Will of Johane Homes

of Smarden, Kent

This ys the laste will of me Johane Homes wif of Thomas Homes of the p�ishe [parish] of Smarden in the countie of Kente beinge of good and p�fect memorye by the Liveing and under the power of the said Thomas Homes my husbande do make this my laste will in manr [manner] and forme herafter blonginge That is to say

Firste I will that Frysewode the wif of Mcartey Padyhame of Newe Romney Mylderede the wif of Thomas Adam and Elizabeth Normandey my daughters shalhave one pece of Lande with their appt. [appurtenances] whych conteynyng by estymation sevyn acres of Lande whether more or lesse thereof to be had set lyeing and beynge in the p�she of Smarden and auppn the dey of hetherste That is to saye

to the King Strete then towardes the weste and northe and Easte and to the Landes of me the forsaide Johane towards the Easte and to the Landes of John Draner Gent [gentleman] towardes the Southe To have and to holde the said pece of Landes with theapptnance [the appurtenances] to the saide Fryswide padhame myldered Adams and Elizabeth Newmondey to the use of the saide Fryswide mylderede and Elizabeth and of their heires and assigneis [assigns] for ever to be equally divided and p�ted [apportioned] betwixte them

Item I will that the foresaide Thomas Homys my husbande shalhave all my other lands and tenementes with their appurts. lyenge and beynge in the saide p�ishe of Smarden or els where within the countie of Kente To have and to holde the said Landes and tentes. [tenements] with thapptnces [the appurtenances] unto the saide Thomas Homes my husbande and to the heires of our ij bodies Lawfully begotten And for the lacke of such heires to remeyne [remain] to the oneylie [only] heires of the foresaide Thomas Homes for evermore

Dated the xxth Daye of October in the yere of our Lorde god a thousand fyve hundrethe fiftie and too [1552] and in the sixte yeare of the Reigne of our Soveraigne Lorde Edwarde the Sixte by the grace of god of ynglande frannce and Irelande Kinge defender of the faithe and in earthe of the churche of ynglande and sese of Irelande the Supreme head

Theise beyng witnesse John Sharpe James Boxley an Thoms Cotton

Probatum fuit: viij January [1553]

Notes: I cannot find the christening of any of the children mentioned, nor their marriages.
BT�s only for early Smarden survive and I need to look at these.

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 15th November 2018. All rights waived for personal use � BUT please quote source and reference.

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