Secondlye he gave and bequeathed all his goodes and moveables into Ellinor his wife and to his Children, sayinge possiblye his sayd wife now is great with two children That is to saye the one halfe to the sayd Ellin his sayd wife and thother halfe amonge his children and that everye of his children shall have equal porcon and porcons [a]like
Also he willed that his sayd wife should have all his sayd childrens porcons and the sayd children also unto her susteyne and kepeinge untill such tyme as the sayd children come to their severall ages of xxi yeares, all withall ages be willed that his sayd children shall have their severall porcons and that the sayd porcons shall be put out to their severall uses
Also he willed if any of his children dye before thet shall come or accomplishe the sayd age of xxi yeares, then the one of them to be one others heire
The premises being spoken and declared in effect aforesayd by the sayd Walter Kempe in
the p�sence and hearinge of
Robte Knoler? and William Wagstaff Witnesses
Probatum fuit: xvith April 1575
Notes:
Walter Kemp married Elener Crump on 13th October 1569 at Holy Cross, Hoath
Their children (all christened at Holy Cross):
6 Jul 1570 Godly Kemp � bu: 13th July; 14 Sep 1572 Mary Kemp; 8 Apr 1575 Walter Kemp.
Walter Kempe was buried 13th January 1575 at Holy Cross, Hoath
After Walter�s death, Eleanor Kemp married Alexander Owen on 15th Jun 1575.
Walter Kemp (the son) married Charitye Rigden of Littlebourne at St. Mary Breadman, Canterbury on 23 Mar 1602.
Transcription by Carolyn Kemp originally in July 1997 and updated 25th Sept. 2018 by Shelagh Mason
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