The Will of John Leed
 

In the name of God Amen the fifth day of December in the five & fortieth year of the reign of our sovereign Lady Elizabeth I John Leed of Frittenden in the county of Kent Husbandman sick in body but of perfect remembrance(thanks be to God) do hereby make & ordain this my last will & testament in manner & form following First I bequeath my soul to Almighty God my maker & redeemer & my body to the earth where it shall please God. Item I give & bequeath to my two children William & Agnes to either of them twenty shillings to be paid to them by my executrix at their age of two & twenty years. All the residue of my goods & chattels (my debts legacies & funeral expenses discharged I give & bequeath unto Alice my wife whom I make executrix of this my will witnesses hereunto Richard Crowherst & the mark of the  said Richard William Collyns the mark of the said William.     Probate granted 1602   PRC17/53f164