Fyrst I bequethe and also it is my very wyll that SYLVESTER PHILPOTT my well beloved wyffe shall have all her apparell and enjoy (one hole yeare beinge expyred after the day of my deathe) the frute of that bond made unto her from me when I maryed her accordynge to the true meanynge and tenor thereof which is the somme of fyftye pounds to be paide her by the handes of my Executor. And also hir Joynture which is fower pounds by the yeare to enjoy that duringe hir naturall lyef whereof also she hath a bond.
Item I bequeathe to my daughter MARYE PHILPOTT the somme of fyftye pounds to be delivered her at the Day of her Maryage. And I wyll that my said daughter shalbe in the custody and kepynge of my mother ROSE COLLARD. And my said mother to have also in her kepynge the said fyftye pounds withe my daughter untyll the tyme aforesaid whiche said fyftye pounds shalbe delyvered into the hands of my mother to the use abovesaid by my Executor after two yeares be expyred after the Day of my Death.
And if it happen that my said mother to dy before my daughter com to maryage then it is my wyll that my said daughter and also the said somme of fyftye pounds shalbe in the custody and kepynge of my Brother JOHN WOOD.
And if it happen my said daughter to dy before she becom to be maryed as God it defend if his wyll so be then it is my very wyll that the said fyftye pounds shall descend and com unto HENRY PHILPOTT and JOHN PHILPOTT Brethren and unto ANNE PHILPOTT equally to be devyded betwene them.
Item I bequeathe to my brother JOHN PHILPOTT the somme of twenty pounds to be delyvered hym at the age of thre and twenty yeares. And if he happen to dy before he accomplyshe the said yeares then I wyll that my brother HENRY PHILPOTT shall have the said twenty pounds to hym and his heyres forever.
Item I bequeathe to my syster PARNELL WOOD the somme of twenty pounds to be paid and delyvered her by the hands of myne Executor thre yeares beinge expyred after the Day of my Deathe. And if it happen my said syster to dy before her yeares be expyred then I wyll the said twenty pounds shall descend and comme to her sonne JOHN WOOD.
Item I bequeathe to my father JOHN COLLARD's children the somme of twenty pounds equally to be dyvyded amongst them one yeare beinge expyred after the Day of my Deathe
Item I bequeathe to my syster ANNE PHILPOTT the somme of twenty pounds whiche said twenty pounds shall com in the custody and kepynge of my brother HENRY PHILPOTT two yeares after the Day of my Deathe. And he to keepe it untyll my said syster com to maryage getynge yearely duringe the said tyme for the lone thereof thirty shillings to my syster aforesaid whiche said yearlye rent shall remayne in his hands untyll the tyme aforesaid.
Item. I bequeathe to the poore twenty shillings the one half to be distributed in the Paryshe of Barham and the other half at Shepherdswold.
Item I geve and bequeathe to my brother HENRY PHILPOTT all my lands and goods in the Paryshe of Shepherdswold or elsewhere to hym and his heyres forever he payeinge my debts and fairly performynge all my Bequestes legacyes and charges of my funerall whome I make and ordayne my sole Executor to this my last Wyll and Testament and my well beloved father JOHN COLLARD my overseer.
And I utterly revoke all and every other testaments wylls legacyes bequeathes Executors and
Overseerers by me in any wyll before this tyme made named wylled and bequeathed.
These beinge wytnesses
JOHN COLLARD HAMON CLOKE RICHARD GLOVER JOHN WOOD
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