Item I will and give unto the poore people of the parrishe of Brabourne twentye shillinges to be payd and distributed amongst them by my Executor wthin one moneth next after my Buryall
Item I will and give my household stuffe whatsoever wthin doores out all Martha my wyffe Peter Woodland and John Woodland my said sonnes to be equally devyded amongest them three wthin one whole yeare next after my decease
Item I will that my Executor shall paye unto my two sonnes when they shall come to the said severall ages of one and twentye yeares the full some of twentye pounds in full payement of a certen legacye gyven unto my two sonnes Peter and John by the laste Will and testament of Richard Porte wch sayd some I Clement Woodland have received unto theire uses
Item I will and give unto Peter Woodland my sonne tenn pounds of good and lawfull money of
England to be payd him when he shall come to his age of one and twentye yeares
Item I will & give unto John Woodland my sonne tenn pounds of good and lawfull money of
England to bepayd him when he shall come to his age of one and twentye yeares
Item I will that yf any of my two sonnes doe happen to dye before they come to theire severall ages
of one and twentye yeares theat then the one shalbe the others hayre [heir]
Item I doe ordayne and make Martha my wyffe my sole executrix of this my psent [present] testament and laste will
Item I will and give unto Martha my wyffe all the residewes of my goods Chattalls and other
moveable goods whatsoever not beinge before gyven and bequathed she payeing my debts & Legacies
This ys the laste will and testament of me the aforesaid Clement Woodland made and declared the day and yeare firste above written of and uppon all my houses lands tennements and other hereditaments wthin the parrishes of Horton, Stoutinge [Stowting], Sallendge [Sellindge], Bonnington and Ruckinge or ells [else] where, wthin the Countye of Kent
Item I will and give unto Peter Woodland my sonne one house or tenement and all my lands belongeinge unto yt sett lyeinge and beinge in the parrishe of Sellendge and nowe in the occupacon of one Stephen Cokear and one other parcell of Marshe land conteyninge by estimacon eleven acres sett lyeinge and beinge in the parrishe of Bonnington and now in the occupacon of Mr. Bleshenden [Blishenden?] to be payd to the sayd Peter my sonne and to the heires of his bodye lawfullye begotten; from and in default of such yssue I will all the said houses and lands out to John Woodland my sonne and to the heires of his bodye lawfullye begotten to him and to his heires for evr
Item I will and give to John Woodland my sonne one house or tenement and all the lands belongeinge to yt sett leyinge and beinge in the parrishe of Stowtinge and one other house or tenement and all the lands belongeinge unto yt sett lyeinge and beinge in the parrishe of Ruckinge and one other house or tenement and all the lande belongeinge unto yt sett lyeinge and beinge in the parisshe of (Monks) Horton to be hadd to the sayd John my sonne and to the heries of his bodye lawfullye begotten for evr and in default of such yssue I will all the same lands and houses unto Peter my sonne and to the heires of his bodye lawfully begotten to him and his heires for evr
and in default of such yssue and want of heyres of Peter and John my sonnes or eyther of them as aforesayd then I
will and give all my sayd houses and lands unto Clement Woodland sonne of Peter Woodland my
Brother and to the heires of the bodye of the sayd Clement for evr
Provyded alwayes and my will and mynd ys that neither Clement Woodland my brothers sonne
nor his heires neither and any other Claymigne [Claiming] (to) be him or them shall nevr have
and profitt nor benefitt owt (or) clayme of the sayd houses nor lands duringe the naturall lyffe of Martha my wyffe
Item I will unto Martha my wyffe all whole proffitt and reven... [revenues] of all my lands and houses
dureinge her widdowhood and noe longer
Item I will that yf my two sonnes doe both happen to dye wthowt heire or heires of theire
bodyes lawfullye begotten, then Iwill and give unto Martha my wyffe all the whole proffits and
benefitt of all my sayd houses and of all my sayd lands dureinge her naturall lyffe wthowt the lett or
interrupcon [interruption] of the sayd Clement Woodland or any otr pson [other person] whatsoever
and then after her decease unto the aforesayd Clement Woodland & to his heires for ever
In Wittnes that this ys my laste will and testament I the sayd Clement Woodland have hereunto sett
my hand and seale dated the daye and yeare firste above written
Clement Woodland his marke
Sealed published and declared in the presence of Thomas White
Probatum fuit: decimo nono die mensis Aprilis [19th day of April] 1614.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 8th May 2020
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