Item I give to Thomas Sutton my youngest Sonne & to Margaret my wife all my moveable goodes and after the decease of Margaret my wife my meaninge is that Thomas my sonne shall in joye all the said goodes w(i)ch either of them shall have at the decease of the said Margaret my wife
Item I give to Elizabeth Sutton my daughter twentie poundes of good, lawfull mony of Ingland to be paide unto her in man(n)er and forme followinge that is to saye five poundes of good, lawfull mony of Ingland w(i)thin one hole yeare after my decease, one other five poundes the second yeare, and the other tenn poundes to be payd unto the said Elizabeth my daughter w(i)thin one hole yeare nex ensuinge from & after the death of Margaret my wife, all w(i)ch sume or sumes of mony are to be paid by Thomas my sonne whome I doe make my sole executor
Item I give to Myldred my daughter xxs of good & lawful mony of Ingland to be paid
unto her by [word crossed out] my executor w(i)thin one whole yeare from & After my decease
Ite(m) I give to Henry Philpot the sonne of Myldred my daughter iii poundes of good & lawfull
mony of Ingland to be paid unto the said Henry at the age of xxi yeares if the said Henry
do live so longe, to be paid by my executor.
Item I give to Will(ia)m Sutton my sonne one house & fower Acres of land there unto adjoyninge called by the name of
[Hamesole ] to him & his heires for ever.
Item my will is that Will(i)am my sonne shall paye unto Tamsin my daughter five poundes of good & lawfull mony of
Ingland w(i)thin one whole yeare from & After my Decease to be issuinge & goinge out
of the houese & land unto him bequethed
Item I give to Robert Sladden sonne of the said Tamsine ii ewe sheepe to be paid unto him by my executor w(i)thin one
month after my decease
It(em) I give to John Sutton my sonne one [black? �] after? to be paid unto him by my executor w(i)thin one month after my
decease
Item I give more? to the said John my sonne tenn poundes of good & lawfull mony of Ingland in
maner & forme followinge five poundes to be paid unto the said John w(i)thin two?
hole yeares next & immedialy ensuinge from & After my decease & the other five poundes
to be paid the Fyrste yeare after my decease all w(i)ch some & somes are to be paide
by my executor,
Item I give to Stephen Sutton my sonne xxti poundes of good & laful� mony of Ingland to be paid unto the said Stephen w(ith)in two hole yeares from & after my decease to be paid by my executor provided alwaies & my plaine meaninge herein is that if the said Stephen my sonne doe goe about to mak [yvoide?] my will in any poynt therein set downe Accordinge to my meaninge therein expressed then I will that my saide sonne Stephen shall take no benifitt of this my last will nor nothinge or anie this legacie to him by me bequethed but That it shalbe voide? to all rightes & purposes.
Item I give to Thomas Sutton my Sonne my house w[i]ich now I dwell in & all the land there unto belonginge lyinge & being
In the p(ar)ish of Hawkinge or else where to him & to his heires for ever
provided allwaies that if the said Thomas doe die w(i)thout heires of his bodie
lawfully be gotten then my will & meaninge is that Will(ia)m my sonne shall have
the said house & land to him & his Heires for ever
& further my meaninge is that Margaret my wife shall In ioye halfe the proffit of my landes unto my sonne [S- crossed out] Thomas bequethed w(i)th the [stock?] & [crafte?] wholely as now it is Duringe her naturall life & no longer
Item I doe ordaine & make Thomas my sonne my whole executor of this my last will & testament
In witness [as �?] I have set to my hand & seale Dated the xxth daye of September i6ii
Thomas Sutton his marke (a �T�)
Richard Nethersoule - Roger Sutton - Arthur Pordage
There follows a note in Latin from the grant of probate 26 Februarii i6ii �
Notes
Thomas SUTTON�s bequests to his children are consistent with the baptisms found at Hawkinge, and provide evidence for a seventh child, Stephen
SUTTON, whose baptismal record presumably was recorded on a BT or ADT no longer extant. It is remarkable that all seven children survived to adulthood
and must indicate a robust family with sufficient resources to see them through.
Thomas, the youngest son, appears to have been favoured by his father, who appointed him the executor of his will and bequeathed him the
family home.
Another son William received a house and four acres of land � I wonder if this could be the four acres (or three acres and three roods) recorded in the
Standen Valley area (letter of 8 September 2016); unfortunately I have not been able to locate the farm name, which appears to be Hamesole,
on 19th century OS maps. William may have been the second eldest son; his baptismal record has been found at Hawkinge but the year was lost,
being recorded as MCCCCC iiij score and ...�. Knowing that Thomas, youngest son, was baptised in 1590, and Elizabeth in 1586, it suggests William was born between 1581 and
1585 or 1587 and 1589.
Thomas�s will shows two of his daughters had married by this date: Mildred to a PHILPOT and Thomazine to a SLADDEN; both had a son by 1611. The
marriage of a Mildred SUTTON to Henry PHILPOT was at Dymchurch. The Tyler index entry dates this
marriage to 18 April 1604; another transcript has 16 April 1603.
FindMyPast has the marriage of Tamsin SUTTON to Robbert Slodden 4 Mar 1602/3 at St. Mary-Bredman Church, Canterbury and that Robert was of
Hythe, Thomazine of Hawkinge
Thomas�s third daughter Elizabeth SUTTON was around 25 in 1611 and wording suggests she was unmarried.
Thomas made further bequests to his son John and finally his son Stephen, with a proviso regarding the latter; wording suggests the relationship between
father and son was strained. In the event of his youngest son Thomas�s death the family home was to go to William.
John, baptised in 1571, was the eldest son, and it is likely he was established, possibly with earlier help from his father.
The second witness, Roger SUTTON, may be the yeoman who was buried at Hawkinge in 1617 and who also left a will.
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