Item I give and bequeath the poore to be bestowed on the day of my burial 40 shillings of good and lawful money of England
Item I give and bequeath unto Richard Collin the sonne of William Collin of the parish of Heaver in the countie of Kent 20 shillings ...
Item I give unto Mary Collin the daughter of the aforesaid William Collin 20 shillings ...
Item I give unto Richard Harte the sonne of Richard Harte of the parish of Penshurst yeoman two payre of of good sheetes
and a good table Clothe and my best payre of broad? Irnes (irons?) and a sl...
Item I give unto Jane Harte the daughter of the aforesaid Richard Harte my best Fetherbed one payre of the best blankets my best
covering my best bowlstertwo of my best pillows the best shipp Chest a Joyned Chest my Cauwldiron one Irne pot one Irne posset and
all the rest of my lynnen unbequeathed, and a cow and a calf
The rest of all my debtes goodes and Chattells whatsoever unbequeathed my debts legacies and funeral expences first discharged
I give and bequeath unto Richard Hart the younger and Jane Hart the son and daughter of the aforesaid Richard Hart the elder
equally to be divided between them two
whom I do make constitute and appoint my only executors to execute this my last Will and Testament
And my Will and meaning is that if it shall fortune either the said Richard the younger or the said Jane to die and depart this world before any disposition made of the debts goods and chattells before named to be given to them, then my will and very meaning is that the survivor of them shall have and enjoy the whole.
In witness whereof I have sett my hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Memorandum that these words and Jane Hart were set down before either the ensealing or setting to of her hand,
moreover my will and meaning is that my Daughter Mary shall have the profit that may arise of the sum of money that I shall leave
(the principal only to remain after to be divided between the aforenamed Richard Hart and Jane Hart) during her natural life
and so afterward to their uses before mentioned by equall division between them
these lines being written before any sealing - Jane Maynard her mark
Read declared and published for the Will of the said Jane the widow of Richard Maynard the elder the day and year above written
in the presence of us
John Harte and Samuell Haflfhide
Probate at London proved 20 Dec 1616 on the oath of Richard Hart junior and Jane Hart executors named in the will
Note: John Harte was the sonne of Richard Maynard’s sister Martha
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