Item I will & my mynd is that my wife Elizabeth shall sell at the best price my two p�eces or p�cells of eareable lands caled wauses or feelds conteynyng by estimacon Five Acres of land more or lesse together lyeng & beinge in Marden afforesaid to redeme both the said lands & other of my lands nowe morgaged & to paye my debts
& concerning All the Resydue of my lands & tenements scituat lyenge & being in Marden afforesaid I give them to the said Elizabeth my wife for & duringe the terme of her naturall lyfe to educate & bring up my children in a good & decent manner
& Imediatlie after her decease I geve the remaynder of the said resydue of my said lands & tenements unto my three sonnes Richard Joseph & James & to their heyres for ever
Itm I give to the said Richard my sonne my best lome & all the tacklinge thereunto belonging with the shopp where the said Lome nowe standeth with Ingresse & regresse to & from the said shopp at all convenient tymes when the said Richard shalbe disposed to worke therein & one flockbed one flock bolster & two sheets
Itm I give to the said Joseph my sonne one other flockebed & one flocke bolster & one other payer of sheets
Itm I give to the said James my sonne another flockebed and another flock bolster & another payer of sheets
The said Joseph & James to have the said moveables given to them to be deliv�ed to them imediatlie after the decease of my wife
Itm I give to Agnes my daughter a great brasse stuppenet & one chest
Itm All the residue of my goods & chattels & debts I give them unto the said Elizabeth my wife
& ordeyne & appoynt my said wife to be sole executrix of this my said Last Will and Testament
And my will & meaning is that yf the mony had & receved by the said sale of my said two peces or p�cells of eareable land will not suffice to paye my debts that then my wife shall paye the same out of the p�fits of my lands & out of my moveable goods hereby before given to her
In Witnes whereof I have hereunto put my marke & seale & published the same to be my last Will & Testament these being witnesses
The marke & the seale of the said Joseph Mayowe
William Maighoe? � Armyll Bodeyam � Robarte Gibbanen?
Xv Jun 1609 probate to Elizabeth Mayhowe executrix
Inventory taken
Notes:
Joseph had 8 children baptised at Marden from 1582 to 1602
The 4 mentioned in the will are:
Agnes dau of Joseph Maiowe was baptised 30 Aug 1584
Richard son of Joseph Mayowe was baptised 4 Dec 1586
Joseph son of Joseph Mayow was baptised 7 Oct 1593
James son of Joseph Mayowe was baptised 28 Mar 1602
Joseph Mayowe was buried 12 Apr 1609
Joseph Mayo�s Widow buried 20 Nov 1613 ?
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