Lake Will 1550

Will of Richard Lake

of Bredgar, Kent


Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives Ref.: PRC 17/29/226a or: PRC 16/9 L/2
Submitted by Frances Lake
In the name of God Amen the ixth daye of September in the yeare of ower Lord God m vc xlix [1549] and in the third yeare of the reigne of or [our] sovereigne lorde Edwarde the syxt by the grace of God of yngland France Irelande Kinge, defender of the faiyht and on earthe supreme hedd of the churche of yngland and also of Ireland
I Richard Lake of the parishe of Bredgar beinge sycke in body but hole of mynde and in perfect memory (thankes be to God) make my last will and testament in the maner followinge
First I bequeath my sowle to Go my maker and redemer in whose prestous [precious] death and bloude shedinge ys [is] my speciall hope and truste and my Bodye to be buryed in the churchyarde of Bredgar

Also I bequeith to John my eldist sonne all my lands w[i]t[h]in the parishe of Bredgar and Tunstall whiche I boughte of James Atwood and Henry Henaker and a parcell of land called highwoode craste lyenge wtin the parishe of Wormshell [Wormshill] a p[ar]cell of wood wtin the parishe of Bycner [Bicknor] and the wood that ys made wtin the p[ar]ish of hollyngborn [Hollingbourne] a lease of a howse and lands w[hi]ch I toke [took] of Thomas Henrys his wiff [wife] and his daughter a lease of the howse that he dothe dwelin, my baye horse and Bridell and a x li [£10] of money my best cote a rounde table a chest of newe clothe a Blackett a cofer a chayre wt a hole in the bottom, the said panne and the skillet

Also I bequeithe to Thomas my sonne the howse in Bredgar Strete in the parishe of Borden and the landes and woodes ther unto belonginge lyenge in the parishe of Borden and Tunstall

Also I bequeith to Henrye my sonne a howse at the Stenwood Strete in the p[ar]ishe of Borden w[i]t[h]all the landes and woodes therunto belonging as also my landes and woodes within the parishe of hollyngborn and my landes wtin the parish of Upchurche and all the woodes and landes whiche I Bought of John Deye, my seconde cote, my second bed with one paire of shetes, one payre of Blanckettes, one bolster, one pillowe, one coverlet and one testor, a cowe and one brasse pott

Also I bequeith (to) Sysley my daughter the best harnes girdle and the best ringe, a bollocke, a bed wt one peyre [pair] of blackettes, one peyre of shetes, one bolster, one pillowe and one coverlet and my Cofer under the window in my chamber and my ketle wt the Bayle

Also I bequeithe to Isabell my wifes Seconde harnes girdle, the seconde ringe, the gret [great] chest in my chamber and my bed wch I lye and wt one paire of shetes, one bolster, one paire of Blanckettes, one pillowe, one coverlet and a testor, my gret ketle, the gret pan, one platter, one pewtor dishe, a bason and all her owne pewtor and a x li of money at the daye of her mariage

Also I bequeithe to John, Henrye and Sisley every one of them one pewtor dishe, one platter and one sawcer and all theis my bequeithes to be dd ymediatelye [delivered immediately] after my decease
Provided alwayes and yf Isabell decease before the daye of her mariage then I will that her x li of money to be equallye devyded betwene John, Thomas, Henry and Cicely

and all the residue of my goodes unbequeithed moveable and unmoveable I bequeithe to Thomas my son who I make my hole executor of this my last will and testament

Also to Richard Lake the son of John Lake a xjs viijd [11s 8d]
Item to Dorothy valden vjs viijd [6s 8d]
To Richard Atwood vjs viijd
To Richard Lake the sonne of Thomas Lake a vjs viijd

Witnesses: William Honewoode clerke; Frannces Hickeley; Walter Sharp, John Lake and Henrye Lake

Probatum fuit: xjth die mensis May [11th May 1550]

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 24th April 2021


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