Yeomanson Will 1641

Will of Elizabeth Yeomanson

of Worth, Kent

Source: Consistory Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 31/118 Y/1
Submitted by Margaret Wills

I Elizabeth Yeomanson of the p[ar]ish of Word al[ia]s Worth being of sound and p[er]fect memory at this tyme (praised be God) do make this my Last will & testament in manner hereafter following,
I give my soule into the hands of allmighty God, trusting by the suffering and merits of my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ to be made p[ar]taker of everlasting life & salvation, and my body to be buried in the Churchyard in Word in decent Christian manner as it shall seem best unto my Executor

First I give and bequeath unto my sonne Richard Gibbes Twenty shillings to be paid unto him wthin one moneth after my decease
I also give unto John Gibbes sonne unto my aforesaid sonne Richard ten shillings to be payd unto him wthin one moneth after my decease
I also geve unto Richard Gibbes sonne unto my aforesayd sonne Richard five pounds to be paid unto him wthin one moneth after my decease
I also give unto Bennet Owen daughter of Boys Owen of Feversham Twenty shillings to be paid unto her wthin one moneth after my decease

I also give unto Joane Gibbes, Sara Gibbes, Anna Gibbes & Bennet Gibbes and to either of them Twenty shillings a peice and to either of them one paire of sheetes and one paire of pillow coates and to either of them one pillowe to be payd and delivered unto them wthin one moneth after my decease

I give also unto Elizabeth Hunt, now wife unto Steven Hunt the younger of the p'ish of Minster in the Ile of Thanet Ten shillings to be paid unto her wthin one moneth after my decease
I also give unto Elizabeth Hunt, daughter unto the aforesaid Steven and Elizabeth Hunt Twenty shillings to be payd unto her wthin one moneth after my decease
I give also unto the other Three daughters of the aforesaid Steven and Elizabeth Hunt Ten shillings a peice to be paid wthin one moneth after my decease

I give also unto the poore of the pish of Word Ten shillings to be paid unto them wthin one moneth after my decease
I also give unto the minister that shall preach at my buriall Thirteene shillings & Foure pence to be payd unto him presently after my buriall

All the residue of my goods, Chattells and moveables w[ha]tsoever unbequeathed I give and bequeath unto Christopher Gibbes sonne unto my aforesayd sonne Richard Whom I do nominate & apoint to be my sole Executor of this my last will & Testament, renouncing all former Wills, and he to paye all my debts, funerall Charges, and legacies above sayd, as I have bequeathed them

In witnes hereunto I have sett my hand and seale dated the first day of January Ano domi 1637(/38)
Elizabeth X Yeomanson her mark
Read, heard, sealed & subscribed in the presence of:
Willm Wilson; George Wilson

Probatum fuit: 22nd October 1641 - to Christopher Gibbes, Executor

Notes:
John Yeomanson, Yeoman of Hackington [near Canterbury], married Elizabeth Gibbs, Widow, on 5 Apr 1600 at SS Peter & Paul, Worth.
John Yeomanson leaves a Will dated 1624 and proved 1625, at Hackington.

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 1st July 2023

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