Sutton Will 1545

Will of Roger Sutton

of Folkestone, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury PRC/17/25/14b
Submitted by Celia Cotton & Roger Sutton

In the name of god Amen the xxvijth daye of (month omitted) in the yere of our lorde god m l v c xlv th
I Roger Sutton of Folkeston being in holle mynde and p[er]fecte memorye ordeyne and make this my testamente and laste will in man[ne]r and forme foloweng
Firste I bequethe my soule to allmightie god and my body to be buried in the churchyard of Folkeston aforsayd

It[e]m I will that myne executrixe shall cause vjs viijd to be don? for me at my buriall & xs at my monthesmynde
The Residue of my moveable good[es] whatsoev[er] they be my dettes payde and funerall chardges don I give them to my wife Johane, the wiche Joane of this my p[rese]nte testament and laste will I ordeyn and make my sole executrixe

It[e]m I will that my sayd wif[e] Johane shall have the proffittes of my landes w[ith] their app[ur]tenanc[es] during the terme of her life naturall keping the children, And after the decease of my sayd wife Johane I will I will (sic) that my forsayd landes w[ith] their app[ur]tenances shall remayne to my son Roger and his heires for ever

And he die witheoute heires I will it to my son Thom[a]s and his heires,
And he die witheoute heires I will it to my brother Giles and Will[ia]m and their assignes for ever

It[e]m to my son Thomas xx shepe and one cowe
It[e]m to my son Roger xx shepe and one cowe
It[e]m to my daughter Margaret xx shepe and one cowe
It[e]m I will that John Lushyngton shalbe ov[er]sair (overseer)

Wytnes Thom[a]s chapman Thom[a]s standerd and Will[ia]m (surname omitted) w[ith] other men?

Probatum fuit ... x Sept anno d[omi]ni mill[esi] mo Quing[en]t[es]ymo xlv (10th September 1545)
in� men� Thome Chapman, Thome Standerd et Willi[am] Sutton testim... Ac app[ro]bat� O.... executro�s eius[dem] Com[m]iss... est executrici ... / .../

Notes
Three children are named in the will: Roger, Thomas and Margaret; the granting of land to son Roger suggests he was the elder son.
Roger�s wife Johane outlived her husband, as did his brothers Giles and William. However I was unable to spot her name in the grant of probate; instead the three witnesses named in the will are noted here.
Roger lived in Folkestone and presumably his farm was there; he requested he be buried in the churchyard. Roger SUTTON appointed John LUSSYNGTON as his overseer; John LUSSINGTON of Hawkine Standen left a will dated 1549
There is also a record in the Act Book for John LUSSHYNTON of Hawkinge dating from 1544.
William SUTTON: witness
Presumably a brother to Roger and Giles SUTTON. A person of this name, of Hawkinge, wrote his will in 1570, probate granted in 1571.

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