Item I will and bequeath to my Sister Elizabeth the wife of Thomas Scurge (sic) the summe of twenty pounds to be taken and put out at Interest for her two daughters Elizabeth and Mary Scurge soe soone after my death as my Executor can conveniently receive in such monies as are due to me the Interest of which yearly to be paid to my said Sister till her daughters come to the Age of twenty yeares and longer if my Executor shall thinke fit
Item I doe will and bequeath to my Sister Hannah to [the?] wife of Rowland Peirce [Price] the summe of twenty pounds to be paid to her soe soone as after my death as conveniently my Executor can provide that mony of whome it is due to me
Item I doe give and bequeath unto my Brother in lawe Mr. Thomas Mapsall the sume of five pounds to be paid at the like convenient time
Item I doe give and bequeath unto my Kinsman Robert Green the sume of five pounds to be paid at the like convenient time
Item I doe give and bequeath unto my three Cousins Edward Thomas and Roger Kempe the sons of my Brother Edward Kempe the summs of too shillings apeice to be paid at the like convenient time [actually nephews]
Item I do give and bequeath unto my two Cousins Sarah the wife of Phillip Smith and Mary the wife of John Pore the summe of ten
shillings apiece
Item I doe give and bequeath unto my good friend Mary Longe the summe of five shillings
Item I doe give and bequeath unto my Kinsman John Greene the summe of five shillings
Item I doe give and bequeath unto the poore of the parishe of Boughton [Aluph] to be
bestowed as my Executor shall thinke fit and convenient the Summe of one pound and ten
shillings and to the Minister of the said parish to preaching [my] funerall sermon the summe of ten shillings
Item I doe give and bequeath to be expended in [at?] my funerall the summe of five pounds
And I nominate and appoint my Brother Edward Kempe and Robert Greene aforesaid Executors of this my last will and Testament
This is the last will and Testament of me Mary Kempe whereunto I have set my hand and seale the first day of March Anno Dini 1669/70
Mary Kempe
Sealed and published as my last will and testament in the presence of us
The marke of Francis Marshall? Examined.
Probatum fuit: primo die July 1674
Notes:
Mary Kempe was buried at Boughton Aluph 8th March 1670.
She was the child of Edward Kempe, with siblings, christened at Boughton Aluph:
Mary 1621; Roger 19 Oct 1623; William 29 Jul 1627; Elizabeth 10 Jul 1631; Hannah 4 Aug 1633; Edward 26 Mar 1639.
Elizabeth Kempe married Thomas Scourge 12th April 1655 at S Gregory & Martin, Wye.
Hannah Kempe married Rowland Price at St. Michael, Crooked Lane, London in 1661.
Edward Kempe�s (the father) marriage not found.
Edward Kempe (her Brother) married Sarah ? and had the following known children, all christened at Boughton Aluph:
Edward 26 Mar 1649; Thomas 24 Apr 1651; Roger 15 Feb 1652.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 21st August 2018. All rights waived for personal use � BUT please quote source and reference.
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