Wood Will 1586

Will of Jane Wood

of Chart Sutton, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury original will PRC/16/87 W/8
Transcribed by Maureen Rawson

Anno Dm 1586 20 May
In the name of God Amen the xx ty daye of Maye And in the yeare from thincarnation of Jesus Christ 1586
I Jane Woode widdowe the late wiffe of Jhon Woode late deceased of the parishe of Charte next unto Sutton Valence in the Countye of Kente beinge of good & p�fecte remembrance (thanks be given unto Almightye God) do make & ordeyne this my last Will & Testament in manner & forme followinge
Fyrste I bequeathe my Soule unto Almightye God my onely redemer Jesus Christ
my body to be buryed in the Churchyarde of Charte afforesayed

Itm I will to be bestowed uppon the poore people at my buryall in reade demack & money xx s & to cheses to devided among the porest of all
Itm I do gyve unto Roberte Mastalle & unto Rycharde Mastalle my daughters children, to eych of them iiij L (�4) to be payed unto them when they shall accomplishe ther severall ages of xxj yeares

Itm I do gyve unto Nycholas Payenes children, being fyve in number, to eyche of them xx s to be payed unto them at the dayes of ther severall mariages
Itm I gyve unto my sonne Nicholas Payne v L (�5) of currente money of england to be payed unto him w�in one yeare next after my decease
Itm I do give unto Robte Payne one featherbeade beinge in the truckle bed ... in the newe loft and the newe ketchin

Itm I do gyve unto my daughter Margaret R-----? (page torn) my best gowne & my best Rede petycote
Itm I do gyve unto Nicholas Paynes wyffe one gowne clothe of my colerd Broode clothe & a petycote clothe of my Rede
Itm I do gyve unto Paulle Castelden & unto his wyffe to eyche of them vj s viij d to be payed unto them w�in iij yeares nexte after my decease
And unto Katerin Castelden his daughter vi s viij d to be payed unto her at the daye of her mariage
Itm I do gyve unto Anne Castelden xiij s iiij d to be payed unto her at ye day of her mariage

Itm I do gyve unto Sussan Barenglye & Jane Comnber my servants iij s iiij d a peace to be payed unto them at the daye of ther mariage
Unto Patience Bristolle iij s iiij d and unto Felix Bristolle iij s iiijd
Itm I do gyve unto James Hoo iij s iiijd & unto Thomas Cutbushe xx d
Itm I do gyve unto Elizabeth Wood my god daughter vi s viij d
Itm I do gyve unto Thomas Potters wyffe my furred gowne & unto Barrenglyes wyddowe my frese adowe petycote
& unto Sussanna her daughter one woursted aperne & unto Patience one other woursted aperne

Itm I do gyve unto Jhon Woode my sonnes sonne x L (�10) of lawfull money of Englande to be payed unto him when he shall accomplish the age of xxj yeares

The ressidewe of my movable goods not beffore willed & bequeathed my dettes & legacyes beinge payed I do gyve unto Richarde Woode my sonne whom I do make executour of this my laste will & Testament

In witnesse whereof I the said Jane Wood have made & declared this my last Will & Testament as wytnesseth Michaell Woode oversear of this my will

Probate 26 Nov 1586
Inventory taken

Notes:
Jane appears to have been married twice, first to someone named Payne, then around 1550 to John Wood.
Her daughter Elizabeth Payne married John Mascall in 1559 but she may have been buried in 1565/6 at Chart Sutton.
Her son Nicholas Payne married Anne Croft in 1563
Her son Richard Wood was probably born about 1554. [Chart Sutton registers start in 1558]

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Will of Jane Wood
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