Simmons Will 1557

Will of Richard Symon

of Marden, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 17/32/256
Submitted by Kevin Robards

In the name of God Amen Thys ys the laste wyll of me Rychard Symon made in the yere of or Lorde God a thowsand fyve hundred fyftye and syxe
Firste I bequethe my sowle to allmyghte God my savyour and redemer my bodye to be buryed in the churche yarde of Marden

Item I bequethe to Stephen Browne a blacke gored heffore
Item I bequethe to Thomas Harrys one cowe whyche he hathe allredye Also to hym I bequethe too [2] busshelles of wheate
Item I bequethe to James Weste a vs
Item I bequethe to John Bodyam a vs

All the Residewe of my goodes not bequethed I bequethe to Elyzabethe my wyfe to paye my debtes and bequethes whome I ordayne and make my executryx

Item I bequethe to Wyllyam Browne a ijs
Item I bequethe to James Weste and to Wyllyam Browne all my tooylles [tools] belongynge to myne occupatyon equally betwene them to be devyded

Wytnesses at the makynge hereof: John Norton and Lawrence Love

Probatum fuit: 25th July 1557

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 3rd May 2023

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