May Will 1687

Will of Bartholomew May

of Rodmersham, Kent

Source: Prerogative Court of Canterbury, PROB11/386/402
Submitted by Mary Connaughton

In the name of God Amen I Bartholomew May of Rodmersham in the County of Kent, Gent, being in good health and in sound and perfect memory, praised bee God for the same, doe make this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following
First I bequeath my Soule into the hands of Allmighty God my Creator wholly relying on the sure merrits of Jesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour for Everlasting rest
My body I committ to the Earth from whence it came to bee decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named at the feete of my Grandmothers Tombe in Rodmersham

Item I give and bequeath the summe of forty shillings of good and lawfull moneys of England to bee paid and distributed to such of the poore people of the Parish of Rodmersham aforesaid by my said Executor as hee shall thinke fitt and convenient, within one moneth after my decease

Item I give unto Thomas May my eldest sonne the hangings in the Parlour Chamber as they doe now hange
Item I give to Joshua May my youngest sonne one willow colloured watered tabby petticoat that was his mothers
Item I give, will and bequeath unto my daughter Clement Newland one Chilsbee sheett and one silke mantle that was her mothers and all the childbed linen which I lent her

Item I will and bequeath all the rest of my personall and reall estate not disposed of unto my sonne Bartholomew May whom I doe nominate and appoint the whole and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament, hee paying all my debts, legacyes and defraying all my funerall charges and expences

And I doe by these presents revoake and make void all other and former Wills whatsoever
In witnesse whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale This first day of September One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty Foure
Barth. May
Signed, sealed, delivered, published ans declared in the presence of us
George Jones, Patrick Slater, William Hamman

Probate 30 March 1687

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