Item I will unto the poore peopell of Woodnesborowe three shillings & fower pence to be paid within sixe dayes after my decease
Item I will unto the poore peopell of Goodneston three shillings & fower pence to be paid within sixe dayes after my decease
Item I will unto Lawrence Neame my sonne fower pounde of Currante money to be paid within fowerteene weekes after my decease,
Item I will unto Agnes Neame widowe twenty shillings within one quarter next after my decease
Item I will unto John Hilles of Woodnesborowe three shillings & fower pence to be paid unto him at my buriall
Item I will unto Thomas Baxes wife of Staple [next Wingham] sixe shillings to be paid within one quarter next after my decease
Item I will unto John Nemes wife of Staple sixe shillings to be paid unto her within one quarter next after my decease
Item I will unto Goddens wife of Staple sixe shillings to be paid unto her within one quarter next after my decease
Item I will unto the repayringe of the church of Woodnesborowe three shillings fower pence to be paid by my executor within one quarter next
after my decease
The residue of my goods unbequethed my legacies paid I will unto Richard Neme my sonne Whome I make my whole executor of this my last will
In Wittnes I have sett my hande the marke of Alice Neame
Wittnes to this my will: Richard Nash by his marke; William Tucker
Probatum fuit: 16th April 1606
Notes:
Alice Neame the widdow of Henry Neame who dyed at Goodnestone was buried here the xxjth day of March 1605(/6), Woodnesborough PR.
Henry Neame was buried at Woodnesborough on 4 Mar 1570/71.
See Henry Neame's Will: PRC17/41/119a, which was made in 1561.
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 6th March 2023
Will of Alice Neame