Lushington Will 1603

Will of Ingrame Lushington

of Capel-le-Ferne, Kent


Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 17/52/332
Submitted by Margaret Glenn
In the name of God Amen The xxth day of July in the yeare of our lord God one thowsande sixe hundred and two and in the fower and Fortith yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lady Queen Elizabeth
I Ingrhame Lushington thelder of Capleferne in the County of Kent Yeoman being att this p[rese]nte sicke of body but of good and p[er]fect memorye for which I give thankes to allmighty God, doe make my last will and testament in manner followinge
First I comend my soule into the hands of Allmighty God by the death and meritts of whose deare & only sonne Jesus Christ I looke and assuredly hoope for p[ar]don and Remission of all my sinnes and offences in this life and eternall joye in the Kingdome to come prepared for the elect I will my body to be buried in the Churchyeard of Capleferne aforesayd

Item I give unto Thomasine my wife thirty pounds which Christopher Elwyne [Elvye?] of Allington will owe me att mydsommer next for wch I have an enneltye [annuity] of three pounds a yeare which thirty pounds I will Thomasine my Wife shall receave att the day if the money be not paid then I give the same ennelltye to her and to her heires for ever
Item I give to Thomasine my Wife my mare wth the bridell and saidell [saddle]
Item I give to her the bedstedle bedd and furniture thereunto in the Chamber where I usually lye, one warming panne, one longe Chest within the same chamber, one fetherbedd lyke
Item I will that Thomasine my wife shall have one of the kyne which shee doth nowe milke and shee to take her choise
Item I give to her six .... sheepe, one brasse pott, one other parie [pair] of sheets

Item I give to Thomas Marshe my sonne in lawe twoe kyne and one gedling now in the hands of Robert Lushington my sonne
Item I will th[a]t Gyllian my doughter shall have two steeres goinge in Saltwood Parke and one Cowe called the longe leged heifer which I nowe milke
Item I give to George Spearepoint my two heiffers goinge in Saltwood Parke and one Cowe wch now I milke

Item I give to Robert Lushington my sonne one paire of Curatts and a pike
Item I give to Ingrhame Lushington my sonne one paire of Curratts and one holbearte
Item I give to xpofer [Christopher] Lushington my best bedstedell standing in my sonne Ingrhams house
Item I give to Ingrhame my sonne all the other bedstedles the fornace in the kytchen the table Imploid and salte stocke in the hall of the same house

Item I doe forgive George Spearepointe all th[a]t some of money wch he doth owe me
Item John Clarke of Dover oweth me sixe and Thirtye shillings for wood
Item Mr. Cadman oweth me xijs for iiij bushells of wheate
Item Mr. Edward Ellis of Mersham oweth me xls [40s]
Item Mr. Philpott of Folkestone oweth me vli [£5]
Item I my selfe doo owe to Henry Elspes of Dover Castell vli
Item to Thomas Marshe xvijs
Item Robert Lushington my sonne doth owe me xxxijs and five seames of Oates

Item I doe make & appointe Thomasine my wife my sole executrix to gather receive & pay all Debtes and legocyes whatsoever
Item I doe make Arthure Pordage of Alkham my overseer Provided allwaies all my debtes & legatyes being paid

Item I give the residue of my goods & Cattell whatsoever with the frell? and other lumber wch is about my house to Thomasine my wife towards the Charges of my buriall and other expences of proving my will and els whatsoever

dated the xxti day of July in the presence of
George Spearepoint; Richard Pilcher by me Arthure Pordage
Ingrhame Lushington

Probatum fuit: 6th October 1603

Notes:
Ingram Lushington of Capel-le-Ferne married Thomasine Pepper, virgin of Hawkinge at Hawkinge on 24 Sep 1600.
Thomasine Lushington, widow of Hougham (Dover) married John Pilcher, Husbandman of Folkestone on 17 Dec 1603 at Hougham. Lawrence Pepper, yeoman of Knowlton, Kent, was bondsman.

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 1st March 2023


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