Item I give and devise to my sonne John Sills and his heires All that my Messuage or Tenement wherein I
now dwell with the barne stable outhouses shopp hempland yeards closes backsides and ground to the
said Messuage belonging with the appurtenance scituate lyeing and being in Badlesmeere aforesaid
And alsoe all my Shopp tooles and ymplements belonging to my trade
Item I give to my said sonne John Sills and his heires my peice or parcell of arable land conteineing about
foure acres and a halfe more or less with the appurtenance lyeing and being in Sheldwich in the said County of Kent
And also my two peices or parcells of land called Great Notts and Little Notts conteineing about six acres
more or less with the appurtenance lyeing and being in the parish of Leveland in the said County of Kent
Item I give to my daughter Mary Sills and her heires All that my Messuage or Tenement barne outhouses
close garden orchard and two peices or parcells of land thereunto belonging called the Croft and Eldress
conteineing by estimacon Eight acres more or lesse with the appurtenance scituate lyeing and being in
Throwley in the said County of Kent
But I will that Mary my loveing wife shall receive the rents and proffitts of my Messuage and lands which
I have given to my daughter towards her bringing upp
And that if my wife thinks fitt I hereby will and impower her to sell my Messuage lands and premisses
which I have given to my daughter and the sale which my wife shall make thereof shall stand good against my heires for ever
And the moneys ariseing upon the sale shall be for the use of my wife and daughter.
Item I give my wife the use of soe much of my household goods and lynnen as shee shall thinke fitt to have
Item my will is that my wife shall have and receive the rents of my Messuage and lands which I have
given to my sonne John Sills till his full age of one and twenty yeares for and towards his education and bringing upp
Item I will that my sonne John shall pay out of the lands I have given him the summe of five pounds to my daughter within one yeare after he shall come to enjoy the same by vertue of my will
Item I make my said sonne John and my loveing brother in law William Mitchell joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament
Item if my said brother William Mitchell shall thinke it needfull to sell all or any of my said peices of land lyeing in Sheldwich and Leveland or either of them for raiseing moneys to pay my Debts and to supply my sonnes occasions That then my will is that my said brother William Mitchell shall sell all or any of the said peices or parcells of land lyeing in Sheldwich and Leveland aforesaid or either of them as he shall thinke fitt And the moneys ariseing upon the sale shall after my debts paid be for the use and benefitt of my sonne And the sale which my said brother William Mitchell shall make I will shall be good against my heires for ever
Item after my debts paid and the decease of my wife, Then my will is that the rest of my household goods shall be equally divided betweene my two children
Item my Will is that my said brother William Mitchell shall have reasonable satisfaction for his paines and care to be had and taken herein
This is the last Will and Testament of me John Sills
In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale, Dated the ninth day of July in the yeare of
our Lord Christ one thousand six hundred ninety and eight
John Sills
Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Sills the Testator for his last Will and Testament
In the presence of
Edmund Burley � John Miller � George Poole
Probate 27 July 1698 to William Mitchell
Notes:
Late baptism of his son:
John son of John & Mary Sills was born 12 Feb 1684/5 and baptised 31 Mar 1709 by me Henry Bagnall,
Minister of Lym and son of Mr Wm Bagnall, Rector. Badlesmere, St Leonard
John Sills senr was buried July 13th 1698, Badlesmere
Inventory U3139/T21 � 15 Jul 1698 � Kent History and Library Centre
John Sills of Badlesmere, blacksmith. Total value of goods and chattels in his house and on his land: �51.19s.6d
Licence: John Sills, Blacksmith of Otterden ba 24 & Mary Mitchell of Ospringe spr 23 At Davington or Faversham 9 Apr 1684 � married at Faversham 10 Apr?
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