Jenkin Will 1624

Will of Edward Jenken

of Thanet St. John, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 17/66/19
Submitted by Steve Clarke

In the name of God Amen The twelft day of August in the yeare of our Lord God one Thowsand sixe hundred twenty and foure
I Edward Jenken the unprofitable servant of God, of the p[ar]ishe of St. John the Baptist in the Ile of Thanett in the County of Kent, yeoman, weake of body but of good and p[er]fecte memory (god be praysed) doe make & ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and forme Followinge (That is to say)
First I Comend my soule into the hands of God my maker and redeemer hoping assuredly through the onely merritts of Jesus Christ my saviour to bee made p[ar]taker of life everlastinge And I comend my body to the earth whereof it is made

Item I will that all such debtes or duties as I owe of right or of conscience to any p[er]son or p[er]sons bee well and truely contented and payd by myne Executor hereafter named And after my debtes payd and my funerall expences p[er]formed
I will and bequeath to Mary my wife dureinge the terme of her naturall life the summe of eight pounds of lawfull English money yearely to bee payd unto her by myne Executor vizt. every halfe yeare foure pounds
And also my will is that my Mary my wife shall have one Fetherbed & a boulster, two blanketts, a Coverlett and two payre of sheetes & a pillow, two pillowe Coates and the bedstedle in the lower Chamber and this shall suffice for my wives porcon where wth shee sayeth shee is now right well pleased and contented

Item I will and bequeath to Edward my sonne Five pounds of lawfull Englishe money to bee payd unto him by myne Executor halfe a yeare after my decease
Item I will and bequeath unto Daniell my sonne five and thirty pounds of lawfull English money to bee payd to him by myne Executor as followeth, vizt. twenty pounds wthin one yeare aftr my decease and fifteene pounds wthin two yeares aftr my decease

Item I will and bequeath to Priscilla my daughter the wife of William Hamon five shillings to bee payd unto her by myne Executor wthin one month after my decease if it bee demaunded
And I will to William her sonne Thirteene pounds which William Hamon his father oweth unto mee to bee payd to the sayd William by his Father at the age of thirteene yeares & to be putt out for his best proffitt

Item I will and bequeath to Margarett my daughter twenty pounds of lawfull money of England to bee payd unto her by my executor wthin halfe a yeare after my decease
Item I will and bequeath to Martha my daughter twenty pounds of lawfull money of England to bee payd unto her by my executor wthin one yeare after my decease

Item I will and bequeath to Thomas my sonne all my lands in the Ile of Thanett forever and alsoe payeinge and p'forminge all such debtes and legacies before bequeathed
And of this my prsent testament I make and ordeine my sonne Thomas my sole & onely Executor

Edward Jenken by his marke
these beinge witnesses
John Tamlyn; Nic: Osborne

Probatum fuit: 14th September 1624

Notes:
Edward Jenken, paterfamilias, was buried at St. John in Thanet in the Isle of Thanet, Kent on 17 Aug 1624.
Edward Jenkin married Mary Phillips, virgin, both of Wingham, on 24 Jul 1592 at St. Mary the Virgin, Wingham, Kent, by Licence. Henry Oxenden junior of Wingham, Gentleman, was the Bondsman.
Daughter Priscilla Jenken married William Hammon 10 Oct 1622 at St. John the Baptist, Thanet.

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 31st July 2023

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