Imprimis I give unto my beloved cousin John Solley sonne of Richard Solley of Ash aforesaid the summe of One hundred pownds of lawfull money of England which one hundred pownds is now in the hands of my Cousin Richard Solley father of the said John Solley whoe is by this my will desired immediatly after my decease according to Law and the intent of this my will to preserve and secure the said One hundred pownds to the onely and proper use of him the said John Solley untill hee the said John Solley shall attaine to the age of one and Twenty yeares
Item I give to my Cousin Anne Solley daughter of Richard Solley aforesaid the summe of forty pownds of like lawfull money to bee
paid her within one yeare after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto Richard and Stephen Solley to youngest sonnes of Richard Solley the summe of five pownds a peice
Item I give unto my Cousin Sarah Addams now wife of Thomas Addams the summe of fifty pownds Nine pownds parte thereof being due
to mee from her said husband The remainder being forty one pownds to bee paid unto her within one yeare after my decease
Item I give unto William Bax sonne of my Cousin Stephen Bax five pownds to binde him out an Apprentice or to his use to bee paid
unto him at his Age of fifteen yeares
Item I give unto my Cousin William Parker the summe of five pownds hee now oweth mee
And whereas there is oweing and due unto mee from my Cousin Paul Parker by bond and otherewies about the summe of Thirty pownds
I give and dispose of it as followeth (That is to say)
Tenn pownds parte thereof of the Children of my Cousin William Parker equally to bee devided amongst them
and Tenn pownds parte thereof to my Cousin Elizabeth Solley widdow Sister to the abovesaid William Parker
and the remainder to my Cousin Paul Parker from whome the money is due
And my will is that my Cousin Paul Parker shall pay the said summe of Twenty pownds as aforesaid within one yeare after my decease
which if hee shall neglect to doe my will is that my Executor shall assigne the bond over to those unto whome I have given and
bequeathed the said summe of Twenty pownds
Item I give unto my loveing brother Mr John Prowd the summe of fiftye pownds to bee paid him within sixe moneths after my decease
Item I give unto my Cousin Henry Prowd the summ of Tenn pownds to bee paid him within one yeare after my decease
Item All other my goods and Chattells of what Nature or quality soever they bee (Except one Bedd furnished which I doe give unto my Cousin Ann Solley) I doe give unto the onely use and behoof of my loveing Cousin John Solley whome I doe make and ordaine Executor of this my last will and Testament
And further my will and desire is that my Cousin Richard Solley shall direct and Assist my Executor in the execution of this
my Will In the payeing my debts and Legacies And dischargeing my funerall expences and charges
And I utterly revoke and anull All and every other former Testaments Wills Legacies bequests and executors by mee in any wise before
this tyme named and bequeathed And doe declare this to bee my last will and Testament
In witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this Twenty Ninth day of May in the yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand
sixe hundred seaventy and nyne / 1679
Ann Jekin by her marke
Sealed published and declared to bee the Last will and Testament of the above said Ann Jekin in the presence of
John Selley - Margett Solley by her marke - and John Gibbon
Probate granted 14th March 1680 to John Solley
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