In the name of God Amen  The Thirteen day of June 1665 I Nicholas Ayling of Toathill in ye parrish of Stedham in the County of Sussex yeoman being fit in body but of good and perfect mind and memory thanks be unto God therefore revoking all former wills by me made do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following viz. 

Imprimis I bequeath my soul unto ye hands of Almighty God And my body to be buryed in christyan buryall 

Item I do give unto the poor people of ye parish of Stedham Twenty Shillings to be distributed at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named

Item I do give unto those which shall be my household servants at the time of my death ffive shillings a piece

Item I do give unto Elizabeth my loving wife all the bedding apparel bedding and bedsteads in the chamber over the hall with all the furniture thereunto belonging

Item I do give unto my five children Nicholas Thomas William Mary and Katherine ten? shillings a piece

Item I do give and bequeath unto my Grandchild William Ayling (sonne of my said sonne William) his Executors Administrators and assigns All that my Lease for years yet to come and unocpied in a prell (parcel) of Land lying in ye pishe of Rogate in ye County of Sussex called by ye name of Wishmeade and Wishmoore and Washmead and Washmoore holding and paying out of the same yearly and every year unto William Ayling his father for the term of sixty years ffive pounds a year if hee shall so long live to be payd half yearly by ten? equall portions viz fifty shillings at the feast of St Michael the Archangell and ffifty shillings at the feast of the Annunciation of the blessed Lady Mary the Virgin The first payment to begin at the first of the aforesayd feasts or days of payment which shall happen after my decease

Item I give and bequeath unto my Sonne William Ayling’s three daughters Mary Anne and Elizabeth the sume of twenty marks a piece to be payd them when they shall accomplish their severall ages of one and Twenty years or bee marryed which shall first happen with such use and interest as my executors hereafter named can make of it from and after my decease until ye several times of payment as it is above written All the rest of my Goods and Chattels my debts and charges being first payd and my funerall expenses discharged I do give unto Nicholas Ayling my Grandchild sonne of my said sonne Nicholas whom I make whole Executor of this my last will and Testament And I appoint my two sonnes Nicholas Ayling and Thomas Ayling to bee executors assigns And I do give them Twenty shillings a piece for their payment to be taken therein And I do publish and declare this to be my last will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale ye day and year first above written  Nicholas Ayling

In the presence of Mary Hanks Nicholas Ayling Thomas Ayling

Memorandum That I the within written Nicholas Ayling being at this time sick in body but of good mind and memory thanks be unto God therefore do add unto my within written will to be given and paid as follweth

Item I do give unto my Grandchild Joane Ayling the youngest daughter of my sonne William Ayling the sume of Twenty marks to be paid unto her by my Executor within written when she shall accomplish her age of one and Twenty years or be marryed which shall first happen with sure use and interest as my said Executor can make thereof as it is within written 

Item I do give unto my sonne William Ayling Twenty Pounds to be paid unto him by my said Executor towards the satisfying of a ffine for that Tenement and half yard land called Rodford whensoever the said fine shall bee required of my said sonne William Ayling to be paid I do publish and declare this to bee an addition to my within written will In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand ye nineteenth day of August 1670.  Nicholas Ayling his mark In the presence of John Ayling Richard Bridger his mark Thomas Ayling

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