Item I give unto Tenn of the poorest people of Sandhurst twelve pence a peece to be distributed att my
buriall by the discretion of my Executors hereafter named
Item I give unto the Children of my Sonne in Lawe John Browne and to the Children of my Sonne John
Longley and to the children of my Sonne in Lawe Thomas Fuller Tenn shillinges a peece
Item I give unto the twoe children of my Sonne in Lawe George Sharpe Five poundes a peece of good and Lawfull money of England
And to my grandchild Mary Spice Five poundes of like money
to be paid unto the last three when they shall come to the age of One and twenty yeares by my Executor hereafter named
And my will and minde is That if any of my Sonne in Lawe George Sharpes twoe children happen to
dye before their portion become due, then the Survivor to have the same porcon
Item I give unto my Sonne in lawe Robert Spice and to my Sonne in Lawe George Sharpe Five shillings a peece
Item I will and bequeath unto Anne Longley my daughter the Wife of John Furner Forty shillinges to be paid her by my Executor within One Year next after my decease
Item I give unto my Sonne John Longley my muskett Cardeliers headpeece feather roater? and Sworde wth all such houshold Stuffe as is nominated in his Lease and the Cubbord in the Hall, the table, forme and benches, shelves and all such thinges as are fastened to the houses
Item I will and bequeath unto my twoe sonnes in Lawe Thomas Fuller and John Browne my howse
and land in Sandhurst late purchased of William Wickings equally to be devided betweene them
Provided allwayes yett neverthelesse my minde and will is That if my sonne in Lawe Thomas Fuller
pay or cause to be paide unto my sonne in lawe John Browne his heires executors or administrators
wthin [within] One yeare next after my decease Fower Score pounds [£80] of good and lawfull
money of England, Then hee the aforesaid Thomas Fuller shall have and enjoy the Fee Simple (for the)
Terme of his Life, and his wife (my daughter) her life, of the aforesaid howse and Land to him and her
heires of her body Lawfully begotten forever
The residue of all my goods and chattells not before given, my debtes and legacies paide and funerall discharges, my minde and will is shalbe equally devided amongst my three children John Elizabeth and Joane
And I doe make and ordayne my Sonne John Longley my sole Executor of this my last will and testament
and my twoe Sonnes in lawe Thomas Fuller and John Browne my Overseers of this my said last will
And my minde and will is That if my said sonne John Longley refuse the Executorship or do disturbe my said will by any suite or trouble according to the true intente and meaneing thereof Then my minde and will is That hee shall have butt Twentie poundes of lawfull money paid him (more then that hee hath by deede) by my other Executors Thomas Fuller and John Browne my Sonnes in Lawe yf my said Sonne John Longley refuse it, or doe as before is mentioned
In Wittnes whereof I have hearunto sett my hande and seale the day and yeare first above written
The marke and seale of the Testator Thomas Longley
Read Sealed and Subscribed in the prnts [presence] of William Wood - Thomas Blackborne
Probatum fuit: [Latin] Decimo sexto die mensis Aprilis Anno dini [16th April 1640].
Notes: £80 in 1638 is worth approx. £16,720 today. [Source: Bank of England Inflation Calculator]
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 19th June 2020
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