I wyll that my halfe p[ar]te of the Shyppe called the Seaflower and halfe pte of her furnyture shall be ymedyatlye after my decease Soulde
And that of the money [a]rysynge my two Sonnes Edwarde and James shall have fyve pounds the peece w[hi]ch Tenne pounds shall remyane in mye
wyves handes towardes the bringinge of them upp
And when hereafter they or either of them shall be putt to servyce Then the sayde money uppon
good bonde To be putt into the master his handes
And if either of them dye in nonage The survyvor to be heyer
And yf they (both) dye before then their sayd porcons to be unto Susanne, Alyce and Joane my daughters
And owte of the money rysynge owte of those halfe shypps and furnyture I gyve farther unto eche of my sayde three daughters Seaven pounds the
peece To be payd at their severall agyes of Eightene yeares or daye of marriage wch shall fyrst happen
wch money I wyll shall be payde and yelded as some? as sale of the premysses is made unto my brother Thomas Hurlestone by his
dyscretyon to be used and ymployed to my sayde daughters use & best p[ro]fett
The Resydewe of all my worldlye goods and moveables whatsoever, my detts and legacyes first
payde I gyve and wyll unto my wyef Elyzabeth whome I make sole Executrix of this my last wyll and Testamente
And I make my sayde brother Thomas Hurlstone the ovrseer
Provyded all wayes and my wyll is That mye sayd wyef shall putt in suffycyent bonde in the offyce
of Canterburye for ye faythfull pimplishement [accomplishment] of this my Testament & will
Thys ys the last wyll of me the sayde Henrye Harlstone touchinge the dysposytyon of my lands and Tenements in manner followinge
Fyrst I gyve unto my two sonnes Edwarde and Jeames and their heyres my Tenements wyth the appurtenncs [appurtenances] in the highe streate in
Sandwch
And I wyll that my wyef shall freelye houlde my sayde Tenemente wyth the appurtenncs for the Terme of Tenne yeares nexte ensuyinge
after the daye of my death In respecte that she shall to her habylytye [ability?] bringe upp my Children She keapinge the reparatyons suffycyentlye
And after the tenne yeares ended Then I wyll and my mynde is that the yssues & profitts of the same Tenemente wth the appurtenncs shall remayne
and be unto the uses of my sayde Two sonnes, To be payd to them at the tyme of accomplyshment of their full age
In wyttnes whereof I the sayd Henrye Hurlstone have here unto sett my hande and Seale, dated the daye and yeare first above wrytten
By me Henrye Harlstone
Wyttnes hereof: Edwarde Anderson, Austen Waymatts, Nycholas Matson
Probatum fuit: 5th March 1582/83
Notes:
Henry Harlestone, Householder, was buried at St. Peter, Sandwich, Kent, 22 Oct 1582.
Henry Harlestone married Elyzabeth Croyde 28 Sep 1574 at St. Peter, Sandwich.
Their known children (all baptised at St. Peter, Sandwich, Kent): John 13 Aug 1575; Elyzabeth 13 Aug 1577; Edward 18 Jul 1579.
Johane Harlestone was baptised 17 Jul 1568 at St. Peter, Sandwich – no parents given.
Susan Horlstone was baptised 19 Jun 1569 at St. Clement, Sandwich - no parents given.
An unnamed wife of Henry was buried on 20 May 1574 at St. Peter, Sandwich.
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 23rd April 2023
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