Item I will that Thomazine my wellbeloved wyfe shall have the use and occupation of the house wherein I nowe dwell for and during the number of yeares I have in the same, and also of all the implements there unto fixed as glasse and waynscott yf she so Longe Lyve, But and if she fortune to dye before the said terme be ended Then I will my said house with all the said implements to Henry my sonne
Item I will and bequeathe to my nephew Peter Maplisden the Lease that I have of the Barne and orchard without the East gate of the said citty of Rochester he yearely delivering to Thomazine my saide wyfe the one halfe of all the apples and peares that shall happen to growe in the saide Orchard during the said terme if my said wyfe shall fortune so Longe to dwell in the said cittye of Rochester
Item I give and bequeathe to my nephew John Fisher my greate graye stoned horsecolte
Item I give and bequeathe unto Katherine mine eldest daughter the somme of twoe hundred
markes to be paide unto her when she shall come to and be of the age of one and twenty yeares
or at the daye of her mariage whiche of them shall first happen
Item I give and bequeathe unto Lydia my second and youngest daughter the somme of
twoe hundred markes to be paide in Lyke sorte to her when she shall come to and be of the
age of one and twenty yeares or at the daye of her mariage whiche of them shall first happen
Provided allwayes and I will that yf any of my saide daughters shall fortune to dye or departe
oute of this lyfe before she shall attayne to the saide age of one and twenty yeares or before
she shall fortune to be maryed That then her sister her surviving shall have one hundred markes
parcell of the saide twoe hundred markes by me willed to be paid to her so dying to be
paide unto her at the said age of one and twenty yeares or at the daye of her maridge
as the other twoe hundred markes by me to her willed should be paide And the other
hundred markes to be paid to my said sonnes Henry and Peter at their severall ages of
one and twenty yeares by equall porcons or to the survivor of them
But and if it shall fortune bothe my said daughters to dye before they shall fortune to
be maryed or to attayne to theire said of one and twenty yeares (which god forbidd)
Then I will and my full minde and intent is that the said somme of Four hundred
markes to them to have bene paide as aforesaid shalbe paid unto my twoe sonnes
Henry and Peter at their severall ages of one and twenty yeares equally to be devided
or to the survivor of them yf any one of them shall fortune to dye before he shall
accomplishe the saide age of one and twenty yeares All whiche severall sommes I
hope my executors of this my present will and testament will seemstly ? and truly paid
according to the firme intent and meaning of this my Last will and testament and
according to the trust and confidence by me in them reposed And as I hope my twoe daughters
wilbe allwayes dutifull and obedient to theire mother whoe hathe allwayes very
naturall to them and carefull over them So I specially charge them as they shall think
well of these my Legacies to them given and be mindefull of the same considering that
they had a Father that tendered theire well doing that they doe not contracte
matrimonye with any person or persons without the comfort and good lykinge of theire
said mother, and of my executors to this my Last will and testament and the overseers
of the same or the more or greatest number of them then Liveing
Item I bequeath unto my sister Katherine Fisher of Detling w(i)thin the saide County
of Kent widowe one peece of gold of thirty shillings
Item I bequeathe unto Thomazine Eppes her daughter one peece of gold of thirty shillings
Item I bequeathe unto Katherine Fisher one other of her daughters tenne pounds of Lawful
money to be paide unto her at her age of twenty and one yeares or at the daye of her maridge
Item I bequeathe unto Marye Fissher one other of her daughters tenne pounds of Lawful
money to be paide in Lyke sorte unto her at her age of one and twenty yeares or at the daye
of her maridge
Item I bequeathe Meretiall Woode and Endure Woode children of Elizabeth Woode one
other of the daughters of the saide Katherine my sister nowe deceased tenne pounds
apeece of Lawful money to be paide to either of them at theire severall age of twenty
and one yeares or at their severall dayes of mariage which of them shall first happen
And my Will is that if either of them shall fortune to dye before theire saide age of one
and twenty yeares or daye of mariage That then the survivor shall have her parte so
dying to be paide at suche time as the tenne pounds by me to her given shalbe paide
Item I bequeathe to my sister Goldsmithes children nowe living Five pounds apeece to
be paide to either of them at theire severall ages of twenty and one yeares or at their
severall dayes of mariage And if any one of them of them shall fortune to dye before
theire saide daye of mariage or age of one and twenty yeares That then the survivor
shall have her saide parte to be paide when the other Five pounds by me to her given
shalbe paide
Item I bequeathe to my sister Dorothy Gosling thirty shilling and to every
of her children whiche shall fortune to be living at time of death forty shillings apeece
to be paid unto them at theire severall age of twenty and one yeares or severall dayes
of theire mariage which of them shall first happen
Item I bequeathe unto my cozen John Maplisden Batchelor in Divinity my greate graye
mare and her youngest colte
Item I bequeathe to my cozen Edward Maplisden of Maidston my best gelding whiche
I use to ride on with all the furniture to him belonging and also my corslett of caliver
proofe with all the furniture to the same belonging and my horsemans staffe
Item I bequeathe unto my cozen Thomas Gaye tenne shillings
Item I bequeathe unto Edward Maplisden of Marden aforesaide the elder clothyer tenne shillings
Item I bequeathe unto Robert Maplisden my cosen George Maplisdens sonne of Maydestone
tenne shillings
Item I bequeathe to John Colsone of Reynham within the said county of Kent tenne shillings
Item I beqeathe to William Woodyer of Cooling my second gown
Item I bequeathe to every of his children one lambe apeece
Item I will and bequeathe unto my said sonne Henry all that my terme and interest for years
whiche I have in certain Lands in Marden aforesaid and to me made by the dean and chapter of
Christ and the blessed virgin Mary in Rochester aforesaid
And of this my Last will and testament I doe make and ordayne my trusty and welbeloved nephewe Peter Maplisden of Rochester and my trusty and welbeloved cosen Edward Maplisden of Maydestone my sole executors willing and ordayning that they shall allowe them selves oute of my goods and chattells or proffitts of my Landes by them to be received all suche som(m)e or som(m)es of money as they shall in any wise dysburse and Laye oute aboute the Probate of this my Last will and testament or aboute theire travayling or doing of any thing touching or concerning the same or the trust by me reposed in performing thereof, earnestly desyring of them that they will see my debts honestly discharged and paide and that as ever any of the Legacies before by me willed be delivered
And Furthermore I doe ordayne and appointe my trusty and Loving frend Mr John Covell of Maydestone my cosen George Maplisden of Maydeston Edmond Rott of Stenting and my cosen John Eppes of Detling to be my overseers of this my Last will and testament unto whom in consideracon of theire paynes and for the good will I bare them I give to the saide John Covell my pybalde colte To my cosen George Masplisden my best gowne To Edmond Rott my corslett of pyball proote with the furniture to yt belonging And to my cosen John Eppes my twoe yearing mare stagge of my greate graye mare desyring them that they will in all good causes assiste my said executors and see this my will to be performed and my children well governed as so christians apperteyneth And Further will if it shall happen at any time hereafter that my saide overseers or any one of them have instance to call my saide Executors or theire assignes and any other person or persons that at any time hereafter shall clayme to have any intermedling with this my Last will and testament That then my saide executors by from or under my saide executors into any course for or concerning the same my present Last will and testament That then my said executors or theire executors or assigns shall paye and allowe to my saide overseers and every of them suche theire reasonable costs and charges as they in that behalf shall have disbursed and susteyned
The Residue of all my goods and chattells of what nature or kynde soever they be my plate Jewells debts and ready money mine owne debts being paide and Legacies and Funerall discharged I wholly give to Thomazine my welbeloved wyfe
This the last will of me the saide George Maplisden made and declared the daye and
yeare above written touching and concerning the willing and disposing of all my
Landes tenements and hereditaments sett Lying and being in the parrishes of Marden
Dymchurch and Burmarsh in the saide county of Kent
First I will tha Thomazine my
welbeloved wyfe shall have receive and take in Love and satisfation of her dower a
Rent charge of thirty and seaven poundes of Lawfull money of England by the yeare
going owte of all my Landes tenements and hereditaments and to be taken in manner
and forme following that is to saye seaventene poundes yearely parcell thereof to gyve
and goe owte of my Mansion howse called Silden sett lying and being in the said
parrishe of Marden And owte of all my Landes tenements and hereditaments with the
same demised and Letten and nowe in the tenure and occupying of William Snottey
And the other twenty poundes residue of the said som(m)e of thirty seaven poundes to
goe owte of all my saide Landes tenements or hereditaments in the said parrishes of
Dymchurch and Burm(a)rshe to be paid unto her yearely during her naturall lyfe at the
Feasts of the Annunciacion of the blessed virgin Marye, the Feast of St John the
Baptist, The Feast of St Michaell the Archangel and the Feast of the Birthe of our
Savyour by even and equall porcions to be payde the First payment thereof to beguine
at that of the saide Feasts whiche first shall happen after my decease
And I Further
will that if defaulte of payment be made of the said rent of thirty and seaven pounds or
any parte thereof That then and so often it shall and maye be lawfull for my saide wyfe
to enter and distreyne in that parte of the saide Landes tenements and hereditaments by
this my present will charged or chargeable with the payment of the said som(m)e or
som(m)es of money so behinde and not paid to my said wyfe
Item I further will and bequeathe that there shalbe paide yearely owte of the proffitts of my
Landes by him or them that shall have the receiving of the same to every of my children
already borne or hereafter to be borne for theire educac(i)on and bringing upp the Som(m)e of
six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence apeece unto the times hereafter expressed that
is to saye To every of my saide daughters untill the severall times afore expressed for
the receipte of theire Legacies And to every of my sonnes untill the times as they
shall severally come to theire ages of one and twenty yeares as and as every or any of
saide children shall com(m)e to his her or theire saide age or time so his her or their
said porc(i)on of six pounds thirtene shillings and foure pence shall cease end and no
Longer be paid And Forasmuche as the severall porc(i)ons by me given in my Last
will and testament to my said daughters shall remaine and be in the handes and custody
of my saide Executors untill the severall ages of one and twenty yeares or dayes of
mariage of my saide daughters
I will and my minde is {as my trust is in my saide
executors } that my said executors shall yearely paye over and above the saide severall
som(m)es of six poundes thirtene shillings and foure pence by them to be received
owte of the proffitts of my said Landes towards the bringing upp of my saide sonnes
for either of them the som(m)e of six poundes thirtene shillings and foure pence so that
my intent and meaning is that there shalbe paide by my saide executors the som(m)e of
six poundes thirtene shillings and foure pence yearely towards the bringing upp of my
saide sonnes of the whiche I hope my saide executors by theire good husbandry with a
good conscience will raise the som(m)e of twenty marks yearely owte of the porccons
by me bequeathed to my said daughters
Item I doe desire will and give to my sonne
Henry all that my saide Mansion howse called Tilden withall the Landes tenements
and hereditaments thereunto belonging sett lying and being in the said parrishe of
Marden in the tenure and occupying of the said Will(ia)m Snotte, and also all that my
tenement and Landes whiche I have Late purchased of Mr Richard Tilden sett lying
and being in the said parrishe of Marden in the tenure and occupying of the said
Will(ia)m Snott To have and to holed all and singuler the premisses with the
appurten(a)nces to hym the saide Henry my sonne and to the heires of his bodye
Lawfully begotten and for default of suche yssue the Remainder thereof to Peter my
sonne and to the heires of his bodye Lawfully begotten And for default of suche yssue
the Remainder thereof to my saide twoe daughters Katherine and Lydia and to the
heires of theire bodyes Lawfully begotten
And for default of suche yssue The Remainder thereof to my nephewe Peter Maplisden and to the
heires male of his bodye Lawfully begotten And for default of suche yssue The Remainder
thereof to my cozens John Maplisden Edward Maplisden and Richard Maplisden the sonnes of my
uncle Jervis Maplisden deceased and to theires males of theire bodyes Lawfully begotten
And for Want of suche yssue The Remainder thereof to the Right heires of me the
saide George Maplisden for ever
Item I further will give and devise to my saide sonne Peter all those my Landes tenements and hereditaments setrt lying and being in the said parrish of Burmarshe and Dymchurch togethers with my tenement and Land sett Lying and being at Haydest greene w(i)thin the said parrishe of Marden and the Landes therewithall demised and nowe in the tenure and occupying of Myles [ space ] of the whiche the saide tenements and parte of the said Landes I had by my Father and the residue I purchased severally of one Walker and one Robert Tilden To have and to holde all and singuler the premisses in with theire appurten(a)nces to him the said Peter sonne and to the heires of his bodye Lawfully begotten and for wante of suche yssue the Remainder thereof to Henry my sonne and to the heires of his bodye Lawfully begotten And for wante of suche yssue the Remainder thereof to my saide twoe daughters Katherine and Lydia and to the heires of theire bodyes Lawfully begotten And for wante of suche yssue The Remainder thereof to my said nephewe Peter Maplisden and to the heires males of his bodye Lawfully begotten And for wante of suche yssue The Remainder thereof to my cozens John Maplisden Edward Maplisden and Richard Maplisden the sonnes of my uncle Jervis Maplisden deceased and to the heires males of theire bodyes Lawfully begotten And for Wante of suche yssue The Remainder thereof to the Right heires of me the saide George Maplisden for ever
Item I will that if my saide wyfe shall fortune to be with child at the time of my decease
of a man child That the said child shall have one moity of all those Landes tenements
and hereditaments by me willed to my sonne Peter To have and to holed to yt and to
the heires of the bodye of yt Lawfully begotten And for wante of suche issue the
Remainder over of suche estate and in suche manner as it should have remained if that
my said wyfe had not bore with child
And if it be a woman child yf to be it the curtesye and good will of my saide wyfe
Item I will that my said wyfe shall have the ordering educating and bringing upp of my saide
children, for their better trayning upp in the feare of god in vertue and Learning untill they
shall severally attayne and come to theire ages of one and twenty yeares
But of suche of my daughters as shall marrye before that time untill the time of theire suche
mariage if my wyfe shall so Longe live unmaryed otherwise they to be at the order educac(i)on
and bringing upp of my executors or theire assigns until theire severall ages
But of my daughters untill theire saide ages or mariages
Item I Further Will that my executors and theire assigns shall
have the devising and setting to Ferme of all and singuler my said Lands tenements
and hereditaments and also of my Leases Lands in Marden with theire appurtenances
to the best price that they canne And thereoif shall receive all the Rents proffitts and
Revenues during the said severall ages of one and twenty yeares of my said sonnes
And if my said sonnes dye before theire saide ages Then during the severall ages of one
and twenty yeares of my said daughters , and therewith to paye my wyfe her said
yearely Rent charge and the porc(i)ons for the educac(i)on of my saide children and
and of my debts and Legacies if my goods shall not suffice
And Finally my Will intent and meaning is that my saide executors shall of the saide
receiptes of the proffitts of
my saide Landes and Lease yyealed upp to my saide sonnes a faithfull iust and true
accompte to every of them of his parte as he shall attayne unto and be of the full age of
one and twenty yeares And to every of my saide daughters if my saide sonnes shall
fortune to dye or ever they shall come to the saide age or ages of one and twenty
yeares at suche time as my saide daughters shall come to and be of theire severall ages
of one and twenty yeares or shall severally fortune to be maryed in whiche said
Accompte my intent and meaning is that my said executors and their assigns shalbe
allowed all suche som(m)e and som(m)es of money as they or any one of them shall in
anywise have Layde owte or disbursed abowte any matter touching or concerning this
my present Last will and testament or any my Lands tenements or hereditaments
In Wittnesse whereof I the said Joh George Maplisden have published this to be my Last
will and testament in the presence of these Wittnesses
John Cawell, John Eppes
Edward Maplisden Richard Fidge Richard Atwoode Edward Gonsty
Probatum fuit testamentum supra scriptum apud London coram Ven(er)abili viro iuro Will(ia)mo Lewyn Legium Doctore ad exercend atticimus Mag(ist)ri Custodis sine Com(m)issarii Curie Prerogative Cant L(egi)time deputat vicesimo octavo die mensis Januarii Anno D(omi)ni iuxta cursim of computac(i)o(n)em eccl(esi)e Anglicane Mill(es)imo Quingentesimo Nonagesimo Juramento Thome Warde notary publici procur(ator)is Petri Maplisden et Edwardi Maplisden executor in huioi testamento nominat Quibus com(m)issa fuit administrac(i)o etes Ade bene et fideli administrandi etes Ad sancta dei Evangelia Jurat
Written 1st October 1590 Proved in the PCC 8th January 1590/1
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