First I will & bequeath my house wherein I now dwell unto my three youngest sonnes Robert James and John and my mynde is that my wife shall have her dwellinge in it [for the] terme of her life and at the terme of her life my mynd is that my sonne Robert shall then possesse yt and shall paye to the other James and John as they shall come of the age of one and twenty the some of five shillings apeece a yeere and Robert to keepe it Repared till they come to age and then to devide it Equally
Item I give to my eldest sonne John Kemp my capstone at Nesse & my best suite of Apparrell and hatt
Item I give to my sonne George Kemp iiijl wch [is] the money I have received of his to bee payd to him as a yeare and one dayes and after my decease
Item I give to my daughter Jane forty shillings to bee payd to her at the age of Eighteene yares of at her day of mariage wch comes first
All the rest of my goods I give unto my wife Anna payinge my debtes and legacies and my
funerall expences and I make her my Sole Executrix
The marke of George Kempe
Sealed and delivered in the presence of Robert Radford and Robert Smith The marke of John Hooke
Probatum fuit: 19th April 1631
Notes:
George Kempe was buried at Lydd on 16th March 1630/1
George Kempe seems to have married three times:
(1) Susan Hollan(d)? 9 Apr 1605, All Saints, Lydd
(2) Mary Wade 4 Feb 1612, All Saints, Lydd
(3) Agnes Winster 27 May 1617, St. Mary Bredman, Canterbury (by Licence) He: Fisherman; both of Lydd
Possible children (all christened at Lydd):
Robert 6 Oct 1611; Margaret 8 Jan 1615; Robert 3 May 1618; Thomas 17 Dec 1620; Jone 4 Jan 1624; Andrew 17 Apr 1625.
Sons: John, James and George not found.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 5th Dec. 2018. All rights waived for personal use � BUT please quote source and reference.
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