Will of Richard Solly

of Wingham, Kent

Item fyrst I give and bequeathe to the p'yshe church of Wynghm to make a glas Wyndow wthall xxxL [£30]
Item I give 1L more unto the church of Wynghm [for] the making of two pewes to bee doone by my Executors
Item I give to the poore Chylren of the p'yshe xL

Item I give & bequeath unto Edmond Sollyes three Chyldren, that ys to saye, Michaell Solly, Wyllm Solly & Alice Solly xxL a pece
Item I give & bequeath into Edmond Solly at Michaellmas next Comynge fyve yardes of land, more or les, lyinge & beinge now in Elmestone

Item I give & bequeath unto three of John Sollyes chyldren; that ys to say, unto Joann Solly, Elizabeth Solly & Sylvester Solly xL a pece
Item I give unto George Hylls iijs iiijd
Item I give unto Simon Sollyes Wyf, Agnes Solly, iijs iiijd

Item I give and bequeath the Resydwe of all my sayd goods to John Solly & Simon Solly, Whome I make & Ordaine to bee my full Executors of thys my present testament & last Wyll, to see my boddy honestly brought to the yerthe [earth] & my legacys payd

Item I give & bequeath unto Harry James thelder vL to bee the Overseer of thys my preset Testament, contayning therein my last Wyll, to see yt fulfylled and p'formed

Wytnes bearers to thys present Testament:
Thoms. Morrys, Clerk; Robert Richardson; Christopher Hodgkinson; Edmond Morrys the younger, with others

Probatum fuit: [Latin] 15th die March Anno domini 1562. [15th March 1562/63].

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 27th October 2020

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