Item I give and bequethe to Stephen Wood my brother fyfteene poundes of currant monny of yngland to b pade to the same Stephen Wood withe in fower yeares next followinge after my decease
Item I give and bequeth unto Agnes Wood my sister fyve poundes of currant monny of
yngland to be paid to the said Agnes my sister at the day of her maryage/
and she to receve of my brother Thomas Wood evry yeare untill she be maryed eight shillinges of lawfull monny
of yngland for the -----ienge of the same fyve poundes.
And if it fortune the said Agnes my sister to dy before she be maryed Then I will the said fyve poundes
to remayne unto my brother Thomas Wood/
And if it fortune my said brother Stephen to dy withe in the space of the said fower yeares Then I will the same fyfteene poundes to remayne to his children indyfferently & equally to be devyded amonge them, and to be pade unto them at the said tyme that there father shoulde have receved yt.
Item I geve & bequethe to Cycely Seamane my sister tenne shillinges of lawfull monny of yngland to be paide to her with in ij yeares next after my decease yf the said Cycely Seamane Fortune to dye withe in the said ij yeares, Then I will the same monny to her children, equally to be devyded among them.
Item I give and bequethe to Wyllyam Semane my sisters sonne and my godsonne tenne shillinges of lawfull monny of yngland to be paide unto him at the age of eighteene yeares.
Item I give & bequethe to my brother John Woods children, that is to say John Wood, Thomas Wood and Wyllyam Wood, to ether of them xxs, and they to receve it at ye age of twentye yeares. And if any of the said children fortune to dye before the said age of twentye yeares Then I will his or there parte beinge dead, to remayne to him or them shall fortune to lyve.
The residue of all my moveable goods not bequethed I give and bequethe to Thomas Wood my brother whome I ordeyne and make my hole executor of this my last will & testament. And he to pay all my debts and bequethes.
Item I geve and bequethe to Alexander Large my sisters sonne xxs of lawfull monny of yngland to be paide to him at the age of twenty yeares.
Item I give and bequethe to Thomas Wood my brother sonne tenne shillinges of lawfull monny of yngland / and the same x s to be putt to encrease for him at the age of tenne yeares
Item I geve and bequethe to the poore people of the parishe of Newington �i vjs viijd to be distributed to them presently after my decease at ye discrecyon of my brother Thomas.
Wyntness of this my last will and testament George Plott and Thomas Goodgrome.
Probate 8 July 1564
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