I will that all my stocke goods & chattells (other than what will be needfull to stocke and crop my farme att Hooke & the Lands I have hired of Sr. [Sir] George Wheeler Knt [Knight] called Co...t Lands and hook wood in Chareing in the said County shall be sold by my Executrix hereinafter named
& also she shall & may sell so much of my household goods as she shall think fitt
& all the moneys ariseing upon such sale of my stocke and household goods I will shall be equally paid to my children as they
shall severall(y) come their sevrall & respective age & ages of eighteen years
& in the meane tyme my will is that all the money ariseing upon the sale of
my stock & goods shall be putt out & kept at Interest & the same Interest .... I will my wife shall receive for & towards
the educateing & bringing up of my children till theire sevrall ages or respective ages of eighteen years
Item when my youngest child shall come to the age of eighteen thereof the Legacy before given then I will that my Executrix shall have ten pounds during her natural life to be paid to her half yearely by equal porcons by my children each to bear an equall parte & share therein out of their respective Legacyes
Item after the decease of my Father I give all my Lands in Warehorne in the said County of Kent to my Son Edward & his heires but my will is that Mary my Loveing Wife shall take up and enjoy the rents thereof till my said Son Edward shall come to his age of one & twenty yeares for the better enabling thereto bringing up my children
Item I make Mary my loveing wife sole Executrix of this my last will & testament
& I desire & request my loveing freinds Thomas Hodges of Warehorne and Mr. John Elmestone of Egerton to bee
the Overseers to this my will & to aid and assist my wife in the sellings of my stock and goods to
the best advantage and for their pains & care to be taken herein I give them five pounds apeece to be paid to them by my Executrix
Item I give to my eldest daughter twenty shillings to be paid to her within three months next after my decease besides her share before given her
Item all the Stocke corne & graine that my Executrix shall have to stocke & crop my Farme att Hooke & the lands I have hired of Sr. George Wheeler above shall be apprized & the vallue thereof shall after the decease of my wife be equally divided amongst all my children or else shall have the stocke & goods that my said wife shall leave at her decease
Item I make void all former wills by me made declaring this to be my last will & Testament
In Witness whereof I the said Daniell Manooch have hereunto sett my hand and Seale dated the two
& twentieth day of December in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand six hundred ninety & four
Daniell Manooch
Signed Sealed published & declared by the said Daniell Manooch for his last Will & Testament in the prsence [presence] of
Charles Manooch - Martha Manooch - George Poole
Probatum fuit: Vicesimo secundo die May Anno Dini 1695 (23rd May 1695) to Maria Manooch
Notes: For some reason, n and i are transposed a lot in this document – most unusual!
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 1st April 2020.
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