Item I give & bequeath unto Mildred Robacke the late wife of Richard Robacke of Ash next Sandwich ye sume of twenty shillings to be p[ai]d unto her within twelve monthes next after my decease
Item I give & bequeath unto Martha Samson ye Bed & Bedstedle, mat rope, blanketts, sheetes, Curtains,
vallence & all things thereunto belonging standing (in) our Lodgeing Chamber in which we doe now lye,
to be had & enjoyed by the s[ai]d Martha imediatly after the decease of Alice my now wife and not before
Item I give & bequeath more unto ye said Martha Samson ye greate Table & forme in the Hall & ye
biggest Iron pot to have & enjoy after the dec[ease] of Alice my aforesd wife & not before
Item I give & bequeath unto Alice my beloved wife All that Messuage or Tenement, the Barne place,
Garden, Orchard & six Acres of Land arrable & pasture therew[i]th used, occupyed & enjoyed
together with their & every of their appurten[an]ces scituate lyeing & being in the parish of
Ash next Sandwich and att or neer two places there one called Ware & the other Littledowne feild &
now in the occupacon of John Culverhouse or of (his) assignes
To have & to hold unto the sd. Alice my wife dureing the time & terme of her natural life
And from and after the decease of Alice my aforesd wife I give & bequeath the aforesaid Messuage or Tenem[en]t Land & Premises with
Thappurtences [The Appurtenances] in manner and forme as followeth
Item I give & bequeath unto Richard Nunum the Sonne of Stephen Nunum of the parish of St. Laurence in the Isle of Thanet the aforesd Messuage or Tenem[en]t, the Barne place, Garden, Orchard & two peeces or parcells of pasture Land adjoyning to ye place of ye sd Messuage To have & to hold unto the sd Richard Nunum and his heires for ever
And alsoe I will that if Alice my wife shall happen to departe this life before the sd Richard shall attaine to ye age of one & twenty yeares, that then my Brother Stephen Nunum aforesaid shall have the yearly Rent thereof on the Condicon that he doe keep it sufficiently repaired untill the age of Richard Nunum abovesaid
Item I give & bequeath unto Stephen Nunum son of ye said Stephen abovesaid one acre of arrable and lyeing in Narestreet adjoyning to the Land of John Solley and to the Common way East and to the Lands of Edw: Elsteat [Elstreet?] South, to have & to hold the sd acre of arrable Land unto the sd Stephen Nunum & his heires for ever
And Whereas two acres of my sd Lands lieth in little downe feild aforesaid I give & bequeath unto Mildred Nunum/Numan daughter of
the aforesd Richard one acre of the sd two acres to the use of the sd Mildred & her heires for ever
Item I give & bequeath unto Martha Samson the other acre of Land lyeing in little downe feild to bee equally devided between them by
measurement
And further I will that if the sd Martha shall departe this life without heires borne of her owne body, then her acre of
Land shalbe equally devided between Richard & Stephen Nunum aforesd.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Brother Stephen Nunum five pounds to be paid unto him in three monthes next after my dec[ease]
Item I nominate & appoint Alice my beloved wife to be my whole & Sole Executrix of this my last will
& Testament & to her I give all the rest of my moveable goods, Chattle & Cattle nott bequeathed? &
household stuffe not before bequeathed on Condicon to pay my debts & legacyes that are to
be paid & to beare pay & discharge my funerall & the expence thereof
And I doe hereby renounce & make void all other wills formerly by me made and acknowledge this to be the last
In Witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale to two & twentyeth of June 1676
Richard Nunum
by his marke signed sealed published & declared to be the last will & Testam[en]t of me Richard
Nunum & two lines blur’d out before ye ensealing hereof in the Presence of
Richard Neame - Wm. Verriet
Probatum fuit: 8th February 1683
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 2nd May 2021
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