Will of Elizabeth Nicholls alias Jeffery

of Deal, Kent

Item I give & bequeath to my daughter Margarett the wife of Nicholas Saffery all my moveable goods whatsoever

And concerning my house & lands I will that they be sould to the most advantage by my executor wthin convenient tyme after my decease & the money thereof to be distributed in maner following (that is to say)

I give and bequeath thereof to Elizabeth the daughter of the aforenamed Nicholas Saffery the some of fyve pounds to be payd by my ex[ecut]ors wthin halfe a yeare after the sale of the said house & lands
Item I give and bequeath into William & Thomas the sonnes of John Brathered & of my daughter Susann the like some of five pounds equallie to be devided betweene them to be likewyse payd wthin one halfe yeare of the sale of the said house & lands
Item I likewise give and bequeath to John Trippett the sonne of Mihath [Myzeck] Trippett & of my daughter Constance the like some of five pounds to be paid likewise to him wthin one halfe yeare after the sale of the said house & lands

Item I will & my mind is that the residue of the said money shall be equally devided & payd to my three daughters afore named (that is to say) to Margarett the wife of Nicholas Saffery; Susan the wife of Samuel Croyden & to Constance the wife of Mizach Trippett

And of this my present testament & last will I make and ordeyne the aforenamed Nicholas Saffery my sole executor whom I will to pay all my debts, legacies & funerall charges And I utterlie renounce & revoke all other wills & Testaments by mee formerlie made

In wittnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale the daye and yeare first above written
The marke of the afore named Elizabeth Nicholls als Jeffery
Signed & sealed in the presence of
Thomas Constant; Thomas Fullar

Probatum fuit: 8th January 1615/16

An Inventary of the goods and chattels of Elizabeth Nichols of Deal Widow late deceased made the 18th day of December 1615

													£.	s.	d.
Inprimis	her purse and girdle   								xjs	0	11	0
Item	her wearing appairell									xxs	1	0	0
Item	3 payer of sheets and two pillow beares 						xvs	0	15	0
Item	one smale course sheet and an asholeath?						xviijs	0	18	0
Item	A Shippe chest										vs	0	5	0
Item	two copper bottles, two brasse pannes, a brasse	morter and pestle, two peuter dishes, 
two wooden dishes and two trenchers								xvs	0	15	0
Item	a Spitt, a gridiron, a payer of tongues, a payer of beloows and a payer of pot 
hangers and a payle											0	3	6
Item  	a peuter pott and a cup and an old boxs butt						xiid	0	1	0
Item	a brasse pott, a table, a Trivett and an old bedstead?					vjs	0	6	0
Item	a fether bed, a Fether bolster, two fether pillowes, a coverlett and an old Blankett	53s 4d	2	13	4
Item	a fourm, a peec of an old table, a litle paynted cloath and an old boule 		xijd	0	1	0

										Som total:  £6 11s 4d	6	11	4
John Holloway	}
Samwell Pittock	}  [ap]prisers

Notes:
Elizabeth Nichols, Widow, was buried at St. Leonard, Deal, Kent on 19 Dec 1615.
Daughter Susan Nichols was baptised at St. Leonard 9 Jan 1567/68, d. of Jeffery.
Susan Nichols married John Brodened 12 Feb 1592/93 at Deal. Both were of Deal.
John Brothered was buried at St. Leonard on 11 Oct 1603.
Susan Brathe then married Samwell Croydon 23 Jan 1603/04, at St. Leonard.
Daughter Constance Nycols was baptised at St. Leonard on 22 Feb 1573/74, d. of Jeffery.
Constance Nichols married Myzeck Tribute 7 Feb 1591 at Deal.
Daughter Margret Nycols was baptised 16 Apr 1566 at St. Leonard, d. of Jeffrey.
Margaret Niclos married Nicholas Safferie 6 Oct 1588 at St. Mary Magdalen, Davington, Kent.

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 21st March 2023

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