Item I give to the poor people of the parish of Elmsted 2s 8p that is to say to Richard Hempsted 8p to Elizabeth Cook widow 8p to mother Marshal widow 8p to mother Jacob widow 8p to be paid at the time of my burial.
Item whereas my son in law Sampson Dunkin doth owe unto me forty shillings ten shillings thereof I will that the said Sampson shall pay unto his daughter Agnes and to his son Hammon other ten shillings and to my daughter Alice 13s 4p and that within one whole year after my decease The 6s 8p that remaineth let him keep to him self
Item I give to Henry Paine five shillings
Item I bequeath of Jone Paine five shillings
Item I give to Anne wife to Edward Eps 6p
I will then my daughter Alice shall have all my bedding and chests in the
chamber where I lie and also all of my sheet
Item I give and bequeath to Alice my daughter on brass pot, one kettle of
four gallons, one lesser kettle, one skillet, two candlesticks and all my
pewter
Item the corn which I have both in the house and in the field I give to my daughter Alice The residue of all my moveable goods my debts and bequests truly contented and paid I give and bequeath to John my son whom I make my sole executor
This is the last will of me the aforesaid John Page concerning the
disposition of my lands being in Elmsted aforesaid. First I will that my son
John shall have my tenement and all my lands to him his heirs and assigns
for ever paying unto my daughter Alice yearly during the term of her natural
life 13s 4p
Item I will that my son shall suffer my daughter Alice to have
to her own use the chamber of the house behind the stock? and the loft over
the same. And to come to the fire in the hall in time convenient all the
time of her natural life if she continue unmarried.
Item I will that my son
shall suffer my daughter Alice to have the fruit of my little apple garden
called the Imp garden as long as she liveth. And to sow for her yearly a to
tolvett of hemp finding the land himself and using it as he useth his own
hemp land. But if she should fortune to marry then I will that she shall
not only depart out of the house but also lose half the furniture before
given and the hemp land also
Witnesses at the making hereof
John Farbrace Clarke, John Young, Edward Marshall. concordai c'm originati
Probate: 23rd February 1591/92 Johanis Young and Edwardi Marshall approved as executors
Note:
John Page [1] buried at Elmsted 30/1/1591/2
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