Will of Henrye Austen of Byddenden in the County of Kent, 28 Dec. 1570. To be buried in the churchyard of Byddenden. To Marye and Thomasyn Austen my daughters 40s each, to be paid to either of them at marriage or age of twenty years. To Thomas Austen my son �4 in money or goods, he paing to Dorothe Austen and Rebecca Austen my daughters 40s. each at marriage or age of twenty years. The residue of all my moveable goods to my wife Anne and my son Walter, whom I make my executors. My will regarding my lands and tenements lying in Benenden. To my son Thomas Austen and his heirs my tenement and lands on the den of Mapestenstrow in the parish of Benenden,
he paying 26s. 8d. a year to my wife for life, and after her death paying
to my son Walter Austen �10. Witnesses: John Domeryghte, clerk, John
Maye, Laurence Earell, and John Carpenter the younger. Proved 22 May 1572 by the executors named in the will. (Archdeaconry of Canterbury, vol. 41, fo. 146) |