Item I give to the poore people of the Burrowe [Borough] of Finglesham where I now live xxs to bee paid to them within 14th dayes next
after my decease att the discrecon of my Executrix
Item I will and bequeath unto my Eldest daughter Susan Hamon one hundred pounds of good and lawfull money of England to bee paid
her by my Executrix on the day of her Marriage or her age of Twenty yeeres which it shall please God to bee first
Item I give and bequeath unto my youngest daughter Margarett Hamon one hundred pounds of good and lawfull English money to bee paid
her by my Executrix on the day of her Marriage or her age of Twenty yeeres which it shall please God to Come first
and my minde and will is that if eyther of my said two daughters doe dye and depart this life before
the day of her Marriage of the age of Twenty yeeres then my minde and will is that the Survivor shalbe her Sisters heire
But if it shall please God that both my said daughters doe dye and depart this life before their dayes of Marriage of their Ages of Twenty
yeeres then my minde and will is that the said Two hundred pounds given to my two daughters shalbee equally devided
amongst my three sonnes vidt. Richard, William and Robert Hamon if it shall please God they doe
all live or amongst soe many of them as it shall please God to lett live
Item I will and bequeath to my sonne William Hamon Two hundred pounds of good and lawfull money of England to bee paid to him by my
Executrix att the age of one and Twenty yeeres
And my mind and will is that if it shall please God that my said sonne William doe dye and dep[ar]t this life before the age of One and
Twenty yeeres Then my minde and will is that the said two hundred pounds shall remaine and be equally devided betweene
my other two sonnes Richard and Robt. Hamon
Item I give will and bequeath to my Eldest sonne Richard Hamon all that my Messuage and Lands with Thappurtences [the appurtenances] Conteyneing by Estimacon threescore and Eight acres of Land bee their more or lesse lyeing and being in the parishes of Hearnehill and Boughton to him and his heires and assignes for Ever which Messuage and Lands I late purchased of Mr. Edward Johnson
Item I give will and bequeath to My youngest sonne Robert Hamon all that my Messuage and Lands with their appurt[ena]nces Sett lying being in the Parish of Hearnhill aforesaid Conteyneing by Estimacon Nineteene acres of Land more or lesse which Messuage and Lands my owne father gave unto mee by deede att the tyme of my Marriage for him and Fatthers heires and assignes for Ever
Provided alwaies and minde and will is that my Executrix shall have the profit use and benefit of all
and singuler the Legacies given unto my two daughters and my Sonne William untill such tyme and
tymes as they shall come to their severall and respective tymes and ages before limitted and appoynted
And likewise the use benifitt and p[ro]fitt of all the Messuages and Lands given unto my two sonnes Richard and Robert Hamon untill they
shall accomplish their sevrall ages of one and Twenty yeares for their keepeinge educacon & bringingupp shee Comitting noe
wast and keepeing all the buildings and fences from tyme to tyme and all tymes in good and sufficient repaires
Provided Likewise if it shall soe please God that my Executrix doe dye and depart this life before such tyme and tymes as all my said sonnes and daughters shall accomplish their sevrall and respective times and ages before limitted for the receivinge of their porcons then I ordaine and make my eldest sonne Richard Hamon Executor of this my last will and Testament hee paying my legacyes and p[er]formeing this my will in all respects as his mother my Executrix should have done if hee had lived
The Residue of all my Moveable goods not bequeathed I will and bequeath to Sara my Loveing wife whome I ordaine and make sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testam[en]t shee proveing this my said will by Sentence in the Ecclesiasticall Court of Canterbury
Provided alsoe and my mind and will is that if my Executrix shall bee minded to Mary [marry] againe before which tyme my will is that shee enter into a bond of 500L to my very good Freind Thomas Rogers of the Parish of Ham, my loveing Cozin John Paramore of the Towne and Port of Sandwich & my Loveing Brother William Hamon of Sandwich aforesaid for the true p[er]formeinge of this my Last will and Testam[en]t
And I ordaine and make the said Thomas Rogers, John Paramore and William Jhonson (sic) overseers of this my last will and Testam[en]t desireing them to bee helpeing and assisting with their best advice and Counsell to my wife and Children as they would should bee don unto their soome Children in like Case And I give and bequeath to each of them Forty shillings apeece
In Witnes whereof I have heereunto sett my hand and Seale the day and yeere First above written
Robert Hamon
Sealed Subscribed acknowledged and Published to bee the last will and Testam[en]t of mee the said Robert Hammon In the presence of
Thomas Rogers - Andrew Kingsford - Thomas Franke his marke
Probatum fuit: 16th March Anno dini 1640.
Note: Robert Hamon was buried at St. Augustine, Northbourne on 27th February 1639/40.
Inventory of Robert Hamon, Yeoman of Northbourne, Kent, dated 12th March 1639/40
Source: Canterbury Cathedral Archives (CCA) PRC 11/6/127
The Inventorye of all the moveable goods & chattles or Robert Hamon late of the p[ar]ishe of Northbourne in the Countye of Kent, Yeman deceased made & taken the twelfe daye of March in the Fiftenth yeere of the Raigne of our Sovraigne Lord King Charles and in the yeare of our Lord Christ 1639 by John Paramore, Peter Cr..sh (?), Willm. Hamon & Thomas Rogers
£. s. d.
Imprimis his purse & Readye monye 10 00 00
Item his Aperill [wearing apparel] 05 06 08
Item in the Chamber where he laye one ?? Bedsted Furnished 06 03 04
Item one presse Cubboard, 4 chestes, 2 boxes, 1 chair & 1 hanging desk 02 06 08
Item in the maides Chamber ij [2] ould [old] Bedsteddles Furnished 01 13 04
Item in the lock over? the maydes Chamber one bedstedd Furnished & 1 great Chest 01 10 00
Item in the Hall 3 Tables, 2 Formes, dress..?, 5 chayres & i hanging Shelf 01 10 00
Item one bedstedd Furnished 00 13 04
Item one Bybl [Bible], and other 2 Bookes 0 10 00
Item Pewter 3 dossen [dozen] of all Porbs (?) 03 05 00
Item 2 Iron Potts, 3 brasse potts, 1 brasse Stupnett, 5 brasse kettles,
1 warmeng [warming] Pann, 1 Pestle & morter (sic) & one
chafeing dishe, other smale things there 02 10 00
Item one payer [pair] of pott hangers, one payer of Tonges, one
fyer pann, one payer of ??, 2 spite [spits], 1 dropping [dripping]
pann, 1 payer of Bellowes, such other smale things there 01 00 00
Item In the Parlor one Table, 6 Joyne [joined] shlves, 1 Chayer, 1 presse to lay Clothes in 01 10 00
Item 1 Carpett, 6 Churens [churns] & 1 payer of savppsal (?) 00 13 04
Item in the Chamber over the p[ar]lor, 2 Bedstedds Furnished, & 3 Chyres [Chairs] 06 13 04
Item 2 Chests, 1 Boxe, 26 payr... of Shets [Sheets?], 20 Table Clothes,
3 duzzen [dozen] of Napkins, 12 Pillowe beares & 12 hand towells 15 02 00
Item in the Milk howse 2 brine Tubbs with Cosetayne (?) shelves & 1 dresser (?) 01 06 08
Item milk Bowles, Truggs, Butter, Cheese Barron & one Chason 02 10 00
Item in the Sellar 6 beere Barills [barrels], 1 bryne Stocke, one kneding
tarffer, ij [2] Stillmes (?) all other tubbs there 01 00 00
Item in the kytchen 1 bar...ding (??) Furnas [furnace] , one Cheese Presse,
one bardnsing (??) Tunn wth other tubbs & Linen? bear there 02 05 00
Item in the Servannts Chamber 2 bedsteddles furnished for servannts 01 00 00
Item in the Stable 8 horse, 2 Beasts wth waggon, harnesse & blo... harnesse 24 00 00
Item in the Fodering? ? .... 8 Cowes, 2 buds (calves) 25 10 00
Item 18 hogge & 12 Piggs 07 05 06
Item in the wheat Barne 30 qtrs. [quarters] of wheate, Than..ford (?) & to Thrast (?) 36 00 00
Item in Barly Barne 35 Qyts. [quarters] of Barly [Barley] 25 00 00
Item of Pease & Tearnes (?) Capes [hens?] 150 05 00 00
Item one Scrise, one Bushell, one Farm & 18 Sackes 01 10 00
Item Wheate sowne, 25 acres at 50 00 00
Item of Paddor Screen of pease & Wardes, 23 acres at 25 00 00
Item 1 waggon, 2 Courts, 1 plow, 4 harrowes, 1 seed-Cod [drill?] & 1 Racke 06 00 00
Item 3 foddering Rackes & wood in the yarde 01 10 00
Item Poulters of all sorted wch att other Lumber forgotten of the prisess 01 06 08
Item in Bonds & Bills good & dispritt 230 00 00
Sume totall is £506 10 10
Tho: Rogers
William Hammon
Note: £506 10s 10d in 1639 is approx. £118,866 today. [Source: Bank of England Inflation Calculator]
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh Mason 6th March 2021
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