Item I give unto the poore mans boxe of the said parish forty shillings to be paid by myne Executor hereafter named within one moneth next after
my decease
Item I give and bequeath fortie shillings unto the Church of Hearne, to be imployed by the Churchwardens and parishioners at Easter next at theire
election of Churchwardens to and for the maintenance and benefitt of the said Church from tyme to tyme for ever
Item I give unto Miss Alice See my Sister one hundred pounds of lawfull money of
England, to be paid unto her by my said Executor within one moneth next after my decease
Alsoe I give and bequeath unto the said Alice See my Sister, all the household, and implements of
houshold stuffe whatsoever now standinge and beinge in the house where she now dwelleth, the bed
and bedsted whereon I usuallie lye only excepted, which my will and meaninge is my Executor shall
have as now it is and standeth fullie furnished, and the Cupbord or presse in the same Chamber as it standeth
Item I doe further give unto the said Alice my Sister All such debts and reckoninge whatsoever as are now betweene us
Item I give unto my Sister Sara the wife of William Boys gent[leman] Twentie pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid unto her my
Executor within one yeare next after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto Alice See the daughter of my brother William See one hundred pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid
unto her, at her age of eighteene yeares
All the rest of my moveable goods unbequeathed my funerall expences, debts and legacies being performed, paid and discharged, I give and bequeath unto William See my brother whom I doe make sole Executor of this my last will and Testament
And I doe earnestly intreate my very good friend and loving kinsman Robte Knowler to be my Overseer to see this my Will performed accordinge to my will and meaninge herein expressed, and in regard of his favor and paines he shall take therein I give and bequeath unto him apeece of gold of twentie two shillings
In Witnes whereof I the said Edward See to this my present Testament and last will my hand and seale have sett Dated the daie and yeare first above written
This is the last Will and testament of mee the before named Edward See made and declared the daie and yeare first abovewritten touchinge and concerninge all my lands, Tenements and hereditaments, reversions or remainders whatsoever lyinge and beinge in the parishes of Hearne and Eastre [Eastry] or elsewhere wthin the Countie of Kent
Item I doe give and bequeath unto William See my brother, All my said lands, Tenements and
hereditaments whatsoever And alsoe All my estate, right, title and interest into them or any of them, to him & his heires for ever
Edward See
Read, Sealed, published, confirmed and delivered by the abovenamed Edward See as his last will and Testament in the presence of
Elizabeth Miller her marke; Ezechiell Swift & Robert Hannyson
Probatum fuit: 7th October 1631
Notes:
Edward See, gentill[man] was buried 27 Apr 1616 at St. Martin, Herne, Kent.
Edward Sea was baptised at St. Martin on 26 Oct 1578, s. of John Sea.
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 26th February 2023
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