Item, I .... the .... of Tilmanstone aforesaid the sum of twenty shillings. Item, I will and bequeath the sum of six shillings .... for the term of ten years to the .... of the years aforesaid. .... Out of my lands .... bequeathed and ..... at the will of my Executrix For the term of the said ten years to the .... of the years aforesaid to be paid yearly on St. John�s day in ......
Item, I give to my sister Margaret Terry the sum of one shilling.
Item, I give to Barbara Barber my sister .... daughter the sum of
five pounds of lawful money of England.
Item, I give to the children of my late sister Mary
Austen the sum of twenty pounds of lawful money of England, that is to say to John Austen
sonne of the said Mary fifteen pounds and to his sister .... the sum of five pounds.
Item, I will and bequeath to my sister Alice .... to the .... of her children the sum of
twenty pounds.
Item, I give unto the sonnes and daughters of my brother Thomas Denne five shillings apiece.
Item, I give unto my God child Thomas Denne sonne of Thomas Denne forty
shillings, ......
Item, I give unto my God child John Denne sonne of James
Denne The sum of forty shillings
Item, I give unto Anne ...... twenty shillings and to Elizabeth ..... twenty shillings.
All the said .......... and bequeaths before bequeathed by this my last Will and Testament .... what of ..... to the .... aforesaid bequeathed my will and testament, my said Executrix shall .... pay all the .... after my decease
I give and bequeath to my said loving wife for and during the term of her natural life all and singular my lands, leases, tenements and hereditaments what soever, and after her decease I will and bequeath all my said messuages, lands, leases, tenements and hereditaments whatsoever unto my loving ...... Denne son of my brother Thomas Denne and his heirs forever. .... And my will and meaning is that ..... my brother Thomas Denne or any of his children might ...... for terms of life by this my last will or by any .... in Law .... away and of the .... on or during .... life as aforesaid then I will my .... lands and .... of Thomas ..... .... unto my said loving wife and to her house? forever.
Is whatsoever of my ........
Not in this my will ..... my ......
I will and bequeath them unto Ann my said wife and Executrix .... whereof I have
.... set my hand and seal the last day of August in the fourteenth year of King
Charles ? of .... testament of the said John Denne in the .....
John Engharth?, John ......
Probatum 1638 Testamontum John Denne Tilmanstone
Will of John Denne