Rixon Will 1681

Will of Susanna Rixon

of Faversham, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury original will PRC/16/306 R/8
Transcribed by Maureen Rawson

In the Name of God Amen I Susanna Rixon wife of Michael Rixon of Faversham in the County of Kent Marriner the first day of March in the Three & Thirtieth year of his Majesties reign that now is Anno Dm 1680 being sick of body but of sound and p�fect mind and memory praise be therefore given to Allmighty God I do make and ordain this my p�sent Last Will and Testament in manner and form following, That is to say
First and principally I commend my soule into ye hands of Allmighty God hopeing through the meritts death and passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgivenes of all my Sinns and to inherit everlasting life, and my body I committ to the Earth to be decently buried at ye discretion of my Executor hereafter
And as touching the disposition of all such temorall Estate as it hath pleased Allmighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth

First I will that my debts & funerall charges shall be paid and discharged
Also I give devise and bequeath unto my sonn John Austen all & singular my goods chattells and household stuffe perticularly menconed specified in a schedule annexed unto a certain Indenture of Covenants made betweene my said Loveing husband Michael Rixon of ye first part my brother William Homersham of the second part & myself of the third part concerning the disposition of the said goods & chattells by my Last Will and Testament

But my Will and mind is that my said Loveing husband Michael Rixon shall have the use of all my said goods chattells & household stuffe, except the Linnen & plate, untill my said sonn John shall attain & be of the full age of one and twenty years

But if my said husband shall happen to dye before my said sonn John shall attain unto the age as aforesaid then the said goods chattells & household stuffe to remain come and be unto my said sonn John as aforesaid

And also I give and devise unto my said sonn John Austen all & singular such debts summe and summes of money as are any waies due and owing unto me the said Susanna Rixon or any other waies owing unto me as Administratrix of Matthew Austen my late husband deceased

Also I make & ordain my said sonn John Austen Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and my Loveing husband Michael Rixon and my Loveing brother William Homersham I make & ordain as Overseers of this my last Will a& Testament requiring them in the name of God to see my last Will and Testament p�formed accordingly

And I do utterly revoke all former Wills and Testaments by me in any wise heretofore made or declared

And further my will & desire and mind is that in case my said sonn John Austen shall dye before he come of age as aforesaid that then my mind is that the executor or administrator of my said sonn John shall pay unto Elizabeth daughter of my said brother William Homersham the summe of Tenn pounds which I give unto her as a Legacy.
And likewise that the executor or administrator of my said sonne John Austen in case he dye before he comes to age as aforesaid shall give and deliver unto John Homersham sonn of my said brother William Homersham my silver Tankard marked with .. A.S. which I give unto him as a Legacy.
And for the rest residue & remainder of all such goods chattells & household stuffe in case of the death of my said sonn John as aforesaid my Will & desire therein is that they may be equally devided & then shared & distributed to and amongst the children of my brothers Henry Austen William Austen Thomas Austen Thomas Dann and William Homersham

In Witness whereof I the said Susanna Rixon have to this my p�sent Last Will and Testament sett my mark and seale the day and year first above written.
The marke of Susanna Rixon

Sealed and delivered published and declared by the said Susanna Rixon to be her last Will and Testament in ye p�sence of us
The marke of Mary Archer, widdow � The marke of Mary Neale � Thos Waterman

[Latin] 7 May 1681 probate to William Homersham guardian ... John Austen minor son ...

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