Item I will that my Executors shall bestowe at my buriall amongs(t) the poore of Aishe aforesaid halfe a barrell of beere & iij dozen of bread
Item I doe give widdowe Fortune one bushell of wheat to be delivered imediatly after next harvest ensewing my decease
Item I doe give unto my s[er]vannte Bennet Brompton a twelvemonthinge Cowe bullock to be delyvered to her w[i]thin six weeks next after
my decease
Item I doe give unto John Wood my sonne all my wages and arrerag(e) of wages as nowe is or at the time of my decease shall growe due & payable to me for or by reason of my pention [pension] of governors coine in the Bullwarke under Dover Castle
The Residue of all & singuler my goods & chattells after my debts, legacies & funerall expenses dischardged & paid I doe give & bequith unto
Bennett my Wife & John Wood my sonne to be equally shifted & devided betwene them
And I doe constitute ordaine & make John Wood my said sonne sole Executor of this my laste Will or Testamente
This is the Laste Will or Testament of me the said Thomas Wood made & declared in the day & yeare aforesaid as touchinge all and singuler my lands, Ten[emen]ts & hereditaments scituate or beinge in Aishe aforesaid
Inprimis I will that Bennet my said wife & John Wood my said sonne shall have, hold & enjoye the said landes, tents & hereditaments wth the appurten[a]ncs for & during the terme of their lyves & the longest lyver of them
And I will that imediatly after the decease of the said Bennet my wif all & singuler the said lands Ten'ts and hereditaments wth the appurtenncs shall remaine & be unto the said John Wood my sonne his heyres & Assignes for ever
Provided allwaies & my will & intent is th[a]t yf my said wife doe marry againe then I will that imediatly after such mariadge all & singuler the said lands Tents & hereditaments wth the appurtenncs shall wholy & solye remaine & be & I doe absolutely give & bequeath the same to my said sonne John Wood his heires & assignes for ever
In witnes whereof I the said Thomas Wood have caused this my last will & Testament to be written
read & openly declared & thereto have set my mark & seale the day & yeare abovesaid in the pr[ese]nce of the witnesses underwritten
Henry Harflete; Daniell Prior
Thomas Wood his marke & seale
Probatum fuit: 23rd April 1594
Notes:
Thomas Wood was buried 6 Apr 1594 at St. Nicholas, Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent.
Thomas Wood married Alyce Wood 29 Jul 1560 at Ash. She was buried there 11 Nov 1561.
John Wood was baptised 23 Feb 1566, s. of Thomas, at Ash.
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 3rd October 2023
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