Item I give and bequeath unto Thomas Holmes my sonne Twenty pounds of lawful money of England to bee payd by my Executrix hereunder named when hee shall accomplishe the age of one and twenty yeares
Item I give and bequeath unto Katherine my daughter twenty pounds of lawful money of England to bee payd by my Executrix hereunder named when Catherine my daughter shall accomplishe the age of one and twenty yeares
Item I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth my daughter twenty pounds of lawful money of England to bee payd by my Executrix hereunder named when Elizabeth my daughter shall accomplishe the age of one and twenty yeares
Item I give and bequeath unto Mary my daughter twenty pounds of lawful money of England to bee payd by my Executrix hereunder named when Mary my daughter shall accomplishe the age of one and twenty yeares
Item my mynd and will is that if it happen any of my sayd Children to departe this life before hee shee or they accomplishe their severall and respective ages of one and twenty yeares; then the survivor or survivors of to bee heire equally to other
Item the Residue of all my goods chattells and Cattells whatsoever I give and bequeath to Elizabeth my wife whome I make and ordaine whole and Sole Executrix of this my last will and testament, and to see this my last will and testament aproved and performed my debtes legacies and Funerall rites payd and discharged
Item my mynd and will is that Elizabeth my Wife shall have the educacon of my sayd Children during their nonage and if it happen Elizabeth my widdow to marry before my sayd Children accomplishe their severall and respective age and ages above Specified then my mynd and will is that the husband noth shall take Elizabeth my widdow to wife shall before their marriage had and solemnized give sufficient bond and Security to Godfrey Marten my brother in lawe as well for the education of such my Children as shall then bee under the age of one and twenty yeares as also for such my Childrens portion or portions which at that tyme shall remaine and bee in the hands of Elizabeth unpayd, which if hee shall bee the husband of Elizabeth my widdowe shall pay over such porcion or porcions to Godfrey Marten and hee the sayd Godfrey Martn yealding and payinge ratably after the rate of eight pounds the hundred for such porcon or porcons as shall come to the hands of the sayd Godfrey Marten towards the educacon of such my Children as shall then bee under the age of one and twenty yeares and then he the sayd Godfrey Marten to pay such porcon or porcons as shall come to his hands to my sayd Children at the respective age and ages above mentioned
In Witnes whereof to this my last will and testament I have sett to my hand and seale the
day and yeare first above written
Thomas Holmes
Sealed & delivered in the presence of
Henry Brett & George Ramsden
Probatum fuit: 14th March 1630
Notes:
21st Oct. 1622 Thomas Holmes married Elizabeth Austen at Woodchurch.
Children (where C = christening, Bu = burial) � all at All Saints, Woodchurch:
27 Jul 1623 C Katherine (Bu: 2 May 1646 at Woodchurch)
2 Dec 1625 C Thomas
2 Mar 1628 C Elizabeth
5 Sep 1630 C Mary (Bu: 9 Apr 1678 at Woodchurch � see her Will:
PRC 32/54/384 Will of Mary Homes of Woodchurch, dated 19th October 1677 and Proved 17th August 1678.
Thomas Holmes is buried 28th February 1631 at All Saints, Woodchurch. I have no record of what happened to Elizabeth � she could have died during the Commonwealth, of course. No Will found (as yet).
Thomas was born in 1600 � and is the third attempt * at a Thomas by Thomas Holmes, at Woodchurch:
19/02 1587 C Thomas Thomas
10/11 1588 C Robert Thomas
04/10 1590 C Elizabeth Thomas
28/01 1593 C Deborah Thomas
08/03 1598 C Thomas Thomas
17/08 1600 C * Thomas Thomas *
26/06 1603 C Mary Thomas
09/11 1606 C Edward Thomas
Thomas Holmes (senior) married Elizabeth Carpenter at Woodchurch on 14th September 1585. He does not seem to have left a Will.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 21st August 2018. Copyright waived for personal use only.
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