Item I give unto my sonne Bartholomew Newman tenn pounds of lawfull money of England
to be sent unto him in Barbados in such ware, as my Executor after he hath heard from him
thence shall be certified by him to be most for his gaine there.
And if my sonne Barth: Newman be dead at my Decease : my will is that the said tenn pounds be
divided between my two sonnes John and Steven.
Item I give unto my sonne Bartholomewes wife five shillings.
Item I give unto my sonne Steven Newman all my library or bookes, five paire of sheetes,
one dozen of table napkins, one fether bedd and bolster, one coverlet, one blankette, one silver
boule, marked B.A.N. my best and long cloth Colake, my new Clarke Gowne, three hollan
shirts: two paire of my best stockins.
Item I give unto my sonne Steven Newman Fiftie pounds of good and lawfull money of England, to be paid to him within six months after my decease.
Item I give unto Alice Reader my Couzen the worth of three pounds, to be paid her in such
goods and household stuffe of mine as my Executor and shee shall agree upon.
Item I give unto either of my other two servants that shall be in my service at my death,
thirteene shillings and foure pence, more than the wages that shall be due to either of them at
my decease.
Item I give unto Barth: Walbanke and his children five shillings
Item I give unto Goodman Houtings impotent daughter five shillings
And of this my last will and testament, I make and ordaine my sonne John Newman my Executor unto whome (my legacies, debts and funeral charges being paid and discharged) I give and bequeath all the rest of my goods, Cattells, Chattells and debts, whatsoever
In witnesse whereof, I have hereunto sett my hand and seale, the day and yeare first above written (signed) Bartholomew Newman
Memorandum, that the word Fiftie was interlined by me, before the sealing, Barth: Newman
Wee whose names be here under written doe wittnesse, by the subscription of our names or
markes, that Barthol: Newman of Wormeshill acknowledged for us, that what is written with
his owne hand in this paper, sealed with his owne seale, is his last will or testament :
Henman, John Bateman
This Will was proved at Westminster: Before the Judges for probate of Wills and granting Administrations, the eleaventh day of the month of September in the yeare of our lord God, one thousand sixe hundred, Fiftie and foure. By the oath of John Newman the sole Executor named in the said will: To whome Administration of all & singular the goods, Chattells and debts of the said deceased was committed. Hee first being sworne by virtue of a Commission to that effecte, well and truly to Administer the same.
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