Seger Will 1605/6

Will of John Seger

of Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent


Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 17/53/369a
Submitted by Susan Boyle
In the name of God Amen The xviijth [18th] day of December 1605
I John Seger of Mynster in the Isle of Sheepy in the County of Kent being sicke in bodye but of p[er]fecte mynd and remembrannce (thanks be to God) doe make this my last will and testament in writing in manner and forme following
First I bequeath my soule to Allmighty God my body to the earth from whence it came hoping to be saved by the death and passion of Jesus Christe the only mediator of all mankinde

Item I give unto William Seger my sonne twenty marks of lawfull money of England to be payd unto him when he shall accomplish the age of seaventene yeares
Item I give unto Adam Seger my sonne twenty marks of lawfull money of England to be payd unto him when he shall accomplish the age of seaventene yeares
Item I give unto Henry Seger my sonne twenty marks of like lawfull money of England to be payd unto him when he shall accomplish the age of seaventene yeares
If it happen that any of my sayd sonnes dye before they shall come to the age aforesayd then my will and mynd is that the port[i]on of such as shall be dead shall remaine equally to the rest that shall be livinge

All the residue of my moveable goods and Cattells my debts and legacyes discharged I give unto Joane my wife whome I make appoynt and ordayne sole executor of this my last will and testament

Item I give unto Joane my wife the house wherein now I dwell and all my lands during the naturall life of the sayd Joane my wife shee bringing upp my children and after the decease of my say(d) wife I give and bequeath my sayd house and all my sayd land equally amongest soe many of my Children as shall be then livinge

In Wittnes hereof I have hereunto sett my hande the day and yeare first above written John Seger
Witnesses hereunto: John Clover his m[ar]ke; Nicholas Allen

Probatum fuit: 6th March 1605/06

Note: John Seger buried the 2 of January 1605 (SS Mary & Sexburga, Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent).

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh Mason 6th December 2022


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