Tilden Will 1518/9

Will of John Tylden

of Bearsted, Kent


Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 17/14/62
Submitted by Steve Clarke
In the Name of God Amen the yere of o[u]r lorde God [1518] the iiijth daie of December in the xth yere of the reigne of kyng Henry the viijth
I John Tylden of Bersted in good hoole mynd and p[er]fite memorie beyng make my testament and Last will yn forme folowyng
First I bequeth my soule to Almiyghty God, o[u]r Ladye Seynt Marie and to all the Seynts of heven And my body to be buried in the churcheyarde of the Holy Crosse of Bersted aforeseid

Item I bequieth to the high auter [altar] ther(e) for my tithes for gotten and negligently w[i]thholden xijd and to the high auter of St. Ursula ?? xijd
Item I bequeithe to the light of or Lady of pnte? in the churche of Bersted viijd
And I bequieith to the light of Seynt John vjd
Item I bequieth for my oute burying xs
Item at my monethes daie xiijs iiijd

The residue of my moveable goods, my detts and bequests paied, I will and give to Johane my Wif
whiche Johane and John Aysuk? I ordeyne and make my executours of this my p[re]sent testatment

This is the last will of me the said John Tylden by me p[er]sonally rehersed and declared the daie and yere abovesaid

First I wull that John Crompe, William Simmons; John Adene and John Southland my feoffe[s] Johane my Wif Immediately after my decesse recyve and take the issues and p[ro]fitts of all my lands and ten[emen]ts with thapprtenns [the appurtenances] wtowte [without] strepe [strip] and wast durying all the terme of her lif(e)
And after her decesse to remayne to Thom[a]s and James my sonnes to the[i]r heires and assignes for ev[e]r

Item I will that the said Johane do bestowe yerely for one obbert [obit] in the said churche of Bersted vjs viijd by the space of xxti [20] yeres And if the said Johane decesse before that the said yeres completed That then my foreseid feoffe with the p[ro]titts of my lands, cause the said obite to be kepte and done as is aforeseid

Item I will to the marriage of Johane and Agnes my dowght[er]s xvj marks sterlyng by even porcons And if one of them decesse before tyme of marae, her p[ar]te to Remayne to the Survivour

Item I will that the foresaid Johane my Wif shall paye to Thoms and James my sonnes as either of them come to thage [the age] of xxiiij yeres xiijs iiijd And [if] one of them decesse Before the said age or after, I will his portion shall remayne to the Survivour

Item I will my foreseid feoffe sell my pece of my land lying in the p[ar]ishe of Lyngborne [Longborne?] called Tridate come Litlecombe Ride and be made thereto adjoynnt? And if the seid money for the sale of the seid lands be not sufficient to contente & paie my detts and bequests and full accomplyshe and p[er]forme this my Last will & temenent [testament!] That then I will my seid feoffe to sell soche [such] lands And as muche as they shall thynk necessarye for the pformance of the same

Item I will that if my seid sonnes Thomas and James dye before they come to the seid age of xxiiij yeres and wtoute issue of any of ther Bodies Lawfully begotten, that then the seid lands and ten'ts remayne to Johane and Agnes my doughtrs to their heires and assignes for ever;
paying to a preest to syng in the churche of Bersted aforeseid for my soule and all cristen soules by the space of half a yere v marks and to the most necessarie rep[ar]ations of the seid churche v marks sterlyng

Item I will that if my seid doughters decesse withoute issue of any of their bod[ie]s Laufully begotten And my foreseid sonnes Thomas and James before the said age and wtout issue as is beforeseid decesse; Then I will all my foreseid lands & ten'ts to be sold by my feoffe And the money thereof recevied to be yn forme folowyng
First I will to a preest to syng in the said churche of Bersted for my soul and all cristen soules by the space of ij yeres xxti mark
Item I will to bye a rope for the seid churche vj li xiijs iiijd [£6 13s 4d]

Item I will to the children of Johane Christen and Agnes Adye X marks
Item to the churche of Detlyng vjs viijd
Item to the churche of Bersted V marks
Item I will to the churche of Thorndham xxs
Item I will to Willia[m] Fylcote vjs viijd

Item I will to Johane my Wif and to the p’formance of her Last Will X marks, the whiche Johane and the foreseid monk I ordeyne & make myn Executours of this my Last Will dated the daie and yere above Written Thise beyng witnesse
James Chamber; Willim Twimen; Symon Boctin?; John Sharyanden; Thomas Fuller and others

Probatum fuit: 13th January 1518/19

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 28th December 2021


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