Item whereas Sara my daughter now the wife of Thomas Huges and the Said Thomas dwelleth in the Farme at Shatterling which I hire? of Mr. Thomas Denn of Canterbury and occupie the same Farme I doe give unto the said Sara my daughter All my right and Interest of and in the same farme And all my time herein to come And I doe also give unto her all my right title and Interest to all the Corne and Stock whatsoever imployed about the same farme
Item whereas I have one Annity [Annuity] or yearly rent of five pounds of Lawfull mony out of the land of Richard Solly my brother
at Nash in the said p'ish I doe give the said Annity or yearly rent and all my right title and Interest to the same from and after the
death of Jane my Sister, now the wife of Edward Piper, unto Elizabeth Solly my youngest daughter and to her heires
and Assignes forever
And if in case the said Elizabeth Shall not enjoy the said Annity according to my will then I give unto her the sume of fifty pounds of
lawfull mony of England to bee paid unto the said Elizabeth imediatly after shee shall be denyed the said Annity
Item I give unto William Solly my youngest sonne (All) That my Tenement or dwelling house, the barne, stable, outhouses, gardens, yards & Three peeces or parcells Errable [Arable] land and brooke with appurtenncs [the appurtenances] Contayning In estimacon eleaven acres more or lesse set, lying and beeing in the p'ish of Staple in the said County of Kent and now in the occupacon of Thomas Mumbry or his assiges from and after the decease of Elizabeth my now wife and to the heires of his body lawfully begotten
Item I give unto Elizabeth my now wife one Annity or yearly rent of Ten pounds of
Lawfull mony of England to be issueing and goeing out of all That my Tenement or dwelling house, the
barne, stable, orchard, Garden plaice and all the errable and brook lands thereunto belonging or
appertayning or therewith letten Contayning by estimacon Thirty acres more or lesse, set, lying and
beeing at Holden [Hoaden] in the said pishe of Ashe and now in the occupacon of John Taffery? or his
assignes to bee paid unto her at two of the fowre most usual feast dayes in the yeare, That is to Say
At the feast of St. Michael and Thannutiation of our Blessed Lady the Virgin St. Mary;
the first payment thereof to begin at the first of the said feasts next after my decease
And if default shall bee made of the payment thereof unto her as aforesaid Then it shall bee Lawfull for her or her assignes
to enter upon the farms or any part thereof and to distraine for the same
Item I give and bequeath the said Tenement or dwelling house, the barne, stable, orchard, Garden, yards, place and all the errable and brook lands thereunto belonging Contayning by estimacon Thirty acres more or lesse with Thappurtenncs unto the said Stephen Solly my sonne and to the heires of his body Lawfully begotten and for want of such issue unto the said William Solly my sonne and to the heires of his body Lawfully begotten
I give unto the said Elizabeth my wife for and dureing the terme of her naturall life the Tenement and Lands before given unto my sonne William and now in the occupacon of Mumbry shee doeing nor Comittig noe wast upon the same
Item all the residue of my moveables and p'sonall estate I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth my wife and the said Steven my sonne and doe make them joynt execut [executors] of this my last will and Testament, They paying and discharging all my debts whatsoever And I doe also give unto them the profits of the said Annity given unto my daughter Elizabeth for and dureing the life of the said Jane my Sister
And I doe make my Cosen Stephen Solly of Paramore Street in Ashe and Richard his brother Overseers of this my will
Item I give and bequeath all That Tenement or dwelling house wth the ground and appurtennces Thereunto belonging set lying and beeing in Ashe Streete in the said pish of Ashe and now in the occupacon of Widdow Crismass, Thomas Crowner and widdow Ducket unto the said Sara my daughter and her heires forever
In Witnes whereof I the said William Solly have hereunto set my hand and seale and doe hereby revoke
all former wills by mee made, dated the seaven and Twentieth day of August in the Tenth yeare of the
raigne of our Sovraigne Lord Charles by the Grace of God now King of England And etc. Anno dni 1634.
William Solly
Sealed published and declared by the said William Solly to bee his last will & Testament in the prsence of
George Hinckley his marke - James Thurbarne
Probatum fuit: [Latin] sexto die mensis Octobris Anno dini 1634 [6th October 1634]
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 28th October 2020
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