Item I give unto Mercy Norwood my eldest daughter twentie poundes of lawfull money of England to be paid unto Her by my
executor att her age of eighteene years
Item I give unto Mary Norwood my younger daughter twentie poundes of lawfull money of England to bee paid unto her by my
executor att her age of eighteen years
Item My will and meaninge is that if eyther of my two daughters happen to die without issue of their bodies lawfullie begotten and
before the ages above said Then the one shallbe the others heire of these porcons of money
Item I give unto Mary my wife all my movable goodes cattell and Chattelles whatsoever shee payinge my debts and funeral expences
Alsoe I give unto Mary my wife for and During the term of her natural life all my Lands and houses lying and beeinge in
The parish of St Peeter aforesaid and St Lawrence If shee keepe herself my widdowe solonge & maintayninge and uphoulding the said
buildings Fermes & hedges sufficiently and making noe strip Nor wast
but if it shall happen the said Mary my Wife to marry That then shee shall have the one halfe Of my houses and lands and my sonne John Norwood Shal have the other half during the terme of her life She paying unto his brother Richard Norwood ten Shillinge of lawfull money of England beginning -the First paym’t of the said ten shillings att the Said Richards age of eighteen years and so to Conteynue everie yeare ten shillings to be paid Until the decease of the said Mary my wife if She be not dead before
Item I give unto my Sonnes John & Richard ymmediatly after my wifes Decease my houses and lands aforesaid to them and
Their heires in Fee simple equallie to be devided Between them
And if eyther of twoe sonnes happen To die w’thout yssue of their bodies lawfull begotten The one to be the others herire
Item I will & my meaning Is that if my wife soe Chaunce to marry that then My wife give and deliver or cause to be delivered Soe much goodes into the hands of one or twoe or more of my Brothers handes before the solemnising of her marriage as shallbe sufficient to paye my Twoe daughters their porcons or else shall give unto One or more of my Brothers Such good securitie by Bond that they may knowe how to have the porcons beforesaid and if he or shee shall refuse to doe this then my will is shell shall depart and have nothing but her wearing apparel
Item I make & ordayne my wife my sole executrix of this my Points and articles truly performed
and I make My brothers Wm. Norwood Luke Norwood Richard Norwood and Bathheolomew Norwood my overseers
In wittnes whereof I have hereunto sett my Hand & seale dated the tenth daie of September After the computacon of the Church of
England 1623 Robert Norwood by his marke
In the p’sence of John Philott by his marke Paule Hewett
Probatum fuit hoc ante scriptum Testamentum Robte Norwood unx In vixit de Poa Dini Petri in Insula Thannett Archimat Cant’nar Defci
viresimo quinto die mensis Aprilis Anno Dm [=25 Apr] 1625 Coram ven vivo Dno Georgio Newman nihiler ac legn dcore Officiale pc
Juramto Maria Norwood vidue et relicte dci defn et executrix ....
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