tenements
set lying and being within the parishes of Hougham and Paddlesworth within
the County of Kent aforesaid first I will that George Hambroke my son shall
have all my lands and tenements with appurtenances in Hougham aforesaid to
him and to his heirs forever provided always and I will that he pay or cause
to be paid to Johane Hambroke my Wife during her natural life an annuity or
yearly rent of 20s by the year to be paid unto her at four usual feasts of
the year that is to say at the birth of our Lord god the Annunciation of our
Lady Saint John Baptist and Saint Michael the archangel by due? portions
the first payment to be given at the first of the four feast that shall next
and immediately follow my decease and if it fortune the said rent of 20s or
some part or parcel thereof to be behind or unpaid at any of the feasts
aforesaid in which ought to be paid that then I will it shall be lawfull for
my said wife and her assigns unto the aforesaid lands and tenements with
appurtenances and (unto ..... part and parcel thereof to enter and
distrain and the distress there so taken to load drive bear and carry away &
the same to detain withhold and keep until such time as she be fully
satisfied and paid of the said rent then out her drive and the
.........
use the same with her costs and charges in the same by all sustained)? Then
I will that to have my above said wife shall have my lands and tenement at
Paddlesworth above said with appurtenances during her natural life she
paying the rent to be due to the courts & count of the fee finding and
keeping the same rents and convenient repayments during and by all the said
term and after the decease of my said wife I will my said lands and
tenements with appurtenances to Richard Hambroke my son and to heirs of his
body lawfully begotten and if it fortune my said son Richard to die without
heirs of his body lawfully begotten Then I will the said lands and tenements
unto William Hambrook my son and to his heirs for ever provided always and
further I will then if my aforesaid wife do make challenge or claim any
manner of dower of widow right in any my lands or tenement aforesaid then I
will that all legacies and bequests unto her before willed or bequeathed
cease be paid? and to be of none effect any thing before mentioned willed
bequeathed or declared to the contrary in any draft not withstanding In
witness whereof I have set to my mark and seal in the presence of
Robert ....? Christopher Gaye and Richard Bolam
Probate: 4th December 1557 - Executor Christopher Gaye
Notes:
Seame = 8 bushels of wheat etc - a horse load
Wethers = Young Ewes
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