Kennett Will 1523/4

Will of John Kennett

of Chilham, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 17/16/58b
Submitted by Margaret Wills

In dei noie amen [In the name of God Amen] the viijth day of January the yer of or Lorde God [1523]
I Johis Kennett of hole mynde and in good memory make my testament in this maner foloweng
First I bequethe my soule unto All mighty God & to or blessed lady Marie and to al the holy company of hevyn my body to be buryed wtin the churche yarde of the p[ar]ishe churche of the pishe of Chelham

Also I bequethe unto the highe aulter in the seide churche xijd
Also I bequeth unto the .....ing? of the saide bell in the foresd. churche viijd

The Residewe of all my goods before not bequeithed I geve and bequeith unto Dionyse my wif,
whome I ordeyne and make myne executare that she dispose thaym for the helth of my soule and hir discharge

Witness Sr. Herry Barton; Willim Colman and Laurence Amyce

Probatum fuit: 5th February 1523/24

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 9th May 2023

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