Extract of Will of William Nethersole

of Womenswold, Kent

All my lands, tenements and hereditaments in Womenwold or wheresoever to my dear wife Dorothie during her life
and after her decease to my daughter Lucie till £500 for her portion .... be raised in case the child my wife now goeth withall be not a sonne,
if it be a sonne shee now goes w'th I give it all my Lands .... to the heirs of its body
And I do presume humbly to committ it to the care of Sir Francis Nethersole, knight … and pray he be good as far as he should think fit to my wife, children, mothers and brothers

... in default of heirs male .... to James Nethersole my brother and his heirs … John Nethersole my brother … Christopher Nethersole my brother … Vincent Nethersole my brother
My dear wife Dorothie Nethersole my sole executrix
To my dear friend Sir Francis Nethersole a ring of 40s

Further, whereas by my fathers last will & Testament I am to pay to my 3 brothers Christopher, John and James, £200 each
Christopher shall have £200 of my personal estate when he comes to his age of 24
My other brothers shall have the profits of my lands, tenements & heredits. until such legacies are paid

Witnesses: William Jacob; Anne Prud; Anne Everard

Proved at Westminster the 20th day of September 1654 by the oath of Dorothy Nethersole the relict & sole executrix

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