Kemp Will 1610

Will of Henry Kempe

of Buckland, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 17/59/219b
Submitted by Shelagh Mason

In the name of God Amen The xxiijth day of August 1610.
I Henrie Kempe of the p�ishe of Buckland (near Faversham) in the countie of Kent, Husbandman, beinge sick in body but of perfect remembrance doe make my testament conteyninge therein my last will to stand in mannr [manner] and forme followinge
First I comende my soule into the hands of Almightie [God] trustinge to be saved by the meritts of Christe Jesus and my bodie to be buried in the Church yard of Eastchurche;
& touchinge those temporall goods God hathe lente me I doe make disposement thereof as followeth

First I gyve to my daughter Ann the fetherbed with a fether bolster, a coverlett, two blanketts, a pillowe and a ioyned [joined] bedsted standinge in a parlor of the psonage [parsonage] house of Buckland with two paire of sheets two pillowclothes two yard ke..chers? and one table cloth

Item I gyve to my said daughter Twentie pownds of mony which mony & with the other things aforesaid shall remaine in the hands of myne Executor untill my said daughtr shall accomplishe the age of eighteene yeares

The residue of all my goods not hitherto by me disposed my debtts and legacies p�formed & paid and funerall expences discharged I willinglye gyve to Helen my wife, whome I make the sole executrix of this my last will

In Witnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand the day and yeare first above written
Henrie Kempe his marke

These being Witnesses Osmunde Hultinge George Croll

Probatum fuit: Vicesimon sexto dei Sept. 1610 [26th September 1610].

Notes:
Henry�s burial is on 31st August 1610 at All Saints, Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey.
Daughter Anne was christened there 24th August 1606; and a son Samuell on 11th October 1604 (he was soon after buried on 14th October 1604 at Minster-in-Sheppey).

Henry Kempe married Elenor Kingsdowne (both of Eastchurch) on 12th December 1609 at St. Mary Breadman, Canterbury. His first marriage is not known or found.

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 25th March 2019. All rights waived for personal use � BUT please quote source and reference.

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