Will of Thomas Hunt

of Sittingbourne, Kent

Item I bequethe to the holy and blessed sacrament for my tithes oblite forgotten to be p(r)ayed for iijs iiijd [3 shillings 4 pence]
Item I bequethe to the churche of Sidingborne xijd
I will at my burying have masse and dirige * wth v preists, and so moche At my monthesday that is to have bestowed at them bothe xiijs iiijd [14 shillings and 4 pence]
Item I will at my buryinge to have bestowed amonge the poore and neady people w'in the prorche [porch] vjs viijd, And so moche at my monthesdaye

Item I bequethe to my sonne Laurence immediatly after my decease naturall the lease of my house as it shall appeare in my lease wt all the hangings thereunto wt a frprase? table and a cupbord in the hall wt a longe Settle and formes
Item to the same a dosen of pewter disshes and a dosen of pewter platters and half a dosen of Sawcers
Item to the same half a dosen candlesticks
Item to the same two latton basons [latten basins] * iiij [4] pewter pottes a brasse pott two ketells a Stuppen, a skillet & Chafinge disshe
Item I bequethe to the same my best bedde wt the sealinge in the plom [parlour] wtall thapparrell [the apparel] thereto belonginge, and an other Fetherbed wt apostes wtall thnges thereto belonging and a flocke bedd wt thappurtenncs
Item to the same my best tableclothe of drarp? wt a towell and iiij [4] napkens two pillowcootes iiij silvr spones and a saltseller

Item I bequethe to my sonne Thoms [Thomas] Hunte my second bedde in the ploms [parlour!] wt all hanginges and all things thereunto belonginge, and all other things parte alike unto my sonne Laurence forsaid

Item I bequeth unto my sonne Henry a Fetherbed and two Flocke beddes in the Cambe [Chamber] and all things thereto belonging and all the hangings in the saide house hath and shall have all thinges porcon like unto Thomas and Laurence.

Item I bequeth to my daughter Jane [blank space] wch she hath and shall have like unto Henry aforsaid
Item I bequeath to my Sonnes Henry and Thomas all my rayment wt myne owne apparell betwixt them bothe

Item I do bequeth to John Frognall my sonne in lawe iijs iiijd whom also I do ordeyn and make myn Executor to see this my present will fulfilled and discharged
And Supvisor hereof I do make John Jacob; And he to have for his labour and payne iijs iiijd

Witness hereof George Gibson - Willim Gibson - John Jacob and Anthony Pratche clarke wt other moo the day and yere abovewriten
concord in original

Probatum fuit: xxij July 1545 [22nd July 1545]

Notes:
* A dirige is a Roman Catholic service for the dead.
* Latton [latten] referred loosely to the copper alloys such as brass or bronze that appeared in the Middle Ages and through to the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 17th October 2020

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