also I give and bequethe unto Thomas Sutton my godson vj wether shepe
Also I give and bequethe unto William Sutton one Lambe
Also I give and bequethe unto the pov[er]tye of the same p[ar]ishe of Hawkynge xs to be gevyn at the day of my buryall
monthes day and yeres mynde
Also I give and bequethe unto Mawde Storred myne awnt one ewe shepe
Also I give and bequethe unto William Storred one wether Shepe
Also I give and bequethe unto William Ayton one cote & one payer of hoose
Also I give and bequethe unto Thomas Crowder John Crowder Edward Gyles Christyan Bageon iiij Ewes
Also I give and bequeth unto myne Awnte Whites children that come by myne Unckle Thorne eche of them a cote clothe
And as concerninge my ten[amen]te and Land[es] in the p[ar]ish of Newechurch[e]
in Romney Marshe I give and bequethe unto Isabell my Syster and to her hayeres of her bodye Lawfullye begotten
And if it fortune my Syster for to dye without hayeres of her bodye Lawfullye begotten then I give
my ten[amen]te and Land[es] in the marshe unto Robert Sutton my brother and to his hayeres in fee simple
It[e]m I will that Gyles Sutton my father shalhave the guydance and the proffytt[es] of my Land[es] six yeres nexte and ymedyatly after my decease to see it hedged and dycked and payinge my debt[es]and Legacy[es] the w[hi]ch I have willed in my said Testamente owt of the said Land[es] and paynge the Lord[es] rent[es]
Also I give and bequethe unto Xpopher Spycers children that come by my Awnte Esteplonie to eche of them vjs viijd
Also I give and bequethe unto Thomas Regge and John Regge the Sonnes nowe lyvynge of Rycharde Regge to eche of
them vjs viijd
The whiche money shall aryse out of the proffytt[es] of my tenamente Landes in the marshe to be paid
unto eche of them when they come to thage of xviijth yeres
And if any of them dye before thage of xviijth yeres then I give that p[ar]te or p[ar]tes to Ysbell my Syster
Also I ordaigne and Make William Suttton myne Unckle my executor to see this my Laste Will and Testamente p[er]formed (fulfylled crossed out) and I give to him for his paynes vis viijd
the Resydewe of all my moveable good[es] my debt[es] and Legacy[es] fulfylled satisfyed and paid I give unto my father Gyles Sutton
This is the Last Will and Testamente of me the said Henry Sutton dated the day and yere aforesaid
Wytnesses to this my Last Will & Testamente
Will[ia]m Nethersole John Godfrey William Mercer p[ar]son of Hawkynge withe other[s]
Probatum fuit p[re]sens suprascript[um]
Testament[um] xv die mensis novembris anno dom[in]i Mill[ess]imo qui[n]gen[tesi]mo qui[n]quagesimo tertio [15 Nov 1553]
Jurat[us] Joh[ann]is Godfrey et Will[ia]mi
Mercer cor[am] ... app[ro]batum et Omn�
executioris eiusd[em] Comiss est executorii ...
iurat ...
Notes
Henry was a sheep farmer, bequeathing his flock to various relatives and friends. He held a
tenement and land at Newchurch in Romney Marsh. Newchurch is around 3� miles inland and around 11 miles WSW of Hawkinge.
It seems Henry SUTTON lived at Hawkinge: he asked that he be buried in the churchyard there
and left a bequest to the poor. This may mean he had a tenant for his land at Newchurch, which
seems too far distant from Hawkinge for him to �commute�
Henry wrote his will on the 21st July 1553 at a time of great upheaval � see wikipedia
On 6 July 1553, at the age of 15, Edward VI died...
On 10 July 1553, Lady Jane was proclaimed queen by Dudley and his supporters... Jane was deposed on 19 July.
How did Henry know that Mary was Queen of England? Had he assumed she would be or did
he know that Jane had been queen briefly and had been deposed? If the latter it indicates how
good communications were for the news to get to the Kentish coast.
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