Kemp Will 1584

Will of Thomas Kempe

of Chartham, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 17/45/285a
Submitted by Shelagh Mason

In the name of god amen the firste daye of Aprill in the xxvjth yeare of the raigne of our Sovraigne Ladge Elizabeth by the Grace of God of England Frances and Ireland queene defender of the faithe Anno 1584
I Thomas Kempe of Chartham in the Countie of Kent Yeoman beinge sicke of Bodye but of p�fect memory praised be god doe make this my last will and testamente in forme as followeth
First I bequethe my Soule into the handes of god and my bodie to the ground from whence it had his beginninge there to contynue untill the cominge of christe into Judgement at which time I beleve that my bodie soule beinge reigned together I shall enjoye god his kingdome onlie by christe

Item I give father daye xid
Item I give to Cullin his wife xid

Item I give to Susan my daughter xxxl of lawfull English money to be paid unto her by my Executor at the age of xix yeares, and my will is that her mother havinge the kepinge of hir to have the use of the said money untill my child come to yeares And if it shall channce my said daughter to decease before the said age then I will her mother to have the said somme of xxxl except xxs oute of it which I will to the poore of Chartham

Item I will that if Jone my wife shall marry againe then that he which shall marry her doe first putt in sufficiente bonde to performe this my will and the legacie to my daughter bequethall and this to be done att the discretion of my overseers

All the rest of my goodes unbequethed my debtes paid and legacis perfrmed I give to Jone my wyfe whome I nyme [name] as executrix with Richard Woode
and I ordaineas overseers of this my will and testamente Edmunde Kempe and Edmonde Clifford

These being Witinesses Richard Blengensope and Thomas Brincker ?

Probatum fuit: xxiij day of May 1584

Notes:
Thomas Kempe married Joan Clyfford 18th May 1579 at SS Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean.
Thomas Kempe was buried at St. Mary Chartham on 5th April 1584
Daughter Susan Kempe was christened 3 Jan 1580(1) at St. Dunstan, Canterbury and may have taken her step-father�s surname, as no marriage or burial found as Kemp(e).
After Thomas�s death, Joane Kempe re-married to William Shatwater on 15th December 1585 at St. Mary, Chartham.

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 21st August 2018. All rights waived for personal use � BUT please quote source and reference.

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